Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 874 · 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.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a type of number (c) first letters as a word (d) a drawing
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, cat, banana, onion, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PCBOD (b) CPBOD (c) CBODP (d) DOBCP
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) SRLF (c) RSLF (d) FLSR
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, whistle, tent, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MTWO (b) WTMO (c) WOTM (d) OWTM
5. 5.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) March (b) February (c) January (d) April
6. 6.🔤 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
7. 7.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) green (b) orange (c) violet (d) red
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VEMJSUNM (d) VMEMJSUN
9. 9.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) condensation (b) collection (c) evaporation (d) precipitation
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: jug, anchor, spoon, owl, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AJSOF (b) ASOFJ (c) JASOF (d) FOSAJ
11. 11.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Mars (c) Saturn (d) Neptune
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, jalebi, anchor, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GAJT (b) JAGT (c) TJAG (d) JTAG
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) AANSAEA (c) ANSAEAA (d) AEASNAA
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, vase, kite, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VUKC (b) VKCU (c) UVKC (d) CKVU
15. 15.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the oceans (c) the months (d) the planets
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, inkpot, whistle, bucket, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IVWBU (b) VIWBU (c) UBWIV (d) IWBUV
17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LEPA (c) ELPA (d) LPAE
18. 18.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Saturn (c) Earth (d) Mars
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) AMFJ (c) FMAJ (d) JFMA
20. 20.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) its spelling backwards (c) nothing else (d) what each letter means
21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) APISA (c) ASIAP (d) PAISA
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, mirror, orange, pillow. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) POMF (b) MOPF (c) FMOP (d) MFOP
23. 23.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) green (b) white (c) saffron
24. 24.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) red (b) green (c) orange (d) indigo
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, bucket, onion, rose, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BUORN (b) NROBU (c) UBORN (d) BORNU
26. 26.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Mercury (c) Uranus (d) Jupiter
27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) CEPC (c) CPCE (d) ECCP
28. 28.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) green
29. 29.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they always rhyme (c) they need no learning (d) they are longer
30. 30.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a picture (c) a long story (d) a maths sum
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, van, jeep, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FJVL (b) VJFL (c) LVJF (d) VLJF
32. 32.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) North America (c) South America (d) Africa
33. 33.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Neptune (c) Saturn (d) Mercury
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, mango, candle, pillow. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VMCP (b) MVCP (c) PCMV (d) MCPV
35. 35.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Uranus (c) Saturn (d) Mercury
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, pencil, watch, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TPWL (b) PTWL (c) LWPT (d) PWLT
37. 37.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) larva (b) egg (c) adult (d) pupa
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, lamp, glass, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LOGJ (b) JGLO (c) OLGJ (d) LGJO
39. 39.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) indigo (b) green (c) blue (d) violet
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) WSEN (c) ESWN (d) ENSW

Free memory techniques lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/memory-techniques-for-students