Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 759 · 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) south (b) west (c) east (d) north
2. 2.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the months (c) the planets (d) the oceans
3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, shoe, ice cream, owl, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SIOMK (b) KSIOM (c) SKIOM (d) MOISK
4. 4.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a picture (d) a long story
5. 5.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) its spelling backwards (c) its colour (d) nothing else
6. 6.🔤 “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
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WSG (c) WGS (d) SWG
8. 8.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a type of number (c) a long poem (d) a drawing
9. 9.🔤 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
10. 10.🔤 “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
11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, pencil, tent, lemon, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ULTPO (b) POTLU (c) PTLUO (d) OPTLU
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, candle, fan, inkpot, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CSFIL (b) CFILS (c) LIFCS (d) SCFIL
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) SLFR (d) RSLF
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) VIBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) IVBGYOR
15. 15.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) indigo (d) red
16. 16.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) North America (c) Europe (d) Asia
17. 17.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) stem (b) root (c) flower (d) leaf
18. 18.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Southern (c) Atlantic (d) Indian
19. 19.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
20. 20.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) adult (b) egg (c) pupa (d) larva
21. 21.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) condensation (b) collection (c) precipitation (d) evaporation
22. 22.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Mercury (c) Jupiter (d) Neptune
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, rope, guava, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ROGA (b) ORGA (c) RGAO (d) AGRO
24. 24.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) red (b) violet (c) orange (d) yellow
25. 25.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Arctic (c) Atlantic (d) Indian
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, glass, tomato, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KTGR (b) GTKR (c) RGTK (d) GRTK
27. 27.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they are longer (c) they always rhyme (d) one word holds a list
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, needle, wallet, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NPWM (b) MWNP (c) PNWM (d) NWMP
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, umbrella, bucket, guava, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FGBUD (b) DUBGF (c) UBGFD (d) UDBGF
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) ELPA (c) LEPA (d) APLE
31. 31.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Jupiter (c) Mercury (d) Saturn
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, goat, ball, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GNBL (b) GBLN (c) NGBL (d) LBGN
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, onion, shoe, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CSOI (b) OISC (c) OSCI (d) IOSC
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, lemon, glass, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LGKB (b) KGLB (c) LBGK (d) BLGK
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, candle, shoe, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BSCP (b) CSBP (c) PCSB (d) CPSB
36. 36.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) adult (b) pupa (c) larva (d) egg
37. 37.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Mars (c) Neptune (d) Earth
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, spoon, frog, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VFSO (b) SFVO (c) SOFV (d) OSFV
39. 39.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 4 (M) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Neptune (c) Earth (d) Mars
40. 40.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) flower (b) stem (c) leaf (d) root

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