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 “run” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) bell (c) rain (d) sun
- 2.🎵 Which word does “bun” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) tree (c) cake (d) sun
- 3.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) run (b) bun (c) fun (d) bake
- 4.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) shake (b) white (c) ton (d) bright
- 5.True or false: “key” rhymes with “tree”. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) again (b) twice (c) fast (d) more
- 7.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) block (b) sock (c) brain (d) bake
- 8.🎵 Which word does “light” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) sun (c) night (d) rain
- 9.True or false: “shake” rhymes with “clock”. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🎵 Which word does “sing” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) clock (c) night (d) king
- 11.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) fun (b) spell (c) train (d) tea
- 12.🎵 Which word does “ton” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) bell (c) rain (d) sun
- 13.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) say (b) write (c) know (d) learn
- 14.🎵 Which word does “won” rhyme with? (a) king (b) cake (c) night (d) sun
- 15.True or false: “run” rhymes with “sun”. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) fun (b) won (c) thing (d) bun
- 17.True or false: “snake” rhymes with “king”. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🎵 Which word does “brain” rhyme with? (a) night (b) tree (c) cake (d) rain
- 19.🎵 Which word does “fight” rhyme with? (a) night (b) cake (c) bell (d) clock
- 20.True or false: “make” rhymes with “king”. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) run (b) sing (c) brain (d) ton
- 22.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) white (b) write (c) thing (d) fight
- 23.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) songs (b) steps (c) games (d) tricks
- 24.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) make (b) white (c) cane (d) string
- 25.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they need no practice (c) sound patterns stick (d) they are always true
- 26.True or false: “plane” rhymes with “cake”. (a) False (b) True
- 27.True or false: “bright” rhymes with “night”. (a) True (b) False
- 28.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) rake (b) sell (c) one (d) knee
- 29.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) snake (b) one (c) plane (d) wake
- 30.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) clear (b) true (c) known (d) right
- 31.🎵 Which word does “knee” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) night (c) king (d) tree
- 32.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) wake (b) sea (c) rake (d) shake
- 33.True or false: “train” rhymes with “rain”. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🎵 Which word does “rake” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) king (c) sun (d) cake
- 35.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) lake (b) bright (c) block (d) plane
- 36.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) chain (b) snake (c) three (d) done
- 37.🎵 Which word does “shake” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) bell (c) cake (d) tree
- 38.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) done (b) learnt (c) ended (d) over
- 39.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) well (b) block (c) sell (d) tell
- 40.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) planet (b) world (c) star (d) one
Answer key
- sun
- sun
- bake
- shake
- True
- more
- bake
- night
- False
- king
- spell
- sun
- know
- sun
- True
- thing
- False
- rain
- night
- False
- sing
- thing
- tricks
- cane
- sound patterns stick
- False
- True
- one
- plane
- true
- tree
- sea
- True
- cake
- block
- chain
- cake
- done
- block
- one
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