Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 982 · 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 oceans (b) the rainbow colours (c) the months (d) the planets
2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) CPCE (c) CEPC (d) ECCP
3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, fan, tomato, jalebi, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FOTJR (b) RJTFO (c) OFTJR (d) FTJRO
4. 4.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) South America (b) Europe (c) Antarctica (d) Asia
5. 5.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a maths sum (c) a long story (d) a picture
6. 6.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) green (b) orange (c) yellow (d) violet
7. 7.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they always rhyme (c) one word holds a list (d) they need no learning
8. 8.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Arctic (c) Pacific (d) Southern
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, fan, mango, anchor, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GFMAJ (b) FMAJG (c) FGMAJ (d) JAMFG
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, doll, net, ice cream, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DVNIW (b) DNIWV (c) VDNIW (d) WINDV
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.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) north (b) west (c) east (d) south
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) IVBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) FMAJ (c) AMFJ (d) JFMA
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, jug, van, pillow, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JVPCN (b) CPVJN (c) JNVPC (d) NJVPC
16. 16.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) root (b) flower (c) stem (d) leaf
17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VEMJSUNM (d) MVEMJSUN
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, whistle, orange, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WOMB (b) BWOM (c) WBOM (d) MOWB
19. 19.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) Africa (b) Australia (c) Asia (d) North America
20. 20.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Mercury (c) Venus (d) Neptune
21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) LPAE (c) APLE (d) LEPA
22. 22.🔤 “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
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) ENSW (c) NESW (d) WSEN
24. 24.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) nothing else (c) what each letter means (d) its colour
25. 25.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) root (b) stem (c) leaf (d) flower
26. 26.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a type of number (c) a long poem (d) first letters as a word
27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) SWG (c) GWS (d) WSG
28. 28.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) blue (b) red (c) orange (d) yellow
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, ice cream, umbrella, wallet, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IJUWK (b) JIUWK (c) IUWKJ (d) KWUIJ
30. 30.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) Australia (b) Europe (c) North America (d) Antarctica
31. 31.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Atlantic (c) Arctic (d) Indian
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, drum, goat, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IGDN (b) DGIN (c) DNGI (d) NDGI
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, guava, bucket, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TBGA (b) AGBT (c) GBTA (d) GABT
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, onion, net, violin, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PONVL (b) LVNOP (c) ONVLP (d) OPNVL
35. 35.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) condensation (b) evaporation (c) collection (d) precipitation
36. 36.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) root (b) stem (c) flower (d) leaf
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, van, bucket, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VWBT (b) VBTW (c) WVBT (d) TBVW
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, pencil, rose, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SPRL (b) LRPS (c) PSRL (d) PRLS
39. 39.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) east (b) west (c) south (d) north
40. 40.🔤 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

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