Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 655 · 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.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the oceans (c) the planets (d) the rainbow colours
2. 2.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Arctic (c) Indian (d) Southern
3. 3.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a type of number (c) first letters as a word (d) a drawing
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: lamp, key, ball, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LKBO (b) OBKL (c) KBOL (d) KLBO
5. 5.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) March (b) February (c) January (d) April
6. 6.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) condensation (b) evaporation (c) collection (d) precipitation
7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, drum, spoon, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DSJA (b) ADSJ (c) JSDA (d) DASJ
8. 8.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) stem (b) leaf (c) flower (d) root
9. 9.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) south (b) west (c) north (d) east
10. 10.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) larva (b) pupa (c) egg (d) adult
11. 11.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they need no learning (c) they are longer (d) they always rhyme
12. 12.🔤 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
13. 13.🔤 “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
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) WGS (c) SWG (d) GWS
15. 15.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Australia (b) Asia (c) South America (d) North America
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, onion, tent, shoe, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BSTOV (b) VOTSB (c) OTSBV (d) OVTSB
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, inkpot, van, duck, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IVDUW (b) WIVDU (c) IWVDU (d) UDVIW
18. 18.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 4 (M) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Uranus (c) Mars (d) Mercury
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) PAISA (c) ASIAP (d) APISA
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, needle, owl, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NKOD (b) NODK (c) KNOD (d) DONK
21. 21.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) March (b) April (c) January (d) February
22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) VMEMJSUN
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: lamp, jalebi, drum, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JDIL (b) LJDI (c) JLDI (d) IDJL
24. 24.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) what each letter means (c) its spelling backwards (d) its colour
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, onion, umbrella, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OKUD (b) KOUD (c) OUDK (d) DUOK
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, jalebi, tiger, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JGTK (b) GJTK (c) JTKG (d) KTJG
27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ESWN (c) NESW (d) ENSW
28. 28.🔤 “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
29. 29.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) egg (b) adult (c) pupa (d) larva
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, jug, wallet, anchor, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GAWJB (b) BJWAG (c) JBWAG (d) JWAGB
31. 31.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) Africa (b) Asia (c) South America (d) Europe
32. 32.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) Europe (b) Africa (c) Asia (d) North America
33. 33.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) adult (b) larva (c) egg (d) pupa
34. 34.🔤 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
35. 35.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Indian (c) Pacific (d) Southern
36. 36.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a picture (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a maths sum
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, igloo, banana, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IBWM (b) IMBW (c) MIBW (d) WBIM
38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) ANSAEAA (c) AANSAEA (d) AANSAAE
39. 39.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) collection (b) evaporation (c) condensation (d) precipitation
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, whistle, urn, inkpot, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WUIAN (b) AIUWN (c) WNUIA (d) NWUIA

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