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