Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 711 · 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 long story (b) a maths sum (c) a picture (d) a list in a fixed order
2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) VIBGYOR (c) IVBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
3. 3.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) a drawing (c) a long poem (d) first letters as a word
4. 4.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Uranus (c) Neptune (d) Mercury
5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FMAJ (c) FJMA (d) JFMA
6. 6.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) its colour (c) what each letter means (d) nothing else
7. 7.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the oceans (c) the planets (d) the rainbow colours
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LPAE (c) LEPA (d) ELPA
9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) APISA (c) ASIAP (d) PAISA
10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) NUSJMEVM
11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WSG (c) SWG (d) WGS
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.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) orange (b) violet (c) indigo (d) red
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, igloo, candle, ant, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OACIU (b) IUCAO (c) ICAOU (d) UICAO
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, tiger, mango, jug, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TOMJP (b) PJMTO (c) OTMJP (d) TMJPO
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, needle, banana, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NBLD (b) NDBL (c) DNBL (d) LBND
17. 17.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Venus (c) Saturn (d) Jupiter
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, ball, sock, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BASG (b) GSBA (c) ABSG (d) BSGA
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ENSW (c) NESW (d) ESWN
20. 20.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they are longer (c) they need no learning (d) one word holds a list
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, drum, ball, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DCBJ (b) CDBJ (c) JBDC (d) DBJC
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, apple, mango, lamp, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AKMLF (b) FLMAK (c) KAMLF (d) AMLFK
23. 23.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) stem (b) root (c) flower (d) leaf
24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) SLFR (c) FLSR (d) RSLF
25. 25.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Southern (c) Indian (d) Arctic
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, ball, goat, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CGBD (b) DBGC (c) BGCD (d) BDGC
27. 27.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) March (b) April (c) February (d) January
28. 28.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) indigo (b) orange (c) blue (d) violet
29. 29.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 4 (M) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Saturn (c) Mars (d) Mercury
30. 30.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Jupiter (c) Saturn (d) Uranus
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, apple, wallet, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OAWL (b) AWLO (c) AOWL (d) LWAO
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, fan, duck, ice cream, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TIDFA (b) FADIT (c) FDITA (d) AFDIT
33. 33.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) collection (b) condensation (c) precipitation (d) evaporation
34. 34.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) north (b) south (c) west (d) east
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, ball, kettle, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BKTU (b) UBKT (c) TKBU (d) BUKT
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, kettle, umbrella, goat, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AGUKV (b) VKUGA (c) KUGAV (d) KVUGA
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, sock, umbrella, wallet, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BWUSN (b) NSUWB (c) SUWBN (d) SNUWB
38. 38.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) February (b) January (c) March (d) April
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, sock, duck, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SDAV (b) SVDA (c) ADSV (d) VSDA
40. 40.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) condensation (b) precipitation (c) evaporation (d) collection

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