Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 488 · 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.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) IVBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) VMEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) NUSJMEVM
3. 3.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Australia (b) South America (c) Asia (d) Africa
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, flute, ice cream, vase, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AVIFB (b) FBIVA (c) FIVAB (d) BFIVA
5. 5.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) what each letter means (c) nothing else (d) its spelling backwards
6. 6.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) violet (d) red
7. 7.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) stem (b) leaf (c) flower (d) root
8. 8.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) adult (b) larva (c) egg (d) pupa
9. 9.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) north (b) south (c) west (d) east
10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) ELPA (c) LPAE (d) APLE
11. 11.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 6 (E) stand for? (a) Europe (b) Africa (c) Australia (d) South America
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FJMA (c) FMAJ (d) JFMA
13. 13.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) collection (c) condensation (d) evaporation
14. 14.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) north (b) west (c) east (d) south
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: jug, anchor, violin, guava, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AVGCJ (b) AJVGC (c) JAVGC (d) CGVAJ
16. 16.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they need no learning (c) they are longer (d) they always rhyme
17. 17.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) violet
18. 18.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) March (b) April (c) January (d) February
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, urn, violin, kite, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UMVKG (b) UVKGM (c) GKVUM (d) MUVKG
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, ice cream, guava, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IGLV (b) LGIV (c) VIGL (d) IVGL
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, lamp, umbrella, pencil, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KLUPS (b) LUPSK (c) LKUPS (d) SPULK
22. 22.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) green (b) saffron (c) white
23. 23.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a type of number (c) first letters as a word (d) a drawing
24. 24.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a maths sum (c) a picture (d) a list in a fixed order
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) RSLF (c) SRLF (d) SLFR
26. 26.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Southern (c) Atlantic (d) Arctic
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, watch, umpire, kite, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WPUKV (b) WUKVP (c) VKUWP (d) PWUKV
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, needle, shoe, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NLSU (b) USNL (c) NSUL (d) LNSU
29. 29.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) egg (b) pupa (c) larva (d) adult
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) AANSAEA (c) AANSAAE (d) ANSAEAA
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, kite, rope, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KGRU (b) URKG (c) KRUG (d) GKRU
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, tiger, kite, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IKTO (b) TOKI (c) OTKI (d) TKIO
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, jalebi, glass, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JGWA (b) WGJA (c) JAGW (d) AJGW
34. 34.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Africa (b) Antarctica (c) Europe (d) North America
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, net, candle, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KCNT (b) NCKT (c) NTCK (d) TNCK
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: lamp, shoe, jalebi, candle, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LSJCN (b) SLJCN (c) SJCNL (d) NCJSL
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, orange, flute, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DOFG (b) OFGD (c) GFOD (d) ODFG
38. 38.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) South America (b) North America (c) Asia (d) Australia
39. 39.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) larva (b) pupa (c) egg (d) adult
40. 40.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the months (c) the rainbow colours (d) the oceans

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