Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 411 · 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.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) saffron (b) green (c) white
2. 2.🔤 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
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SRLF (c) RSLF (d) SLFR
4. 4.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) west (b) east (c) north (d) south
5. 5.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) yellow (b) green (c) indigo (d) red
6. 6.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a drawing (c) a type of number (d) first letters as a word
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) NESW (c) ESWN (d) ENSW
8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, ice cream, fan, umpire, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TUFIR (b) IRFUT (c) IFUTR (d) RIFUT
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, duck, cat, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JCDW (b) DCJW (c) WDCJ (d) DWCJ
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, violin, glass, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FVGD (b) VGDF (c) VFGD (d) DGVF
11. 11.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Neptune (c) Uranus (d) Mercury
12. 12.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) its spelling backwards (c) nothing else (d) its colour
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LPAE (c) LEPA (d) ELPA
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, coconut, orange, sock, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WSOCV (b) COSWV (c) VCOSW (d) CVOSW
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, owl, rope, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ORNW (b) OWRN (c) WORN (d) NROW
16. 16.🔤 “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
17. 17.🔤 “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
18. 18.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the planets (c) the rainbow colours (d) the months
19. 19.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) one word holds a list (c) they need no learning (d) they are longer
20. 20.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) root (b) flower (c) stem (d) leaf
21. 21.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a picture (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a long story
22. 22.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) April (b) January (c) February (d) March
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, violin, umpire, pillow, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VCUPB (b) CVUPB (c) VUPBC (d) BPUVC
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, sock, wallet, ice cream, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SWIMK (b) KSWIM (c) MIWSK (d) SKWIM
25. 25.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) March (b) February (c) April (d) January
26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AANSAAE (c) AANSAEA (d) AEASNAA
27. 27.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) west (b) east (c) north (d) south
28. 28.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Southern (c) Pacific (d) Atlantic
29. 29.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) condensation (b) evaporation (c) collection (d) precipitation
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECPC (c) CPCE (d) ECCP
31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IVBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) IBGYORV
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, ladder, kite, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BLKN (b) LKNB (c) NKLB (d) LBKN
33. 33.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) orange (b) green (c) indigo (d) yellow
34. 34.🔤 “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
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, doll, orange, ice cream, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DLOIM (b) LDOIM (c) MIODL (d) DOIML
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, doll, radio, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DRVT (b) VRDT (c) TDRV (d) DTRV
37. 37.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) north (b) west (c) east (d) south
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, frog, candle, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FCMD (b) DFCM (c) MCFD (d) FDCM
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, ladder, monkey, fan, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BLMFS (b) SFMLB (c) LBMFS (d) LMFSB
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, radio, frog, duck, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RMFDL (b) RFDLM (c) MRFDL (d) LDFRM

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