Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 793 · 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) ASIAP (b) PAISA (c) AISAP (d) APISA
2. 2.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) January (b) March (c) February (d) April
3. 3.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) what each letter means (c) its spelling backwards (d) nothing else
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) FLSR (c) SRLF (d) RSLF
5. 5.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) January (b) March (c) February (d) April
6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AEASNAA (c) AANSAEA (d) AANSAAE
7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, guava, needle, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GSND (b) DNGS (c) SGND (d) GNDS
8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, key, urn, nest, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KOUNC (b) KUNCO (c) OKUNC (d) CNUKO
9. 9.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) first letters as a word (c) a type of number (d) a long poem
10. 10.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the rainbow colours (c) the planets (d) the months
11. 11.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Southern (c) Arctic (d) Pacific
12. 12.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) North America (b) Africa (c) South America (d) Asia
13. 13.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a long story (d) a maths sum
14. 14.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) larva (b) adult (c) pupa (d) egg
15. 15.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) red (b) yellow (c) green (d) indigo
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, urn, coconut, tomato, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UACTM (b) AUCTM (c) MTCUA (d) UCTMA
17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) WSEN (c) NESW (d) ESWN
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, ant, kettle, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MAKC (b) CKAM (c) AKCM (d) AMKC
19. 19.🔤 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) MVEMJSUN (d) VMEMJSUN
20. 20.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Jupiter (c) Saturn (d) Venus
21. 21.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) one word holds a list (c) they need no learning (d) they always rhyme
22. 22.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) February (b) March (c) April (d) January
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, drum, jalebi, pencil, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LPJDS (b) DSJPL (c) SDJPL (d) DJPLS
24. 24.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) indigo (b) blue (c) violet (d) green
25. 25.🔤 “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
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, cat, frog, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CKFR (b) KCFR (c) CFRK (d) RFCK
27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) LPAE (c) APLE (d) LEPA
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, net, anchor, candle, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NTACO (b) TNACO (c) OCANT (d) NACOT
29. 29.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Asia (b) South America (c) North America (d) Africa
30. 30.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Uranus (c) Neptune (d) Mercury
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, vase, tiger, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VTOF (b) OTVF (c) FVTO (d) VFTO
32. 32.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Arctic (c) Pacific (d) Southern
33. 33.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) larva (b) adult (c) egg (d) pupa
34. 34.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Indian (c) Atlantic (d) Pacific
35. 35.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) South America (b) Europe (c) Asia (d) Africa
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, duck, violin, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DMVA (b) MDVA (c) DVAM (d) AVDM
37. 37.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) orange (d) violet
38. 38.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) condensation (c) collection (d) evaporation
39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IVBGYOR (c) VIBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
40. 40.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) green (b) saffron (c) white

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