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.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) brain (b) make (c) main (d) lane
- 2.🎵 Which word does “run” rhyme with? (a) night (b) sun (c) bell (d) tree
- 3.🎵 Which word does “sea” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) sun (c) clock (d) tree
- 4.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) string (b) rock (c) shock (d) key
- 5.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) bright (b) key (c) string (d) lane
- 6.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) key (b) spell (c) white (d) wake
- 7.🎵 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
- 8.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) bite (b) shock (c) ton (d) lane
- 9.🎵 Which word does “key” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) sun (c) cake (d) bell
- 10.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) swing (b) knock (c) tell (d) bite
- 11.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) fast (b) again (c) twice (d) more
- 12.🎵 Which word does “plane” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) rain (c) bell (d) tree
- 13.True or false: “key” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) run (b) done (c) shell (d) fun
- 15.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) learnt (b) done (c) ended (d) over
- 16.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) write (b) fight (c) wing (d) light
- 17.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they need no practice (c) they are always true (d) sound patterns stick
- 18.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) train (b) light (c) lane (d) won
- 19.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) plane (b) sock (c) main (d) train
- 20.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) light (b) ton (c) snake (d) well
- 21.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) cane (b) plane (c) chain (d) tell
- 22.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) brain (b) rock (c) kite (d) smell
- 23.True or false: “fight” rhymes with “cake”. (a) False (b) True
- 24.🎵 Which word does “white” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) clock (c) night (d) tree
- 25.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) free (b) sing (c) fight (d) fun
- 26.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) snake (b) rake (c) done (d) spell
- 27.🎵 Which word does “done” rhyme with? (a) night (b) tree (c) sun (d) bell
- 28.True or false: “wake” rhymes with “rain”. (a) False (b) True
- 29.True or false: “plane” rhymes with “rain”. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) ton (b) knock (c) done (d) fun
- 31.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) bun (b) three (c) bite (d) free
- 32.True or false: “knock” rhymes with “night”. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🎵 Which word does “tea” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) sun (c) cake (d) tree
- 34.True or false: “string” rhymes with “rain”. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) swing (b) string (c) ring (d) bright
- 36.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) games (b) steps (c) songs (d) tricks
- 37.🎵 Which word does “ring” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) king (c) rain (d) sun
- 38.🎵 Which word does “chain” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) king (c) tree (d) night
- 39.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) say (b) write (c) learn (d) know
- 40.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) star (b) planet (c) world (d) one
Answer key
- make
- sun
- tree
- key
- string
- wake
- free
- shock
- tree
- tell
- more
- rain
- False
- shell
- done
- wing
- sound patterns stick
- light
- sock
- well
- tell
- smell
- False
- night
- fight
- done
- sun
- False
- True
- knock
- bite
- False
- tree
- False
- bright
- tricks
- king
- rain
- know
- one
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