Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 50 · 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 long story (b) a maths sum (c) a picture (d) a list in a fixed order
2. 2.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) adult (b) larva (c) pupa (d) egg
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) NESW (c) ESWN (d) WSEN
4. 4.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its spelling backwards (c) what each letter means (d) its colour
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, goat, fan, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GDFW (b) GFWD (c) WFGD (d) DGFW
6. 6.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the oceans (c) the planets (d) the rainbow colours
7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, goat, kettle, rope, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BGKRN (b) GKRNB (c) NRKGB (d) GBKRN
8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, igloo, glass, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SGID (b) DIGS (c) IDGS (d) IGSD
9. 9.🔤 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
10. 10.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a drawing (c) first letters as a word (d) a type of number
11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, doll, urn, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DGUB (b) BUDG (c) DUBG (d) GDUB
12. 12.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) egg (b) pupa (c) adult (d) larva
13. 13.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) Australia (b) North America (c) South America (d) Africa
14. 14.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they are longer (c) they always rhyme (d) one word holds a list
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, radio, watch, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BRWL (b) LWRB (c) RBWL (d) RWLB
16. 16.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) precipitation (c) collection (d) condensation
17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FJMA (c) FMAJ (d) JFMA
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IVBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) ROYGBIV
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, frog, pencil, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DPFO (b) OFPD (c) FOPD (d) FPDO
20. 20.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) condensation (b) evaporation (c) precipitation (d) collection
21. 21.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Arctic (c) Indian (d) Southern
22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) APLE (c) LEPA (d) LPAE
23. 23.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) Asia (b) Europe (c) Africa (d) Australia
24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECPC (c) ECCP (d) CEPC
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, bucket, ice cream, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WIBD (b) BDIW (c) DBIW (d) BIWD
26. 26.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) stem (b) root (c) leaf (d) flower
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, umbrella, jalebi, tent, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CUJTS (b) STJUC (c) UCJTS (d) UJTSC
28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) ANSAEAA (c) AANSAEA (d) AEASNAA
29. 29.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) saffron (b) green (c) white
30. 30.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) leaf (b) flower (c) root (d) stem
31. 31.🔤 “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
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, cat, sock, tent, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NCSTA (b) CSTAN (c) CNSTA (d) ATSCN
33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) AISAP (c) PAISA (d) ASIAP
34. 34.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
35. 35.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) violet (b) red (c) blue (d) green
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, ant, glass, nest, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RNGAW (b) AWGNR (c) AGNRW (d) WAGNR
37. 37.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 6 (E) stand for? (a) South America (b) Asia (c) Australia (d) Europe
38. 38.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) red (b) yellow (c) indigo (d) violet
39. 39.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) Africa (b) Antarctica (c) Asia (d) Australia
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, tomato, urn, ant, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TUAIP (b) IAUTP (c) TPUAI (d) PTUAI

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