Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 619 · 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: umpire, duck, monkey, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DUMB (b) DMBU (c) BMDU (d) UDMB
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, urn, nest, wallet, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UMNWB (b) BWNUM (c) UNWBM (d) MUNWB
3. 3.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) white (b) green (c) saffron
4. 4.🔤 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
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, vase, wallet, jug, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VFWJA (b) FVWJA (c) VWJAF (d) AJWVF
6. 6.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a long story (c) a picture (d) a maths sum
7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, parrot, radio, orange, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FORPV (b) PROFV (c) VPROF (d) PVROF
8. 8.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the planets (c) the months (d) the rainbow colours
9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) MVEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VEMJSUNM
10. 10.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they need no learning (c) one word holds a list (d) they are longer
11. 11.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) its colour (c) nothing else (d) what each letter means
12. 12.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) white (b) green (c) saffron
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) CEPC (c) ECCP (d) ECPC
14. 14.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Earth (c) Mercury (d) Mars
15. 15.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) larva (b) adult (c) pupa (d) egg
16. 16.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) South America (c) Asia (d) Australia
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, orange, whistle, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OWLV (b) OVWL (c) LWOV (d) VOWL
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, net, mirror, van, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CNMVT (b) NMVTC (c) NCMVT (d) TVMNC
19. 19.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) blue (b) red (c) indigo (d) violet
20. 20.🔤 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
21. 21.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) pupa (b) egg (c) larva (d) adult
22. 22.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) larva (b) pupa (c) adult (d) egg
23. 23.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Africa (b) Asia (c) Antarctica (d) Australia
24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) VIBGYOR (c) IVBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
25. 25.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, tiger, duck, spoon, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TKDSR (b) TDSRK (c) RSDTK (d) KTDSR
27. 27.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) flower (b) stem (c) root (d) leaf
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, drum, fan, banana, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IBFDG (b) GDFBI (c) DGFBI (d) DFBIG
29. 29.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) first letters as a word (c) a type of number (d) a drawing
30. 30.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) south (b) north (c) west (d) east
31. 31.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) leaf (b) stem (c) flower (d) root
32. 32.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) violet (d) red
33. 33.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Mercury (c) Venus (d) Jupiter
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, kettle, lemon, mango, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WKLMT (b) TMLKW (c) KWLMT (d) KLMTW
35. 35.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) South America (b) Australia (c) Africa (d) North America
36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) RSLF (c) SRLF (d) FLSR
37. 37.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) east (b) north (c) south (d) west
38. 38.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) March (b) January (c) February (d) April
39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) JFMA (c) FJMA (d) AMFJ
40. 40.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Indian (c) Arctic (d) Pacific

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