Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 938 · 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… (a) the planets (b) the rainbow colours (c) the months (d) the oceans
2. 2.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) nothing else (c) its colour (d) what each letter means
3. 3.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they need no learning (c) they always rhyme (d) one word holds a list
4. 4.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Africa (b) Europe (c) South America (d) Antarctica
5. 5.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) blue (b) violet (c) green (d) orange
6. 6.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) collection (c) condensation (d) precipitation
7. 7.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) east (b) north (c) west (d) south
8. 8.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) red (b) green (c) violet (d) orange
9. 9.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) North America (b) Africa (c) Asia (d) South America
10. 10.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Arctic (c) Atlantic (d) Indian
11. 11.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a picture (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a maths sum
12. 12.🔤 “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
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) CPCE (c) ECCP (d) ECPC
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, tent, wallet, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TWCD (b) DTWC (c) TDWC (d) CWTD
15. 15.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) first letters as a word (c) a long poem (d) a type of number
16. 16.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) blue (b) green (c) red (d) yellow
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, jug, van, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AVJG (b) JGVA (c) JVAG (d) GJVA
18. 18.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) condensation (c) evaporation (d) collection
19. 19.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) adult (b) pupa (c) egg (d) larva
20. 20.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) blue (b) indigo (c) violet (d) red
21. 21.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Neptune (b) Uranus (c) Venus (d) Saturn
22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) VIBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) IVBGYOR
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) NESW (c) WSEN (d) ESWN
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, glass, jug, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GKJC (b) GJCK (c) CJGK (d) KGJC
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, drum, van, lamp, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DVLSK (b) SLVDK (c) KDVLS (d) DKVLS
26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) ELPA (c) APLE (d) LEPA
27. 27.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) leaf (b) root (c) flower (d) stem
28. 28.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) Asia (b) Antarctica (c) North America (d) Australia
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, ice cream, rope, net, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SNRIK (b) IRNSK (c) IKRNS (d) KIRNS
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, pencil, jug, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) APJO (b) PJOA (c) PAJO (d) OJPA
31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) FJMA (c) AMFJ (d) FMAJ
32. 32.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) condensation (b) precipitation (c) evaporation (d) collection
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, urn, violin, onion, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UKVOW (b) KUVOW (c) WOVUK (d) UVOWK
34. 34.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Jupiter (c) Saturn (d) Uranus
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, umbrella, monkey, shoe, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RSMUB (b) UBMSR (c) UMSRB (d) BUMSR
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, urn, doll, bucket, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NBDUG (b) GUDBN (c) UGDBN (d) UDBNG
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, kite, guava, bucket, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KGBCD (b) CBGKD (c) KDGBC (d) DKGBC
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, ball, net, cat, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BTNCG (b) TBNCG (c) BNCGT (d) GCNBT
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, parrot, cat, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PCTA (b) PACT (c) TCPA (d) APCT
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) GWS (c) SWG (d) WSG

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