Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 697 · 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.📝 A list to learn, in order: lamp, mirror, coconut, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LMCJ (b) JCML (c) MCJL (d) MLCJ
2. 2.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) its colour (c) what each letter means (d) nothing else
3. 3.🔤 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
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) WSEN (c) ENSW (d) ESWN
5. 5.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the oceans (c) the planets (d) the months
6. 6.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) green (b) white (c) saffron
7. 7.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Arctic (c) Indian (d) Atlantic
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CPCE (c) ECPC (d) CEPC
9. 9.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) one word holds a list (c) they always rhyme (d) they are longer
10. 10.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) north (b) east (c) west (d) south
11. 11.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) Asia (c) South America (d) Africa
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, drum, radio, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ADRN (b) DRNA (c) NRDA (d) DARN
13. 13.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) collection (c) condensation (d) evaporation
14. 14.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a picture (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a long story
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, mango, nest, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MONB (b) OMNB (c) MNBO (d) BNMO
16. 16.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) adult (b) egg (c) larva (d) pupa
17. 17.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) white (b) saffron (c) green
18. 18.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) orange (b) green (c) yellow (d) red
19. 19.🔤 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
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, umbrella, ball, ice cream, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UGBIT (b) TIBUG (c) UBITG (d) GUBIT
21. 21.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) Australia (b) North America (c) Africa (d) South America
22. 22.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Atlantic (c) Pacific (d) Southern
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, ant, orange, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ADOB (b) DAOB (c) BOAD (d) AOBD
24. 24.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Saturn (c) Neptune (d) Mercury
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) APLE (c) LPAE (d) ELPA
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, bucket, ice cream, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BIOM (b) OIBM (c) BMIO (d) MBIO
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, umpire, parrot, van, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FVPUN (b) UNPVF (c) NUPVF (d) UPVFN
28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) FLSR (c) SLFR (d) RSLF
29. 29.🔤 “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
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) VIBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) IVBGYOR
31. 31.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) Asia (c) South America (d) Africa
32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) FJMA (c) JFMA (d) AMFJ
33. 33.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) violet (b) blue (c) yellow (d) green
34. 34.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) flower (b) leaf (c) root (d) stem
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, jug, onion, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JOVG (b) GJOV (c) JGOV (d) VOJG
36. 36.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) first letters as a word (c) a drawing (d) a type of number
37. 37.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Indian (c) Southern (d) Arctic
38. 38.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) Australia (b) Europe (c) North America (d) Antarctica
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, nest, ball, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KBNA (b) NABK (c) NBKA (d) ANBK
40. 40.🔤 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) VEMJSUNM (d) MVEMJSUN

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