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