Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 195 · 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.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LPAE (c) ELPA (d) LEPA
2. 2.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) west (b) east (c) north (d) south
3. 3.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the oceans (c) the rainbow colours (d) the planets
4. 4.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) North America (b) South America (c) Australia (d) Africa
5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) ESWN (c) WSEN (d) NESW
6. 6.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) Europe (b) Antarctica (c) South America (d) Australia
7. 7.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Jupiter (c) Earth (d) Venus
8. 8.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its spelling backwards (c) its colour (d) what each letter means
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, shoe, radio, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) USRA (b) ARSU (c) SURA (d) SRAU
10. 10.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a picture (c) a long story (d) a list in a fixed order
11. 11.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Uranus (c) Neptune (d) Saturn
12. 12.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Jupiter (c) Mercury (d) Saturn
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) ANSAEAA (c) AEASNAA (d) AANSAEA
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) ROYGBIV (d) IVBGYOR
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, lamp, drum, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ADLS (b) LDAS (c) LSDA (d) SLDA
16. 16.🔤 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
17. 17.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they need no learning (c) they are longer (d) one word holds a list
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, needle, banana, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GNBD (b) NBDG (c) NGBD (d) DBNG
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, lamp, umpire, orange, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LUORT (b) ROULT (c) LTUOR (d) TLUOR
20. 20.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) January (b) April (c) March (d) February
21. 21.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a type of number (c) a drawing (d) a long poem
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, jalebi, watch, bucket, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JWBNC (b) JCWBN (c) CJWBN (d) NBWJC
23. 23.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) March (b) April (c) January (d) February
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, candle, ball, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CBDR (b) DBCR (c) RCBD (d) CRBD
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) AMFJ (c) FMAJ (d) JFMA
26. 26.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) south (b) east (c) north (d) west
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, igloo, onion, guava, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LIOGW (b) IOGWL (c) ILOGW (d) WGOIL
28. 28.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Atlantic (c) Indian (d) Pacific
29. 29.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Mercury (c) Jupiter (d) Venus
30. 30.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) condensation (c) evaporation (d) collection
31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) APISA (c) PAISA (d) AISAP
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, fan, candle, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FCTB (b) TCFB (c) BFCT (d) FBCT
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, jalebi, ladder, cat, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JMLCG (b) GCLJM (c) JLCGM (d) MJLCG
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, glass, mango, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GCMF (b) CGMF (c) GMFC (d) FMGC
35. 35.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) February (b) April (c) March (d) January
36. 36.🔤 “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
37. 37.🔤 “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
38. 38.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Arctic (c) Southern (d) Indian
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: jeep, banana, drum, rope, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BJDRG (b) BDRGJ (c) JBDRG (d) GRDBJ
40. 40.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) violet (b) yellow (c) green (d) indigo

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