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