Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 647 · 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 picture (b) a long story (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a maths sum
2. 2.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) adult (b) larva (c) pupa (d) egg
3. 3.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) flower (b) stem (c) root (d) leaf
4. 4.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) leaf (b) root (c) stem (d) flower
5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) VIBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
6. 6.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) egg (b) adult (c) larva (d) pupa
7. 7.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the planets (c) the months (d) the rainbow colours
8. 8.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) what each letter means (c) its colour (d) nothing else
9. 9.🔤 “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
10. 10.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Jupiter (c) Mars (d) Saturn
11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, apple, owl, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KOAU (b) AOKU (c) UAOK (d) AUOK
12. 12.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a long poem (c) a drawing (d) a type of number
13. 13.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they are longer (c) they always rhyme (d) they need no learning
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: lamp, fan, van, radio, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LFVRO (b) FVROL (c) ORVFL (d) FLVRO
15. 15.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) violet (b) green (c) blue (d) red
16. 16.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) root (b) leaf (c) stem (d) flower
17. 17.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) Africa (b) Antarctica (c) Asia (d) South America
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) MVEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
19. 19.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 4 (M) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Uranus (c) Mercury (d) Mars
20. 20.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) west (b) north (c) south (d) east
21. 21.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) green (b) yellow (c) red (d) violet
22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) RSLF (c) FLSR (d) SRLF
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) AEASNAA (c) ANSAEAA (d) AANSAEA
24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) FJMA (c) JFMA (d) AMFJ
25. 25.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) South America (b) North America (c) Europe (d) Antarctica
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, orange, flute, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CFON (b) ONFC (c) OFCN (d) NOFC
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, guava, ant, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BAGV (b) GABV (c) GVAB (d) VGAB
28. 28.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) January (b) February (c) April (d) March
29. 29.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) egg (b) adult (c) pupa (d) larva
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, jug, whistle, candle, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JWCPF (b) PCWJF (c) FJWCP (d) JFWCP
31. 31.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) violet (b) yellow (c) orange (d) blue
32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LEPA (c) LPAE (d) ELPA
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, parrot, tiger, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UTPN (b) NPTU (c) PNTU (d) PTUN
34. 34.🔤 “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
35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CPCE (c) CEPC (d) ECPC
36. 36.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) collection (b) condensation (c) precipitation (d) evaporation
37. 37.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) green (b) blue (c) violet (d) orange
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, tomato, frog, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MFTU (b) TUFM (c) TFMU (d) UTFM
39. 39.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) Australia (b) Antarctica (c) Europe (d) South America
40. 40.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Southern (c) Indian (d) Arctic

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