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 planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VEMJSUNM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) MVEMJSUN
- 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) FJMA (c) FMAJ (d) AMFJ
- 3.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) orange (d) red
- 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) APISA (c) ASIAP (d) PAISA
- 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, pencil, bucket, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PABC (b) APBC (c) CBPA (d) PBCA
- 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) IVBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) VIBGYOR
- 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, ice cream, onion, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IROA (b) IOAR (c) AOIR (d) RIOA
- 8.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) indigo (b) blue (c) red (d) violet
- 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) WSG (c) SWG (d) GWS
- 10.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) February (b) March (c) April (d) January
- 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, van, drum, rope, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AVDRJ (b) JRDVA (c) VADRJ (d) VDRJA
- 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, violin, glass, fan, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NVGFM (b) VGFMN (c) MFGVN (d) VNGFM
- 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, jalebi, kettle, pillow. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JSKP (b) PKJS (c) SJKP (d) JKPS
- 14.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) north (b) west (c) south (d) east
- 15.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) yellow (b) red (c) orange (d) indigo
- 16.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they are longer (c) one word holds a list (d) they always rhyme
- 17.🔤 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
- 18.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) April (b) March (c) January (d) February
- 19.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a drawing (c) first letters as a word (d) a type of number
- 20.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Southern (c) Arctic (d) Pacific
- 21.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Venus (c) Saturn (d) Neptune
- 22.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) egg (b) larva (c) pupa (d) adult
- 23.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a maths sum (d) a picture
- 24.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the rainbow colours (c) the months (d) the planets
- 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECCP (c) CPCE (d) ECPC
- 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, candle, radio, mango, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VCRMO (b) OMRCV (c) CRMOV (d) CVRMO
- 27.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) South America (b) Australia (c) Africa (d) Asia
- 28.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) west (b) north (c) south (d) east
- 29.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its spelling backwards (c) what each letter means (d) its colour
- 30.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) red (b) yellow (c) violet (d) indigo
- 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, lemon, bucket, parrot, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IPBLO (b) LBPIO (c) LOBPI (d) OLBPI
- 32.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) yellow (b) indigo (c) blue (d) green
- 33.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Mercury (c) Uranus (d) Earth
- 34.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Pacific (c) Southern (d) Atlantic
- 35.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Saturn (c) Uranus (d) Jupiter
- 36.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) saffron (b) green (c) white
- 37.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) January (b) March (c) February (d) April
- 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, ball, vase, urn, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OUVBP (b) PBVUO (c) BVUOP (d) BPVUO
- 39.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Pacific (c) Indian (d) Southern
- 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, needle, igloo, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NDIJ (b) JIND (c) DNIJ (d) NIJD
Answer key
- MVEMJSUN
- JFMA
- yellow
- PAISA
- APBC
- VIBGYOR
- RIOA
- blue
- SWG
- March
- AVDRJ
- NVGFM
- SJKP
- south
- red
- one word holds a list
- ELPA
- April
- first letters as a word
- Southern
- Saturn
- adult
- a list in a fixed order
- the rainbow colours
- ECPC
- VCRMO
- Asia
- west
- what each letter means
- violet
- OLBPI
- indigo
- Earth
- Atlantic
- Uranus
- green
- February
- PBVUO
- Pacific
- DNIJ
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