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.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) nothing else (c) its colour (d) what each letter means
- 2.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Jupiter (c) Earth (d) Uranus
- 3.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they always rhyme (c) one word holds a list (d) they are longer
- 4.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) condensation (c) collection (d) evaporation
- 5.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) egg (b) adult (c) larva (d) pupa
- 6.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a type of number (c) a long poem (d) first letters as a word
- 7.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) larva (b) egg (c) adult (d) pupa
- 8.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the planets (c) the rainbow colours (d) the oceans
- 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.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Atlantic (c) Indian (d) Southern
- 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SRLF (c) RSLF (d) SLFR
- 12.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) April (b) March (c) February (d) January
- 13.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Arctic (c) Indian (d) Pacific
- 14.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) red (b) indigo (c) orange (d) violet
- 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IBGYORV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IVBGYOR
- 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) GWS (c) WGS (d) SWG
- 17.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) east (b) south (c) north (d) west
- 18.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) east (b) west (c) north (d) south
- 19.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) North America (b) Africa (c) Australia (d) Antarctica
- 20.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) root (b) leaf (c) stem (d) flower
- 21.🔤 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
- 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, radio, lamp, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RNLT (b) NRLT (c) TLRN (d) RLTN
- 23.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Venus (c) Saturn (d) Mars
- 24.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Atlantic (c) Pacific (d) Indian
- 25.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) white (b) saffron (c) green
- 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) ESWN (c) ENSW (d) WSEN
- 27.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Neptune (b) Uranus (c) Earth (d) Venus
- 28.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) root (b) flower (c) leaf (d) stem
- 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, pencil, kite, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PKDS (b) PSKD (c) DKPS (d) SPKD
- 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, goat, whistle, urn, pillow. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RGWUP (b) GRWUP (c) GWUPR (d) PUWGR
- 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, lemon, ant, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LDAT (b) LATD (c) DLAT (d) TALD
- 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) ANSAEAA (c) AEASNAA (d) AANSAAE
- 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, parrot, violin, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NPVR (b) PNVR (c) RVPN (d) PVRN
- 34.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) collection (c) precipitation (d) condensation
- 35.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) yellow (b) indigo (c) blue (d) green
- 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) AISAP (c) APISA (d) ASIAP
- 37.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) yellow (b) red (c) green (d) violet
- 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, frog, rose, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FIRJ (b) FRJI (c) JRFI (d) IFRJ
- 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) AMFJ (c) JFMA (d) FMAJ
- 40.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) egg (b) adult (c) pupa (d) larva
Answer key
- what each letter means
- Jupiter
- one word holds a list
- evaporation
- egg
- first letters as a word
- adult
- the rainbow colours
- white
- Southern
- RSLF
- January
- Arctic
- red
- VIBGYOR
- SWG
- east
- west
- Africa
- flower
- ELPA
- NRLT
- Uranus
- Atlantic
- saffron
- NESW
- Venus
- root
- SPKD
- RGWUP
- DLAT
- AANSAEA
- NPVR
- condensation
- indigo
- PAISA
- green
- IFRJ
- JFMA
- pupa
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