Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 946 · 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) they are longer (b) they need no learning (c) they always rhyme (d) one word holds a list
2. 2.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) its colour (c) nothing else (d) what each letter means
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IVBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) VIBGYOR
4. 4.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) green (b) yellow (c) blue (d) orange
5. 5.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) green (b) orange (c) yellow (d) indigo
6. 6.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Saturn (c) Venus (d) Earth
7. 7.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) egg (b) pupa (c) larva (d) adult
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) FLSR (c) SLFR (d) SRLF
9. 9.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Uranus (c) Neptune (d) Earth
10. 10.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the months (c) the planets (d) the oceans
11. 11.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) April (b) March (c) February (d) January
12. 12.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a type of number (c) a long poem (d) a drawing
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, shoe, rose, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SRLO (b) SORL (c) LRSO (d) OSRL
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, onion, van, frog, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RFVOS (b) OVFRS (c) OSVFR (d) SOVFR
15. 15.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) condensation (b) evaporation (c) collection (d) precipitation
16. 16.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Pacific (c) Southern (d) Arctic
17. 17.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) North America (b) Asia (c) South America (d) Africa
18. 18.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a maths sum (c) a picture (d) a list in a fixed order
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, jug, urn, ball, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RBUJO (b) JUBRO (c) OJUBR (d) JOUBR
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, net, pillow, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DNPC (b) NPCD (c) NDPC (d) CPND
21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) APLE (c) LPAE (d) LEPA
22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) WSG (c) WGS (d) GWS
23. 23.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) pupa (b) larva (c) adult (d) egg
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, guava, radio, igloo, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PIRGT (b) GTRIP (c) GRIPT (d) TGRIP
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VMEMJSUN
26. 26.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) North America (c) Africa (d) Australia
27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) AMFJ (c) FMAJ (d) JFMA
28. 28.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Indian (c) Atlantic (d) Arctic
29. 29.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) violet (d) blue
30. 30.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) white (b) green (c) saffron
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, watch, candle, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WMCF (b) WCFM (c) MWCF (d) FCWM
32. 32.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) green (b) saffron (c) white
33. 33.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) north (b) south (c) east (d) west
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, lemon, duck, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LBDW (b) LDWB (c) BLDW (d) WDLB
35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ESWN (c) ENSW (d) NESW
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, frog, cat, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FDCK (b) FCKD (c) DFCK (d) KCFD
37. 37.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) stem (b) leaf (c) flower (d) root
38. 38.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) flower (b) root (c) leaf (d) stem
39. 39.🔤 “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
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, coconut, goat, orange, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UCGOV (b) VOGCU (c) CUGOV (d) CGOVU

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