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 “bee” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) night (c) sun (d) tree
- 2.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) thing (b) smell (c) string (d) spring
- 3.True or false: “free” rhymes with “tree”. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “The river runs down to the sea, from mountains high and wild and ___.” (a) long (b) fast (c) free (d) cold
- 5.🎵 Which word does “tell” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) night (c) clock (d) bell
- 6.🎵 Which word does “shock” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) king (c) clock (d) cake
- 7.🎵 Which word does “string” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) night (c) cake (d) king
- 8.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) lake (b) spring (c) three (d) bright
- 9.True or false: “kite” rhymes with “clock”. (a) True (b) False
- 10.True or false: “wing” rhymes with “king”. (a) True (b) False
- 11.True or false: “string” rhymes with “king”. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🎵 Which word does “train” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) rain (c) cake (d) clock
- 13.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) they need no practice (b) they are longer (c) they are always true (d) sound patterns stick
- 14.🎵 Which word does “spell” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) bell (c) rain (d) clock
- 15.True or false: “bright” rhymes with “tree”. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) brain (b) bun (c) train (d) cane
- 17.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) ended (b) learnt (c) over (d) done
- 18.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) snake (b) sing (c) lake (d) make
- 19.🎵 Which word does “bake” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) night (c) cake (d) rain
- 20.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) swing (b) kite (c) chain (d) train
- 21.True or false: “write” rhymes with “cake”. (a) True (b) False
- 22.True or false: “done” rhymes with “clock”. (a) False (b) True
- 23.True or false: “snake” rhymes with “rain”. (a) False (b) True
- 24.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) plane (b) done (c) cane (d) lane
- 25.True or false: “bright” rhymes with “cake”. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) bun (b) wake (c) brain (d) rake
- 27.🎵 Which word does “wake” rhyme with? (a) king (b) sun (c) cake (d) bell
- 28.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) brain (b) rock (c) well (d) plane
- 29.🎵 Which word does “chain” rhyme with? (a) king (b) rain (c) tree (d) sun
- 30.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) change it each day (b) read it once silently (c) never say it (d) say it aloud often
- 31.🎵 Which word does “three” rhyme with? (a) night (b) tree (c) sun (d) clock
- 32.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) again (b) more (c) twice (d) fast
- 33.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) no rhythm at all (b) a beat or a tune (c) saying it once quietly (d) writing it tiny
- 34.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) fight (b) spell (c) fun (d) lock
- 35.🎵 Which word does “bite” rhyme with? (a) night (b) tree (c) bell (d) cake
- 36.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) plane (b) train (c) sell (d) lane
- 37.🎵 Which word does “write” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) night (c) bell (d) sun
- 38.🎵 Which word does “kite” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) tree (c) cake (d) night
- 39.True or false: “sell” rhymes with “rain”. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) sing (b) spring (c) shell (d) thing
Answer key
- tree
- smell
- True
- free
- bell
- clock
- king
- bright
- False
- True
- True
- rain
- sound patterns stick
- bell
- False
- bun
- done
- sing
- cake
- kite
- False
- False
- False
- done
- False
- brain
- cake
- well
- rain
- say it aloud often
- tree
- more
- a beat or a tune
- lock
- night
- sell
- night
- night
- False
- shell
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