Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 754 · 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) west (b) south (c) east (d) north
2. 2.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a maths sum (c) a long story (d) a picture
3. 3.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they are longer (c) they need no learning (d) they always rhyme
4. 4.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) what each letter means (c) nothing else (d) its spelling backwards
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, ladder, rose, anchor, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OARLC (b) LCRAO (c) LRAOC (d) CLRAO
6. 6.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Atlantic (c) Arctic (d) Pacific
7. 7.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) egg (b) adult (c) larva (d) pupa
8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, tent, cat, shoe, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TACSR (b) ATCSR (c) TCSRA (d) RSCTA
9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) CEPC (c) ECPC (d) ECCP
10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VMEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
11. 11.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the months (c) the rainbow colours (d) the planets
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SLFR (c) FLSR (d) SRLF
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) IBGYORV (d) IVBGYOR
14. 14.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) condensation (c) collection (d) evaporation
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, nest, anchor, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OANI (b) INAO (c) NIAO (d) NAOI
16. 16.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) root (b) leaf (c) stem (d) flower
17. 17.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) leaf (b) root (c) flower (d) stem
18. 18.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) white (b) saffron (c) green
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) WGS (c) WSG (d) GWS
20. 20.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) violet (b) yellow (c) orange (d) green
21. 21.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a drawing (c) a type of number (d) first letters as a word
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, net, drum, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BNDI (b) IDNB (c) NDIB (d) NBDI
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, cat, rose, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LRCV (b) CVRL (c) CRLV (d) VCRL
24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) AEASNAA (c) AANSAEA (d) ANSAEAA
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, key, monkey, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KOMW (b) WMKO (c) OKMW (d) KMWO
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, umpire, inkpot, ant, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UFIAP (b) FUIAP (c) UIAPF (d) PAIUF
27. 27.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) leaf (b) flower (c) stem (d) root
28. 28.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Mars (c) Earth (d) Mercury
29. 29.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 4 (M) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Mars (c) Jupiter (d) Uranus
30. 30.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) collection (b) precipitation (c) condensation (d) evaporation
31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) PAISA (c) AISAP (d) APISA
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, drum, kettle, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DKAC (b) CDKA (c) DCKA (d) AKDC
33. 33.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) North America (b) Africa (c) Europe (d) Asia
34. 34.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Pacific (c) Atlantic (d) Southern
35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) FMAJ (c) AMFJ (d) JFMA
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, drum, van, flute, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CDVFO (b) DVFOC (c) DCVFO (d) OFVDC
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, onion, tomato, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OGTR (b) RTOG (c) GOTR (d) OTRG
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, ice cream, mirror, doll, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IBMDS (b) IMDSB (c) BIMDS (d) SDMIB
39. 39.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) Europe (b) North America (c) Africa (d) Asia
40. 40.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) egg (b) adult (c) pupa (d) larva

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