Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 929 · 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.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they need no learning (c) they are longer (d) they always rhyme
2. 2.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a maths sum (c) a long story (d) a picture
3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, vase, nest, coconut, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VGNCK (b) KCNVG (c) GVNCK (d) VNCKG
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.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, ant, pencil, igloo, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ABPIW (b) WIPAB (c) BAPIW (d) APIWB
6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) AEASNAA (c) ANSAEAA (d) AANSAAE
7. 7.🔤 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
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) AMFJ (c) FMAJ (d) JFMA
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, urn, glass, apple, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JAGUO (b) UGAJO (c) UOGAJ (d) OUGAJ
10. 10.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 4 (M) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Jupiter (c) Saturn (d) Mars
11. 11.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its spelling backwards (c) its colour (d) what each letter means
12. 12.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) February (b) March (c) January (d) April
13. 13.🔤 “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
14. 14.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) condensation (b) precipitation (c) collection (d) evaporation
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, mango, net, spoon, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MRNSU (b) MNSUR (c) RMNSU (d) USNMR
16. 16.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) white (b) green (c) saffron
17. 17.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) root (b) leaf (c) stem (d) flower
18. 18.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) north (b) east (c) south (d) west
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) WSEN (c) NESW (d) ENSW
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, guava, doll, cat, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RCDGS (b) SGDCR (c) GSDCR (d) GDCRS
21. 21.🔤 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
22. 22.🔤 “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
23. 23.🔤 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
24. 24.🔤 “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
25. 25.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) Africa (b) Australia (c) Antarctica (d) Asia
26. 26.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Jupiter (c) Mars (d) Mercury
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, jug, rose, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MRJW (b) JWRM (c) WJRM (d) JRMW
28. 28.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the rainbow colours (c) the months (d) the planets
29. 29.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) south (b) north (c) east (d) west
30. 30.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) March (b) February (c) January (d) April
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, drum, van, jeep, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LJVDB (b) DBVJL (c) DVJLB (d) BDVJL
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, umpire, inkpot, candle, pillow. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UICPR (b) PCIUR (c) URICP (d) RUICP
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, fan, whistle, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FWKR (b) RFWK (c) FRWK (d) KWFR
34. 34.🔤 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
35. 35.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) stem (b) root (c) flower (d) leaf
36. 36.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Atlantic (c) Arctic (d) Southern
37. 37.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) March (b) January (c) April (d) February
38. 38.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Pacific (c) Indian (d) Southern
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, mango, violin, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IVMG (b) MVIG (c) MGVI (d) GMVI
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, spoon, goat, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KGSP (b) SPGK (c) PSGK (d) SGKP

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