Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 317 · 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.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Neptune (b) Earth (c) Uranus (d) Mars
2. 2.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Venus (c) Mars (d) Uranus
3. 3.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) green (b) blue (c) violet (d) indigo
4. 4.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the rainbow colours (c) the oceans (d) the months
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, nest, spoon, van, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NBSVU (b) NSVUB (c) UVSNB (d) BNSVU
6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) VMEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VEMJSUNM
7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, kettle, doll, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KNDB (b) BDKN (c) KDBN (d) NKDB
8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, jalebi, drum, glass, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JMDGA (b) JDGAM (c) MJDGA (d) AGDJM
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, sock, anchor, mango, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SIAMD (b) DMASI (c) SAMDI (d) ISAMD
10. 10.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a drawing (c) a type of number (d) first letters as a word
11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, apple, coconut, needle, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ACNDK (b) KACND (c) AKCND (d) DNCAK
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, umbrella, ice cream, onion, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UPIOS (b) PUIOS (c) UIOSP (d) SOIUP
13. 13.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a maths sum (d) a picture
14. 14.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) pupa (b) egg (c) adult (d) larva
15. 15.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Indian (c) Southern (d) Pacific
16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) ROYGBIV (d) VIBGYOR
17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) AMFJ (c) FMAJ (d) JFMA
18. 18.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Southern (c) Arctic (d) Indian
19. 19.🔤 “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
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, fan, parrot, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FPCN (b) CPFN (c) NFPC (d) FNPC
21. 21.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they are longer (c) one word holds a list (d) they always rhyme
22. 22.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) leaf (b) flower (c) stem (d) root
23. 23.🔤 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
24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WGS (c) WSG (d) SWG
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) LEPA (c) APLE (d) LPAE
26. 26.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) indigo
27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) AISAP (c) APISA (d) ASIAP
28. 28.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Europe (b) Australia (c) Antarctica (d) North America
29. 29.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) green (b) saffron (c) white
30. 30.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) root (b) flower (c) leaf (d) stem
31. 31.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Earth (c) Jupiter (d) Mercury
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, watch, ball, lemon, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UWBLA (b) WBLAU (c) WUBLA (d) ALBWU
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, duck, candle, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FDCS (b) DFCS (c) DCSF (d) SCDF
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, key, rose, lamp, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DKRLP (b) KDRLP (c) KRLPD (d) PLRKD
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, igloo, rose, ladder, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CLRIB (b) BIRLC (c) IRLCB (d) IBRLC
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, jalebi, doll, goat, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IGDJW (b) JWDGI (c) JDGIW (d) WJDGI
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, net, urn, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VUNM (b) NUVM (c) NMUV (d) MNUV
38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) NESW (c) ESWN (d) WSEN
39. 39.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) nothing else (c) its colour (d) its spelling backwards
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, nest, kite, apple, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JAKNM (b) NMKAJ (c) MNKAJ (d) NKAJM

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