Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 710 · 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 long story (d) a list in a fixed order
2. 2.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) east (b) south (c) north (d) west
3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, coconut, nest, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CNSG (b) SNCG (c) CGNS (d) GCNS
4. 4.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its spelling backwards (c) its colour (d) what each letter means
5. 5.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) egg (b) pupa (c) adult (d) larva
6. 6.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) Africa (b) Europe (c) Asia (d) Antarctica
7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, ice cream, tomato, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IBTU (b) BITU (c) ITUB (d) UTIB
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) LEPA (c) ELPA (d) APLE
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, monkey, key, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IKMB (b) BMKI (c) MKIB (d) MBKI
10. 10.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the rainbow colours (c) the months (d) the planets
11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, duck, goat, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RGDS (b) DSGR (c) DGRS (d) SDGR
12. 12.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) larva (b) egg (c) pupa (d) adult
13. 13.🔤 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
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, kite, pencil, watch, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KFPWG (b) GWPKF (c) FKPWG (d) KPWGF
15. 15.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) condensation (b) evaporation (c) precipitation (d) collection
16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) AMFJ (c) FJMA (d) FMAJ
17. 17.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) violet (b) orange (c) blue (d) green
18. 18.🔤 “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
19. 19.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) root (b) leaf (c) stem (d) flower
20. 20.🔤 “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
21. 21.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) first letters as a word (c) a drawing (d) a type of number
22. 22.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 6 (E) stand for? (a) Asia (b) Africa (c) North America (d) Europe
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, ladder, umpire, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GLUA (b) AULG (c) LUAG (d) LGUA
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, rope, glass, banana, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RAGBO (b) RGBOA (c) OBGRA (d) ARGBO
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, glass, lamp, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ULGO (b) GOLU (c) GLUO (d) OGLU
26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) MVEMJSUN
27. 27.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Indian (c) Southern (d) Arctic
28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) AANSAAE (c) ANSAEAA (d) AEASNAA
29. 29.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) Africa (b) Antarctica (c) North America (d) Europe
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, parrot, spoon, whistle, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PASWU (b) PSWUA (c) APSWU (d) UWSPA
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, goat, flute, shoe, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GIFSJ (b) GFSJI (c) JSFGI (d) IGFSJ
32. 32.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Saturn (c) Uranus (d) Earth
33. 33.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) green (b) saffron (c) white
34. 34.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they always rhyme (c) one word holds a list (d) they are longer
35. 35.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) green (b) indigo (c) red (d) orange
36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) ECCP (c) CEPC (d) CPCE
37. 37.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Arctic (c) Indian (d) Atlantic
38. 38.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) stem (b) leaf (c) flower (d) root
39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) NESW (c) ENSW (d) ESWN
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, ant, umbrella, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WUAI (b) AIUW (c) IAUW (d) AUWI

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