Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 736 · 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.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) south (b) north (c) east (d) west
2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) GWS (c) SWG (d) WGS
3. 3.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) north (b) south (c) west (d) east
4. 4.🔤 “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
5. 5.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 4 (M) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Mars (c) Mercury (d) Earth
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, apple, bucket, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ABJT (b) JBAT (c) TABJ (d) ATBJ
7. 7.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Southern (c) Arctic (d) Atlantic
8. 8.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) larva (b) pupa (c) egg (d) adult
9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) ESWN (c) ENSW (d) WSEN
10. 10.🔤 “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
11. 11.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) nothing else (c) what each letter means (d) its colour
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) FMAJ (c) AMFJ (d) JFMA
13. 13.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) larva (b) egg (c) adult (d) pupa
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SRLF (c) RSLF (d) SLFR
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, mango, drum, bucket, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IBDMA (b) MDBIA (c) AMDBI (d) MADBI
16. 16.🔤 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) NUSJMEVM (d) VEMJSUNM
17. 17.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) one word holds a list (c) they need no learning (d) they are longer
18. 18.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) indigo (b) yellow (c) red (d) green
19. 19.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) first letters as a word (c) a long poem (d) a drawing
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, spoon, umpire, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LUSW (b) SULW (c) WSUL (d) SWUL
21. 21.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) February (b) March (c) January (d) April
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, parrot, ant, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NAPD (b) DPAN (c) PDAN (d) PAND
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AANSAEA (c) AEASNAA (d) AANSAAE
24. 24.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Indian (c) Atlantic (d) Pacific
25. 25.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the months (c) the planets (d) the oceans
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, glass, owl, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GMOW (b) WOGM (c) MGOW (d) GOWM
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, pillow, inkpot, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PITW (b) PWIT (c) WPIT (d) TIPW
28. 28.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) root (b) flower (c) stem (d) leaf
29. 29.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) orange (b) green (c) violet (d) blue
30. 30.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) April (b) March (c) February (d) January
31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECPC (c) CEPC (d) ECCP
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: lamp, pencil, needle, duck, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LPNDC (b) CDNPL (c) PNDCL (d) PLNDC
33. 33.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) collection (c) evaporation (d) condensation
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, monkey, ant, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MABP (b) PMAB (c) BAMP (d) MPAB
35. 35.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) larva (b) adult (c) pupa (d) egg
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, anchor, jeep, tomato, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ARJTL (b) RAJTL (c) AJTLR (d) LTJAR
37. 37.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) larva (b) adult (c) pupa (d) egg
38. 38.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a picture (c) a long story (d) a maths sum
39. 39.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Southern (c) Atlantic (d) Indian
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IBGYORV (c) IVBGYOR (d) VIBGYOR

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