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