Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 479 · 40 questions

Memory tip (One word, whole list): Write the list in order, take the first letter of each item and join them: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red → VIBGYOR. Check the order: MVEMJSUN (the planets from the Sun) is right; VMEMJSUN mixes up the first two. Learn what each letter means: in SWG (the Indian flag, top to bottom), letter 3, G, stands for green.

1. 1.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a long story (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a maths sum
2. 2.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) February (b) January (c) April (d) March
3. 3.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Arctic (c) Atlantic (d) Pacific
4. 4.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 6 (E) stand for? (a) South America (b) Europe (c) Asia (d) North America
5. 5.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Australia (b) Africa (c) North America (d) Asia
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, frog, onion, pencil, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UFOPW (b) WPOFU (c) FOPWU (d) FUOPW
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) VIBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) IVBGYOR
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) APLE (c) LEPA (d) ELPA
9. 9.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a drawing (c) first letters as a word (d) a type of number
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, drum, anchor, kite, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FKADM (b) DAKFM (c) MDAKF (d) DMAKF
11. 11.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) north (b) south (c) east (d) west
12. 12.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) white (b) green (c) saffron
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) NUSJMEVM
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, parrot, ball, mango, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WMBPA (b) PBMWA (c) APBMW (d) PABMW
15. 15.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) flower (b) leaf (c) stem (d) root
16. 16.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) precipitation (c) condensation (d) collection
17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CEPC (c) CPCE (d) ECPC
18. 18.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) blue (b) violet (c) orange (d) indigo
19. 19.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Atlantic (c) Southern (d) Pacific
20. 20.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Pacific (c) Atlantic (d) Southern
21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) RSLF (c) SLFR (d) SRLF
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, tomato, sock, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PTSF (b) FSTP (c) TSFP (d) TPSF
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, shoe, pillow, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SPDT (b) STPD (c) TSPD (d) DPST
24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) AANSAAE (c) ANSAEAA (d) AANSAEA
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, ice cream, needle, tent, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GINTM (b) INTMG (c) MTNIG (d) IGNTM
26. 26.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) condensation (c) collection (d) precipitation
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, candle, banana, igloo, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PCBIT (b) CBITP (c) CPBIT (d) TIBCP
28. 28.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the planets (c) the oceans (d) the months
29. 29.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) what each letter means (c) nothing else (d) its colour
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) WSG (c) WGS (d) GWS
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, ladder, pencil, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LPOM (b) OPLM (c) MLPO (d) LMPO
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, cat, flute, sock, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CFSDK (b) DSFCK (c) KCFSD (d) CKFSD
33. 33.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) pupa (b) larva (c) adult (d) egg
34. 34.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Mercury (c) Earth (d) Uranus
35. 35.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) February (b) April (c) March (d) January
36. 36.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) collection (c) evaporation (d) condensation
37. 37.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they need no learning (c) they are longer (d) they always rhyme
38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) ENSW (c) NESW (d) WSEN
39. 39.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) Europe (b) Antarctica (c) North America (d) Australia
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) APISA (c) ASIAP (d) AISAP

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