Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 466 · 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.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) nothing else (c) what each letter means (d) its colour
2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) NESW (c) WSEN (d) ENSW
3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, drum, igloo, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LIDR (b) RDIL (c) DILR (d) DRIL
4. 4.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the rainbow colours (c) the oceans (d) the planets
5. 5.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) April (b) February (c) January (d) March
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, whistle, jalebi, mirror, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GMJWN (b) NWJMG (c) WJMGN (d) WNJMG
7. 7.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) April (b) March (c) January (d) February
8. 8.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Jupiter (c) Mars (d) Saturn
9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) CPCE (c) ECCP (d) ECPC
10. 10.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a long story (d) a maths sum
11. 11.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) one word holds a list (c) they are longer (d) they always rhyme
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, key, onion, pillow, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AKOPJ (b) JPOKA (c) KOPJA (d) KAOPJ
13. 13.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) condensation (c) precipitation (d) collection
14. 14.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Uranus (c) Saturn (d) Neptune
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, rope, banana, coconut, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NCBRS (b) RSBCN (c) RBCNS (d) SRBCN
16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VMEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
17. 17.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) orange (b) blue (c) red (d) indigo
18. 18.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Mercury (c) Neptune (d) Venus
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SLFR (c) SRLF (d) RSLF
20. 20.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Mercury (c) Uranus (d) Jupiter
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, lemon, key, umbrella, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LKUBI (b) LIKUB (c) BUKLI (d) ILKUB
22. 22.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Atlantic (c) Arctic (d) Pacific
23. 23.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) green (b) blue (c) indigo (d) violet
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, violin, inkpot, drum, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SDIVG (b) VGIDS (c) GVIDS (d) VIDSG
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, glass, fan, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GOFD (b) OGFD (c) GFDO (d) DFGO
26. 26.🔤 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
27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) PAISA (c) ASIAP (d) APISA
28. 28.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) south (b) north (c) west (d) east
29. 29.🔤 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) AEASNAA (d) AANSAEA
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, candle, frog, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PCFS (b) CFSP (c) SFCP (d) CPFS
31. 31.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a long poem (c) first letters as a word (d) a type of number
32. 32.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) flower (b) leaf (c) stem (d) root
33. 33.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
34. 34.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) April (b) March (c) January (d) February
35. 35.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Atlantic (c) Pacific (d) Arctic
36. 36.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) adult (b) pupa (c) larva (d) egg
37. 37.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Jupiter (c) Neptune (d) Mars
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, coconut, jeep, onion, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CVJOK (b) CJOKV (c) VCJOK (d) KOJCV
39. 39.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Indian (c) Arctic (d) Southern
40. 40.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) saffron (b) green (c) white

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