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