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