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.True or false: “smell” rhymes with “bell”. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🎵 Which word does “make” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) cake (c) bell (d) night
- 3.🎵 Which word does “ton” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) bell (c) cake (d) sun
- 4.🎵 Which word does “chain” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) king (c) night (d) rain
- 5.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) kite (b) fight (c) bright (d) bun
- 6.True or false: “make” rhymes with “rain”. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🎵 Which word does “spring” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) king (c) rain (d) night
- 8.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) key (b) lock (c) ton (d) tell
- 9.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) a beat or a tune (b) writing it tiny (c) no rhythm at all (d) saying it once quietly
- 10.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) star (b) planet (c) world (d) one
- 11.🎵 Which word does “train” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) king (c) night (d) rain
- 12.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) again (b) twice (c) more (d) fast
- 13.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) spell (b) bun (c) one (d) ton
- 14.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) clear (b) true (c) right (d) known
- 15.True or false: “light” rhymes with “clock”. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) shake (b) rake (c) snake (d) sock
- 17.🎵 Which word does “shell” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) bell (c) night (d) tree
- 18.🎵 Which word does “tell” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) king (c) tree (d) cake
- 19.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) snake (b) shake (c) wake (d) ton
- 20.True or false: “light” rhymes with “night”. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🎵 Which word does “sell” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) bell (c) tree (d) sun
- 22.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) tell (b) sing (c) sock (d) done
- 23.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “The river runs down to the sea, from mountains high and wild and ___.” (a) free (b) long (c) cold (d) fast
- 24.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) over (b) done (c) learnt (d) ended
- 25.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) shell (b) rock (c) swing (d) lake
- 26.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bake (b) knock (c) lock (d) shock
- 27.🎵 Which word does “white” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) bell (c) rain (d) night
- 28.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) fight (b) sock (c) bee (d) chain
- 29.🎵 Which word does “key” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) tree (c) sun (d) clock
- 30.True or false: “lane” rhymes with “rain”. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🎵 Which word does “run” rhyme with? (a) king (b) sun (c) bell (d) tree
- 32.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) wing (b) ring (c) spring (d) kite
- 33.🎵 Which word does “sock” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) cake (c) clock (d) rain
- 34.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) bite (b) won (c) sock (d) tea
- 35.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) swing (b) white (c) spell (d) train
- 36.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) one (b) won (c) three (d) bun
- 37.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) thing (b) bright (c) block (d) swing
- 38.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) thing (b) tell (c) block (d) shock
- 39.🎵 Which word does “cane” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) tree (c) rain (d) king
- 40.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) steps (b) tricks (c) songs (d) games
Answer key
- True
- cake
- sun
- rain
- bun
- False
- king
- lock
- a beat or a tune
- one
- rain
- more
- spell
- true
- False
- sock
- bell
- bell
- ton
- True
- bell
- done
- free
- done
- lake
- bake
- night
- chain
- tree
- True
- sun
- kite
- clock
- bite
- train
- three
- bright
- thing
- rain
- tricks
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