Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 308 · 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 need no learning (b) one word holds a list (c) they always rhyme (d) they are longer
2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) FJMA (c) FMAJ (d) AMFJ
3. 3.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) Asia (c) South America (d) North America
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: lamp, pencil, jeep, ant, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NAJPL (b) LPJAN (c) PJANL (d) PLJAN
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, drum, net, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DNAR (b) DRNA (c) ANDR (d) RDNA
6. 6.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) pupa (b) egg (c) larva (d) adult
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
8. 8.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) adult (b) pupa (c) larva (d) egg
9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) ASIAP (c) APISA (d) PAISA
10. 10.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a long story (c) a picture (d) a list in a fixed order
11. 11.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) March (b) February (c) April (d) January
12. 12.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) violet (b) blue (c) red (d) green
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, jeep, flute, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JCFG (b) GFJC (c) JFGC (d) CJFG
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, ladder, whistle, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LIWB (b) BWLI (c) ILWB (d) LWBI
15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) RSLF (c) SLFR (d) SRLF
16. 16.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) March (b) February (c) January (d) April
17. 17.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a drawing (c) a type of number (d) first letters as a word
18. 18.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) collection (b) evaporation (c) condensation (d) precipitation
19. 19.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) Europe (b) Antarctica (c) Asia (d) North America
20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) SWG (c) WGS (d) GWS
21. 21.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) white (b) green (c) saffron
22. 22.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) south (b) east (c) north (d) west
23. 23.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) nothing else (c) its colour (d) its spelling backwards
24. 24.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 4 (M) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Mars (c) Mercury (d) Jupiter
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, jalebi, sock, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JRSP (b) PSJR (c) JSPR (d) RJSP
26. 26.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) green (b) violet (c) indigo (d) red
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, mango, duck, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MUDG (b) UMDG (c) GDMU (d) MDGU
28. 28.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Southern (c) Arctic (d) Pacific
29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) CPCE (c) ECPC (d) ECCP
30. 30.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Mercury (c) Neptune (d) Earth
31. 31.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) root (b) flower (c) leaf (d) stem
32. 32.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) condensation (c) precipitation (d) collection
33. 33.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Jupiter (c) Saturn (d) Neptune
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, ant, whistle, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AGWJ (b) GAWJ (c) JWAG (d) AWJG
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: jeep, glass, cat, parrot, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JGCPO (b) GCPOJ (c) GJCPO (d) OPCGJ
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, doll, wallet, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DWBP (b) BWDP (c) DPWB (d) PDWB
37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) WSEN (c) ENSW (d) ESWN
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, banana, parrot, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RBPG (b) BPGR (c) BRPG (d) GPBR
39. 39.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the planets (c) the rainbow colours (d) the oceans
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) NUSJMEVM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VMEMJSUN

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