Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 931 · 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 picture (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a maths sum (d) a long story
2. 2.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a long poem (c) a type of number (d) first letters as a word
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) LEPA (c) ELPA (d) APLE
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, frog, banana, pillow. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PBFO (b) OFBP (c) FOBP (d) FBPO
5. 5.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) pupa (b) larva (c) adult (d) egg
6. 6.🔤 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
7. 7.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) Asia (b) South America (c) North America (d) Africa
8. 8.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Neptune (c) Uranus (d) Mercury
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, van, drum, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BVDN (b) VBDN (c) VDNB (d) NDVB
10. 10.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its spelling backwards (c) its colour (d) what each letter means
11. 11.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) collection (b) condensation (c) evaporation (d) precipitation
12. 12.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) collection (b) condensation (c) evaporation (d) precipitation
13. 13.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the oceans (c) the planets (d) the months
14. 14.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
15. 15.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) one word holds a list (c) they always rhyme (d) they need no learning
16. 16.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) south (b) west (c) north (d) east
17. 17.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) adult (b) larva (c) egg (d) pupa
18. 18.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) February (b) April (c) March (d) January
19. 19.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Indian (c) Atlantic (d) Southern
20. 20.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Mars (c) Saturn (d) Venus
21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECPC (c) CPCE (d) ECCP
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, jug, duck, parrot, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WJDPS (b) JDPSW (c) JWDPS (d) SPDJW
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) WSEN (c) ESWN (d) NESW
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, urn, frog, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UBFP (b) BUFP (c) UFPB (d) PFUB
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, jalebi, spoon, tomato, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JBSTF (b) JSTFB (c) BJSTF (d) FTSJB
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, apple, kettle, owl, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AMKOR (b) MAKOR (c) ROKAM (d) AKORM
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, apple, banana, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NABM (b) ABMN (c) MBAN (d) ANBM
28. 28.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Mars (c) Mercury (d) Saturn
29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IBGYORV (c) IVBGYOR (d) VIBGYOR
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) AMFJ (c) FMAJ (d) FJMA
31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) RSLF (c) SRLF (d) SLFR
32. 32.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) March (b) April (c) January (d) February
33. 33.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) stem (b) root (c) flower (d) leaf
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, sock, orange, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AOSL (b) SOAL (c) SLOA (d) LSOA
35. 35.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Asia (b) Antarctica (c) Africa (d) North America
36. 36.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Mars (c) Saturn (d) Neptune
37. 37.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) yellow (b) violet (c) blue (d) green
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, pencil, frog, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PFIW (b) WPFI (c) IFPW (d) PWFI
39. 39.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) green (b) orange (c) indigo (d) blue
40. 40.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) January (b) April (c) February (d) March

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