Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 7 · 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.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a long story (d) a picture
2. 2.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a drawing (c) a type of number (d) first letters as a word
3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, cat, guava, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CGJW (b) JGCW (c) CWGJ (d) WCGJ
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, candle, watch, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VWCO (b) CWVO (c) COWV (d) OCWV
5. 5.🔤 “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
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, sock, duck, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SDKP (b) SPDK (c) PSDK (d) KDSP
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) PAISA (c) APISA (d) ASIAP
8. 8.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) white (b) saffron (c) green
9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) AMFJ (c) JFMA (d) FJMA
10. 10.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they always rhyme (c) they need no learning (d) one word holds a list
11. 11.🔤 “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
12. 12.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Atlantic (c) Southern (d) Arctic
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) NESW (c) ENSW (d) WSEN
14. 14.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) indigo (d) violet
15. 15.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) nothing else (c) its spelling backwards (d) its colour
16. 16.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Saturn (c) Neptune (d) Mars
17. 17.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) January (b) February (c) April (d) March
18. 18.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) indigo (b) yellow (c) blue (d) green
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) SRLF (c) RSLF (d) FLSR
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, duck, sock, wallet, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DSWBN (b) NDSWB (c) DNSWB (d) BWSDN
21. 21.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the months (c) the oceans (d) the rainbow colours
22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, kite, spoon, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PKSR (b) KSRP (c) RSKP (d) KPSR
24. 24.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) red (b) violet (c) yellow (d) orange
25. 25.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) white (b) green (c) saffron
26. 26.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) Africa (b) South America (c) Asia (d) Europe
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, jalebi, drum, goat, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RJDGM (b) JDGMR (c) MGDJR (d) JRDGM
28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) GWS (c) SWG (d) WGS
29. 29.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) February (b) April (c) March (d) January
30. 30.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Neptune (c) Earth (d) Mercury
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, watch, jalebi, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WPJL (b) LJWP (c) WJLP (d) PWJL
32. 32.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) evaporation (c) condensation (d) collection
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, igloo, needle, van, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AVNIF (b) FINVA (c) INVAF (d) IFNVA
34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) NUSJMEVM
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, apple, tomato, monkey, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AWTMF (b) FMTAW (c) ATMFW (d) WATMF
36. 36.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) north (b) east (c) south (d) west
37. 37.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) green (b) white (c) saffron
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: jug, spoon, coconut, umpire, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SCUDJ (b) SJCUD (c) JSCUD (d) DUCSJ
39. 39.🔤 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) AANSAEA (d) AANSAAE
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, spoon, jalebi, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SJMK (b) KSJM (c) MJSK (d) SKJM

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