Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 867 · 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 list in a fixed order (b) a long story (c) a picture (d) a maths sum
2. 2.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the months (c) the rainbow colours (d) the oceans
3. 3.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) nothing else (c) what each letter means (d) its colour
4. 4.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they need no learning (c) they are longer (d) one word holds a list
5. 5.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) February (b) March (c) January (d) April
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, doll, urn, ant, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JDUAW (b) DUAWJ (c) WAUDJ (d) DJUAW
7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, needle, mirror, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NMWG (b) GNMW (c) WMNG (d) NGMW
8. 8.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a type of number (c) a long poem (d) a drawing
9. 9.🔤 “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
10. 10.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) blue (b) red (c) indigo (d) green
11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, apple, mirror, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LAMO (b) AMOL (c) ALMO (d) OMAL
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, kite, parrot, ladder, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KVPLO (b) OLPKV (c) VKPLO (d) KPLOV
13. 13.🔤 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
14. 14.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) Australia (b) Europe (c) North America (d) Antarctica
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: jeep, anchor, lemon, shoe, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AJLSN (b) JALSN (c) ALSNJ (d) NSLAJ
16. 16.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) adult (b) pupa (c) larva (d) egg
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, rose, drum, coconut, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ORDCK (b) KCDRO (c) RODCK (d) RDCKO
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, kite, coconut, watch, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DWCKF (b) KCWDF (c) FKCWD (d) KFCWD
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, owl, guava, jalebi, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NJGOF (b) OFGJN (c) OGJNF (d) FOGJN
20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) ELPA (c) LEPA (d) LPAE
21. 21.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Neptune (b) Venus (c) Saturn (d) Uranus
22. 22.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Arctic (c) Pacific (d) Indian
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, candle, fan, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BCFR (b) CFRB (c) RFCB (d) CBFR
24. 24.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) collection (c) evaporation (d) condensation
25. 25.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) Asia (b) Antarctica (c) Australia (d) North America
26. 26.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) flower (b) stem (c) leaf (d) root
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, inkpot, watch, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IWGB (b) GWIB (c) IBWG (d) BIWG
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, whistle, onion, drum, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WODIT (b) IDOWT (c) TWODI (d) WTODI
29. 29.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) saffron (b) green (c) white
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECPC (c) ECCP (d) CPCE
31. 31.🔤 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
32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) FJMA (c) AMFJ (d) FMAJ
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, onion, monkey, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OUMC (b) CMOU (c) UOMC (d) OMCU
34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) IVBGYOR (c) VIBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, flute, drum, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FLDR (b) FDRL (c) LFDR (d) RDFL
36. 36.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Jupiter (c) Earth (d) Saturn
37. 37.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Jupiter (c) Venus (d) Mercury
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, vase, jeep, ball, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VJBLM (b) MVJBL (c) VMJBL (d) LBJVM
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, frog, anchor, jalebi, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FAJTI (b) FIAJT (c) IFAJT (d) TJAFI
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, mango, lemon, tiger, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MLTCW (b) CTLMW (c) WMLTC (d) MWLTC

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