Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 591 · 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.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) white (b) saffron (c) green
2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECCP (c) CPCE (d) ECPC
3. 3.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a picture (c) a maths sum (d) a list in a fixed order
4. 4.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) GWS (c) WGS (d) SWG
6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) AEASNAA (c) AANSAAE (d) ANSAEAA
7. 7.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) nothing else (c) its colour (d) what each letter means
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) VIBGYOR (c) IVBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, mango, needle, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MLNG (b) MNGL (c) LMNG (d) GNML
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, ladder, mango, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LDMU (b) DLMU (c) LMUD (d) UMLD
11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) APISA (c) AISAP (d) PAISA
12. 12.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) North America (b) Europe (c) Asia (d) South America
13. 13.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) flower (b) leaf (c) stem (d) root
14. 14.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) north (b) west (c) east (d) south
15. 15.🔤 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
16. 16.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) indigo (b) violet (c) green (d) orange
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, candle, apple, rose, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CARDI (b) DRACI (c) ICARD (d) CIARD
18. 18.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) adult (b) egg (c) pupa (d) larva
19. 19.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) a drawing (c) a long poem (d) first letters as a word
20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) ENSW (c) WSEN (d) NESW
21. 21.🔤 “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
22. 22.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the planets (c) the oceans (d) the rainbow colours
23. 23.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) collection (b) precipitation (c) evaporation (d) condensation
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, fan, glass, orange, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FIGOT (b) TOGFI (c) FGOTI (d) IFGOT
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, ant, rope, kite, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BARKO (b) ABRKO (c) OKRAB (d) ARKOB
26. 26.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) January (b) February (c) March (d) April
27. 27.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Pacific (c) Southern (d) Arctic
28. 28.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) south (b) north (c) east (d) west
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, duck, cat, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DCNS (b) DSCN (c) NCDS (d) SDCN
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SRLF (c) SLFR (d) RSLF
31. 31.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) violet (b) indigo (c) yellow (d) orange
32. 32.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) January (b) April (c) February (d) March
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, ice cream, nest, jalebi, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SJNIM (b) IMNJS (c) MINJS (d) INJSM
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, pillow, jug, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RPJC (b) CJPR (c) PRJC (d) PJCR
35. 35.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 4 (M) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Mars (c) Neptune (d) Saturn
36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) MVEMJSUN
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, inkpot, ball, sock, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DSBIA (b) AIBSD (c) IABSD (d) IBSDA
38. 38.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) Australia (b) Antarctica (c) Europe (d) Asia
39. 39.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they need no learning (c) they are longer (d) they always rhyme
40. 40.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) east (b) south (c) north (d) west

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