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 Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) SWG (c) WSG (d) WGS
- 2.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Mercury (c) Venus (d) Neptune
- 3.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the months (c) the oceans (d) the rainbow colours
- 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) ESWN (c) WSEN (d) ENSW
- 5.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Saturn (c) Uranus (d) Earth
- 6.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) west (b) south (c) east (d) north
- 7.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) green (b) violet (c) yellow (d) indigo
- 8.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) April (b) February (c) January (d) March
- 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, drum, pillow, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RDPV (b) DPVR (c) DRPV (d) VPDR
- 10.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Saturn (c) Venus (d) Mars
- 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, drum, spoon, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DSOA (b) OSDA (c) ADSO (d) DASO
- 12.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) orange (b) green (c) yellow (d) violet
- 13.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) south (b) west (c) north (d) east
- 14.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) its colour (c) nothing else (d) its spelling backwards
- 15.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) root (b) leaf (c) flower (d) stem
- 16.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) blue (b) violet (c) red (d) green
- 17.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a picture (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a maths sum
- 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, igloo, frog, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IFSK (b) KIFS (c) IKFS (d) SFIK
- 19.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) egg (b) adult (c) larva (d) pupa
- 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, umbrella, onion, flute, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UOFBG (b) BFOUG (c) GUOFB (d) UGOFB
- 21.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they need no learning (c) they are longer (d) one word holds a list
- 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) AMFJ (c) FMAJ (d) FJMA
- 23.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) larva (b) pupa (c) adult (d) egg
- 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) FLSR (c) SLFR (d) RSLF
- 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IVBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) ROYGBIV
- 26.🔤 “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
- 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) ECCP (c) CEPC (d) CPCE
- 28.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) violet (d) red
- 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, spoon, bucket, parrot, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SBPUN (b) SNBPU (c) UPBSN (d) NSBPU
- 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, cat, parrot, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CUPB (b) CPBU (c) BPCU (d) UCPB
- 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, onion, net, key, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ONKRG (b) RKNOG (c) OGNKR (d) GONKR
- 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, nest, tomato, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NTRF (b) NFTR (c) FNTR (d) RTNF
- 33.🔤 “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
- 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) APLE (c) LEPA (d) ELPA
- 35.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a long poem (c) a drawing (d) a type of number
- 36.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) January (b) April (c) February (d) March
- 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, key, jalebi, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KPJD (b) KJDP (c) PKJD (d) DJKP
- 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, onion, nest, banana, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ORNBF (b) RONBF (c) FBNOR (d) ONBFR
- 39.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Jupiter (c) Neptune (d) Venus
- 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) PAISA (c) APISA (d) AISAP
Answer key
- SWG
- Mercury
- the rainbow colours
- NESW
- Earth
- north
- indigo
- March
- RDPV
- Venus
- ADSO
- orange
- west
- what each letter means
- root
- violet
- a list in a fixed order
- KIFS
- pupa
- GUOFB
- one word holds a list
- JFMA
- egg
- RSLF
- VIBGYOR
- saffron
- ECPC
- red
- NSBPU
- UCPB
- GONKR
- FNTR
- green
- ELPA
- first letters as a word
- February
- PKJD
- RONBF
- Neptune
- PAISA
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