Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 721 · 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.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) west (b) south (c) east (d) north
2. 2.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Uranus (c) Saturn (d) Earth
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) LEPA (c) LPAE (d) APLE
4. 4.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Southern (c) Atlantic (d) Indian
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, jalebi, kettle, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OKJF (b) FJKO (c) JKOF (d) JFKO
6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WGS (c) SWG (d) WSG
7. 7.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a type of number (c) a long poem (d) first letters as a word
8. 8.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Europe (b) Asia (c) North America (d) South America
9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VEMJSUNM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VMEMJSUN
10. 10.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a long story (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a picture
11. 11.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the planets (c) the rainbow colours (d) the oceans
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, pencil, flute, orange, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PFOSA (b) PAFOS (c) APFOS (d) SOFPA
13. 13.🔤 “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
14. 14.🔤 “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
15. 15.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Neptune (b) Earth (c) Venus (d) Uranus
16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) FJMA (c) FMAJ (d) AMFJ
17. 17.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its colour (c) its spelling backwards (d) what each letter means
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, cat, duck, watch, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CDWFS (b) CSDWF (c) FWDCS (d) SCDWF
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, mango, inkpot, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MIBG (b) MGIB (c) BIMG (d) GMIB
20. 20.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) green (b) indigo (c) violet (d) blue
21. 21.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) west (b) north (c) east (d) south
22. 22.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) adult (b) pupa (c) egg (d) larva
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, lemon, parrot, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LCPV (b) CLPV (c) LPVC (d) VPLC
24. 24.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) pupa (b) adult (c) egg (d) larva
25. 25.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Earth (c) Neptune (d) Venus
26. 26.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) violet (b) yellow (c) indigo (d) green
27. 27.🔤 “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
28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) ROYGBIV (c) IVBGYOR (d) VIBGYOR
29. 29.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) green (b) red (c) yellow (d) violet
30. 30.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Venus (c) Uranus (d) Saturn
31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) ANSAEAA (c) AANSAAE (d) AEASNAA
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, net, igloo, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NCIL (b) LINC (c) NILC (d) CNIL
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, urn, igloo, fan, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UIFLM (b) UMIFL (c) MUIFL (d) LFIUM
34. 34.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) condensation (c) collection (d) evaporation
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, bucket, duck, candle, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BDCWS (b) WCDBS (c) SBDCW (d) BSDCW
36. 36.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they always rhyme (c) one word holds a list (d) they are longer
37. 37.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Southern (c) Pacific (d) Atlantic
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, orange, vase, inkpot, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JIVOK (b) KOVIJ (c) OVIJK (d) OKVIJ
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, needle, rope, fan, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NGRFU (b) UFRNG (c) NRFUG (d) GNRFU
40. 40.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 4 (M) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Neptune (c) Venus (d) Mars

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