Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 634 · 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: goat, mirror, igloo, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GMIJ (b) JIMG (c) MGIJ (d) MIJG
2. 2.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) a drawing (c) a long poem (d) first letters as a word
3. 3.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) south (b) west (c) east (d) north
4. 4.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the rainbow colours (c) the oceans (d) the planets
5. 5.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) evaporation (c) collection (d) condensation
6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LPAE (c) LEPA (d) ELPA
7. 7.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a picture (c) a maths sum (d) a long story
8. 8.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) orange (b) indigo (c) red (d) violet
9. 9.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) larva (b) adult (c) egg (d) pupa
10. 10.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they always rhyme (c) one word holds a list (d) they are longer
11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) AISAP (c) ASIAP (d) APISA
12. 12.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) Asia (b) Australia (c) South America (d) North America
13. 13.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Mars (c) Mercury (d) Neptune
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, sock, tomato, needle, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) INTSB (b) SBTNI (c) STNIB (d) BSTNI
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, cat, drum, watch, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CTDWI (b) CDWIT (c) IWDCT (d) TCDWI
16. 16.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Mercury (c) Jupiter (d) Uranus
17. 17.🔤 “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
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, whistle, lemon, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WLOA (b) WALO (c) AWLO (d) OLWA
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VEMJSUNM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) MVEMJSUN
20. 20.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) what each letter means (c) its spelling backwards (d) nothing else
21. 21.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) orange (b) blue (c) indigo (d) yellow
22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AEASNAA (c) AANSAEA (d) AANSAAE
23. 23.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) February (b) March (c) January (d) April
24. 24.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) March (b) February (c) April (d) January
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) ECPC (c) CEPC (d) CPCE
26. 26.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) stem (b) root (c) leaf (d) flower
27. 27.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) indigo (b) yellow (c) orange (d) green
28. 28.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Arctic (c) Atlantic (d) Pacific
29. 29.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) pupa (b) larva (c) adult (d) egg
30. 30.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) root (b) stem (c) flower (d) leaf
31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IBGYORV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IVBGYOR
32. 32.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) leaf (b) flower (c) stem (d) root
33. 33.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) larva (b) pupa (c) egg (d) adult
34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) SWG (c) WGS (d) GWS
35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SLFR (c) RSLF (d) SRLF
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, pencil, vase, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CPVK (b) PVKC (c) PCVK (d) KVPC
37. 37.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a type of number (c) a long poem (d) first letters as a word
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, kite, ladder, apple, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RALKD (b) KLARD (c) KDLAR (d) DKLAR
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, drum, key, jug, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DVKJA (b) AJKDV (c) DKJAV (d) VDKJA
40. 40.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) Africa (b) Australia (c) South America (d) North America

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