Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 652 · 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.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they always rhyme (c) they need no learning (d) one word holds a list
2. 2.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) leaf (b) flower (c) stem (d) root
3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, jeep, ice cream, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OIJM (b) JIOM (c) MJIO (d) JMIO
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, guava, inkpot, jeep, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FJIGA (b) GAIJF (c) AGIJF (d) GIJFA
5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IVBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) VIBGYOR
6. 6.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) North America (b) Africa (c) Australia (d) Antarctica
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AANSAEA (c) AEASNAA (d) AANSAAE
8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, radio, key, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PRKW (b) RKWP (c) RPKW (d) WKRP
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, igloo, owl, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IKOP (b) KIOP (c) POIK (d) IOPK
10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) NESW (c) ENSW (d) ESWN
11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, jug, sock, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JSWT (b) WSJT (c) TJSW (d) JTSW
12. 12.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a maths sum (c) a long story (d) a list in a fixed order
13. 13.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Pacific (c) Atlantic (d) Southern
14. 14.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a drawing (c) a type of number (d) first letters as a word
15. 15.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) root (b) stem (c) leaf (d) flower
16. 16.🔤 “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
17. 17.🔤 “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
18. 18.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) condensation (c) collection (d) evaporation
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) LEPA (c) ELPA (d) APLE
20. 20.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Uranus (c) Mercury (d) Mars
21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) ASIAP (c) PAISA (d) AISAP
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, inkpot, glass, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IGSV (b) IVGS (c) SGIV (d) VIGS
23. 23.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) root (b) flower (c) leaf (d) stem
24. 24.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the rainbow colours (c) the months (d) the oceans
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FMAJ (c) JFMA (d) FJMA
26. 26.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) green (b) indigo (c) orange (d) yellow
27. 27.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) adult (b) larva (c) pupa (d) egg
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, owl, urn, sock, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OFUST (b) TSUOF (c) FOUST (d) OUSTF
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, goat, monkey, urn, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GMUBT (b) BUMGT (c) GTMUB (d) TGMUB
30. 30.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) what each letter means (c) nothing else (d) its spelling backwards
31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SRLF (c) FLSR (d) SLFR
32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) GWS (c) WSG (d) WGS
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, jeep, ice cream, tomato, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JUITC (b) CTIJU (c) UJITC (d) JITCU
34. 34.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) white (b) saffron (c) green
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, guava, wallet, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NGWM (b) GWMN (c) MWGN (d) GNWM
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, cat, drum, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CDGF (b) GDCF (c) FCDG (d) CFDG
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, shoe, tiger, doll, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SNTDV (b) STDVN (c) VDTSN (d) NSTDV
38. 38.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Indian (c) Southern (d) Pacific
39. 39.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) yellow (b) indigo (c) blue (d) orange
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, ice cream, mango, lemon, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FIMLB (b) BLMIF (c) IMLBF (d) IFMLB

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