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