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