Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 77 · 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.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) violet (b) orange (c) blue (d) indigo
2. 2.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Atlantic (c) Pacific (d) Southern
3. 3.🔤 “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
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) APISA (c) AISAP (d) ASIAP
5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LEPA (c) ELPA (d) LPAE
6. 6.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a long story (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a maths sum
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) AMFJ (c) JFMA (d) FMAJ
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CEPC (c) CPCE (d) ECPC
9. 9.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) collection (c) condensation (d) precipitation
10. 10.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) egg (b) pupa (c) larva (d) adult
11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) ENSW (c) NESW (d) WSEN
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) SRLF (c) RSLF (d) FLSR
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, doll, ladder, radio, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DOLRG (b) DLRGO (c) ODLRG (d) GRLDO
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WGS (c) WSG (d) SWG
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, doll, net, pillow. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PNDI (b) DNPI (c) IDNP (d) DINP
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, jalebi, igloo, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JTIO (b) TJIO (c) JIOT (d) OIJT
17. 17.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Venus (c) Earth (d) Jupiter
18. 18.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a drawing (c) a type of number (d) a long poem
19. 19.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the planets (c) the months (d) the rainbow colours
20. 20.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) one word holds a list (c) they are longer (d) they need no learning
21. 21.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) its colour (c) nothing else (d) what each letter means
22. 22.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Indian (c) Pacific (d) Atlantic
23. 23.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) violet (b) orange (c) yellow (d) red
24. 24.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) collection (b) evaporation (c) precipitation (d) condensation
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, anchor, orange, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FOAV (b) VAOF (c) AOFV (d) AVOF
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, whistle, mango, radio, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IRMWU (b) WMRIU (c) UWMRI (d) WUMRI
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, jalebi, coconut, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JVCK (b) KCJV (c) VJCK (d) JCKV
28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) MVEMJSUN
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, ball, mango, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BRMC (b) BMCR (c) RBMC (d) CMBR
30. 30.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 6 (E) stand for? (a) South America (b) Australia (c) Antarctica (d) Europe
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, doll, ant, onion, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DTAOF (b) FOADT (c) TDAOF (d) DAOFT
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, van, owl, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VDOM (b) MOVD (c) VOMD (d) DVOM
33. 33.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) south (b) north (c) east (d) west
34. 34.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) yellow (b) red (c) violet (d) indigo
35. 35.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) January (b) April (c) March (d) February
36. 36.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) west (b) east (c) south (d) north
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, kite, monkey, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KDMN (b) NMKD (c) KMND (d) DKMN
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, nest, onion, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NOJM (b) MNOJ (c) NMOJ (d) JONM
39. 39.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) pupa (b) egg (c) larva (d) adult
40. 40.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Jupiter (c) Venus (d) Saturn

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