Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 161 · 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.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, cat, fan, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GCFJ (b) JFCG (c) CGFJ (d) CFJG
2. 2.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they need no learning (c) they are longer (d) they always rhyme
3. 3.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) its colour (c) what each letter means (d) nothing else
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, onion, glass, violin, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PVGOW (b) OWGVP (c) OGVPW (d) WOGVP
5. 5.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) a long poem (c) a drawing (d) first letters as a word
6. 6.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the rainbow colours (c) the months (d) the planets
7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, needle, mirror, frog, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UFMNB (b) BNMFU (c) NBMFU (d) NMFUB
8. 8.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) collection (c) condensation (d) evaporation
9. 9.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a maths sum (c) a long story (d) a list in a fixed order
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, jalebi, pencil, inkpot, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UIPJM (b) MJPIU (c) JPIUM (d) JMPIU
11. 11.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) red (b) green (c) yellow (d) orange
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AANSAAE (c) AEASNAA (d) AANSAEA
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ESWN (c) NESW (d) ENSW
14. 14.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) west (b) north (c) south (d) east
15. 15.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) root (b) stem (c) leaf (d) flower
16. 16.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Indian (c) Southern (d) Atlantic
17. 17.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) indigo (b) violet (c) orange (d) blue
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, violin, ladder, spoon, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VLSMG (b) MSLVG (c) GVLSM (d) VGLSM
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, key, wallet, orange, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KWOGU (b) UKWOG (c) GOWKU (d) KUWOG
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, pillow, key, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VPKU (b) UKPV (c) PKUV (d) PVKU
21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SLFR (c) SRLF (d) RSLF
22. 22.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) east (b) west (c) south (d) north
23. 23.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Atlantic (c) Pacific (d) Arctic
24. 24.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) stem (b) leaf (c) root (d) flower
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, ladder, jug, igloo, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LNJIB (b) BIJLN (c) NLJIB (d) LJIBN
26. 26.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Atlantic (c) Pacific (d) Arctic
27. 27.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) April (b) January (c) March (d) February
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, ladder, drum, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OLDF (b) LDFO (c) FDLO (d) LODF
29. 29.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) stem (b) leaf (c) flower (d) root
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, jalebi, violin, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JKVL (b) JVLK (c) LVJK (d) KJVL
31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VMEMJSUN
32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) VIBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) IBGYORV
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, lemon, inkpot, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LJIK (b) KILJ (c) JLIK (d) LIKJ
34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FJMA (c) JFMA (d) FMAJ
35. 35.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Venus (c) Neptune (d) Mercury
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, owl, igloo, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OIST (b) OTIS (c) TOIS (d) SIOT
37. 37.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) adult (b) larva (c) egg (d) pupa
38. 38.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) north (b) east (c) south (d) west
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, ice cream, van, jalebi, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MJVIR (b) RIVJM (c) IRVJM (d) IVJMR
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) CEPC (c) ECCP (d) ECPC

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