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.
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- 1.True or false: “key” rhymes with “tree”. (a) False (b) True
- 2.🎵 Which word does “one” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) king (c) sun (d) bell
- 3.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) one (b) planet (c) world (d) star
- 4.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) they are always true (b) sound patterns stick (c) they need no practice (d) they are longer
- 5.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) kite (b) bite (c) make (d) bright
- 6.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) kite (b) cane (c) won (d) lock
- 7.True or false: “ring” rhymes with “clock”. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) one (b) done (c) lake (d) write
- 9.🎵 Which word does “lake” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) cake (c) night (d) tree
- 10.🎵 Which word does “bake” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) bell (c) clock (d) cake
- 11.🎵 Which word does “fun” rhyme with? (a) king (b) sun (c) bell (d) clock
- 12.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) white (b) wing (c) snake (d) shell
- 13.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) ring (b) thing (c) won (d) spring
- 14.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) know (b) write (c) say (d) learn
- 15.True or false: “bee” rhymes with “tree”. (a) False (b) True
- 16.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) knock (b) sock (c) rock (d) shake
- 17.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) lane (b) won (c) knee (d) light
- 18.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) bake (b) lock (c) wake (d) wing
- 19.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) tricks (b) steps (c) games (d) songs
- 20.🎵 Which word does “main” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) cake (c) night (d) bell
- 21.True or false: “lake” rhymes with “sun”. (a) True (b) False
- 22.🎵 Which word does “write” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) tree (c) night (d) cake
- 23.🎵 Which word does “rock” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) clock (c) sun (d) cake
- 24.True or false: “smell” rhymes with “bell”. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) fight (b) write (c) bite (d) sea
- 26.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) lock (b) thing (c) shock (d) knock
- 27.True or false: “block” rhymes with “clock”. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) plane (b) rock (c) sock (d) lock
- 29.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) read it once silently (b) never say it (c) say it aloud often (d) change it each day
- 30.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) ended (b) learnt (c) over (d) done
- 31.True or false: “make” rhymes with “cake”. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) sock (b) bright (c) block (d) rock
- 33.True or false: “light” rhymes with “night”. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) true (b) right (c) known (d) clear
- 35.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) lock (b) bright (c) run (d) smell
- 36.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) light (b) make (c) snake (d) wake
- 37.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) lake (b) kite (c) wake (d) one
- 38.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) shock (b) three (c) one (d) tea
- 39.🎵 Which word does “smell” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) bell (c) night (d) clock
- 40.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bee (b) bite (c) write (d) fight
Answer key
- True
- sun
- one
- sound patterns stick
- make
- cane
- False
- lake
- cake
- cake
- sun
- wing
- won
- know
- True
- shake
- lane
- lock
- tricks
- rain
- False
- night
- clock
- True
- sea
- thing
- True
- plane
- say it aloud often
- done
- True
- bright
- True
- true
- run
- light
- kite
- one
- bell
- bee
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