Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 679 · 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.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) one word holds a list (c) they are longer (d) they need no learning
2. 2.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) what each letter means (c) its colour (d) its spelling backwards
3. 3.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) egg (b) adult (c) larva (d) pupa
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, frog, candle, jeep, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FCJBG (b) GFCJB (c) BJCFG (d) FGCJB
5. 5.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) first letters as a word (c) a drawing (d) a long poem
6. 6.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the planets (c) the oceans (d) the months
7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, kettle, shoe, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KSRC (b) KCSR (c) RSKC (d) CKSR
8. 8.🔤 “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
9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) SWG (c) WGS (d) GWS
10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ENSW (c) ESWN (d) NESW
11. 11.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) leaf (b) flower (c) root (d) stem
12. 12.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a maths sum (d) a picture
13. 13.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) orange (b) violet (c) indigo (d) red
14. 14.🔤 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
15. 15.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) east (b) north (c) south (d) west
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, bucket, tent, guava, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BCTGN (b) BTGNC (c) NGTBC (d) CBTGN
17. 17.🔤 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) AANSAAE (d) AANSAEA
18. 18.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Jupiter (c) Saturn (d) Mercury
19. 19.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) leaf (b) root (c) flower (d) stem
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, fan, pencil, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FPVB (b) VPFB (c) BFPV (d) FBPV
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, umbrella, ball, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SUBR (b) USBR (c) RBUS (d) UBRS
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, jalebi, ice cream, goat, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CGIJT (b) TJIGC (c) JTIGC (d) JIGCT
23. 23.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) adult (b) egg (c) pupa (d) larva
24. 24.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Pacific (c) Indian (d) Southern
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) APLE (c) ELPA (d) LEPA
26. 26.🔤 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
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, umpire, kettle, needle, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MNKUD (b) UKNMD (c) DUKNM (d) UDKNM
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, jeep, parrot, guava, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UGPJS (b) JSPGU (c) SJPGU (d) JPGUS
29. 29.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) collection (b) condensation (c) evaporation (d) precipitation
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECCP (c) ECPC (d) CEPC
31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) AISAP (c) PAISA (d) APISA
32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) FJMA (c) AMFJ (d) JFMA
33. 33.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Uranus (c) Earth (d) Mars
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, anchor, jeep, doll, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ANJDI (b) AJDIN (c) IDJAN (d) NAJDI
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, igloo, coconut, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TICL (b) ICLT (c) LCIT (d) ITCL
36. 36.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) green (b) orange (c) yellow (d) indigo
37. 37.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) pupa (b) adult (c) egg (d) larva
38. 38.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) blue (b) green (c) violet (d) orange
39. 39.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Neptune (c) Earth (d) Mercury
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) RSLF (c) SRLF (d) SLFR

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