Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 34 · 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 colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, rose, kettle, orange, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) POKRI (b) RIKOP (c) RKOPI (d) IRKOP
3. 3.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a picture (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a maths sum
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, kettle, tiger, violin, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KTVLA (b) LVTKA (c) KATVL (d) AKTVL
5. 5.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) green (b) white (c) saffron
6. 6.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Pacific (c) Southern (d) Arctic
7. 7.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Neptune (c) Saturn (d) Uranus
8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, tiger, inkpot, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TIJD (b) TDIJ (c) JITD (d) DTIJ
9. 9.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) indigo (b) violet (c) blue (d) orange
10. 10.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the planets (c) the oceans (d) the rainbow colours
11. 11.🔤 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) ANSAEAA (d) AANSAEA
12. 12.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) adult (b) larva (c) pupa (d) egg
13. 13.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Atlantic (c) Southern (d) Pacific
14. 14.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) February (b) March (c) April (d) January
15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FMAJ (c) FJMA (d) JFMA
16. 16.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) east (b) west (c) south (d) north
17. 17.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) one word holds a list (c) they need no learning (d) they always rhyme
18. 18.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) leaf (b) stem (c) root (d) flower
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, cat, lamp, radio, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ICLRS (b) CILRS (c) CLRSI (d) SRLCI
20. 20.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Africa (b) North America (c) South America (d) Europe
21. 21.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) larva (b) pupa (c) adult (d) egg
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, wallet, spoon, ball, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JBSWO (b) WSBJO (c) WOSBJ (d) OWSBJ
23. 23.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) April (b) February (c) January (d) March
24. 24.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) nothing else (c) what each letter means (d) its colour
25. 25.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) first letters as a word (c) a long poem (d) a drawing
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, umbrella, duck, net, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JUDNO (b) UDNOJ (c) ONDUJ (d) UJDNO
27. 27.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Saturn (c) Venus (d) Earth
28. 28.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) January (b) April (c) February (d) March
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, apple, igloo, coconut, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AICJW (b) JCIAW (c) WAICJ (d) AWICJ
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) APISA (c) PAISA (d) ASIAP
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, ice cream, umpire, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JIUA (b) AUIJ (c) IJUA (d) IUAJ
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, drum, monkey, bucket, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DMBJT (b) DTMBJ (c) TDMBJ (d) JBMDT
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, watch, jeep, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SWJA (b) AJWS (c) WJAS (d) WSJA
34. 34.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Neptune (c) Mars (d) Earth
35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) ELPA (c) LEPA (d) LPAE
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, cat, goat, needle, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OCGNK (b) COGNK (c) KNGCO (d) CGNKO
37. 37.🔤 “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
38. 38.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) white (b) saffron (c) green
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, rose, coconut, jug, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RICJT (b) RCJTI (c) IRCJT (d) TJCRI
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, flute, jeep, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IFJN (b) FIJN (c) FJNI (d) NJFI

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