Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 621 · 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.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) WSEN (c) NESW (d) ENSW
2. 2.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Southern (c) Pacific (d) Indian
3. 3.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) February (b) March (c) April (d) January
4. 4.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Indian (c) Atlantic (d) Arctic
5. 5.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Neptune (b) Saturn (c) Jupiter (d) Mercury
6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) IBGYORV (d) IVBGYOR
7. 7.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the rainbow colours (c) the oceans (d) the months
8. 8.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they need no learning (c) one word holds a list (d) they always rhyme
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, jalebi, needle, coconut, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DJNCB (b) JDNCB (c) BCNJD (d) JNCBD
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, flute, umpire, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VUFP (b) FPUV (c) PFUV (d) FUVP
11. 11.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) first letters as a word (c) a drawing (d) a long poem
12. 12.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) April (b) February (c) March (d) January
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, spoon, duck, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JDSA (b) SDJA (c) ASDJ (d) SADJ
14. 14.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) west (b) north (c) south (d) east
15. 15.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) nothing else (c) its spelling backwards (d) what each letter means
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) VMEMJSUN (c) MVEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) AISAP (c) APISA (d) PAISA
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, orange, sock, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OTSF (b) FSOT (c) OSFT (d) TOSF
19. 19.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) stem (b) flower (c) root (d) leaf
20. 20.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a maths sum (c) a picture (d) a list in a fixed order
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, net, pencil, lamp, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NPLJK (b) JLPNK (c) NKPLJ (d) KNPLJ
22. 22.🔤 “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
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, sock, jeep, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SJCM (b) CJSM (c) SMJC (d) MSJC
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, fan, onion, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FOCR (b) RFOC (c) FROC (d) COFR
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, sock, pencil, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SKPM (b) SPMK (c) KSPM (d) MPSK
26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) AANSAAE (c) AANSAEA (d) ANSAEAA
27. 27.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) North America (b) Africa (c) South America (d) Europe
28. 28.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) South America (b) Asia (c) Africa (d) North America
29. 29.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Uranus (c) Jupiter (d) Neptune
30. 30.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) green (d) violet
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, monkey, pencil, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KPMD (b) MPKD (c) DMPK (d) MDPK
32. 32.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) north (b) south (c) west (d) east
33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LEPA (c) LPAE (d) ELPA
34. 34.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) white (b) green (c) saffron
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, wallet, pillow, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SWPT (b) WPTS (c) WSPT (d) TPWS
36. 36.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Earth (c) Saturn (d) Jupiter
37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) FLSR (c) SLFR (d) SRLF
38. 38.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) egg (b) pupa (c) larva (d) adult
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, lemon, van, tomato, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CLVTN (b) LCVTN (c) LVTNC (d) NTVLC
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) ECCP (c) CPCE (d) CEPC

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