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