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.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its spelling backwards (c) its colour (d) what each letter means
- 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, needle, spoon, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NSBA (b) BSNA (c) NASB (d) ANSB
- 3.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) leaf (b) stem (c) root (d) flower
- 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, drum, onion, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TODB (b) DOTB (c) DBOT (d) BDOT
- 5.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) violet (b) red (c) green (d) orange
- 6.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Uranus (c) Venus (d) Mars
- 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) FMAJ (c) AMFJ (d) JFMA
- 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) ELPA (c) LEPA (d) LPAE
- 9.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) leaf (b) flower (c) root (d) stem
- 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, needle, pencil, radio, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VRPNC (b) NPRVC (c) NCPRV (d) CNPRV
- 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) IBGYORV (d) VIBGYOR
- 12.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a long story (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a maths sum
- 13.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) collection (c) condensation (d) precipitation
- 14.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Atlantic (c) Southern (d) Pacific
- 15.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) March (b) April (c) February (d) January
- 16.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) north (b) west (c) south (d) east
- 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, tomato, mirror, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DTMK (b) KMTD (c) TMKD (d) TDMK
- 18.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) Africa (b) Asia (c) Antarctica (d) Europe
- 19.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 4 (M) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Mercury (c) Neptune (d) Mars
- 20.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
- 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, pencil, onion, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PROA (b) AOPR (c) POAR (d) RPOA
- 22.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) yellow (b) violet (c) green (d) blue
- 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, apple, urn, rope, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AURLV (b) VAURL (c) AVURL (d) LRUAV
- 24.🔤 “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
- 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, van, tiger, goat, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AVTGC (b) VATGC (c) VTGCA (d) CGTVA
- 26.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they need no learning (c) one word holds a list (d) they are longer
- 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, apple, jalebi, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VJAU (b) AJVU (c) AUJV (d) UAJV
- 28.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) a long poem (c) a drawing (d) first letters as a word
- 29.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) South America (b) North America (c) Asia (d) Europe
- 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, nest, shoe, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NSVI (b) INSV (c) VSNI (d) NISV
- 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) APISA (c) AISAP (d) PAISA
- 32.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) egg (b) larva (c) pupa (d) adult
- 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, lamp, ice cream, nest, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BLINO (b) LBINO (c) LINOB (d) ONILB
- 34.🔤 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
- 35.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the months (c) the rainbow colours (d) the planets
- 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) WSG (c) SWG (d) GWS
- 37.🔤 “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
- 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, mango, vase, duck, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SMVDO (b) MVDOS (c) MSVDO (d) ODVMS
- 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, sock, banana, anchor, pillow. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SBAPT (b) PABST (c) TSBAP (d) STBAP
- 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) ENSW (c) WSEN (d) NESW
Answer key
- what each letter means
- ANSB
- flower
- BDOT
- red
- Uranus
- JFMA
- ELPA
- leaf
- CNPRV
- VIBGYOR
- a list in a fixed order
- precipitation
- Atlantic
- January
- south
- DTMK
- Asia
- Mars
- saffron
- RPOA
- green
- VAURL
- green
- AVTGC
- one word holds a list
- UAJV
- first letters as a word
- South America
- INSV
- PAISA
- pupa
- BLINO
- AANSAEA
- the rainbow colours
- SWG
- west
- SMVDO
- TSBAP
- NESW
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