Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 190 · 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.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) white (b) green (c) saffron
2. 2.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Earth (c) Mercury (d) Uranus
3. 3.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they are longer (c) one word holds a list (d) they always rhyme
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) APISA (c) PAISA (d) AISAP
5. 5.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) collection (b) evaporation (c) condensation (d) precipitation
6. 6.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) a long poem (c) first letters as a word (d) a drawing
7. 7.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a maths sum (c) a long story (d) a list in a fixed order
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) ESWN (c) NESW (d) WSEN
9. 9.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) condensation (b) collection (c) precipitation (d) evaporation
10. 10.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Indian (c) Arctic (d) Southern
11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, sock, vase, frog, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SVFMN (b) NSVFM (c) SNVFM (d) MFVSN
12. 12.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) orange (b) violet (c) yellow (d) green
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LPAE (c) LEPA (d) ELPA
14. 14.🔤 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
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, needle, wallet, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NMWB (b) BWNM (c) NWBM (d) MNWB
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, drum, nest, spoon, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LDNSW (b) DLNSW (c) WSNDL (d) DNSWL
17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) FMAJ (c) JFMA (d) AMFJ
18. 18.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the planets (c) the months (d) the rainbow colours
19. 19.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) precipitation (c) condensation (d) collection
20. 20.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) condensation (b) evaporation (c) collection (d) precipitation
21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) WSG (c) GWS (d) SWG
22. 22.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) adult (b) egg (c) pupa (d) larva
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, ice cream, nest, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IGNK (b) INKG (c) KNIG (d) GINK
24. 24.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) south (b) east (c) west (d) north
25. 25.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) red (b) indigo (c) yellow (d) violet
26. 26.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) blue (d) green
27. 27.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Earth (c) Venus (d) Mars
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, rose, wallet, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NRWA (b) AWRN (c) RNWA (d) RWAN
29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) IBGYORV (d) IVBGYOR
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECCP (c) ECPC (d) CEPC
31. 31.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) its colour (c) what each letter means (d) nothing else
32. 32.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, parrot, umbrella, tent, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PUTGN (b) GTUPN (c) PNUTG (d) NPUTG
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, ladder, rose, net, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LRNOG (b) LGRNO (c) ONRLG (d) GLRNO
35. 35.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) Africa (b) Antarctica (c) Asia (d) North America
36. 36.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Arctic (c) Pacific (d) Indian
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, owl, lamp, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WOLK (b) OLKW (c) KLOW (d) OWLK
38. 38.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) adult (b) egg (c) larva (d) pupa
39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) RSLF (c) SRLF (d) FLSR
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VEMJSUNM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VMEMJSUN

Free memory techniques lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/memory-techniques-for-students