Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 712 · 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.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Southern (c) Indian (d) Arctic
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, fan, nest, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GNFD (b) FNGD (c) FDNG (d) DFNG
3. 3.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a long poem (c) a type of number (d) first letters as a word
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, monkey, cat, spoon, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PMCSL (b) MPCSL (c) LSCMP (d) MCSLP
5. 5.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) January (b) April (c) March (d) February
6. 6.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Mars (c) Venus (d) Neptune
7. 7.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a maths sum (c) a long story (d) a list in a fixed order
8. 8.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Europe (b) Australia (c) South America (d) Antarctica
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, banana, monkey, inkpot, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BDMIF (b) FIMBD (c) BMIFD (d) DBMIF
10. 10.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) April (b) January (c) March (d) February
11. 11.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they are longer (c) one word holds a list (d) they always rhyme
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) ROYGBIV (d) VIBGYOR
13. 13.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Venus (c) Mercury (d) Neptune
14. 14.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Venus (c) Uranus (d) Mars
15. 15.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) stem (b) root (c) flower (d) leaf
16. 16.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 6 (E) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) Europe (c) Australia (d) South America
17. 17.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Venus (c) Mercury (d) Saturn
18. 18.🔤 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
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SLFR (c) FLSR (d) SRLF
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, igloo, rope, drum, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JIRDG (b) IJRDG (c) GDRIJ (d) IRDGJ
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, needle, igloo, jeep, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NGIJK (b) NIJKG (c) KJING (d) GNIJK
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, violin, jeep, pillow, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VWJPK (b) KPJVW (c) VJPKW (d) WVJPK
23. 23.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Indian (c) Southern (d) Atlantic
24. 24.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) larva (b) egg (c) pupa (d) adult
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, vase, onion, umbrella, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TUOVS (b) VSOUT (c) SVOUT (d) VOUTS
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, nest, whistle, frog, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RNWFV (b) VFWNR (c) NWFVR (d) NRWFV
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: jug, flute, mirror, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CMFJ (b) FMCJ (c) JFMC (d) FJMC
28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) ELPA (c) APLE (d) LPAE
29. 29.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) blue (b) orange (c) violet (d) indigo
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, candle, onion, tent, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VCOTJ (b) CVOTJ (c) COTJV (d) JTOCV
31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) CPCE (c) ECPC (d) ECCP
32. 32.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) larva (b) pupa (c) adult (d) egg
33. 33.🔤 “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
34. 34.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) February (b) March (c) April (d) January
35. 35.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the planets (c) the months (d) the rainbow colours
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, kettle, vase, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RVKN (b) KNVR (c) NKVR (d) KVRN
37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) GWS (c) WSG (d) WGS
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, banana, flute, duck, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BFDAR (b) ADFBR (c) RBFDA (d) BRFDA
39. 39.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) what each letter means (c) nothing else (d) its spelling backwards
40. 40.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) March (b) April (c) January (d) February

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