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 rhymes with “sun”? (a) run (b) bake (c) lake (d) lock
- 2.True or false: “fight” rhymes with “cake”. (a) True (b) False
- 3.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) well (b) smell (c) shell (d) cane
- 4.True or false: “spring” rhymes with “cake”. (a) True (b) False
- 5.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bright (b) kite (c) ring (d) write
- 6.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) learnt (b) done (c) ended (d) over
- 7.True or false: “write” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bee (b) one (c) run (d) fun
- 9.True or false: “sell” rhymes with “bell”. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) tea (b) run (c) ton (d) cane
- 11.🎵 Which word does “sing” rhyme with? (a) night (b) cake (c) king (d) rain
- 12.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) a beat or a tune (b) saying it once quietly (c) writing it tiny (d) no rhythm at all
- 13.🎵 Which word does “key” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) sun (c) king (d) cake
- 14.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) well (b) lane (c) train (d) main
- 15.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bun (b) done (c) fun (d) spring
- 16.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) block (b) fun (c) lake (d) lane
- 17.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) fight (b) ring (c) main (d) well
- 18.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) lake (b) tea (c) free (d) three
- 19.True or false: “tea” rhymes with “tree”. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) lake (b) rake (c) lock (d) shake
- 21.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) games (b) tricks (c) songs (d) steps
- 22.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bright (b) white (c) bite (d) three
- 23.True or false: “done” rhymes with “sun”. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) never say it (b) read it once silently (c) say it aloud often (d) change it each day
- 25.🎵 Which word does “free” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) king (c) tree (d) cake
- 26.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) tea (b) string (c) key (d) free
- 27.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) spell (b) fun (c) sell (d) shell
- 28.True or false: “make” rhymes with “cake”. (a) True (b) False
- 29.True or false: “thing” rhymes with “king”. (a) False (b) True
- 30.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) tea (b) make (c) one (d) sea
- 31.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) right (b) known (c) clear (d) true
- 32.🎵 Which word does “spring” rhyme with? (a) king (b) cake (c) bell (d) night
- 33.True or false: “main” rhymes with “rain”. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🎵 Which word does “bright” rhyme with? (a) night (b) king (c) cake (d) rain
- 35.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) sock (b) bun (c) run (d) white
- 36.🎵 Which word does “cane” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) night (c) rain (d) tree
- 37.True or false: “run” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) fun (b) lane (c) three (d) make
- 39.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) they need no practice (b) they are always true (c) sound patterns stick (d) they are longer
- 40.🎵 Which word does “wake” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) clock (c) king (d) night
Answer key
- run
- False
- cane
- False
- ring
- done
- True
- bee
- True
- cane
- king
- a beat or a tune
- tree
- well
- spring
- lake
- main
- lake
- True
- lock
- tricks
- three
- True
- say it aloud often
- tree
- string
- fun
- True
- True
- make
- true
- king
- True
- night
- white
- rain
- False
- fun
- sound patterns stick
- cake
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