Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 356 · 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.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a long story (c) a picture (d) a maths sum
2. 2.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the months (c) the rainbow colours (d) the oceans
3. 3.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Mercury (c) Earth (d) Saturn
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) AANSAEA (c) ANSAEAA (d) AEASNAA
5. 5.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) indigo
6. 6.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) one word holds a list (c) they always rhyme (d) they need no learning
7. 7.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) indigo (b) blue (c) green (d) yellow
8. 8.🔤 “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
9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WSG (c) WGS (d) SWG
10. 10.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Southern (c) Arctic (d) Atlantic
11. 11.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) red (b) violet (c) blue (d) orange
12. 12.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Neptune (b) Uranus (c) Venus (d) Jupiter
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) IVBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
14. 14.🔤 “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
15. 15.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) March (b) January (c) April (d) February
16. 16.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a drawing (c) a type of number (d) a long poem
17. 17.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Neptune (c) Earth (d) Saturn
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, lamp, wallet, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LWCI (b) ILWC (c) LIWC (d) CWLI
19. 19.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) North America (c) Africa (d) Asia
20. 20.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) south (b) west (c) north (d) east
21. 21.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Earth (c) Mars (d) Uranus
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, goat, drum, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CGDK (b) GCDK (c) KDGC (d) GDKC
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) ASIAP (c) PAISA (d) AISAP
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, ant, jalebi, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TAJG (b) ATJG (c) GJAT (d) AJGT
25. 25.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) green (b) blue (c) yellow (d) orange
26. 26.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Uranus (c) Neptune (d) Jupiter
27. 27.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) adult (b) larva (c) pupa (d) egg
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, spoon, onion, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DOSP (b) SODP (c) PSOD (d) SPOD
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, jug, rose, onion, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CORJU (b) UJROC (c) JUROC (d) JROCU
30. 30.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) stem (b) flower (c) root (d) leaf
31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, jalebi, banana, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JBNC (b) JCBN (c) CJBN (d) NBJC
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, key, duck, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KFDL (b) LDKF (c) KDLF (d) FKDL
34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SLFR (c) FLSR (d) SRLF
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, lamp, tomato, banana, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NBTLW (b) LTBNW (c) LWTBN (d) WLTBN
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, nest, jeep, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NRJC (b) NJCR (c) RNJC (d) CJNR
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, duck, tomato, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UTDC (b) DCTU (c) CDTU (d) DTUC
38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) ENSW (c) WSEN (d) NESW
39. 39.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) collection (c) precipitation (d) condensation
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) JFMA (c) FMAJ (d) AMFJ

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