Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 970 · 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) nothing else (b) what each letter means (c) its spelling backwards (d) its colour
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, wallet, violin, jalebi, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LJVWI (b) IWVJL (c) WIVJL (d) WVJLI
3. 3.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they are longer (c) they always rhyme (d) one word holds a list
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, watch, banana, mirror, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OMBWV (b) VWBMO (c) WBMOV (d) WVBMO
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, jalebi, tomato, fan, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JWTFI (b) WJTFI (c) JTFIW (d) IFTJW
6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SLFR (c) RSLF (d) SRLF
7. 7.🔤 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
8. 8.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) pupa (b) adult (c) egg (d) larva
9. 9.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) North America (c) Europe (d) South America
10. 10.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) north (b) east (c) west (d) south
11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, goat, lamp, violin, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GWLVI (b) GLVIW (c) IVLGW (d) WGLVI
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) ESWN (c) WSEN (d) ENSW
13. 13.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) March (b) January (c) April (d) February
14. 14.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) north (b) west (c) east (d) south
15. 15.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 4 (M) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Mercury (c) Saturn (d) Mars
16. 16.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a type of number (c) a long poem (d) first letters as a word
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, umpire, apple, banana, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UMABI (b) IBAUM (c) UABIM (d) MUABI
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, rose, orange, ball, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RNOBW (b) ROBWN (c) WBORN (d) NROBW
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, doll, umbrella, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DFUT (b) FDUT (c) DUTF (d) TUDF
20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) LEPA (c) LPAE (d) APLE
21. 21.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a maths sum (d) a picture
22. 22.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) green (b) saffron (c) white
23. 23.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) April (b) January (c) February (d) March
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: lamp, onion, duck, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LODF (b) FDOL (c) ODFL (d) OLDF
25. 25.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) Africa (c) Asia (d) Europe
26. 26.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the months (c) the planets (d) the rainbow colours
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, glass, key, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GKDM (b) GMKD (c) MGKD (d) DKGM
28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) ASIAP (c) PAISA (d) AISAP
29. 29.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Neptune (b) Mercury (c) Earth (d) Uranus
30. 30.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Atlantic (c) Indian (d) Arctic
31. 31.🔤 “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
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, tomato, drum, jeep, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TDJUO (b) OTDJU (c) UJDTO (d) TODJU
33. 33.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) red (b) indigo (c) green (d) orange
34. 34.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) green (b) white (c) saffron
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, glass, jalebi, ladder, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IGJLM (b) GIJLM (c) MLJGI (d) GJLMI
36. 36.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) leaf (b) flower (c) root (d) stem
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, owl, bucket, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OBIN (b) IBON (c) ONBI (d) NOBI
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, apple, shoe, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JSAI (b) ASJI (c) AISJ (d) IASJ
39. 39.🔤 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
40. 40.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) blue (b) red (c) violet (d) orange

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