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 planets (b) the rainbow colours (c) the oceans (d) the months
- 2.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) indigo (b) green (c) violet (d) yellow
- 3.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Neptune (b) Earth (c) Saturn (d) Venus
- 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, kettle, sock, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KSAC (b) ASKC (c) CKSA (d) KCSA
- 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, umbrella, kettle, doll, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UKDTF (b) UFKDT (c) TDKUF (d) FUKDT
- 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, rope, glass, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IRGM (b) RGMI (c) MGRI (d) RIGM
- 7.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) January (b) April (c) March (d) February
- 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, pencil, ant, goat, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PLAGI (b) LPAGI (c) PAGIL (d) IGAPL
- 9.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they need no learning (c) they always rhyme (d) they are longer
- 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) LEPA (c) ELPA (d) APLE
- 11.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) Australia (c) Europe (d) Africa
- 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) FJMA (c) FMAJ (d) AMFJ
- 13.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) its spelling backwards (c) nothing else (d) its colour
- 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VMEMJSUN
- 15.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) west (b) east (c) south (d) north
- 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, drum, monkey, ant, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DWMAG (b) DMAGW (c) GAMDW (d) WDMAG
- 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, needle, umpire, lemon, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MLUND (b) DNULM (c) NULMD (d) NDULM
- 18.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) flower (b) root (c) leaf (d) stem
- 19.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a drawing (c) a long poem (d) a type of number
- 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, key, tiger, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FTKU (b) KTFU (c) KUTF (d) UKTF
- 21.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) violet (b) green (c) orange (d) indigo
- 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, kite, wallet, mango, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GKWMC (b) KWMCG (c) CMWKG (d) KGWMC
- 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, pencil, jug, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DPJA (b) AJPD (c) PJAD (d) PDJA
- 24.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) evaporation (c) collection (d) condensation
- 25.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) green (b) saffron (c) white
- 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) AISAP (c) PAISA (d) APISA
- 27.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) January (b) February (c) April (d) March
- 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, pencil, apple, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MPAT (b) TAPM (c) PMAT (d) PATM
- 29.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) violet (b) yellow (c) indigo (d) red
- 30.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) green (b) blue (c) yellow (d) indigo
- 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) WSEN (c) ESWN (d) NESW
- 32.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) pupa (b) egg (c) adult (d) larva
- 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, apple, parrot, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ACPI (b) CAPI (c) IPAC (d) APIC
- 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, fan, guava, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FGUM (b) MFGU (c) FMGU (d) UGFM
- 35.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) west (b) north (c) east (d) south
- 36.🔤 “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
- 37.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) red (b) indigo (c) orange (d) violet
- 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) ANSAEAA (c) AEASNAA (d) AANSAEA
- 39.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Atlantic (c) Southern (d) Arctic
- 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) FLSR (c) SRLF (d) RSLF
Answer key
- the rainbow colours
- indigo
- Saturn
- CKSA
- FUKDT
- IRGM
- April
- LPAGI
- one word holds a list
- ELPA
- Africa
- JFMA
- what each letter means
- MVEMJSUN
- west
- WDMAG
- DNULM
- leaf
- first letters as a word
- UKTF
- violet
- GKWMC
- DPJA
- evaporation
- green
- PAISA
- January
- MPAT
- yellow
- blue
- NESW
- pupa
- CAPI
- MFGU
- north
- white
- red
- AANSAEA
- Pacific
- RSLF
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