Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 843 · 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.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a picture (c) a maths sum (d) a list in a fixed order
2. 2.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Neptune (b) Saturn (c) Earth (d) Mars
3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, mango, anchor, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MGAO (b) MAOG (c) OAMG (d) GMAO
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) APISA (c) ASIAP (d) PAISA
5. 5.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a long poem (c) first letters as a word (d) a type of number
6. 6.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) flower (b) stem (c) root (d) leaf
7. 7.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) collection (c) condensation (d) precipitation
8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, drum, needle, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DONB (b) BNDO (c) ODNB (d) DNBO
9. 9.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the oceans (c) the months (d) the planets
10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) IVBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) FMAJ (c) AMFJ (d) JFMA
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, mirror, doll, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JDML (b) MLDJ (c) MDJL (d) LMDJ
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) NESW (c) ESWN (d) WSEN
14. 14.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Venus (c) Saturn (d) Mercury
15. 15.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) collection (c) precipitation (d) condensation
16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) LEPA (c) APLE (d) ELPA
17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WSG (c) SWG (d) WGS
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, sock, key, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SKCF (b) CKSF (c) FSKC (d) SFKC
19. 19.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its colour (c) what each letter means (d) its spelling backwards
20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
21. 21.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) condensation (c) precipitation (d) collection
22. 22.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) red (b) blue (c) indigo (d) green
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, shoe, mango, jeep, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UJMSB (b) BSMJU (c) SMJUB (d) SBMJU
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, banana, kettle, tiger, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JBKTO (b) BJKTO (c) BKTOJ (d) OTKBJ
25. 25.🔤 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
26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AANSAAE (c) AANSAEA (d) AEASNAA
27. 27.🔤 “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
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, parrot, fan, lamp, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PUFLM (b) UPFLM (c) MLFPU (d) PFLMU
29. 29.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) condensation (c) collection (d) evaporation
30. 30.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Neptune (b) Earth (c) Mars (d) Mercury
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, lemon, orange, rope, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VROLW (b) LORVW (c) WLORV (d) LWORV
32. 32.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) April (b) February (c) January (d) March
33. 33.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) indigo (b) orange (c) red (d) green
34. 34.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they need no learning (c) they always rhyme (d) one word holds a list
35. 35.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) south (b) north (c) west (d) east
36. 36.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) Africa (b) North America (c) Australia (d) Europe
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, drum, anchor, pillow, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DKAPT (b) DAPTK (c) KDAPT (d) TPADK
38. 38.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) white (b) saffron (c) green
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, key, tent, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FTKL (b) KTFL (c) LKTF (d) KLTF
40. 40.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Australia (b) Antarctica (c) Africa (d) North America

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