Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 496 · 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: inkpot, doll, watch, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OWDI (b) IDWO (c) DIWO (d) DWOI
2. 2.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a picture (c) a long story (d) a list in a fixed order
3. 3.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) red (b) orange (c) violet (d) blue
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) FLSR (c) SLFR (d) SRLF
5. 5.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Earth (c) Venus (d) Saturn
6. 6.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the rainbow colours (c) the planets (d) the months
7. 7.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) east (b) south (c) west (d) north
8. 8.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) green (b) saffron (c) white
9. 9.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) stem (b) leaf (c) flower (d) root
10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VEMJSUNM (d) VMEMJSUN
11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, igloo, ladder, key, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NILKO (b) OKLIN (c) ILKON (d) INLKO
12. 12.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) one word holds a list (c) they need no learning (d) they always rhyme
13. 13.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) flower (b) leaf (c) root (d) stem
14. 14.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) stem (b) leaf (c) root (d) flower
15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) GWS (c) WGS (d) WSG
16. 16.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Venus (c) Mars (d) Uranus
17. 17.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its colour (c) what each letter means (d) its spelling backwards
18. 18.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) January (b) March (c) April (d) February
19. 19.🔤 “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
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, duck, jalebi, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VJDO (b) DJVO (c) ODJV (d) DOJV
21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) ROYGBIV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IVBGYOR
22. 22.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) indigo (b) yellow (c) violet (d) green
23. 23.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a drawing (c) a type of number (d) a long poem
24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CEPC (c) ECPC (d) CPCE
25. 25.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) larva (b) pupa (c) adult (d) egg
26. 26.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) flower (b) root (c) stem (d) leaf
27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) JFMA (c) AMFJ (d) FMAJ
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, shoe, tent, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SATW (b) STWA (c) ASTW (d) WTSA
29. 29.🔤 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
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, igloo, monkey, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TMIC (b) ICMT (c) IMTC (d) CIMT
31. 31.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Venus (c) Mercury (d) Mars
32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) LPAE (c) ELPA (d) APLE
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, glass, urn, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GUJC (b) JUGC (c) CGUJ (d) GCUJ
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, flute, violin, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FVOG (b) GFVO (c) FGVO (d) OVFG
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, bucket, net, ladder, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BMNLS (b) MBNLS (c) BNLSM (d) SLNBM
36. 36.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) South America (b) North America (c) Africa (d) Antarctica
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, tent, ladder, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TLSB (b) SLTB (c) TBLS (d) BTLS
38. 38.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) condensation (b) evaporation (c) precipitation (d) collection
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, watch, guava, candle, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WNGCJ (b) JCGWN (c) WGCJN (d) NWGCJ
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, radio, mango, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RGMN (b) GRMN (c) NMRG (d) RMNG

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