Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 678 · 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 maths sum (b) a picture (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a long story
2. 2.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) east (b) north (c) south (d) west
3. 3.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) February (b) January (c) April (d) March
4. 4.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) green (b) yellow (c) violet (d) indigo
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, candle, fan, duck, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CFDSI (b) SDFCI (c) ICFDS (d) CIFDS
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, key, monkey, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KFMO (b) OMKF (c) FKMO (d) KMOF
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) AISAP (c) PAISA (d) APISA
8. 8.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a type of number (c) first letters as a word (d) a drawing
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, doll, fan, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DAFO (b) OFDA (c) ADFO (d) DFOA
10. 10.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) west (b) north (c) south (d) east
11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, tiger, duck, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TCDM (b) MDTC (c) CTDM (d) TDMC
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) AANSAAE (c) AANSAEA (d) ANSAEAA
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IBGYORV (c) IVBGYOR (d) VIBGYOR
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: lamp, shoe, drum, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LSDJ (b) SLDJ (c) JDSL (d) SDJL
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: jeep, lemon, doll, violin, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BVDLJ (b) LJDVB (c) LDVBJ (d) JLDVB
16. 16.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Indian (c) Pacific (d) Arctic
17. 17.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) what each letter means (c) its spelling backwards (d) its colour
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CPCE (c) CEPC (d) ECPC
19. 19.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) pupa (b) egg (c) adult (d) larva
20. 20.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they need no learning (c) one word holds a list (d) they are longer
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, goat, drum, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KGDT (b) TDGK (c) GDTK (d) GKDT
22. 22.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the rainbow colours (c) the months (d) the oceans
23. 23.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Atlantic (c) Indian (d) Arctic
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, shoe, ladder, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SMLC (b) MSLC (c) CLSM (d) SLCM
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FJMA (c) FMAJ (d) JFMA
26. 26.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) violet (b) indigo (c) orange (d) green
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, coconut, jeep, pencil, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ACJPD (b) CJPDA (c) CAJPD (d) DPJCA
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, kettle, lemon, radio, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WRLKF (b) KFLRW (c) KLRWF (d) FKLRW
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, banana, duck, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BSDW (b) BDWS (c) SBDW (d) WDBS
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LEPA (c) ELPA (d) LPAE
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, lemon, owl, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KOLU (b) LUOK (c) LOKU (d) ULOK
32. 32.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) green (b) saffron (c) white
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, rope, flute, spoon, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DRFSN (b) NSFRD (c) RFSND (d) RDFSN
34. 34.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Saturn (c) Mercury (d) Neptune
35. 35.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) collection (b) condensation (c) precipitation (d) evaporation
36. 36.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) violet (b) green (c) indigo (d) yellow
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, sock, apple, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PASV (b) SVAP (c) SAPV (d) VSAP
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, orange, candle, glass, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OCGDF (b) OFCGD (c) DGCOF (d) FOCGD
39. 39.🔤 “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
40. 40.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) indigo (b) yellow (c) orange (d) red

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