Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 487 · 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.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a type of number (c) a long poem (d) a drawing
2. 2.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) its spelling backwards (c) what each letter means (d) nothing else
3. 3.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
4. 4.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) April (b) February (c) March (d) January
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, kettle, nest, jug, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KNJTV (b) TJNKV (c) KVNJT (d) VKNJT
6. 6.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Africa (b) North America (c) Asia (d) South America
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) IVBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) VIBGYOR
8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: jug, umpire, net, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UJNG (b) GNUJ (c) UNGJ (d) JUNG
9. 9.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a maths sum (d) a picture
10. 10.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) indigo (b) yellow (c) green (d) violet
11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VMEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, cat, lemon, goat, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JGLCR (b) RCLGJ (c) CLGJR (d) CRLGJ
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, watch, igloo, van, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DVIWB (b) WBIVD (c) BWIVD (d) WIVDB
14. 14.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) January (b) February (c) April (d) March
15. 15.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) white (b) green (c) saffron
16. 16.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) one word holds a list (c) they always rhyme (d) they are longer
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, drum, nest, pillow. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KDNP (b) DKNP (c) DNPK (d) PNDK
18. 18.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) adult (b) egg (c) larva (d) pupa
19. 19.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Jupiter (c) Venus (d) Uranus
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, coconut, kettle, guava, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VCKGO (b) OGKCV (c) CVKGO (d) CKGOV
21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) ELPA (c) APLE (d) LEPA
22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) APISA (c) ASIAP (d) PAISA
23. 23.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) orange (b) indigo (c) blue (d) violet
24. 24.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) saffron (b) green (c) white
25. 25.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) South America (b) North America (c) Antarctica (d) Europe
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, violin, lamp, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DLVN (b) NVLD (c) VLDN (d) VNLD
27. 27.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) April (b) March (c) January (d) February
28. 28.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Indian (c) Arctic (d) Pacific
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, tiger, drum, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BTDG (b) TBDG (c) TDGB (d) GDTB
30. 30.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) South America (b) Europe (c) Asia (d) North America
31. 31.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) Europe (c) Asia (d) Australia
32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SLFR (c) SRLF (d) FLSR
33. 33.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the oceans (c) the planets (d) the rainbow colours
34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) JFMA (c) FJMA (d) AMFJ
35. 35.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) west (b) south (c) north (d) east
36. 36.🔤 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
37. 37.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) egg (b) larva (c) pupa (d) adult
38. 38.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) egg (b) adult (c) pupa (d) larva
39. 39.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) condensation (b) evaporation (c) precipitation (d) collection
40. 40.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Indian (c) Pacific (d) Arctic

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