Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 406 · 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.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the planets (c) the oceans (d) the rainbow colours
2. 2.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) east (b) north (c) south (d) west
3. 3.🔤 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) MVEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IVBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) ROYGBIV
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, guava, onion, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GOCK (b) KGOC (c) GKOC (d) COGK
6. 6.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) east (b) west (c) north (d) south
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) LEPA (c) ELPA (d) APLE
8. 8.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) Australia (c) South America (d) Europe
9. 9.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a picture (c) a maths sum (d) a long story
10. 10.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) blue (b) violet (c) yellow (d) indigo
11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WGS (c) SWG (d) WSG
12. 12.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) white (b) saffron (c) green
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, rose, coconut, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RCVG (b) GRCV (c) VCRG (d) RGCV
14. 14.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 6 (E) stand for? (a) Europe (b) Asia (c) Africa (d) Australia
15. 15.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) east (b) west (c) north (d) south
16. 16.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they always rhyme (c) one word holds a list (d) they are longer
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, lemon, bucket, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KBLD (b) DLBK (c) LDBK (d) LBKD
18. 18.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) blue (b) violet (c) green (d) red
19. 19.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) green (b) orange (c) yellow (d) blue
20. 20.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) Australia (b) Asia (c) Antarctica (d) North America
21. 21.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) egg (b) pupa (c) adult (d) larva
22. 22.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Southern (c) Atlantic (d) Arctic
23. 23.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) a drawing (c) a long poem (d) first letters as a word
24. 24.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Neptune (c) Venus (d) Earth
25. 25.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) white (b) saffron (c) green
26. 26.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Earth (c) Mercury (d) Venus
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, pillow, cat, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LCPB (b) BPCL (c) PBCL (d) PCLB
28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) AISAP (c) PAISA (d) APISA
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, watch, doll, lemon, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FLDWK (b) WKDLF (c) KWDLF (d) WDLFK
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AANSAEA (c) AANSAAE (d) AEASNAA
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, parrot, drum, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PDMB (b) MDPB (c) PBDM (d) BPDM
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, radio, onion, umpire, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RCOUK (b) ROUKC (c) CROUK (d) KUORC
33. 33.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Neptune (c) Jupiter (d) Mercury
34. 34.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) egg (b) pupa (c) larva (d) adult
35. 35.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) what each letter means (c) nothing else (d) its spelling backwards
36. 36.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Earth (c) Neptune (d) Mars
37. 37.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) east (b) west (c) south (d) north
38. 38.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) March (b) February (c) April (d) January
39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) AMFJ (c) FMAJ (d) FJMA
40. 40.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) saffron (b) green (c) white

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