Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 688 · 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 picture (b) a long story (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a maths sum
2. 2.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they need no learning (c) they always rhyme (d) one word holds a list
3. 3.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) white (b) green (c) saffron
4. 4.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a drawing (c) first letters as a word (d) a type of number
5. 5.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Atlantic (c) Indian (d) Pacific
6. 6.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Uranus (c) Earth (d) Mars
7. 7.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) pupa (b) adult (c) larva (d) egg
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) AMFJ (c) FJMA (d) JFMA
9. 9.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) indigo (d) green
10. 10.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) egg (b) pupa (c) larva (d) adult
11. 11.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) yellow (b) indigo (c) orange (d) blue
12. 12.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) condensation (b) collection (c) evaporation (d) precipitation
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, rope, mirror, pillow. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ARMP (b) PMRA (c) RAMP (d) RMPA
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, coconut, apple, ice cream, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BCAIW (b) CAIWB (c) WIACB (d) CBAIW
15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) ROYGBIV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IVBGYOR
16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) LPAE (c) APLE (d) ELPA
17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) WSEN (c) NESW (d) ENSW
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) WGS (c) SWG (d) GWS
19. 19.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) orange (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
20. 20.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 4 (M) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Uranus (c) Saturn (d) Mars
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, glass, urn, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GTUA (b) AUGT (c) GUAT (d) TGUA
22. 22.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) its spelling backwards (c) what each letter means (d) nothing else
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, candle, shoe, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MCSW (b) CMSW (c) CSWM (d) WSCM
24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) ASIAP (c) AISAP (d) PAISA
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, guava, igloo, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GMIS (b) GISM (c) MGIS (d) SIGM
26. 26.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) larva (b) egg (c) adult (d) pupa
27. 27.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) April (b) February (c) January (d) March
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, parrot, duck, ant, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MPDAJ (b) PDAJM (c) JADPM (d) PMDAJ
29. 29.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the rainbow colours (c) the planets (d) the oceans
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, rope, bucket, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RBCK (b) CBRK (c) KRBC (d) RKBC
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, radio, lemon, glass, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RFLGT (b) TGLRF (c) FRLGT (d) RLGTF
32. 32.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) leaf (b) stem (c) root (d) flower
33. 33.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) stem (b) leaf (c) root (d) flower
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, urn, monkey, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IMUA (b) AUMI (c) UMIA (d) UAMI
35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VMEMJSUN
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, kite, radio, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MKRD (b) KMRD (c) DRKM (d) KRDM
37. 37.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) February (b) January (c) March (d) April
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, apple, onion, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AORS (b) SAOR (c) ROAS (d) ASOR
39. 39.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) evaporation (c) collection (d) condensation
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, owl, flute, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OFKA (b) KFOA (c) OAFK (d) AOFK

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