Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 773 · 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.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a drawing (c) a long poem (d) a type of number
2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VMEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
3. 3.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) orange (b) indigo (c) violet (d) blue
4. 4.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) flower (b) leaf (c) root (d) stem
5. 5.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a maths sum (c) a picture (d) a list in a fixed order
6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) APISA (c) ASIAP (d) PAISA
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) SWG (c) GWS (d) WGS
8. 8.🔤 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
9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECCP (c) ECPC (d) CEPC
10. 10.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Asia (b) South America (c) North America (d) Australia
11. 11.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they are longer (c) they always rhyme (d) they need no learning
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, sock, anchor, goat, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SOAGB (b) BGASO (c) OSAGB (d) SAGBO
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, tiger, onion, banana, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PTOBN (b) TOBNP (c) NBOTP (d) TPOBN
14. 14.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) east (b) south (c) north (d) west
15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ESWN (c) NESW (d) ENSW
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, van, pillow, anchor, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VRPAM (b) MAPVR (c) RVPAM (d) VPAMR
17. 17.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) April (b) March (c) January (d) February
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, rope, umbrella, jug, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FJURC (b) CRUJF (c) RCUJF (d) RUJFC
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, anchor, bucket, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AWBI (b) ABIW (c) IBAW (d) WABI
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, ball, mango, vase, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UBMVI (b) BUMVI (c) IVMBU (d) BMVIU
21. 21.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) nothing else (c) what each letter means (d) its colour
22. 22.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) indigo (b) blue (c) yellow (d) green
23. 23.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) green (b) yellow (c) blue (d) indigo
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, duck, pencil, umbrella, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CDPUL (b) DCPUL (c) DPULC (d) LUPDC
25. 25.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Jupiter (c) Uranus (d) Mercury
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, doll, coconut, kite, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DICKO (b) IDCKO (c) DCKOI (d) OKCDI
27. 27.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Mars (c) Mercury (d) Neptune
28. 28.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the rainbow colours (c) the oceans (d) the planets
29. 29.🔤 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
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, tiger, urn, vase, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TUVFW (b) FVUTW (c) TWUVF (d) WTUVF
31. 31.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) stem (b) leaf (c) flower (d) root
32. 32.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) January (b) April (c) February (d) March
33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
34. 34.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) east (b) south (c) west (d) north
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, van, monkey, pencil, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IVMPJ (b) VMPJI (c) VIMPJ (d) JPMVI
36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) JFMA (c) AMFJ (d) FMAJ
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, onion, flute, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VFOP (b) OPFV (c) OFVP (d) POFV
38. 38.🔤 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
39. 39.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) indigo (b) blue (c) orange (d) yellow
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, ant, jug, coconut, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ICJAF (b) AFJCI (c) AJCIF (d) FAJCI

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