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.🎵 Which word does “three” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) tree (c) sun (d) bell
- 2.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) thing (b) sock (c) ring (d) wake
- 3.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bright (b) well (c) fight (d) white
- 4.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) twice (b) fast (c) more (d) again
- 5.🎵 Which word does “run” rhyme with? (a) night (b) cake (c) bell (d) sun
- 6.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) write (b) white (c) bite (d) lane
- 7.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) spring (b) bright (c) won (d) write
- 8.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) read it once silently (b) say it aloud often (c) change it each day (d) never say it
- 9.🎵 Which word does “shell” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) clock (c) bell (d) king
- 10.True or false: “spell” rhymes with “bell”. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🎵 Which word does “lock” rhyme with? (a) night (b) king (c) sun (d) clock
- 12.🎵 Which word does “thing” rhyme with? (a) king (b) rain (c) night (d) bell
- 13.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) light (b) shell (c) spring (d) block
- 14.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) done (b) over (c) ended (d) learnt
- 15.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) writing it tiny (b) saying it once quietly (c) no rhythm at all (d) a beat or a tune
- 16.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) tell (b) brain (c) bright (d) well
- 17.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) shake (b) knee (c) kite (d) lake
- 18.True or false: “lake” rhymes with “rain”. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🎵 Which word does “white” rhyme with? (a) night (b) cake (c) king (d) bell
- 20.True or false: “wake” rhymes with “cake”. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🎵 Which word does “train” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) clock (c) tree (d) cake
- 22.True or false: “snake” rhymes with “cake”. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) they are always true (b) sound patterns stick (c) they are longer (d) they need no practice
- 24.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) bee (b) knock (c) won (d) done
- 25.🎵 Which word does “main” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) tree (c) sun (d) rain
- 26.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) done (b) well (c) fight (d) shock
- 27.🎵 Which word does “bee” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) king (c) tree (d) night
- 28.🎵 Which word does “swing” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) night (c) bell (d) king
- 29.🎵 Which word does “snake” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) king (c) cake (d) night
- 30.🎵 Which word does “fight” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) cake (c) night (d) bell
- 31.🎵 Which word does “bake” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) clock (c) cake (d) night
- 32.True or false: “fun” rhymes with “sun”. (a) True (b) False
- 33.True or false: “block” rhymes with “night”. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) shock (b) well (c) smell (d) shell
- 35.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) lake (b) smell (c) spell (d) sell
- 36.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) thing (b) lock (c) swing (d) bite
- 37.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) lane (b) bake (c) cane (d) chain
- 38.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) make (b) rake (c) bake (d) main
- 39.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) white (b) shake (c) bite (d) light
- 40.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) lane (b) shock (c) wing (d) light
Answer key
- tree
- sock
- well
- more
- sun
- lane
- won
- say it aloud often
- bell
- True
- clock
- king
- block
- done
- a beat or a tune
- brain
- knee
- False
- night
- True
- rain
- True
- sound patterns stick
- bee
- rain
- shock
- tree
- king
- cake
- night
- cake
- True
- False
- shock
- lake
- lock
- bake
- main
- shake
- light
Free memory techniques lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/memory-techniques-for-students