Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 805 · 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.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they are longer (c) one word holds a list (d) they always rhyme
2. 2.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) adult (b) larva (c) egg (d) pupa
3. 3.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the planets (c) the oceans (d) the rainbow colours
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) ELPA (c) APLE (d) LPAE
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, drum, coconut, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DCUI (b) DICU (c) UCDI (d) IDCU
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, monkey, umbrella, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MUJP (b) PMUJ (c) MPUJ (d) JUMP
7. 7.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Southern (c) Arctic (d) Atlantic
8. 8.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) collection (c) evaporation (d) condensation
9. 9.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) North America (b) South America (c) Antarctica (d) Africa
10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
11. 11.🔤 “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
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) CEPC (c) ECCP (d) ECPC
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) PAISA (c) AISAP (d) ASIAP
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, parrot, onion, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DOPC (b) PCOD (c) PODC (d) CPOD
15. 15.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a long story (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a maths sum
16. 16.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a drawing (c) a type of number (d) a long poem
17. 17.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) indigo (b) violet (c) blue (d) green
18. 18.🔤 “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
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) GWS (c) WSG (d) SWG
20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) WSEN (c) ENSW (d) NESW
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, jalebi, fan, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JFID (b) IFJD (c) JDFI (d) DJFI
22. 22.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Venus (c) Mercury (d) Jupiter
23. 23.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) west (b) north (c) south (d) east
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, owl, glass, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UGON (b) OGUN (c) NOGU (d) ONGU
25. 25.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) April (b) February (c) January (d) March
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, jalebi, apple, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JAMB (b) BJAM (c) JBAM (d) MAJB
27. 27.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Mars (c) Earth (d) Mercury
28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) IVBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) VIBGYOR
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, key, goat, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DKGN (b) NGKD (c) KDGN (d) KGND
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) AMFJ (c) FMAJ (d) JFMA
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, tomato, goat, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TCGN (b) CTGN (c) TGNC (d) NGTC
32. 32.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) white (b) green (c) saffron
33. 33.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) white (b) saffron (c) green
34. 34.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Southern (c) Pacific (d) Indian
35. 35.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Neptune (b) Saturn (c) Jupiter (d) Mercury
36. 36.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) North America (b) South America (c) Australia (d) Africa
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, violin, kite, wallet, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VUKWJ (b) JWKVU (c) VKWJU (d) UVKWJ
38. 38.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) nothing else (c) its spelling backwards (d) what each letter means
39. 39.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) yellow (b) indigo (c) blue (d) red
40. 40.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) North America (b) South America (c) Africa (d) Europe

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