Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 732 · 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.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) indigo (b) yellow (c) red (d) orange
2. 2.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) egg (b) larva (c) adult (d) pupa
3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, tiger, urn, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TUGD (b) TDUG (c) DTUG (d) GUTD
4. 4.🔤 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
5. 5.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) violet (b) blue (c) orange (d) red
6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) NESW (c) ESWN (d) ENSW
7. 7.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a picture (c) a long story (d) a list in a fixed order
8. 8.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Venus (c) Neptune (d) Mars
9. 9.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Jupiter (c) Earth (d) Neptune
10. 10.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Neptune (b) Jupiter (c) Venus (d) Uranus
11. 11.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the rainbow colours (c) the planets (d) the oceans
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SRLF (c) RSLF (d) SLFR
14. 14.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Pacific (c) Indian (d) Atlantic
15. 15.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Neptune (b) Saturn (c) Mercury (d) Venus
16. 16.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Mars (c) Mercury (d) Earth
17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WSG (c) SWG (d) WGS
18. 18.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a drawing (c) a type of number (d) first letters as a word
19. 19.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Asia (b) North America (c) Africa (d) Australia
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, anchor, rope, tiger, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MARTL (b) ARTLM (c) AMRTL (d) LTRAM
21. 21.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) north (b) west (c) south (d) east
22. 22.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) north (b) south (c) west (d) east
23. 23.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) its colour (c) its spelling backwards (d) nothing else
24. 24.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Pacific (c) Southern (d) Arctic
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, cat, anchor, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CDAW (b) WACD (c) CAWD (d) DCAW
26. 26.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) blue (b) red (c) indigo (d) green
27. 27.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) leaf (b) flower (c) root (d) stem
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, frog, tomato, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FWTO (b) WFTO (c) OTFW (d) FTOW
29. 29.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Indian (c) Atlantic (d) Southern
30. 30.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) saffron (b) green (c) white
31. 31.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) precipitation (c) condensation (d) collection
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, shoe, watch, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FSWL (b) SWLF (c) LWSF (d) SFWL
33. 33.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) pupa (b) egg (c) larva (d) adult
34. 34.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) March (b) February (c) January (d) April
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, mango, key, van, pillow. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PVKMS (b) SMKVP (c) MSKVP (d) MKVPS
36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) VIBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) ROYGBIV
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, violin, kettle, banana, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VKBGW (b) WVKBG (c) GBKVW (d) VWKBG
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, candle, goat, fan, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LFGCK (b) CKGFL (c) KCGFL (d) CGFLK
39. 39.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) one word holds a list (c) they need no learning (d) they always rhyme
40. 40.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 6 (E) stand for? (a) Asia (b) Africa (c) Europe (d) North America

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