Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 538 · 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.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the rainbow colours (c) the oceans (d) the planets
2. 2.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they need no learning (c) one word holds a list (d) they are longer
3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, lemon, ant, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NLAB (b) BALN (c) LABN (d) LNAB
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) ROYGBIV (c) IVBGYOR (d) VIBGYOR
5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) ELPA (c) LEPA (d) APLE
6. 6.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a picture (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a maths sum
7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, sock, rope, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SVRG (b) SRGV (c) GRSV (d) VSRG
8. 8.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) larva (b) egg (c) pupa (d) adult
9. 9.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Arctic (c) Indian (d) Atlantic
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, ball, mirror, guava, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BKMGT (b) BMGTK (c) KBMGT (d) TGMBK
11. 11.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) stem (b) flower (c) root (d) leaf
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) AANSAAE (c) ANSAEAA (d) AEASNAA
13. 13.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) egg (b) adult (c) larva (d) pupa
14. 14.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) collection (b) condensation (c) precipitation (d) evaporation
15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) WGS (c) GWS (d) SWG
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: jeep, watch, guava, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WJGF (b) JWGF (c) FGWJ (d) WGFJ
17. 17.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) green (b) saffron (c) white
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, spoon, duck, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WDSV (b) SDWV (c) VSDW (d) SVDW
19. 19.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) February (b) April (c) March (d) January
20. 20.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its colour (c) what each letter means (d) its spelling backwards
21. 21.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a drawing (c) a type of number (d) first letters as a word
22. 22.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Australia (b) Antarctica (c) Africa (d) South America
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) ENSW (c) WSEN (d) ESWN
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, nest, mango, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NBMU (b) UMNB (c) BNMU (d) NMUB
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, umbrella, spoon, banana, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PBSUN (b) UNSBP (c) USBPN (d) NUSBP
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, bucket, pencil, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OPBU (b) BUPO (c) BPOU (d) UBPO
27. 27.🔤 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
28. 28.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) violet
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, sock, van, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BSVC (b) SBVC (c) SVCB (d) CVSB
30. 30.🔤 “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
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, cat, drum, nest, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CDNBI (b) BNDCI (c) CIDNB (d) ICDNB
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, wallet, glass, pillow. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PGWC (b) WCGP (c) CWGP (d) WGPC
33. 33.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Jupiter (c) Mars (d) Uranus
34. 34.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) January (b) March (c) April (d) February
35. 35.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) April (b) January (c) March (d) February
36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) CPCE (c) CEPC (d) ECCP
37. 37.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Arctic (c) Southern (d) Indian
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, doll, flute, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OFDU (b) DFOU (c) DUFO (d) UDFO
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, orange, flute, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DOFC (b) OFCD (c) ODFC (d) CFOD
40. 40.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) leaf (b) flower (c) root (d) stem

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