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: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) again (b) more (c) twice (d) fast
- 2.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) rake (b) swing (c) free (d) sea
- 3.🎵 Which word does “tea” rhyme with? (a) king (b) cake (c) tree (d) night
- 4.🎵 Which word does “lake” rhyme with? (a) king (b) clock (c) rain (d) cake
- 5.🎵 Which word does “chain” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) rain (c) bell (d) night
- 6.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) three (b) bee (c) bite (d) free
- 7.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) learn (b) know (c) say (d) write
- 8.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) lake (b) sing (c) run (d) smell
- 9.🎵 Which word does “shell” rhyme with? (a) night (b) rain (c) bell (d) sun
- 10.True or false: “wing” rhymes with “king”. (a) False (b) True
- 11.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) snake (b) lane (c) rock (d) chain
- 12.🎵 Which word does “wake” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) tree (c) cake (d) clock
- 13.🎵 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
- 14.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) run (b) spring (c) string (d) ring
- 15.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) ring (b) shell (c) string (d) swing
- 16.True or false: “white” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
- 17.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) right (b) true (c) known (d) clear
- 18.True or false: “write” rhymes with “bell”. (a) False (b) True
- 19.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) free (b) swing (c) snake (d) bite
- 20.True or false: “shake” rhymes with “sun”. (a) False (b) True
- 21.True or false: “won” rhymes with “bell”. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) tell (b) string (c) brain (d) fun
- 23.True or false: “wake” rhymes with “sun”. (a) False (b) True
- 24.True or false: “chain” rhymes with “rain”. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🎵 Which word does “knock” rhyme with? (a) king (b) bell (c) rain (d) clock
- 26.True or false: “sing” rhymes with “sun”. (a) False (b) True
- 27.True or false: “rock” rhymes with “clock”. (a) True (b) False
- 28.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) ton (b) smell (c) sock (d) thing
- 29.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) world (b) planet (c) one (d) star
- 30.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) knock (b) wake (c) ton (d) brain
- 31.True or false: “done” rhymes with “sun”. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) make (b) main (c) one (d) well
- 33.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) tell (b) block (c) sell (d) spring
- 34.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) bake (b) spell (c) rock (d) fun
- 35.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) thing (b) brain (c) sea (d) wake
- 36.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) brain (b) knee (c) lock (d) shock
- 37.True or false: “free” rhymes with “tree”. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) they need no practice (b) they are always true (c) they are longer (d) sound patterns stick
- 39.True or false: “snake” rhymes with “rain”. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🎵 Which word does “string” rhyme with? (a) king (b) sun (c) tree (d) rain
Answer key
- more
- rake
- tree
- cake
- rain
- bite
- know
- run
- bell
- True
- rock
- cake
- say it aloud often
- run
- shell
- True
- true
- False
- snake
- False
- False
- string
- False
- True
- clock
- False
- True
- ton
- one
- knock
- True
- well
- spring
- spell
- wake
- brain
- True
- sound patterns stick
- False
- king
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