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 rainbow colours (b) the months (c) the oceans (d) the planets
- 2.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Neptune (b) Mars (c) Mercury (d) Jupiter
- 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) ROYGBIV (c) IVBGYOR (d) VIBGYOR
- 4.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) violet (b) blue (c) indigo (d) red
- 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, goat, kite, owl, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GCKOT (b) GKOTC (c) TOKGC (d) CGKOT
- 6.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 6 (E) stand for? (a) South America (b) Europe (c) Antarctica (d) North America
- 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, urn, owl, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UJOT (b) TOUJ (c) JUOT (d) UOTJ
- 8.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they always rhyme (c) they need no learning (d) one word holds a list
- 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, ice cream, cat, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ICKG (b) KCIG (c) GICK (d) IGCK
- 10.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) April (b) February (c) March (d) January
- 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) MVEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
- 12.🔤 “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
- 13.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) April (b) February (c) January (d) March
- 14.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) condensation (b) precipitation (c) collection (d) evaporation
- 15.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) condensation (b) evaporation (c) precipitation (d) collection
- 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CPCE (c) CEPC (d) ECPC
- 17.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a long story (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a maths sum
- 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) ELPA (c) APLE (d) LEPA
- 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, goat, frog, anchor, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TGFAN (b) GFANT (c) GTFAN (d) NAFGT
- 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, ant, mirror, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) APMN (b) AMNP (c) NMAP (d) PAMN
- 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, spoon, jalebi, vase, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BVJSI (b) SJVBI (c) ISJVB (d) SIJVB
- 22.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Jupiter (c) Earth (d) Neptune
- 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, candle, mirror, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CAMB (b) ACMB (c) CMBA (d) BMCA
- 24.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) north (b) west (c) east (d) south
- 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, needle, tomato, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NMTW (b) NTWM (c) WTNM (d) MNTW
- 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, ball, mango, urn, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BTMUK (b) BMUKT (c) KUMBT (d) TBMUK
- 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, onion, duck, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CODP (b) ODPC (c) OCDP (d) PDOC
- 28.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Venus (c) Neptune (d) Earth
- 29.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) orange (b) violet (c) yellow (d) red
- 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, goat, rose, urn, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OURGN (b) GRUON (c) GNRUO (d) NGRUO
- 31.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Arctic (c) Indian (d) Pacific
- 32.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a type of number (c) first letters as a word (d) a long poem
- 33.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) evaporation (c) condensation (d) collection
- 34.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Neptune (b) Mars (c) Venus (d) Jupiter
- 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, nest, sock, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) USNJ (b) NSUJ (c) JNSU (d) NJSU
- 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) AEASNAA (c) AANSAEA (d) ANSAEAA
- 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, pencil, urn, lamp, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PTULM (b) PULMT (c) MLUPT (d) TPULM
- 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) ASIAP (c) PAISA (d) AISAP
- 39.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Southern (c) Atlantic (d) Arctic
- 40.🔤 “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
Answer key
- the rainbow colours
- Jupiter
- VIBGYOR
- red
- CGKOT
- Europe
- JUOT
- one word holds a list
- GICK
- March
- MVEMJSUN
- white
- January
- collection
- evaporation
- ECPC
- a list in a fixed order
- ELPA
- TGFAN
- PAMN
- ISJVB
- Earth
- ACMB
- west
- MNTW
- TBMUK
- CODP
- Saturn
- orange
- NGRUO
- Pacific
- first letters as a word
- condensation
- Venus
- JNSU
- AANSAEA
- TPULM
- PAISA
- Southern
- saffron
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