Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 899 · 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 the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) orange (b) green (c) violet (d) blue
2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) AANSAEA (c) AANSAAE (d) ANSAEAA
3. 3.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they always rhyme (c) they need no learning (d) one word holds a list
4. 4.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its spelling backwards (c) its colour (d) what each letter means
5. 5.🔤 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) VEMJSUNM (d) MVEMJSUN
6. 6.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the rainbow colours (c) the planets (d) the oceans
7. 7.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) leaf (b) stem (c) root (d) flower
8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, vase, needle, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CNVD (b) VDNC (c) DVNC (d) VNCD
9. 9.🔤 “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
10. 10.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) east (b) north (c) west (d) south
11. 11.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) condensation (b) collection (c) precipitation (d) evaporation
12. 12.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) pupa (b) egg (c) larva (d) adult
13. 13.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a long story (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a maths sum
14. 14.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) violet (b) green (c) indigo (d) orange
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, frog, igloo, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FIBW (b) BIFW (c) FWIB (d) WFIB
16. 16.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) collection (c) evaporation (d) condensation
17. 17.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) larva (b) pupa (c) adult (d) egg
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, igloo, onion, jeep, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ITOJM (b) IOJMT (c) MJOIT (d) TIOJM
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.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, guava, whistle, kite, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DKWGU (b) GWKDU (c) UGWKD (d) GUWKD
21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) ELPA (c) LEPA (d) APLE
22. 22.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Mars (c) Venus (d) Jupiter
23. 23.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) April (b) February (c) January (d) March
24. 24.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) April (b) February (c) March (d) January
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, inkpot, pillow, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IPRK (b) RPIK (c) KIPR (d) IKPR
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, inkpot, mango, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IOML (b) LMIO (c) IMLO (d) OIML
27. 27.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a drawing (c) a type of number (d) a long poem
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, violin, owl, coconut, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VOCGB (b) VBOCG (c) BVOCG (d) GCOVB
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, key, ball, needle, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DKBNS (b) KBNSD (c) SNBKD (d) KDBNS
30. 30.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) February (b) March (c) April (d) January
31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) ESWN (c) NESW (d) WSEN
32. 32.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) Europe (c) Africa (d) Asia
33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) FLSR (c) SRLF (d) RSLF
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, banana, violin, nest, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MNVBR (b) BVNMR (c) RBVNM (d) BRVNM
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, whistle, kite, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SKWD (b) WKSD (c) DWKS (d) WDKS
36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) PAISA (c) AISAP (d) ASIAP
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, monkey, sock, wallet, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IMSWO (b) OWSMI (c) MISWO (d) MSWOI
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, ant, glass, nest, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AGNDR (b) RAGND (c) DNGAR (d) ARGND
39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) CPCE (c) ECCP (d) CEPC
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) VIBGYOR (c) IVBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV

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