Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 603 · 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.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, urn, tent, anchor, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UJTAW (b) JUTAW (c) WATUJ (d) UTAWJ
2. 2.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they are longer (c) one word holds a list (d) they always rhyme
3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, vase, frog, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VPFN (b) VFNP (c) PVFN (d) NFVP
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, cat, kettle, ball, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CKBJT (b) JBKCT (c) TCKBJ (d) CTKBJ
5. 5.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) larva (b) adult (c) egg (d) pupa
6. 6.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) February (b) March (c) January (d) April
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) AISAP (c) APISA (d) ASIAP
8. 8.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a picture (c) a long story (d) a list in a fixed order
9. 9.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Southern (c) Arctic (d) Pacific
10. 10.🔤 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
11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SRLF (c) SLFR (d) RSLF
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IVBGYOR (c) VIBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
13. 13.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the months (c) the rainbow colours (d) the oceans
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, apple, goat, parrot, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AGPBN (b) BPGAN (c) NAGPB (d) ANGPB
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, lamp, onion, monkey, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JMOLS (b) SLOMJ (c) LOMJS (d) LSOMJ
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, kettle, sock, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KSGA (b) GSKA (c) KASG (d) AKSG
17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECCP (c) ECPC (d) CPCE
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WSG (c) WGS (d) SWG
19. 19.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its spelling backwards (c) its colour (d) what each letter means
20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LEPA (c) ELPA (d) LPAE
21. 21.🔤 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
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, parrot, candle, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PUCM (b) MCPU (c) UPCM (d) PCMU
23. 23.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Neptune (b) Earth (c) Venus (d) Saturn
24. 24.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) violet (b) red (c) orange (d) indigo
25. 25.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) green (b) saffron (c) white
26. 26.🔤 “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
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, anchor, fan, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AFUT (b) TAFU (c) UFAT (d) ATFU
28. 28.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Saturn (c) Jupiter (d) Mars
29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ENSW (c) ESWN (d) NESW
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, spoon, flute, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SFDA (b) DFSA (c) ASFD (d) SAFD
31. 31.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Earth (c) Saturn (d) Uranus
32. 32.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) east (b) west (c) south (d) north
33. 33.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a long poem (c) first letters as a word (d) a type of number
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, pencil, rope, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PRLC (b) CPRL (c) PCRL (d) LRPC
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, parrot, banana, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PBVM (b) MPBV (c) PMBV (d) VBPM
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, rope, bucket, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RDBV (b) RBVD (c) DRBV (d) VBRD
37. 37.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Neptune (c) Mercury (d) Earth
38. 38.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) February (b) March (c) April (d) January
39. 39.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Venus (c) Mercury (d) Uranus
40. 40.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Earth (c) Saturn (d) Mercury

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