Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 983 · 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.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a picture (d) a long story
2. 2.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) indigo (b) violet (c) blue (d) orange
3. 3.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) collection (b) condensation (c) evaporation (d) precipitation
4. 4.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they are longer (c) one word holds a list (d) they need no learning
5. 5.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) blue (b) green (c) orange (d) red
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, fan, igloo, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SFIK (b) KIFS (c) FSIK (d) FIKS
7. 7.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the rainbow colours (c) the months (d) the planets
8. 8.🔤 “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
9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) NUSJMEVM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VMEMJSUN
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, bucket, rope, cat, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BWRCU (b) BRCUW (c) WBRCU (d) UCRBW
11. 11.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Southern (c) Indian (d) Arctic
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) IVBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
13. 13.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Arctic (c) Atlantic (d) Pacific
14. 14.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Earth (c) Jupiter (d) Saturn
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, ant, goat, rose, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AGRJU (b) JRGAU (c) AUGRJ (d) UAGRJ
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, orange, fan, drum, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VDFOW (b) OWFDV (c) OFDVW (d) WOFDV
17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AEASNAA (c) AANSAAE (d) AANSAEA
18. 18.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Mars (c) Mercury (d) Uranus
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, sock, key, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FSKA (b) SFKA (c) SKAF (d) AKSF
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, umpire, van, lamp, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UAVLO (b) UVLOA (c) OLVUA (d) AUVLO
21. 21.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) a long poem (c) a drawing (d) first letters as a word
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, apple, flute, lemon, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JAFLW (b) AFLWJ (c) AJFLW (d) WLFAJ
23. 23.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) green (b) red (c) orange (d) indigo
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, radio, guava, lamp, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BLGRW (b) RGLBW (c) RWGLB (d) WRGLB
25. 25.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) nothing else (c) its spelling backwards (d) what each letter means
26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WSG (c) SWG (d) WGS
27. 27.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) south (b) east (c) north (d) west
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, mango, rose, glass, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MRGCV (b) CGRMV (c) VMRGC (d) MVRGC
29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) APLE (c) LPAE (d) ELPA
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, pillow, jug, candle, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PLJCM (b) MCJPL (c) LPJCM (d) PJCML
31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) AISAP (c) PAISA (d) APISA
32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) WSEN (c) NESW (d) ESWN
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, ant, duck, vase, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ADVKO (b) KVDAO (c) OADVK (d) AODVK
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, parrot, vase, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PSVA (b) PVAS (c) AVPS (d) SPVA
35. 35.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) green (d) orange
36. 36.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) collection (c) evaporation (d) condensation
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, kettle, bucket, shoe, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NKBSJ (b) JSBKN (c) KNBSJ (d) KBSJN
38. 38.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Pacific (c) Atlantic (d) Indian
39. 39.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) east (b) north (c) south (d) west
40. 40.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) root (b) leaf (c) flower (d) stem

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