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.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “The river runs down to the sea, from mountains high and wild and ___.” (a) long (b) free (c) cold (d) fast
- 2.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) star (b) one (c) world (d) planet
- 3.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) run (b) fun (c) won (d) bake
- 4.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) main (b) rake (c) cane (d) lane
- 5.🎵 Which word does “brain” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) tree (c) rain (d) king
- 6.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) tell (b) bright (c) light (d) bite
- 7.True or false: “ring” rhymes with “cake”. (a) True (b) False
- 8.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) chain (b) free (c) key (d) sea
- 9.True or false: “sing” rhymes with “king”. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) shake (b) brain (c) sea (d) string
- 11.🎵 Which word does “bake” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) tree (c) clock (d) cake
- 12.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) lock (b) thing (c) spring (d) lane
- 13.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) make (b) white (c) rake (d) block
- 14.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) snake (b) bee (c) make (d) bright
- 15.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) learnt (b) over (c) ended (d) done
- 16.True or false: “train” rhymes with “rain”. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) spell (b) well (c) tell (d) train
- 18.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) shake (b) sing (c) lake (d) snake
- 19.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) songs (b) steps (c) games (d) tricks
- 20.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) snake (b) make (c) bite (d) wake
- 21.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) bake (b) bee (c) key (d) kite
- 22.🎵 Which word does “wake” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) sun (c) tree (d) clock
- 23.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) main (b) run (c) chain (d) brain
- 24.🎵 Which word does “spring” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) king (c) rain (d) cake
- 25.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bun (b) ring (c) won (d) one
- 26.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) read it once silently (b) say it aloud often (c) change it each day (d) never say it
- 27.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) learn (b) say (c) know (d) write
- 28.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) run (b) sing (c) plane (d) key
- 29.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) rake (b) fun (c) won (d) bee
- 30.True or false: “lane” rhymes with “rain”. (a) True (b) False
- 31.🎵 Which word does “won” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) rain (c) king (d) sun
- 32.🎵 Which word does “ton” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) sun (c) night (d) bell
- 33.🎵 Which word does “tell” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) cake (c) bell (d) night
- 34.🎵 Which word does “key” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) clock (c) night (d) cake
- 35.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) knee (b) write (c) lock (d) won
- 36.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) snake (b) shell (c) rock (d) plane
- 37.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) snake (b) wake (c) rake (d) smell
- 38.True or false: “bun” rhymes with “cake”. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) again (b) more (c) fast (d) twice
- 40.🎵 Which word does “well” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) rain (c) king (d) tree
Answer key
- free
- one
- bake
- rake
- rain
- tell
- False
- chain
- True
- string
- cake
- lane
- block
- bright
- done
- True
- train
- sing
- tricks
- bite
- bake
- cake
- run
- king
- ring
- say it aloud often
- know
- key
- rake
- True
- sun
- sun
- bell
- tree
- lock
- rock
- smell
- False
- more
- bell
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