Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 661 · 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 long story (b) a maths sum (c) a picture (d) a list in a fixed order
2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) APLE (c) LPAE (d) LEPA
3. 3.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a type of number (c) first letters as a word (d) a long poem
4. 4.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) what each letter means (c) its colour (d) its spelling backwards
5. 5.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) egg (b) pupa (c) larva (d) adult
6. 6.🔤 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
7. 7.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) January (b) March (c) February (d) April
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) FMAJ (c) JFMA (d) AMFJ
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, inkpot, guava, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ITGU (b) IGUT (c) TIGU (d) UGIT
10. 10.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the months (c) the planets (d) the rainbow colours
11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, guava, van, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GVPA (b) GAVP (c) PVGA (d) AGVP
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, banana, sock, anchor, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TASBD (b) DBSAT (c) BDSAT (d) BSATD
13. 13.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Arctic (c) Atlantic (d) Indian
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
15. 15.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Mars (c) Neptune (d) Earth
16. 16.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) Africa (c) South America (d) Australia
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, banana, orange, fan, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GFOBL (b) BOFGL (c) LBOFG (d) BLOFG
18. 18.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Atlantic (c) Pacific (d) Arctic
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, rose, kettle, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RBKG (b) GKRB (c) RKGB (d) BRKG
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, radio, inkpot, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RIAL (b) LRIA (c) AIRL (d) RLIA
21. 21.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) larva (b) adult (c) pupa (d) egg
22. 22.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) larva (b) pupa (c) adult (d) egg
23. 23.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Earth (c) Jupiter (d) Venus
24. 24.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) white (b) green (c) saffron
25. 25.🔤 “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
26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) ROYGBIV (d) VIBGYOR
27. 27.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) precipitation (c) condensation (d) collection
28. 28.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) north (b) south (c) east (d) west
29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) AISAP (c) PAISA (d) APISA
30. 30.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they are longer (c) they need no learning (d) one word holds a list
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, onion, monkey, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OMAW (b) AMOW (c) OWMA (d) WOMA
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, ball, drum, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GDBW (b) BDGW (c) BWDG (d) WBDG
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, wallet, apple, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NWAU (b) UAWN (c) WNAU (d) WAUN
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) green (c) white
35. 35.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) condensation (c) precipitation (d) collection
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, needle, sock, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NSWK (b) NKSW (c) WSNK (d) KNSW
37. 37.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) leaf (b) flower (c) root (d) stem
38. 38.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) leaf (b) stem (c) flower (d) root
39. 39.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) stem (b) root (c) leaf (d) flower
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, umbrella, apple, jeep, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UWAJD (b) DJAUW (c) WUAJD (d) UAJDW

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