Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 841 · 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.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, onion, ant, cat, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OIACU (b) OACUI (c) UCAOI (d) IOACU
2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AANSAAE (c) AANSAEA (d) AEASNAA
3. 3.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Pacific (c) Arctic (d) Indian
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) IBGYORV (d) VIBGYOR
5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, cat, jalebi, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WCJF (b) FJCW (c) CWJF (d) CJFW
7. 7.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) one word holds a list (c) they are longer (d) they always rhyme
8. 8.🔤 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
9. 9.🔤 “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
10. 10.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) what each letter means (c) its spelling backwards (d) its colour
11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) ELPA (c) LPAE (d) APLE
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, monkey, nest, ladder, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RMNLP (b) MNLPR (c) PLNMR (d) MRNLP
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, doll, lemon, whistle, pillow. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DLWPK (b) DKLWP (c) PWLDK (d) KDLWP
14. 14.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) adult (b) egg (c) larva (d) pupa
15. 15.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the months (c) the oceans (d) the planets
16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ENSW (c) NESW (d) ESWN
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, needle, jeep, kettle, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CKJNG (b) NJKCG (c) NGJKC (d) GNJKC
18. 18.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Uranus (c) Earth (d) Mercury
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) WSG (c) GWS (d) SWG
20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) FMAJ (c) AMFJ (d) JFMA
21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) ASIAP (c) AISAP (d) PAISA
22. 22.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a maths sum (c) a picture (d) a long story
23. 23.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Earth (c) Mars (d) Uranus
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, sock, jug, bucket, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OBJSC (b) SCJBO (c) CSJBO (d) SJBOC
25. 25.🔤 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
26. 26.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a type of number (c) a drawing (d) a long poem
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, anchor, lemon, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JLAG (b) GALJ (c) ALJG (d) AGLJ
28. 28.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) west (b) east (c) south (d) north
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, mango, jug, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SJMK (b) KMJS (c) MKJS (d) MJSK
30. 30.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) leaf (b) flower (c) stem (d) root
31. 31.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Europe (b) Antarctica (c) South America (d) North America
32. 32.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) Europe (c) Australia (d) Asia
33. 33.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) January (b) March (c) February (d) April
34. 34.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Mercury (c) Jupiter (d) Venus
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, coconut, jalebi, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CJIF (b) FCJI (c) IJCF (d) CFJI
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, goat, wallet, key, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GWKSJ (b) SKWGJ (c) GJWKS (d) JGWKS
37. 37.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Earth (c) Saturn (d) Uranus
38. 38.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) saffron (b) green (c) white
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, rope, frog, doll, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RFDSV (b) VRFDS (c) SDFRV (d) RVFDS
40. 40.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) yellow (b) red (c) orange (d) indigo

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