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) lake (b) spell (c) spring (d) lock
- 2.🎵 Which word does “run” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) tree (c) night (d) sun
- 3.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) true (b) right (c) known (d) clear
- 4.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) twice (b) more (c) fast (d) again
- 5.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) saying it once quietly (b) no rhythm at all (c) writing it tiny (d) a beat or a tune
- 6.True or false: “thing” rhymes with “night”. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “The river runs down to the sea, from mountains high and wild and ___.” (a) fast (b) free (c) long (d) cold
- 8.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) bake (b) cane (c) lock (d) sing
- 9.🎵 Which word does “shake” rhyme with? (a) night (b) cake (c) tree (d) sun
- 10.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) lock (b) lake (c) make (d) wake
- 11.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) sing (b) cane (c) plane (d) main
- 12.🎵 Which word does “string” rhyme with? (a) king (b) sun (c) tree (d) night
- 13.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) tricks (b) steps (c) songs (d) games
- 14.True or false: “won” rhymes with “sun”. (a) False (b) True
- 15.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) lake (b) bake (c) run (d) shake
- 16.True or false: “bright” rhymes with “king”. (a) False (b) True
- 17.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) over (b) learnt (c) ended (d) done
- 18.True or false: “knock” rhymes with “clock”. (a) True (b) False
- 19.True or false: “shell” rhymes with “bell”. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) string (b) thing (c) knock (d) wing
- 21.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) spell (b) tea (c) bee (d) wake
- 22.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) key (b) fight (c) knock (d) ton
- 23.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) train (b) plane (c) bake (d) brain
- 24.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) key (b) brain (c) swing (d) smell
- 25.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) three (b) key (c) sock (d) kite
- 26.🎵 Which word does “write” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) king (c) night (d) bell
- 27.🎵 Which word does “chain” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) cake (c) rain (d) king
- 28.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) lane (b) block (c) train (d) chain
- 29.🎵 Which word does “bee” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) sun (c) bell (d) cake
- 30.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) main (b) ton (c) train (d) brain
- 31.True or false: “sea” rhymes with “cake”. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🎵 Which word does “block” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) rain (c) clock (d) night
- 33.🎵 Which word does “swing” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) sun (c) cake (d) king
- 34.True or false: “key” rhymes with “tree”. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) spring (b) rake (c) sing (d) string
- 36.True or false: “kite” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) one (b) sing (c) string (d) bright
- 38.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) bee (b) won (c) rake (d) cane
- 39.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) wing (b) light (c) tea (d) smell
- 40.True or false: “kite” rhymes with “sun”. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- lock
- sun
- true
- more
- a beat or a tune
- False
- free
- sing
- cake
- lock
- sing
- king
- tricks
- True
- run
- False
- done
- True
- True
- knock
- wake
- fight
- bake
- brain
- kite
- night
- rain
- block
- tree
- ton
- False
- clock
- king
- True
- rake
- True
- bright
- cane
- tea
- False
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