Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 757 · 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.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, key, mango, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KAMC (b) AKMC (c) KMCA (d) CMKA
3. 3.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Southern (c) Indian (d) Pacific
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) JFMA (c) FJMA (d) FMAJ
5. 5.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) pupa (b) egg (c) adult (d) larva
6. 6.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Neptune (b) Uranus (c) Mars (d) Mercury
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) AANSAAE (c) ANSAEAA (d) AANSAEA
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) ROYGBIV (d) IVBGYOR
9. 9.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) red (b) orange (c) blue (d) yellow
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, kite, monkey, spoon, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KMSVN (b) KNMSV (c) NKMSV (d) VSMKN
11. 11.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a long poem (c) first letters as a word (d) a type of number
12. 12.🔤 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
13. 13.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Arctic (c) Indian (d) Southern
14. 14.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) Africa (b) Asia (c) North America (d) South America
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, coconut, vase, lemon, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CVLRW (b) WCVLR (c) RLVCW (d) CWVLR
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, doll, nest, violin, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DNVGR (b) GVNDR (c) RDNVG (d) DRNVG
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, wallet, jalebi, fan, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WTJFL (b) WJFLT (c) LFJWT (d) TWJFL
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, ice cream, glass, ladder, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IPGLF (b) PIGLF (c) IGLFP (d) FLGIP
19. 19.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Asia (b) North America (c) Africa (d) Australia
20. 20.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) flower (b) leaf (c) stem (d) root
21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) WSEN (c) ENSW (d) NESW
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, nest, inkpot, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NKIL (b) LINK (c) NILK (d) KNIL
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CPCE (c) ECPC (d) CEPC
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, bucket, needle, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BSNO (b) ONBS (c) SBNO (d) BNOS
25. 25.🔤 “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
26. 26.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) green (b) saffron (c) white
27. 27.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) condensation (b) evaporation (c) precipitation (d) collection
28. 28.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) what each letter means (c) its spelling backwards (d) nothing else
29. 29.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) larva (b) egg (c) adult (d) pupa
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, flute, tomato, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DTFO (b) FTDO (c) OFTD (d) FOTD
31. 31.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) larva (b) pupa (c) adult (d) egg
32. 32.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Mercury (c) Venus (d) Saturn
33. 33.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) root (b) leaf (c) flower (d) stem
34. 34.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the oceans (c) the rainbow colours (d) the months
35. 35.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) condensation (b) precipitation (c) collection (d) evaporation
36. 36.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 6 (E) stand for? (a) Asia (b) South America (c) Europe (d) Antarctica
37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) FLSR (c) RSLF (d) SRLF
38. 38.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they always rhyme (c) they need no learning (d) they are longer
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, jug, goat, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TJGV (b) VGJT (c) JTGV (d) JGVT
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VEMJSUNM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) MVEMJSUN

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