Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 659 · 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.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a long poem (c) a drawing (d) a type of number
2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) PAISA (c) ASIAP (d) AISAP
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) ANSAEAA (c) AANSAAE (d) AEASNAA
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, monkey, fan, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TFMW (b) MWFT (c) WMFT (d) MFTW
5. 5.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) north (b) south (c) east (d) west
6. 6.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) nothing else (c) its spelling backwards (d) its colour
7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, guava, duck, jalebi, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GKDJA (b) AJDGK (c) KGDJA (d) GDJAK
8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, tent, urn, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RTUJ (b) TRUJ (c) JUTR (d) TUJR
9. 9.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) indigo (d) green
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, vase, ice cream, candle, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VDICK (b) KCIVD (c) DVICK (d) VICKD
11. 11.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) one word holds a list (c) they always rhyme (d) they need no learning
12. 12.🔤 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
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) CPCE (c) ECCP (d) CEPC
14. 14.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) South America (b) Australia (c) Asia (d) North America
15. 15.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a picture (c) a maths sum (d) a list in a fixed order
16. 16.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) violet (b) green (c) indigo (d) orange
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, lamp, owl, jalebi, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DLOJT (b) TJOLD (c) LDOJT (d) LOJTD
18. 18.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Pacific (c) Southern (d) Arctic
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, banana, inkpot, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BMID (b) DIBM (c) MBID (d) BIDM
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, ladder, drum, onion, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LNDOA (b) LDOAN (c) AODLN (d) NLDOA
21. 21.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the months (c) the rainbow colours (d) the planets
22. 22.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) February (b) January (c) March (d) April
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) MVEMJSUN
24. 24.🔤 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
25. 25.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) indigo (b) violet (c) red (d) green
26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) FMAJ (c) AMFJ (d) JFMA
27. 27.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) stem (b) flower (c) root (d) leaf
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, igloo, rope, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IORG (b) GRIO (c) IRGO (d) OIRG
29. 29.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) south (b) east (c) west (d) north
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, kite, radio, monkey, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DMRKW (b) WKRMD (c) KRMDW (d) KWRMD
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, wallet, goat, tent, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DWGTL (b) LTGWD (c) WDGTL (d) WGTLD
32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) ELPA (c) APLE (d) LPAE
33. 33.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Southern (c) Arctic (d) Atlantic
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, drum, tomato, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DTOG (b) GDTO (c) DGTO (d) OTDG
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, rose, bucket, jeep, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RBJFK (b) RKBJF (c) FJBRK (d) KRBJF
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, jeep, whistle, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JWCS (b) CWJS (c) JSWC (d) SJWC
37. 37.🔤 “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
38. 38.🔤 “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
39. 39.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) saffron (b) green (c) white
40. 40.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) January (b) February (c) April (d) March

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