Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 968 · 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.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) its colour (c) nothing else (d) what each letter means
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, sock, apple, pencil, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OPASF (b) FSAPO (c) SAPOF (d) SFAPO
3. 3.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a long story (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a picture
4. 4.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Atlantic (c) Southern (d) Indian
5. 5.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Uranus (c) Neptune (d) Venus
6. 6.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Uranus (c) Mars (d) Jupiter
7. 7.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) east (b) south (c) north (d) west
8. 8.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 4 (M) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Mars (c) Neptune (d) Venus
9. 9.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) one word holds a list (c) they need no learning (d) they always rhyme
10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) AEASNAA (c) AANSAEA (d) ANSAEAA
11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) SLFR (c) FLSR (d) RSLF
12. 12.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Venus (c) Uranus (d) Neptune
13. 13.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the oceans (c) the planets (d) the months
14. 14.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a long poem (c) first letters as a word (d) a type of number
15. 15.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) January (b) March (c) April (d) February
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, watch, onion, rope, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UROWS (b) SWORU (c) WORUS (d) WSORU
17. 17.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Atlantic (c) Pacific (d) Arctic
18. 18.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) red (b) indigo (c) orange (d) blue
19. 19.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) pupa (b) egg (c) adult (d) larva
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, vase, rope, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VBRF (b) VRFB (c) FRVB (d) BVRF
21. 21.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) Africa (b) North America (c) South America (d) Australia
22. 22.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Atlantic (c) Pacific (d) Southern
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, glass, umbrella, banana, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KBUGF (b) GUBKF (c) FGUBK (d) GFUBK
24. 24.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Arctic (c) Atlantic (d) Pacific
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) ROYGBIV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IVBGYOR
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, onion, cat, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OUCF (b) FCOU (c) UOCF (d) OCFU
27. 27.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) evaporation (c) condensation (d) collection
28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CPCE (c) CEPC (d) ECPC
29. 29.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) leaf (b) flower (c) stem (d) root
30. 30.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) larva (b) adult (c) egg (d) pupa
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, doll, watch, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GWDK (b) DWGK (c) KDWG (d) DKWG
32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VMEMJSUN
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, vase, glass, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WGVD (b) VGWD (c) DVGW (d) VDGW
34. 34.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) east (b) south (c) north (d) west
35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WGS (c) SWG (d) WSG
36. 36.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) west (b) south (c) east (d) north
37. 37.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) green (b) saffron (c) white
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, apple, glass, monkey, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AGMIB (b) IMGAB (c) ABGMI (d) BAGMI
39. 39.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) February (b) March (c) January (d) April
40. 40.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) orange (b) blue (c) red (d) indigo

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