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.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) south (b) east (c) west (d) north
- 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, goat, tomato, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GTIN (b) NGTI (c) ITGN (d) GNTI
- 3.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) February (b) April (c) March (d) January
- 4.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a drawing (c) a type of number (d) a long poem
- 5.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the rainbow colours (c) the planets (d) the months
- 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) SLFR (c) FLSR (d) RSLF
- 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) LPAE (d) LEPA
- 9.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) nothing else (c) its spelling backwards (d) what each letter means
- 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, violin, radio, inkpot, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VURIG (b) GIRVU (c) VRIGU (d) UVRIG
- 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, bucket, ant, jug, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LJABD (b) DBAJL (c) BDAJL (d) BAJLD
- 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, frog, igloo, tomato, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FITRN (b) NFITR (c) RTIFN (d) FNITR
- 13.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Africa (b) Antarctica (c) Europe (d) North America
- 14.🔤 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
- 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, orange, cat, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WCON (b) NOCW (c) OCWN (d) ONCW
- 16.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a maths sum (c) a picture (d) a list in a fixed order
- 17.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Mercury (c) Uranus (d) Venus
- 18.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) egg (b) pupa (c) adult (d) larva
- 19.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) January (b) March (c) February (d) April
- 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WSG (c) SWG (d) WGS
- 21.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) east (b) north (c) west (d) south
- 22.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they need no learning (c) they are longer (d) one word holds a list
- 23.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) March (b) January (c) February (d) April
- 24.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) stem (b) leaf (c) root (d) flower
- 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, drum, umbrella, lemon, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DULAP (b) PDULA (c) ALUDP (d) DPULA
- 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) AISAP (c) APISA (d) PAISA
- 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, anchor, shoe, umbrella, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AVSUC (b) CUSAV (c) VASUC (d) ASUCV
- 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, vase, owl, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NOVW (b) WVON (c) VWON (d) VONW
- 29.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
- 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, inkpot, ant, orange, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IAOGF (b) GOAIF (c) FIAOG (d) IFAOG
- 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, spoon, whistle, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FSWN (b) SWNF (c) SFWN (d) NWSF
- 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, kite, spoon, pillow, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CPSKT (b) KSPCT (c) TKSPC (d) KTSPC
- 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, duck, cat, urn, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DJCUT (b) DCUTJ (c) TUCDJ (d) JDCUT
- 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, umbrella, watch, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UMWV (b) VWUM (c) MUWV (d) UWVM
- 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, ladder, orange, frog, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JFOLA (b) LAOFJ (c) LOFJA (d) ALOFJ
- 36.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Venus (c) Mercury (d) Earth
- 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) ANSAEAA (c) AANSAEA (d) AANSAAE
- 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, ball, rose, apple, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BRAUN (b) BNRAU (c) NBRAU (d) UARBN
- 39.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) west (b) south (c) north (d) east
- 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, needle, jalebi, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DJNC (b) CNJD (c) NJDC (d) NCJD
Answer key
- north
- NGTI
- January
- first letters as a word
- the rainbow colours
- RSLF
- JFMA
- ELPA
- what each letter means
- UVRIG
- DBAJL
- NFITR
- Antarctica
- ECPC
- NOCW
- a list in a fixed order
- Uranus
- adult
- March
- SWG
- west
- one word holds a list
- April
- leaf
- PDULA
- PAISA
- VASUC
- WVON
- green
- FIAOG
- FSWN
- TKSPC
- JDCUT
- MUWV
- ALOFJ
- Mercury
- AANSAEA
- NBRAU
- south
- CNJD
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