Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 937 · 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.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a long poem (c) a drawing (d) a type of number
2. 2.🔤 “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
3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: jug, fan, apple, inkpot, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DIAFJ (b) FAIDJ (c) JFAID (d) FJAID
4. 4.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a picture (c) a maths sum (d) a long story
5. 5.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Europe (b) South America (c) Australia (d) Africa
6. 6.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they always rhyme (c) they are longer (d) one word holds a list
7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, kite, onion, inkpot, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KMOIU (b) UIOKM (c) KOIUM (d) MKOIU
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LPAE (c) LEPA (d) ELPA
9. 9.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) west (b) east (c) north (d) south
10. 10.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Pacific (c) Southern (d) Arctic
11. 11.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) south (b) west (c) east (d) north
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) FJMA (c) AMFJ (d) FMAJ
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, frog, pillow, igloo, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AIPFS (b) SFPIA (c) FSPIA (d) FPIAS
14. 14.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Arctic (c) Southern (d) Pacific
15. 15.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) February (b) March (c) April (d) January
16. 16.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) white (b) saffron (c) green
17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ENSW (c) NESW (d) ESWN
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: jeep, bucket, tiger, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CTBJ (b) JBTC (c) BTCJ (d) BJTC
19. 19.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Atlantic (c) Arctic (d) Indian
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, coconut, net, violin, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CFNVU (b) FCNVU (c) UVNCF (d) CNVUF
21. 21.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) flower (b) leaf (c) root (d) stem
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, net, kettle, rose, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ORKNP (b) PNKRO (c) NKROP (d) NPKRO
23. 23.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 4 (M) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Jupiter (c) Neptune (d) Earth
24. 24.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the rainbow colours (c) the oceans (d) the planets
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, glass, key, ice cream, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GSKIP (b) GKIPS (c) PIKGS (d) SGKIP
26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) AANSAAE (c) AEASNAA (d) ANSAEAA
27. 27.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) orange (b) indigo (c) red (d) yellow
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: jug, watch, parrot, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KPWJ (b) WPKJ (c) WJPK (d) JWPK
29. 29.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) nothing else (c) its spelling backwards (d) its colour
30. 30.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) west (b) north (c) south (d) east
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, cat, fan, apple, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CFAJK (b) JAFCK (c) CKFAJ (d) KCFAJ
32. 32.🔤 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
33. 33.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) pupa (b) adult (c) larva (d) egg
34. 34.🔤 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
35. 35.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) March (b) January (c) February (d) April
36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) SWG (c) GWS (d) WGS
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, frog, jug, lamp, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ILJFT (b) FTJLI (c) FJLIT (d) TFJLI
38. 38.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) root (b) leaf (c) flower (d) stem
39. 39.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Earth (c) Mars (d) Saturn
40. 40.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) collection (c) precipitation (d) condensation

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