Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 770 · 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.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) AISAP (c) ASIAP (d) APISA
2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) ANSAEAA (c) AANSAEA (d) AEASNAA
3. 3.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they always rhyme (c) one word holds a list (d) they are longer
4. 4.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) south (b) east (c) north (d) west
5. 5.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the months (c) the rainbow colours (d) the planets
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: lamp, inkpot, cat, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UCIL (b) ICUL (c) LICU (d) ILCU
7. 7.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its spelling backwards (c) its colour (d) what each letter means
8. 8.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) orange (b) violet (c) yellow (d) red
9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) WGS (c) SWG (d) GWS
10. 10.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Neptune (c) Earth (d) Mercury
11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, jeep, guava, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TGJN (b) JNGT (c) JGTN (d) NJGT
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: jug, apple, ladder, ice cream, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AJLIR (b) ALIRJ (c) JALIR (d) RILAJ
13. 13.🔤 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
14. 14.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) violet (b) indigo (c) yellow (d) red
15. 15.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) adult (b) egg (c) pupa (d) larva
16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) FMAJ (c) JFMA (d) AMFJ
17. 17.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) green (b) orange (c) blue (d) yellow
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, needle, lamp, duck, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UDLNV (b) NLDUV (c) NVLDU (d) VNLDU
19. 19.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) February (b) January (c) March (d) April
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, nest, ant, onion, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NCAOD (b) CNAOD (c) NAODC (d) DOANC
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, jug, ball, needle, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JBNPK (b) JKBNP (c) PNBJK (d) KJBNP
22. 22.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) west (b) north (c) east (d) south
23. 23.🔤 “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
24. 24.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Atlantic (c) Pacific (d) Indian
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, whistle, urn, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PWUF (b) WPUF (c) FUWP (d) WUFP
26. 26.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a picture (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a long story
27. 27.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Venus (c) Neptune (d) Uranus
28. 28.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) green (b) violet (c) orange (d) yellow
29. 29.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a drawing (c) first letters as a word (d) a type of number
30. 30.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Atlantic (c) Southern (d) Pacific
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, monkey, lemon, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SMLI (b) MSLI (c) MLIS (d) ILMS
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, cat, fan, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CSFJ (b) SCFJ (c) CFJS (d) JFCS
33. 33.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) South America (c) North America (d) Asia
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, ball, candle, urn, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BCUKA (b) KUCBA (c) BACUK (d) ABCUK
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, goat, ant, kettle, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GBAKR (b) RKAGB (c) GAKRB (d) BGAKR
36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) VIBGYOR (c) IVBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
37. 37.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) adult (b) pupa (c) larva (d) egg
38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) CPCE (c) ECPC (d) ECCP
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, frog, van, parrot, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FWVPS (b) SPVFW (c) FVPSW (d) WFVPS
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, whistle, jalebi, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KJWC (b) WCJK (c) WJKC (d) CWJK

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