Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 117 · 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.🔤 “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
2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) GWS (c) WGS (d) SWG
3. 3.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a long poem (c) a drawing (d) a type of number
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, bucket, watch, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JWBF (b) BWJF (c) BFWJ (d) FBWJ
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, jug, rose, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FRJI (b) JIRF (c) JRFI (d) IJRF
6. 6.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) west (b) south (c) north (d) east
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) NESW (c) ESWN (d) WSEN
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) ELPA (c) APLE (d) LEPA
9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SLFR (c) FLSR (d) SRLF
10. 10.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Earth (c) Saturn (d) Jupiter
11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) NUSJMEVM (d) MVEMJSUN
12. 12.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Southern (c) Arctic (d) Atlantic
13. 13.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) February (b) March (c) April (d) January
14. 14.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) Asia (b) Australia (c) Antarctica (d) Europe
15. 15.🔤 “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
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, ice cream, ball, van, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NVBIT (b) TIBVN (c) ITBVN (d) IBVNT
17. 17.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) stem (b) root (c) leaf (d) flower
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, radio, jug, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GJRT (b) TRJG (c) RJGT (d) RTJG
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) AMFJ (c) FJMA (d) JFMA
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, fan, cat, mirror, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RMCFI (b) FICMR (c) IFCMR (d) FCMRI
21. 21.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a picture (c) a maths sum (d) a list in a fixed order
22. 22.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) south (b) west (c) east (d) north
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, candle, jeep, key, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IKJCA (b) CJKIA (c) CAJKI (d) ACJKI
24. 24.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) pupa (b) egg (c) adult (d) larva
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, anchor, mirror, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BMAO (b) AOMB (c) OAMB (d) AMBO
26. 26.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) April (b) March (c) February (d) January
27. 27.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) root (b) leaf (c) stem (d) flower
28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) APISA (c) ASIAP (d) PAISA
29. 29.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) adult (b) pupa (c) egg (d) larva
30. 30.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Venus (c) Neptune (d) Mars
31. 31.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) green (b) white (c) saffron
32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IBGYORV (c) IVBGYOR (d) VIBGYOR
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, inkpot, glass, cat, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AIGCN (b) IGCNA (c) IAGCN (d) NCGIA
34. 34.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its colour (c) its spelling backwards (d) what each letter means
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, igloo, sock, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ISLN (b) INSL (c) LSIN (d) NISL
36. 36.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) flower (b) leaf (c) stem (d) root
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, guava, nest, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UGND (b) GUND (c) DNGU (d) GNDU
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, umpire, violin, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JVUM (b) UMVJ (c) UVJM (d) MUVJ
39. 39.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) orange (b) blue (c) indigo (d) yellow
40. 40.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) one word holds a list (c) they need no learning (d) they are longer

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