Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 888 · 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.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) South America (c) Australia (d) Europe
2. 2.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Earth (c) Mercury (d) Uranus
3. 3.🔤 “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
4. 4.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a maths sum (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a long story
5. 5.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the planets (c) the oceans (d) the rainbow colours
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) WGS (d) SWG
7. 7.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its colour (c) its spelling backwards (d) what each letter means
8. 8.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Atlantic (c) Pacific (d) Arctic
9. 9.🔤 “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
10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) ASIAP (c) PAISA (d) AISAP
11. 11.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) south (b) west (c) east (d) north
12. 12.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) root (b) stem (c) flower (d) leaf
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) CPCE (c) ECCP (d) ECPC
14. 14.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they are longer (c) they need no learning (d) they always rhyme
15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IVBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) VIBGYOR
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, ball, drum, lamp, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GBDLA (b) BGDLA (c) ALDBG (d) BDLAG
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, jeep, drum, urn, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JVDUI (b) IUDJV (c) JDUIV (d) VJDUI
18. 18.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) a drawing (c) a long poem (d) first letters as a word
19. 19.🔤 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) VMEMJSUN (d) MVEMJSUN
20. 20.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Earth (c) Neptune (d) Venus
21. 21.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) pupa (b) larva (c) adult (d) egg
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, doll, candle, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WDCG (b) GCDW (c) DWCG (d) DCGW
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SRLF (c) SLFR (d) FLSR
24. 24.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Neptune (b) Mercury (c) Venus (d) Mars
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, igloo, owl, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RIOB (b) IROB (c) IOBR (d) BOIR
26. 26.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) west (b) north (c) east (d) south
27. 27.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) evaporation (c) collection (d) condensation
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, wallet, mango, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FWMI (b) WMIF (c) IMWF (d) WFMI
29. 29.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) stem (b) leaf (c) flower (d) root
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) APLE (c) LEPA (d) LPAE
31. 31.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) violet (b) green (c) indigo (d) yellow
32. 32.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Arctic (c) Indian (d) Pacific
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, mango, pencil, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BPMK (b) KMPB (c) MKPB (d) MPBK
34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) WSEN (c) NESW (d) ESWN
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, banana, mirror, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BTMG (b) BMGT (c) TBMG (d) GMBT
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, cat, owl, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CIOF (b) COFI (c) FOCI (d) ICOF
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, rope, ice cream, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CRIA (b) RIAC (c) RCIA (d) AIRC
38. 38.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) green (b) saffron (c) white
39. 39.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) collection (b) precipitation (c) condensation (d) evaporation
40. 40.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) red (b) violet (c) yellow (d) green

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