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 “block” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) bell (c) sun (d) clock
- 2.True or false: “fight” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
- 3.True or false: “bright” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) block (b) rake (c) white (d) key
- 5.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) chain (b) swing (c) smell (d) shake
- 6.🎵 Which word does “tea” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) tree (c) night (d) bell
- 7.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) lane (b) make (c) white (d) fun
- 8.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) well (b) shell (c) key (d) spell
- 9.🎵 Which word does “bite” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) night (c) tree (d) sun
- 10.🎵 Which word does “shock” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) king (c) clock (d) bell
- 11.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) sea (b) shock (c) sock (d) lock
- 12.True or false: “string” rhymes with “king”. (a) False (b) True
- 13.🎵 Which word does “wing” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) rain (c) bell (d) king
- 14.True or false: “cane” rhymes with “rain”. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) star (b) planet (c) one (d) world
- 16.🎵 Which word does “wake” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) rain (c) night (d) tree
- 17.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) snake (b) knock (c) rake (d) kite
- 18.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) write (b) learn (c) say (d) know
- 19.🎵 Which word does “run” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) rain (c) king (d) night
- 20.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) spell (b) tell (c) snake (d) shell
- 21.🎵 Which word does “lane” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) rain (c) tree (d) bell
- 22.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) they are always true (b) sound patterns stick (c) they need no practice (d) they are longer
- 23.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) rake (b) sock (c) block (d) shock
- 24.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) make (b) rake (c) sock (d) snake
- 25.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) again (b) fast (c) twice (d) more
- 26.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) shake (b) bake (c) snake (d) ring
- 27.🎵 Which word does “sell” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) clock (c) rain (d) cake
- 28.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) writing it tiny (b) a beat or a tune (c) no rhythm at all (d) saying it once quietly
- 29.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) string (b) swing (c) shell (d) cane
- 30.🎵 Which word does “rake” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) clock (c) night (d) cake
- 31.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) learnt (b) ended (c) over (d) done
- 32.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) one (b) sell (c) kite (d) three
- 33.🎵 Which word does “fight” rhyme with? (a) night (b) cake (c) rain (d) king
- 34.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) one (b) fun (c) sing (d) rock
- 35.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) fight (b) spell (c) ton (d) rock
- 36.True or false: “done” rhymes with “sun”. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🎵 Which word does “ton” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) cake (c) rain (d) night
- 38.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) tea (b) done (c) shock (d) bake
- 39.🎵 Which word does “sea” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) tree (c) king (d) clock
- 40.🎵 Which word does “well” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) sun (c) bell (d) king
Answer key
- clock
- True
- True
- key
- swing
- tree
- white
- key
- night
- clock
- sea
- True
- king
- True
- one
- cake
- knock
- know
- sun
- snake
- rain
- sound patterns stick
- rake
- sock
- more
- ring
- bell
- a beat or a tune
- cane
- cake
- done
- three
- night
- sing
- ton
- True
- sun
- done
- tree
- bell
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