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