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.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) GWS (c) WSG (d) WGS
- 2.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the planets (c) the rainbow colours (d) the months
- 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, mango, rope, flute, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DMRFC (b) MDRFC (c) CFRMD (d) MRFCD
- 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) NUSJMEVM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VMEMJSUN
- 5.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) March (b) January (c) February (d) April
- 6.🔤 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
- 7.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) indigo (b) red (c) violet (d) orange
- 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FMAJ (c) FJMA (d) JFMA
- 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ENSW (c) NESW (d) ESWN
- 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, onion, kite, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OVKC (b) OKCV (c) CKOV (d) VOKC
- 11.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they always rhyme (c) they need no learning (d) one word holds a list
- 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, violin, fan, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VTFB (b) BFVT (c) VFBT (d) TVFB
- 13.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Mars (c) Neptune (d) Jupiter
- 14.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) adult (b) larva (c) egg (d) pupa
- 15.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a maths sum (d) a long story
- 16.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Indian (c) Southern (d) Pacific
- 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, tomato, jeep, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TJVI (b) VJTI (c) ITJV (d) TIJV
- 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) APISA (c) ASIAP (d) AISAP
- 19.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) what each letter means (c) its spelling backwards (d) nothing else
- 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, ladder, guava, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LGTU (b) TGLU (c) ULGT (d) LUGT
- 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, anchor, tiger, kettle, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PATKI (b) IKTAP (c) ATKIP (d) APTKI
- 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, jalebi, umbrella, lemon, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NJULT (b) TLUJN (c) JNULT (d) JULTN
- 23.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) stem (b) root (c) flower (d) leaf
- 24.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) flower (b) stem (c) leaf (d) root
- 25.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) east (b) west (c) north (d) south
- 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, rope, wallet, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GRWT (b) TWRG (c) RWTG (d) RGWT
- 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, coconut, sock, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CBSD (b) DSCB (c) BCSD (d) CSDB
- 28.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Atlantic (c) Arctic (d) Pacific
- 29.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) indigo (b) blue (c) orange (d) yellow
- 30.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Mercury (c) Saturn (d) Neptune
- 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, urn, ball, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TBUN (b) UNBT (c) UBTN (d) NUBT
- 32.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) condensation (c) collection (d) precipitation
- 33.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a long poem (c) a type of number (d) first letters as a word
- 34.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Pacific (c) Atlantic (d) Arctic
- 35.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) red (b) blue (c) indigo (d) green
- 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, tent, ladder, urn, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SULTC (b) TLUSC (c) TCLUS (d) CTLUS
- 37.🔤 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
- 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: lamp, cat, fan, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PFCL (b) CLFP (c) LCFP (d) CFPL
- 39.🔤 “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
- 40.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) January (b) March (c) February (d) April
Answer key
- SWG
- the rainbow colours
- DMRFC
- MVEMJSUN
- March
- VIBGYOR
- orange
- JFMA
- NESW
- VOKC
- one word holds a list
- TVFB
- Jupiter
- larva
- a list in a fixed order
- Pacific
- ITJV
- PAISA
- what each letter means
- ULGT
- PATKI
- NJULT
- root
- stem
- north
- GRWT
- BCSD
- Indian
- blue
- Saturn
- NUBT
- collection
- first letters as a word
- Southern
- red
- CTLUS
- ECPC
- LCFP
- green
- February
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