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