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.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Mercury (c) Uranus (d) Neptune
- 2.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) its colour (c) nothing else (d) its spelling backwards
- 3.🔤 “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
- 4.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a drawing (c) first letters as a word (d) a type of number
- 5.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) April (b) January (c) February (d) March
- 6.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) March (b) January (c) February (d) April
- 7.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) collection (b) precipitation (c) condensation (d) evaporation
- 8.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the planets (c) the rainbow colours (d) the months
- 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AANSAAE (c) AANSAEA (d) AEASNAA
- 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VMEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
- 11.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) violet (b) red (c) indigo (d) yellow
- 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) PAISA (c) AISAP (d) APISA
- 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) IBGYORV (d) IVBGYOR
- 14.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Indian (c) Pacific (d) Atlantic
- 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECCP (c) CEPC (d) ECPC
- 16.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) blue (b) orange (c) yellow (d) red
- 17.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) south (b) north (c) east (d) west
- 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, apple, shoe, whistle, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ASWUF (b) AFSWU (c) FASWU (d) UWSAF
- 19.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Southern (c) Pacific (d) Arctic
- 20.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) blue (b) red (c) indigo (d) violet
- 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LPAE (c) LEPA (d) ELPA
- 22.🔤 “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
- 23.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Mars (c) Saturn (d) Venus
- 24.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they are longer (c) one word holds a list (d) they need no learning
- 25.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) yellow (b) indigo (c) blue (d) green
- 26.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) March (b) February (c) April (d) January
- 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, coconut, van, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CVJR (b) JVCR (c) CRVJ (d) RCVJ
- 28.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) condensation (b) precipitation (c) collection (d) evaporation
- 29.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) green (b) yellow (c) violet (d) indigo
- 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SLFR (c) SRLF (d) FLSR
- 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, fan, onion, glass, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FPOGW (b) FOGWP (c) WGOFP (d) PFOGW
- 32.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) January (b) April (c) March (d) February
- 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, doll, guava, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MGDF (b) FDGM (c) DGMF (d) DFGM
- 34.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) egg (b) larva (c) pupa (d) adult
- 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, net, duck, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TDNP (b) PNDT (c) NDTP (d) NPDT
- 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) GWS (c) WGS (d) WSG
- 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: lamp, tiger, coconut, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LTCF (b) TLCF (c) FCTL (d) TCFL
- 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, candle, monkey, umpire, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CMUND (b) NUMCD (c) DCMUN (d) CDMUN
- 39.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a maths sum (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a long story
- 40.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) Europe (c) Asia (d) Africa
Answer key
- Neptune
- what each letter means
- green
- first letters as a word
- April
- March
- condensation
- the rainbow colours
- AANSAEA
- MVEMJSUN
- indigo
- PAISA
- VIBGYOR
- Arctic
- ECPC
- yellow
- west
- FASWU
- Southern
- blue
- ELPA
- white
- Jupiter
- one word holds a list
- green
- January
- RCVJ
- precipitation
- violet
- RSLF
- PFOGW
- February
- FDGM
- pupa
- PNDT
- SWG
- LTCF
- DCMUN
- a list in a fixed order
- Asia
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