Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 765 · 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 picture (b) a long story (c) a maths sum (d) a list in a fixed order
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, ant, bucket, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ABCV (b) VABC (c) CBAV (d) AVBC
3. 3.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) egg (b) adult (c) pupa (d) larva
4. 4.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they always rhyme (c) they need no learning (d) one word holds a list
5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) WSEN (c) NESW (d) ENSW
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, coconut, flute, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CFPG (b) PFCG (c) GCFP (d) CGFP
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) ELPA (c) APLE (d) LEPA
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) GWS (c) WGS (d) SWG
9. 9.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the rainbow colours (c) the months (d) the planets
10. 10.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) its colour (c) nothing else (d) what each letter means
11. 11.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a long poem (c) a type of number (d) first letters as a word
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, whistle, umpire, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WUAT (b) WTUA (c) TWUA (d) AUWT
13. 13.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) February (b) April (c) March (d) January
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, drum, owl, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LDOU (b) UODL (c) DOUL (d) DLOU
15. 15.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) collection (b) precipitation (c) evaporation (d) condensation
16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) AANSAEA (c) ANSAEAA (d) AANSAAE
17. 17.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) south (b) west (c) east (d) north
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, umpire, mango, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BMUN (b) UNMB (c) UMBN (d) NUMB
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, anchor, ball, flute, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KFBAC (b) CABFK (c) ACBFK (d) ABFKC
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, glass, mirror, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GDMA (b) AMGD (c) GMAD (d) DGMA
21. 21.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) north (b) west (c) east (d) south
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, coconut, ant, rope, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CARTF (b) FCART (c) CFART (d) TRACF
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, umbrella, orange, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UOVT (b) UTOV (c) TUOV (d) VOUT
24. 24.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Mars (c) Jupiter (d) Mercury
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) VIBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) IVBGYOR
27. 27.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) stem (b) leaf (c) root (d) flower
28. 28.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) Australia (b) Antarctica (c) Asia (d) Europe
29. 29.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 6 (E) stand for? (a) Australia (b) Europe (c) Antarctica (d) Asia
30. 30.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) violet (b) yellow (c) green (d) blue
31. 31.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) flower (b) root (c) stem (d) leaf
32. 32.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Africa (b) South America (c) Antarctica (d) Asia
33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) FLSR (c) RSLF (d) SLFR
34. 34.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Atlantic (c) Indian (d) Pacific
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, guava, needle, candle, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GBNCO (b) OCNGB (c) GNCOB (d) BGNCO
36. 36.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) saffron (b) green (c) white
37. 37.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, bucket, candle, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BNCL (b) LCBN (c) BCLN (d) NBCL
39. 39.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Indian (c) Pacific (d) Southern
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, ant, inkpot, onion, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VOIAD (b) DAIOV (c) AIOVD (d) ADIOV

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