Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 861 · 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.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the months (c) the oceans (d) the rainbow colours
2. 2.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a picture (d) a maths sum
3. 3.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) April (b) February (c) January (d) March
4. 4.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a drawing (c) a long poem (d) a type of number
5. 5.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they always rhyme (c) they are longer (d) they need no learning
6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) ENSW (c) NESW (d) WSEN
7. 7.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) Asia (c) Africa (d) North America
8. 8.🔤 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
9. 9.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) its colour (c) nothing else (d) its spelling backwards
10. 10.🔤 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) VMEMJSUN (d) MVEMJSUN
11. 11.🔤 “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
12. 12.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) collection (b) condensation (c) precipitation (d) evaporation
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) ANSAEAA (c) AANSAEA (d) AANSAAE
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, violin, duck, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FVDP (b) PDVF (c) VDPF (d) VFDP
15. 15.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) orange (b) violet (c) yellow (d) blue
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, anchor, shoe, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BSAI (b) ASBI (c) AISB (d) IASB
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, radio, cat, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JRCU (b) RCUJ (c) UCRJ (d) RJCU
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) SWG (c) WSG (d) GWS
19. 19.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) green (b) orange (c) blue (d) yellow
20. 20.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) indigo (b) blue (c) red (d) orange
21. 21.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Arctic (c) Southern (d) Indian
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: jug, urn, pencil, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UJPA (b) APUJ (c) UPAJ (d) JUPA
23. 23.🔤 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
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, kettle, shoe, glass, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KOSGA (b) AGSKO (c) KSGAO (d) OKSGA
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) PAISA (c) ASIAP (d) APISA
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, doll, ant, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WADT (b) TDAW (c) DTAW (d) DAWT
27. 27.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) egg (b) pupa (c) larva (d) adult
28. 28.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Indian (c) Atlantic (d) Southern
29. 29.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) white (b) green (c) saffron
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, ice cream, banana, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IFBJ (b) FIBJ (c) IBJF (d) JBIF
31. 31.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Europe (b) Africa (c) North America (d) Australia
32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) SLFR (c) FLSR (d) RSLF
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.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Mars (c) Uranus (d) Neptune
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, jalebi, apple, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CJAU (b) UAJC (c) JCAU (d) JAUC
36. 36.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) east (b) south (c) north (d) west
37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) CPCE (c) ECCP (d) ECPC
38. 38.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 4 (M) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Jupiter (c) Mercury (d) Mars
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, lemon, mango, doll, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LTMDI (b) TLMDI (c) LMDIT (d) IDMLT
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, net, rose, jalebi, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NRJLB (b) NBRJL (c) LJRNB (d) BNRJL

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