Mnemonics Worksheet: Memory Rhymes
Memory tip (Say it with a beat): Put the fact first, then end the line with a rhyming word: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little tricks.” Rhyming words share an ending sound: cake – lake – snake; night – kite – light; sun – run – one. Say it aloud with a beat, again and again, until it sings itself.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.True or false: “sea” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
- 2.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) shell (b) rake (c) make (d) lake
- 3.🎵 Which word does “tell” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) clock (c) bell (d) king
- 4.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) three (b) brain (c) sock (d) run
- 5.True or false: “one” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) bun (b) make (c) string (d) shell
- 7.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) thing (b) block (c) spring (d) ring
- 8.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) swing (b) string (c) three (d) run
- 9.🎵 Which word does “make” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) rain (c) sun (d) king
- 10.True or false: “ring” rhymes with “cake”. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) rock (b) block (c) light (d) sell
- 12.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) songs (b) games (c) steps (d) tricks
- 13.🎵 Which word does “won” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) clock (c) rain (d) king
- 14.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) white (b) shake (c) kite (d) light
- 15.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) rock (b) swing (c) knock (d) free
- 16.🎵 Which word does “cane” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) clock (c) tree (d) rain
- 17.True or false: “smell” rhymes with “rain”. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) smell (b) knock (c) well (d) sell
- 19.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) lock (b) ton (c) won (d) fun
- 20.🎵 Which word does “main” rhyme with? (a) night (b) cake (c) clock (d) rain
- 21.🎵 Which word does “free” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) king (c) bell (d) tree
- 22.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) won (b) one (c) snake (d) run
- 23.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) sound patterns stick (b) they are always true (c) they are longer (d) they need no practice
- 24.🎵 Which word does “sea” rhyme with? (a) king (b) cake (c) night (d) tree
- 25.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) sea (b) chain (c) bake (d) smell
- 26.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “The river runs down to the sea, from mountains high and wild and ___.” (a) cold (b) long (c) free (d) fast
- 27.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) saying it once quietly (b) a beat or a tune (c) writing it tiny (d) no rhythm at all
- 28.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) wake (b) rake (c) swing (d) shake
- 29.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) won (b) rock (c) chain (d) bake
- 30.🎵 Which word does “bite” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) king (c) cake (d) night
- 31.🎵 Which word does “light” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) cake (c) night (d) king
- 32.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) over (b) ended (c) learnt (d) done
- 33.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) lake (b) chain (c) lane (d) cane
- 34.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) train (b) string (c) bun (d) sock
- 35.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) snake (b) wake (c) shock (d) rake
- 36.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) lane (b) cane (c) shock (d) train
- 37.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) known (b) clear (c) right (d) true
- 38.🎵 Which word does “bun” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) cake (c) king (d) night
- 39.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) kite (b) tell (c) wing (d) bee
- 40.True or false: “kite” rhymes with “clock”. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- False
- shell
- bell
- run
- False
- bun
- block
- three
- cake
- False
- light
- tricks
- sun
- shake
- swing
- rain
- False
- knock
- lock
- rain
- tree
- snake
- sound patterns stick
- tree
- sea
- free
- a beat or a tune
- swing
- won
- night
- night
- done
- lake
- train
- shock
- shock
- true
- sun
- wing
- False
Free memory techniques lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/memory-techniques-for-students