Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 648 · 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 list in a fixed order (b) a maths sum (c) a picture (d) a long story
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, ball, ant, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BKAG (b) KBAG (c) GABK (d) BAGK
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) NUSJMEVM (d) MVEMJSUN
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) FMAJ (c) AMFJ (d) JFMA
5. 5.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) egg (b) larva (c) pupa (d) adult
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, ice cream, owl, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SOIW (b) WIOS (c) IOSW (d) IWOS
7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, glass, vase, parrot, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GVPNT (b) TGVPN (c) NPVGT (d) GTVPN
8. 8.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Southern (c) Arctic (d) Pacific
9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) SWG (c) WSG (d) GWS
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, igloo, glass, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FGIN (b) INGF (c) IGFN (d) NIGF
11. 11.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) condensation (b) evaporation (c) precipitation (d) collection
12. 12.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the planets (c) the months (d) the oceans
13. 13.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
14. 14.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a long poem (c) a type of number (d) first letters as a word
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, van, ant, lemon, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JLAVC (b) VALJC (c) VCALJ (d) CVALJ
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, candle, urn, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FUCP (b) CUFP (c) CPUF (d) PCUF
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: jeep, violin, owl, mirror, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VJOMS (b) JVOMS (c) VOMSJ (d) SMOVJ
18. 18.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) what each letter means (c) nothing else (d) its spelling backwards
19. 19.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) west (b) south (c) north (d) east
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, lemon, tiger, shoe, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LFTSG (b) FLTSG (c) GSTLF (d) LTSGF
21. 21.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they need no learning (c) they always rhyme (d) one word holds a list
22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
23. 23.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) condensation (b) precipitation (c) collection (d) evaporation
24. 24.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Neptune (b) Mercury (c) Mars (d) Saturn
25. 25.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) white (b) green (c) saffron
26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AANSAAE (c) AEASNAA (d) AANSAEA
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, parrot, banana, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PUBC (b) CBPU (c) UPBC (d) PBCU
28. 28.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Jupiter (c) Earth (d) Saturn
29. 29.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) blue (b) violet (c) orange (d) yellow
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) FLSR (c) RSLF (d) SRLF
31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) ELPA (c) APLE (d) LEPA
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, urn, spoon, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UJSF (b) FSUJ (c) USFJ (d) JUSF
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, pencil, mirror, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PMSF (b) SMPF (c) FPMS (d) PFMS
34. 34.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) orange (b) indigo (c) yellow (d) green
35. 35.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) February (b) April (c) January (d) March
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, onion, doll, tent, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MTDOF (b) ODTMF (c) FODTM (d) OFDTM
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: jeep, apple, tent, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AJTG (b) GTAJ (c) ATGJ (d) JATG
38. 38.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) Australia (b) North America (c) Europe (d) Asia
39. 39.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) Europe (b) South America (c) Australia (d) Africa
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, bucket, rope, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BWRF (b) FRBW (c) BRFW (d) WBRF

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