Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 480 · 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.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, watch, doll, shoe, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BWDSO (b) WDSOB (c) OSDWB (d) WBDSO
2. 2.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) adult (b) larva (c) pupa (d) egg
3. 3.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) its spelling backwards (c) nothing else (d) what each letter means
4. 4.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) larva (b) pupa (c) egg (d) adult
5. 5.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a type of number (c) a drawing (d) first letters as a word
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, onion, rose, violin, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OJRVA (b) ORVAJ (c) JORVA (d) AVROJ
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) JFMA (c) FMAJ (d) FJMA
8. 8.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) indigo (b) green (c) yellow (d) red
9. 9.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a long story (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a picture
10. 10.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) south (b) east (c) north (d) west
11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) APISA (c) PAISA (d) ASIAP
12. 12.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) condensation (b) precipitation (c) collection (d) evaporation
13. 13.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) adult (b) pupa (c) larva (d) egg
14. 14.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) west (b) north (c) east (d) south
15. 15.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Earth (c) Saturn (d) Venus
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, guava, tent, lemon, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MLTGN (b) GNTLM (c) GTLMN (d) NGTLM
17. 17.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the months (c) the oceans (d) the rainbow colours
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, drum, ice cream, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SDIF (b) FIDS (c) DIFS (d) DSIF
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, apple, whistle, doll, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AFWDI (b) AWDIF (c) FAWDI (d) IDWAF
20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) ELPA (c) APLE (d) LPAE
21. 21.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) green (b) white (c) saffron
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, kite, ball, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TBKN (b) KNBT (c) NKBT (d) KBTN
23. 23.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Saturn (c) Jupiter (d) Mars
24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WGS (c) WSG (d) SWG
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, ant, wallet, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IWAU (b) AUWI (c) AWIU (d) UAWI
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, violin, cat, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VACB (b) BCVA (c) VCBA (d) AVCB
27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SRLF (c) RSLF (d) SLFR
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, violin, net, lemon, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VNLGC (b) VCNLG (c) GLNVC (d) CVNLG
29. 29.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Indian (c) Arctic (d) Pacific
30. 30.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) north (b) south (c) west (d) east
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, anchor, fan, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RAFJ (b) AFJR (c) JFAR (d) ARFJ
32. 32.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they are longer (c) they need no learning (d) they always rhyme
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, igloo, doll, ladder, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IDLOC (b) OLDIC (c) CIDLO (d) ICDLO
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, glass, tiger, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KTGO (b) GTKO (c) GOTK (d) OGTK
35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AANSAEA (c) AANSAAE (d) AEASNAA
36. 36.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Atlantic (c) Pacific (d) Southern
37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) ESWN (c) NESW (d) WSEN
38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) VIBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) IVBGYOR
39. 39.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) east (b) west (c) north (d) south
40. 40.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) March (b) April (c) February (d) January

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