Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 24 · 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.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its spelling backwards (c) its colour (d) what each letter means
2. 2.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Australia (b) Africa (c) South America (d) Asia
3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, owl, inkpot, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BIOP (b) POIB (c) OIBP (d) OPIB
4. 4.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) a long poem (c) first letters as a word (d) a drawing
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, fan, guava, drum, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CDGFB (b) BFGDC (c) FGDCB (d) FBGDC
6. 6.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a long story (d) a maths sum
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) VIBGYOR (c) IVBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
8. 8.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Pacific (c) Arctic (d) Southern
9. 9.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Atlantic (c) Pacific (d) Indian
10. 10.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) east (b) west (c) south (d) north
11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, radio, tent, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DTRB (b) BRTD (c) RTDB (d) RBTD
12. 12.🔤 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
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, goat, igloo, tent, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GITPC (b) GCITP (c) PTIGC (d) CGITP
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, mango, doll, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MIDU (b) IMDU (c) MDUI (d) UDMI
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, drum, flute, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DFCV (b) DVFC (c) VDFC (d) CFDV
16. 16.🔤 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
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, kite, pillow, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VKPC (b) CPKV (c) KPCV (d) KVPC
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, frog, whistle, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FUWI (b) IWFU (c) FWIU (d) UFWI
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, fan, onion, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FUOB (b) UFOB (c) FOBU (d) BOFU
20. 20.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) red (b) green (c) indigo (d) violet
21. 21.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) green (b) blue (c) violet (d) red
22. 22.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Europe (b) Africa (c) Asia (d) South America
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) WSEN (c) NESW (d) ENSW
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, jalebi, anchor, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NJAD (b) DAJN (c) JADN (d) JNAD
25. 25.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they always rhyme (c) they are longer (d) one word holds a list
26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) MVEMJSUN
27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) AMFJ (c) JFMA (d) FJMA
28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) APLE (c) ELPA (d) LPAE
29. 29.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) egg (b) larva (c) adult (d) pupa
30. 30.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) February (b) April (c) January (d) March
31. 31.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) collection (b) precipitation (c) condensation (d) evaporation
32. 32.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Jupiter (c) Saturn (d) Neptune
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, drum, tent, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DTAK (b) DKTA (c) ATDK (d) KDTA
34. 34.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) green (b) saffron (c) white
35. 35.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
36. 36.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) pupa (b) egg (c) larva (d) adult
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, ice cream, owl, drum, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IPODJ (b) JDOIP (c) PIODJ (d) IODJP
38. 38.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 6 (E) stand for? (a) Australia (b) Europe (c) South America (d) North America
39. 39.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) yellow (b) violet (c) indigo (d) orange
40. 40.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the oceans (c) the months (d) the planets

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