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