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: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) star (b) planet (c) one (d) world
- 2.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) tell (b) rock (c) thing (d) sea
- 3.True or false: “well” rhymes with “clock”. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🎵 Which word does “ton” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) rain (c) king (d) sun
- 5.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) sell (b) bite (c) bright (d) cane
- 6.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) change it each day (b) read it once silently (c) never say it (d) say it aloud often
- 7.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) bite (b) sing (c) shake (d) bun
- 8.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) write (b) kite (c) bright (d) cane
- 9.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) writing it tiny (b) no rhythm at all (c) a beat or a tune (d) saying it once quietly
- 10.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) one (b) ring (c) bee (d) bite
- 11.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) key (b) fun (c) smell (d) spring
- 12.🎵 Which word does “fun” rhyme with? (a) king (b) sun (c) tree (d) bell
- 13.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) tea (b) knee (c) sea (d) plane
- 14.True or false: “shock” rhymes with “clock”. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) ended (b) over (c) learnt (d) done
- 16.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) key (b) three (c) fun (d) tea
- 17.True or false: “well” rhymes with “bell”. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) lane (b) fight (c) smell (d) make
- 19.🎵 Which word does “write” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) night (c) king (d) cake
- 20.True or false: “wake” rhymes with “cake”. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) light (b) free (c) chain (d) three
- 22.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) lake (b) rake (c) sea (d) bake
- 23.🎵 Which word does “rake” rhyme with? (a) king (b) cake (c) tree (d) night
- 24.True or false: “smell” rhymes with “bell”. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) twice (b) fast (c) again (d) more
- 26.🎵 Which word does “sock” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) cake (c) clock (d) sun
- 27.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) chain (b) lane (c) rake (d) done
- 28.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) sing (b) bright (c) bite (d) kite
- 29.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) ring (b) ton (c) main (d) light
- 30.🎵 Which word does “spell” rhyme with? (a) king (b) cake (c) night (d) bell
- 31.True or false: “bright” rhymes with “clock”. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) sing (b) string (c) sock (d) ring
- 33.True or false: “fun” rhymes with “sun”. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) one (b) wing (c) make (d) sea
- 35.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) cane (b) plane (c) write (d) lane
- 36.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) brain (b) rock (c) free (d) kite
- 37.True or false: “brain” rhymes with “rain”. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) rake (b) lane (c) one (d) sea
- 39.True or false: “run” rhymes with “bell”. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) knock (b) kite (c) shock (d) sock
Answer key
- one
- rock
- False
- sun
- sell
- say it aloud often
- bite
- cane
- a beat or a tune
- bee
- fun
- sun
- plane
- True
- done
- fun
- True
- smell
- night
- True
- chain
- sea
- cake
- True
- more
- clock
- done
- sing
- ring
- bell
- False
- sock
- True
- sea
- write
- kite
- True
- lane
- False
- kite
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