Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 521 · 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 the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) red (b) violet (c) yellow (d) indigo
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, ice cream, duck, urn, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IRDUN (b) IDUNR (c) NUDIR (d) RIDUN
3. 3.🔤 “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
4. 4.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) red (b) indigo (c) violet (d) orange
5. 5.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they are longer (c) one word holds a list (d) they need no learning
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: jug, umpire, lamp, guava, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AGLUJ (b) ULGAJ (c) UJLGA (d) JULGA
7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, kite, parrot, shoe, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KPSBJ (b) BSPKJ (c) KJPSB (d) JKPSB
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) SRLF (c) FLSR (d) RSLF
9. 9.🔤 “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
10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) APISA (c) AISAP (d) ASIAP
11. 11.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a maths sum (c) a picture (d) a list in a fixed order
12. 12.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) first letters as a word (c) a type of number (d) a long poem
13. 13.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) what each letter means (c) its spelling backwards (d) its colour
14. 14.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) south (b) east (c) north (d) west
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, ice cream, kettle, umpire, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DUKIN (b) IKUDN (c) NIKUD (d) INKUD
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, bucket, umbrella, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JBUT (b) TUBJ (c) BJUT (d) BUTJ
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, mango, watch, tiger, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MPWTB (b) PMWTB (c) MWTBP (d) BTWMP
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) WGS (c) GWS (d) SWG
19. 19.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) red (b) indigo (c) violet (d) blue
20. 20.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) orange (b) red (c) blue (d) green
21. 21.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) egg (b) adult (c) larva (d) pupa
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, doll, tomato, vase, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DCTVG (b) CDTVG (c) GVTDC (d) DTVGC
23. 23.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the rainbow colours (c) the oceans (d) the planets
24. 24.🔤 “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
25. 25.🔤 “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
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, kettle, tent, urn, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AUTKS (b) KSTUA (c) KTUAS (d) SKTUA
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, ant, van, coconut, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AVCSD (b) DAVCS (c) ADVCS (d) SCVAD
28. 28.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) January (b) February (c) March (d) April
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, kettle, guava, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DKGV (b) KDGV (c) KGVD (d) VGKD
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IBGYORV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IVBGYOR
31. 31.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) January (b) March (c) April (d) February
32. 32.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) blue (b) red (c) indigo (d) yellow
33. 33.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) red (b) yellow (c) green (d) indigo
34. 34.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 4 (M) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Jupiter (c) Mars (d) Mercury
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, kite, watch, fan, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KBWFD (b) KWFDB (c) BKWFD (d) DFWKB
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, jalebi, rose, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NJRI (b) IRJN (c) JRIN (d) JNRI
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, ice cream, monkey, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IUMC (b) CMIU (c) IMCU (d) UIMC
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, needle, doll, tiger, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NDTLB (b) NBDTL (c) BNDTL (d) LTDNB
39. 39.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Uranus (c) Saturn (d) Earth
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) AEASNAA (c) ANSAEAA (d) AANSAAE

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