Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 671 · 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) a type of number (b) first letters as a word (c) a drawing (d) a long poem
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, pillow, lamp, drum, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PKLDM (b) KPLDM (c) MDLPK (d) PLDMK
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VMEMJSUN
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SRLF (c) SLFR (d) RSLF
5. 5.🔤 “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
6. 6.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a long story (c) a picture (d) a maths sum
7. 7.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) red (b) orange (c) green (d) indigo
8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, pillow, flute, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OPFB (b) POFB (c) PFBO (d) BFPO
9. 9.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) violet (b) blue (c) indigo (d) red
10. 10.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) its spelling backwards (c) nothing else (d) what each letter means
11. 11.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the planets (c) the months (d) the oceans
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) SWG (c) GWS (d) WSG
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, flute, pillow, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FPGW (b) GPFW (c) FWPG (d) WFPG
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, lamp, orange, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LOPI (b) ILOP (c) LIOP (d) POLI
15. 15.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) leaf (b) flower (c) stem (d) root
16. 16.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) west (b) north (c) east (d) south
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, onion, shoe, net, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OLSNT (b) OSNTL (c) LOSNT (d) TNSOL
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, glass, wallet, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IGWU (b) GWUI (c) UWGI (d) GIWU
19. 19.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Mars (c) Neptune (d) Jupiter
20. 20.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they need no learning (c) they always rhyme (d) one word holds a list
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: jug, ice cream, kite, shoe, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DSKIJ (b) IJKSD (c) IKSDJ (d) JIKSD
22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FMAJ (c) FJMA (d) JFMA
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, pillow, shoe, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MSPW (b) PWSM (c) WPSM (d) PSMW
24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ENSW (c) NESW (d) ESWN
25. 25.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) north (b) west (c) south (d) east
26. 26.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) condensation (b) evaporation (c) collection (d) precipitation
27. 27.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Uranus (c) Venus (d) Mars
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, fan, onion, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AFOI (b) IOFA (c) FOIA (d) FAOI
29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FJMA (c) JFMA (d) FMAJ
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) LEPA (c) APLE (d) LPAE
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, parrot, ball, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WBPD (b) PDBW (c) DPBW (d) PBWD
32. 32.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) April (b) March (c) February (d) January
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, violin, radio, nest, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VJRNC (b) JVRNC (c) CNRVJ (d) VRNCJ
34. 34.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) South America (b) Asia (c) Europe (d) Australia
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, kettle, net, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KNDI (b) DNKI (c) IKND (d) KIND
36. 36.🔤 “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
37. 37.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) saffron (b) green (c) white
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, rose, parrot, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KPRF (b) RPKF (c) RFPK (d) FRPK
39. 39.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Atlantic (c) Arctic (d) Indian
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, pillow, bucket, nest, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PBNLR (b) LNBPR (c) PRBNL (d) RPBNL

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