Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 57 · 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 planets (b) the rainbow colours (c) the months (d) the oceans
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, orange, lamp, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OULJ (b) UOLJ (c) OLJU (d) JLOU
3. 3.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) February (b) April (c) January (d) March
4. 4.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
5. 5.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) its colour (c) nothing else (d) what each letter means
6. 6.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) east (b) north (c) south (d) west
7. 7.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) violet (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) ECPC (c) CPCE (d) CEPC
9. 9.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) first letters as a word (c) a long poem (d) a drawing
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, anchor, lemon, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ALFK (b) KALF (c) FLAK (d) AKLF
11. 11.🔤 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
12. 12.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) pupa (b) egg (c) adult (d) larva
13. 13.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Mars (c) Mercury (d) Uranus
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) ANSAEAA (c) AANSAAE (d) AANSAEA
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, pencil, umpire, igloo, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VIUPR (b) RPUIV (c) PRUIV (d) PUIVR
16. 16.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 4 (M) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Mars (c) Mercury (d) Neptune
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, umpire, ice cream, sock, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) URISO (b) UISOR (c) RUISO (d) OSIUR
18. 18.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Europe (b) North America (c) Africa (d) Antarctica
19. 19.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) Australia (b) North America (c) South America (d) Asia
20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) VIBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) IBGYORV
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: jug, violin, monkey, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VMTJ (b) JVMT (c) TMVJ (d) VJMT
22. 22.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they need no learning (c) they always rhyme (d) one word holds a list
23. 23.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a long story (c) a picture (d) a maths sum
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, kettle, net, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KNMT (b) TKNM (c) KTNM (d) MNKT
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
26. 26.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) collection (b) condensation (c) precipitation (d) evaporation
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, rope, sock, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JSRK (b) KRSJ (c) RKSJ (d) RSJK
28. 28.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) north (b) east (c) south (d) west
29. 29.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) green (b) white (c) saffron
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, ball, needle, vase, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BNVFS (b) BSNVF (c) FVNBS (d) SBNVF
31. 31.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Southern (c) Arctic (d) Pacific
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: jeep, bucket, lamp, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JBLC (b) BJLC (c) CLBJ (d) BLCJ
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, kite, violin, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KVBL (b) KLVB (c) LKVB (d) BVKL
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, needle, kite, candle, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FNKCR (b) RCKNF (c) NKCRF (d) NFKCR
35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) SLFR (c) FLSR (d) RSLF
36. 36.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) red (b) blue (c) violet (d) yellow
37. 37.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) red (b) green (c) yellow (d) indigo
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, lemon, coconut, fan, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TLCFD (b) DFCLT (c) LCFDT (d) LTCFD
39. 39.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) flower (b) root (c) leaf (d) stem
40. 40.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) March (b) April (c) February (d) January

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