Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 884 · 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.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) east (b) west (c) north (d) south
2. 2.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) first letters as a word (c) a drawing (d) a type of number
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) APLE (b) ELPA (c) LEPA (d) LPAE
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, cat, drum, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CADT (b) ACDT (c) CDTA (d) TDCA
6. 6.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a maths sum (c) a picture (d) a list in a fixed order
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) ASIAP (c) APISA (d) PAISA
8. 8.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) one word holds a list (c) they are longer (d) they need no learning
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, banana, onion, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BSOL (b) LOBS (c) SBOL (d) BOLS
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.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Pacific (c) Southern (d) Indian
12. 12.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Neptune (c) Venus (d) Uranus
13. 13.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) March (b) February (c) January (d) April
14. 14.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) leaf (b) flower (c) root (d) stem
15. 15.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) violet (d) red
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, parrot, candle, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PGCA (b) PCAG (c) ACPG (d) GPCA
17. 17.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) condensation (c) collection (d) evaporation
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, frog, pillow, kite, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RKPFA (b) FPKRA (c) FAPKR (d) AFPKR
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, drum, umbrella, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DUFS (b) SDUF (c) DSUF (d) FUDS
20. 20.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) nothing else (c) its colour (d) what each letter means
21. 21.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) April (b) February (c) January (d) March
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, frog, owl, needle, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KNOFM (b) MFONK (c) FMONK (d) FONKM
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AANSAEA (c) AEASNAA (d) AANSAAE
24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) AMFJ (c) FMAJ (d) FJMA
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, umbrella, parrot, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CPUT (b) TUPC (c) UTPC (d) UPCT
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, owl, frog, glass, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OFGIP (b) IGFOP (c) OPFGI (d) POFGI
27. 27.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) March (b) January (c) April (d) February
28. 28.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) South America (b) North America (c) Antarctica (d) Africa
29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) ESWN (c) WSEN (d) NESW
30. 30.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) green (b) saffron (c) white
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, flute, onion, glass, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CFOGK (b) FCOGK (c) KGOFC (d) FOGKC
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, goat, pillow, apple, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GIPAT (b) IGPAT (c) GPATI (d) TAPGI
33. 33.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) saffron (b) green (c) white
34. 34.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) larva (b) pupa (c) egg (d) adult
35. 35.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Pacific (c) Atlantic (d) Indian
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, frog, igloo, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FRIG (b) RFIG (c) GIFR (d) FIGR
37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VMEMJSUN
38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SLFR (c) SRLF (d) RSLF
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, banana, jug, tent, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BJTAM (b) BMJTA (c) ATJBM (d) MBJTA
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, jug, kite, anchor, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OAKJD (b) JDKAO (c) DJKAO (d) JKAOD

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