Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 734 · 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.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) flower (b) stem (c) root (d) leaf
2. 2.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Saturn (c) Venus (d) Earth
3. 3.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a picture (c) a maths sum (d) a long story
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, violin, owl, pillow, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CPOVK (b) VKOPC (c) VOPCK (d) KVOPC
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: lamp, van, doll, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VLDS (b) VDSL (c) SDVL (d) LVDS
6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) APISA (c) ASIAP (d) AISAP
7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, mango, coconut, spoon, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MLCSK (b) KSCML (c) MCSKL (d) LMCSK
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VEMJSUNM (d) VMEMJSUN
9. 9.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its colour (c) its spelling backwards (d) what each letter means
10. 10.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Neptune (c) Mars (d) Venus
11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) VIBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) IVBGYOR
12. 12.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Jupiter (c) Mercury (d) Earth
13. 13.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the planets (c) the oceans (d) the rainbow colours
14. 14.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) green (b) violet (c) orange (d) blue
15. 15.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) February (b) April (c) January (d) March
16. 16.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) a drawing (c) first letters as a word (d) a long poem
17. 17.🔤 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
18. 18.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) violet (b) green (c) orange (d) indigo
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) WSEN (c) ESWN (d) ENSW
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, sock, monkey, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UMSV (b) VSMU (c) SVMU (d) SMUV
21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) SLFR (c) RSLF (d) FLSR
22. 22.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) saffron (b) green (c) white
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, goat, parrot, candle, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OGPCM (b) GOPCM (c) MCPGO (d) GPCMO
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, parrot, candle, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PCUF (b) UCPF (c) FPCU (d) PFCU
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, banana, guava, pencil, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BGPJU (b) BUGPJ (c) UBGPJ (d) JPGBU
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, jeep, radio, needle, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JRNLC (b) LNRJC (c) CJRNL (d) JCRNL
27. 27.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they are longer (c) they always rhyme (d) one word holds a list
28. 28.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) west (b) north (c) south (d) east
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, orange, drum, kettle, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PKDOT (b) ODKPT (c) OTDKP (d) TODKP
30. 30.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 6 (E) stand for? (a) Asia (b) Australia (c) North America (d) Europe
31. 31.🔤 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
32. 32.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) March (b) February (c) April (d) January
33. 33.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, wallet, parrot, shoe, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WPSNR (b) NSPWR (c) RWPSN (d) WRPSN
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, cat, tiger, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DCTI (b) ITCD (c) CTID (d) CDTI
36. 36.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) south (b) north (c) west (d) east
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, kettle, whistle, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TWKI (b) KWTI (c) KIWT (d) IKWT
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, inkpot, nest, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IGNA (b) ANIG (c) INAG (d) GINA
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, urn, drum, pillow. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PDUB (b) UBDP (c) UDPB (d) BUDP
40. 40.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 4 (M) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Jupiter (c) Saturn (d) Mercury

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