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