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.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the oceans (c) the planets (d) the rainbow colours
- 2.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Earth (c) Neptune (d) Jupiter
- 3.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) blue (b) red (c) indigo (d) violet
- 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) WGS (c) WSG (d) GWS
- 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, fan, sock, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TFSI (b) FTSI (c) FSIT (d) ISFT
- 6.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they are longer (c) one word holds a list (d) they need no learning
- 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, spoon, jug, pillow, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SJPNK (b) SKJPN (c) KSJPN (d) NPJSK
- 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, spoon, doll, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SDRU (b) SUDR (c) RDSU (d) USDR
- 9.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a picture (c) a maths sum (d) a long story
- 10.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
- 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, jalebi, apple, pillow. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PAJF (b) JFAP (c) FJAP (d) JAPF
- 12.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a long poem (c) a drawing (d) a type of number
- 13.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) south (b) west (c) north (d) east
- 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, whistle, tiger, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WMTI (b) ITWM (c) WTIM (d) MWTI
- 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, lemon, guava, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LGUA (b) UGLA (c) ALGU (d) LAGU
- 16.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) stem (b) flower (c) leaf (d) root
- 17.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Saturn (c) Uranus (d) Earth
- 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) WSEN (c) NESW (d) ESWN
- 19.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) yellow (b) green (c) violet (d) red
- 20.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Europe (b) Africa (c) Antarctica (d) Australia
- 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, goat, watch, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GWLN (b) LWGN (c) GNWL (d) NGWL
- 22.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Atlantic (c) Southern (d) Indian
- 23.🔤 “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
- 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, kite, radio, apple, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KRALI (b) KIRAL (c) IKRAL (d) LARKI
- 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, ball, doll, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FDBC (b) BDFC (c) BCDF (d) CBDF
- 26.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) nothing else (c) its spelling backwards (d) what each letter means
- 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, fan, vase, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JFVK (b) KVFJ (c) FJVK (d) FVKJ
- 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, bucket, shoe, jug, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DBSJP (b) PJSBD (c) BSJPD (d) BDSJP
- 29.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Jupiter (c) Earth (d) Neptune
- 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) SRLF (c) FLSR (d) RSLF
- 31.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) green (d) violet
- 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, parrot, orange, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LPOD (b) DOPL (c) PODL (d) PLOD
- 33.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) April (b) January (c) February (d) March
- 34.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) stem (b) leaf (c) flower (d) root
- 35.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) north (b) west (c) south (d) east
- 36.🔤 “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
- 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) NUSJMEVM
- 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, cat, igloo, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CIDB (b) CBID (c) BCID (d) DICB
- 39.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Pacific (c) Atlantic (d) Indian
- 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, pencil, coconut, tiger, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PCTIJ (b) JPCTI (c) PJCTI (d) ITCPJ
Answer key
- the rainbow colours
- Jupiter
- blue
- SWG
- TFSI
- one word holds a list
- KSJPN
- USDR
- a list in a fixed order
- green
- FJAP
- first letters as a word
- east
- MWTI
- ALGU
- flower
- Uranus
- NESW
- violet
- Antarctica
- NGWL
- Pacific
- saffron
- IKRAL
- CBDF
- what each letter means
- JFVK
- DBSJP
- Neptune
- RSLF
- green
- LPOD
- January
- root
- north
- pupa
- MVEMJSUN
- BCID
- Arctic
- JPCTI
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