Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 208 · 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.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they always rhyme (c) they need no learning (d) one word holds a list
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, fan, pillow, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FPSR (b) SPFR (c) FRPS (d) RFPS
3. 3.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) west (b) north (c) east (d) south
4. 4.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) violet (b) red (c) blue (d) green
5. 5.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a picture (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a maths sum
6. 6.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) orange (b) green (c) blue (d) indigo
7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, spoon, vase, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IVSB (b) BSVI (c) SVIB (d) SBVI
8. 8.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) nothing else (c) its colour (d) what each letter means
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, ball, whistle, umpire, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AUWBR (b) RBWUA (c) BWUAR (d) BRWUA
10. 10.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a long poem (c) a drawing (d) a type of number
11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) FLSR (c) RSLF (d) SLFR
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, ball, onion, spoon, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BOSCV (b) BVOSC (c) VBOSC (d) CSOBV
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, rose, duck, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RDSV (b) SDRV (c) RVDS (d) VRDS
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) AANSAEA (c) AANSAAE (d) ANSAEAA
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, nest, fan, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WFNB (b) BNFW (c) NFWB (d) NBFW
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, whistle, guava, sock, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WGSRP (b) WPGSR (c) RSGWP (d) PWGSR
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, nest, jalebi, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NOJC (b) ONJC (c) CJNO (d) NJCO
18. 18.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) red (b) violet (c) yellow (d) indigo
19. 19.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Jupiter (c) Earth (d) Saturn
20. 20.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the rainbow colours (c) the planets (d) the months
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, flute, drum, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PDFM (b) MFDP (c) FMDP (d) FDPM
22. 22.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Europe (b) Africa (c) South America (d) Asia
23. 23.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) pupa (b) adult (c) larva (d) egg
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, mirror, doll, tiger, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CTDMB (b) BMDTC (c) MDTCB (d) MBDTC
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) AISAP (c) PAISA (d) APISA
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, jug, apple, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JAGD (b) GAJD (c) JDAG (d) DJAG
27. 27.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Pacific (c) Indian (d) Southern
28. 28.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) south (b) north (c) east (d) west
29. 29.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) flower (b) leaf (c) root (d) stem
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) FJMA (c) AMFJ (d) JFMA
31. 31.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) condensation (c) precipitation (d) collection
32. 32.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) larva (b) adult (c) egg (d) pupa
33. 33.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) root (b) leaf (c) flower (d) stem
34. 34.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) blue (b) indigo (c) red (d) yellow
35. 35.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) collection (b) precipitation (c) condensation (d) evaporation
36. 36.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) west (b) north (c) east (d) south
37. 37.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) root (b) stem (c) leaf (d) flower
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, goat, rose, urn, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CURGN (b) GNRUC (c) GRUCN (d) NGRUC
39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VEMJSUNM (d) VMEMJSUN
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, jug, lemon, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JLOW (b) JWLO (c) OLJW (d) WJLO

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