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 “bell”? (a) shake (b) shell (c) bun (d) three
- 2.🎵 Which word does “snake” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) rain (c) cake (d) night
- 3.True or false: “well” rhymes with “bell”. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) white (b) fight (c) bake (d) write
- 5.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) change it each day (b) say it aloud often (c) never say it (d) read it once silently
- 6.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) shake (b) thing (c) string (d) ring
- 7.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) chain (b) bright (c) fight (d) kite
- 8.🎵 Which word does “fun” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) sun (c) rain (d) king
- 9.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) over (b) ended (c) learnt (d) done
- 10.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) lock (b) kite (c) done (d) main
- 11.🎵 Which word does “plane” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) clock (c) bell (d) rain
- 12.True or false: “rock” rhymes with “rain”. (a) False (b) True
- 13.🎵 Which word does “bright” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) cake (c) night (d) bell
- 14.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) spell (b) spring (c) fight (d) key
- 15.True or false: “fight” rhymes with “king”. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🎵 Which word does “ring” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) king (c) night (d) bell
- 17.🎵 Which word does “rock” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) tree (c) clock (d) king
- 18.True or false: “thing” rhymes with “king”. (a) False (b) True
- 19.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) they need no practice (b) they are longer (c) they are always true (d) sound patterns stick
- 20.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) sing (b) key (c) tell (d) make
- 21.True or false: “well” rhymes with “tree”. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “The river runs down to the sea, from mountains high and wild and ___.” (a) fast (b) free (c) cold (d) long
- 23.True or false: “bright” rhymes with “clock”. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🎵 Which word does “one” rhyme with? (a) king (b) sun (c) tree (d) night
- 25.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) sell (b) one (c) bright (d) rake
- 26.True or false: “smell” rhymes with “tree”. (a) True (b) False
- 27.🎵 Which word does “white” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) cake (c) night (d) tree
- 28.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) plane (b) free (c) write (d) bake
- 29.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) clear (b) right (c) known (d) true
- 30.🎵 Which word does “shock” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) king (c) cake (d) clock
- 31.True or false: “train” rhymes with “bell”. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🎵 Which word does “sock” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) rain (c) clock (d) sun
- 33.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) more (b) again (c) fast (d) twice
- 34.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) bun (b) light (c) fight (d) free
- 35.🎵 Which word does “well” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) sun (c) bell (d) tree
- 36.🎵 Which word does “chain” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) sun (c) cake (d) rain
- 37.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bee (b) key (c) three (d) white
- 38.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) run (b) rake (c) wake (d) snake
- 39.🎵 Which word does “three” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) rain (c) tree (d) night
- 40.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) tea (b) bite (c) train (d) smell
Answer key
- shell
- cake
- True
- bake
- say it aloud often
- shake
- chain
- sun
- done
- main
- rain
- False
- night
- fight
- False
- king
- clock
- True
- sound patterns stick
- key
- False
- free
- False
- sun
- rake
- False
- night
- bake
- true
- clock
- False
- clock
- more
- free
- bell
- rain
- white
- run
- tree
- train
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