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.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, lemon, jug, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LGJU (b) GLJU (c) UJLG (d) LJUG
- 2.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) violet (d) red
- 3.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the months (c) the rainbow colours (d) the planets
- 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, nest, owl, duck, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NODRC (b) NCODR (c) CNODR (d) RDONC
- 5.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Mars (c) Mercury (d) Neptune
- 6.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) west (b) east (c) north (d) south
- 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IVBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) VIBGYOR
- 8.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) egg (b) larva (c) adult (d) pupa
- 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) AEASNAA (d) AANSAEA
- 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, tent, rope, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TVRF (b) VTRF (c) TRFV (d) FRTV
- 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: jeep, spoon, kettle, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SKUJ (b) SJKU (c) JSKU (d) UKSJ
- 12.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) Asia (c) South America (d) North America
- 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) WSG (c) GWS (d) SWG
- 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, monkey, frog, van, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MFVAU (b) AVFMU (c) MUFVA (d) UMFVA
- 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, guava, umpire, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GFUA (b) AUGF (c) FGUA (d) GUAF
- 16.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) nothing else (c) its colour (d) its spelling backwards
- 17.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Asia (b) Europe (c) Antarctica (d) South America
- 18.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) white (b) green (c) saffron
- 19.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a picture (c) a long story (d) a maths sum
- 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, glass, whistle, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GWAI (b) GIWA (c) AWGI (d) IGWA
- 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, sock, mirror, coconut, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GCMSO (b) OSMCG (c) SOMCG (d) SMCGO
- 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) AISAP (c) ASIAP (d) PAISA
- 23.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) one word holds a list (c) they always rhyme (d) they need no learning
- 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, fan, banana, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FWBR (b) FBRW (c) WFBR (d) RBFW
- 25.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) February (b) April (c) January (d) March
- 26.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Arctic (c) Indian (d) Atlantic
- 27.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a type of number (c) a drawing (d) a long poem
- 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, banana, tomato, apple, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BTAUP (b) UATBP (c) PBTAU (d) BPTAU
- 29.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) egg (b) pupa (c) larva (d) adult
- 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, jeep, parrot, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JGPM (b) JPMG (c) MPJG (d) GJPM
- 31.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) orange (b) blue (c) green (d) indigo
- 32.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
- 33.🔤 “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
- 34.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) east (b) west (c) south (d) north
- 35.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) flower (b) leaf (c) stem (d) root
- 36.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Atlantic (c) Southern (d) Arctic
- 37.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Saturn (c) Uranus (d) Jupiter
- 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, lemon, frog, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LFSK (b) SFLK (c) LKFS (d) KLFS
- 39.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Neptune (c) Saturn (d) Mars
- 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) NESW (c) ESWN (d) ENSW
Answer key
- GLJU
- red
- the rainbow colours
- CNODR
- Mercury
- north
- VIBGYOR
- larva
- AANSAEA
- VTRF
- JSKU
- Antarctica
- SWG
- UMFVA
- FGUA
- what each letter means
- South America
- saffron
- a list in a fixed order
- IGWA
- OSMCG
- PAISA
- one word holds a list
- WFBR
- January
- Arctic
- first letters as a word
- PBTAU
- pupa
- GJPM
- indigo
- white
- root
- west
- leaf
- Pacific
- Uranus
- KLFS
- Saturn
- NESW
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