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