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.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Uranus (c) Neptune (d) Mars
- 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, rose, jalebi, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IRJA (b) AJRI (c) RIJA (d) RJAI
- 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) GWS (c) SWG (d) WGS
- 4.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its spelling backwards (c) its colour (d) what each letter means
- 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, lamp, pencil, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LPRN (b) RPLN (c) LNPR (d) NLPR
- 6.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) flower (b) stem (c) root (d) leaf
- 7.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) collection (c) condensation (d) evaporation
- 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) ELPA (c) LEPA (d) APLE
- 9.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) South America (b) Australia (c) North America (d) Antarctica
- 10.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) adult (b) pupa (c) egg (d) larva
- 11.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Venus (c) Earth (d) Jupiter
- 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, lamp, pencil, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NLPF (b) LNPF (c) FPLN (d) LPFN
- 13.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a drawing (c) a type of number (d) first letters as a word
- 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) IVBGYOR (c) VIBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
- 15.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) condensation (c) evaporation (d) collection
- 16.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) larva (b) pupa (c) egg (d) adult
- 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, urn, inkpot, parrot, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UIPFO (b) FPIUO (c) OUIPF (d) UOIPF
- 18.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) north (b) south (c) east (d) west
- 19.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the planets (c) the rainbow colours (d) the oceans
- 20.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) March (b) April (c) February (d) January
- 21.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Pacific (c) Arctic (d) Southern
- 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) JFMA (c) AMFJ (d) FMAJ
- 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, ant, monkey, key, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ATMKB (b) AMKBT (c) TAMKB (d) BKMAT
- 24.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a maths sum (d) a long story
- 25.🔤 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) NUSJMEVM (d) VMEMJSUN
- 26.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) leaf (b) flower (c) root (d) stem
- 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AANSAEA (c) AEASNAA (d) AANSAAE
- 28.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they need no learning (c) they are longer (d) one word holds a list
- 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, inkpot, glass, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IUGD (b) IGDU (c) DGIU (d) UIGD
- 30.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Pacific (c) Atlantic (d) Indian
- 31.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Australia (b) Africa (c) Europe (d) Antarctica
- 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, glass, fan, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GFVC (b) CGFV (c) VFGC (d) GCFV
- 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, spoon, radio, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DRSB (b) SBRD (c) SRDB (d) BSRD
- 34.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) green (b) saffron (c) white
- 35.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) April (b) March (c) January (d) February
- 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, candle, tomato, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CTKD (b) DCTK (c) CDTK (d) KTCD
- 37.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) collection (b) precipitation (c) condensation (d) evaporation
- 38.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) south (b) west (c) east (d) north
- 39.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Asia (b) Australia (c) Africa (d) South America
- 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, pillow, sock, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PSDV (b) VPSD (c) DSPV (d) PVSD
Answer key
- Venus
- IRJA
- SWG
- what each letter means
- NLPR
- leaf
- condensation
- ELPA
- North America
- adult
- Saturn
- NLPF
- first letters as a word
- VIBGYOR
- precipitation
- egg
- OUIPF
- west
- the rainbow colours
- January
- Pacific
- JFMA
- TAMKB
- a list in a fixed order
- MVEMJSUN
- stem
- AANSAEA
- one word holds a list
- UIGD
- Arctic
- Antarctica
- CGFV
- BSRD
- white
- February
- DCTK
- collection
- north
- Africa
- VPSD
Free memory techniques lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/memory-techniques-for-students