Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms
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.
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- 1.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
- 2.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) north (b) south (c) east (d) west
- 3.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) February (b) April (c) March (d) January
- 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECPC (c) CEPC (d) ECCP
- 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, ant, bucket, spoon, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ATBSM (b) ABSMT (c) TABSM (d) MSBAT
- 6.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Indian (c) Pacific (d) Southern
- 7.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a picture (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a long story
- 8.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) white (b) green (c) saffron
- 9.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the planets (c) the rainbow colours (d) the oceans
- 10.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) red (b) yellow (c) violet (d) indigo
- 11.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they need no learning (c) one word holds a list (d) they are longer
- 12.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) east (b) south (c) north (d) west
- 13.🔤 “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
- 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: jug, lamp, inkpot, sock, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JLISB (b) LJISB (c) LISBJ (d) BSILJ
- 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) AANSAEA (c) AANSAAE (d) ANSAEAA
- 16.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) stem (b) leaf (c) root (d) flower
- 17.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) green (b) saffron (c) white
- 18.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) what each letter means (c) its spelling backwards (d) nothing else
- 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) PAISA (c) AISAP (d) APISA
- 20.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Pacific (c) Southern (d) Atlantic
- 21.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a type of number (c) first letters as a word (d) a long poem
- 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SLFR (c) RSLF (d) SRLF
- 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ESWN (c) ENSW (d) NESW
- 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, jalebi, ladder, nest, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JCLNF (b) JLNFC (c) CJLNF (d) FNLJC
- 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, monkey, owl, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MOCV (b) COMV (c) MVOC (d) VMOC
- 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, pillow, banana, lemon, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PBLAJ (b) ALBPJ (c) JPBLA (d) PJBLA
- 27.🔤 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
- 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, coconut, net, onion, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CNOWK (b) CKNOW (c) KCNOW (d) WONCK
- 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) LPAE (c) APLE (d) LEPA
- 30.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) orange (b) indigo (c) yellow (d) violet
- 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, drum, tomato, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DATW (b) WTDA (c) ADTW (d) DTWA
- 32.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Indian (c) Atlantic (d) Southern
- 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, pencil, whistle, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FWPM (b) MPWF (c) PMWF (d) PWFM
- 34.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) North America (b) Africa (c) Asia (d) Australia
- 35.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) violet
- 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) FMAJ (c) FJMA (d) AMFJ
- 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, igloo, apple, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WIAB (b) BAIW (c) IABW (d) IWAB
- 38.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) larva (b) adult (c) egg (d) pupa
- 39.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) green (b) blue (c) violet (d) yellow
- 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, fan, shoe, nest, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BNSFA (b) AFSNB (c) FSNBA (d) FASNB
Answer key
- VIBGYOR
- east
- April
- ECPC
- TABSM
- Indian
- a list in a fixed order
- green
- the rainbow colours
- yellow
- one word holds a list
- north
- white
- JLISB
- AANSAEA
- root
- saffron
- what each letter means
- PAISA
- Southern
- first letters as a word
- RSLF
- NESW
- CJLNF
- VMOC
- JPBLA
- MVEMJSUN
- KCNOW
- ELPA
- indigo
- ADTW
- Atlantic
- MPWF
- North America
- violet
- JFMA
- WIAB
- egg
- blue
- AFSNB
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