Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 9 · 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.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Venus (c) Uranus (d) Earth
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, doll, jug, violin, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DJVSL (b) SVJDL (c) LDJVS (d) DLJVS
3. 3.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Arctic (c) Southern (d) Indian
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) VIBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) IVBGYOR
5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) MVEMJSUN
6. 6.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) March (b) February (c) January (d) April
7. 7.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) south (b) east (c) north (d) west
8. 8.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a long story (c) a picture (d) a maths sum
9. 9.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) green (b) violet (c) red (d) orange
10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) AANSAAE (c) ANSAEAA (d) AANSAEA
11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, candle, bucket, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GBCI (b) CBGI (c) ICBG (d) CIBG
12. 12.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a drawing (c) a type of number (d) a long poem
13. 13.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) condensation (b) precipitation (c) evaporation (d) collection
14. 14.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 4 (M) stand for? (a) Neptune (b) Mars (c) Earth (d) Venus
15. 15.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the oceans (c) the rainbow colours (d) the months
16. 16.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) one word holds a list (c) they need no learning (d) they always rhyme
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, shoe, pencil, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SCPT (b) SPTC (c) TPSC (d) CSPT
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) WSEN (c) NESW (d) ENSW
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SLFR (c) SRLF (d) RSLF
20. 20.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) root (b) leaf (c) stem (d) flower
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, pillow, mirror, sock, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BSMPC (b) PCMSB (c) PMSBC (d) CPMSB
22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) WGS (c) WSG (d) GWS
23. 23.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Neptune (c) Saturn (d) Uranus
24. 24.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) what each letter means (c) nothing else (d) its spelling backwards
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, kettle, mango, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JMKS (b) SKMJ (c) KMJS (d) KSMJ
26. 26.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Africa (b) Antarctica (c) South America (d) North America
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, apple, mango, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SAMO (b) ASMO (c) OMAS (d) AMOS
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, rope, vase, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RSVL (b) RVLS (c) SRVL (d) LVRS
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, apple, fan, tomato, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UAFTI (b) AFTIU (c) AUFTI (d) ITFAU
30. 30.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) green (b) white (c) saffron
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, jug, pencil, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NPJB (b) BJPN (c) JBPN (d) JPNB
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, shoe, mirror, tiger, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WTMSK (b) SMTWK (c) SKMTW (d) KSMTW
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, anchor, jalebi, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IJAN (b) AJIN (c) NAJI (d) ANJI
34. 34.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) March (b) January (c) April (d) February
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, nest, kite, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UNKJ (b) JKNU (c) NKJU (d) NUKJ
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, jug, watch, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OWJI (b) JWOI (c) JIWO (d) IJWO
37. 37.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) collection (c) precipitation (d) condensation
38. 38.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) April (b) February (c) March (d) January
39. 39.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Pacific (c) Atlantic (d) Arctic
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECCP (c) ECPC (d) CPCE

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