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 “sing” rhyme with? (a) king (b) cake (c) tree (d) night
- 2.True or false: “one” rhymes with “sun”. (a) True (b) False
- 3.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) tell (b) knee (c) tea (d) bee
- 4.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) never say it (b) change it each day (c) read it once silently (d) say it aloud often
- 5.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) ended (b) over (c) done (d) learnt
- 6.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) sea (b) make (c) knock (d) kite
- 7.🎵 Which word does “shake” rhyme with? (a) king (b) bell (c) cake (d) night
- 8.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) knee (b) thing (c) spell (d) ton
- 9.🎵 Which word does “fun” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) clock (c) night (d) rain
- 10.🎵 Which word does “kite” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) king (c) night (d) bell
- 11.🎵 Which word does “train” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) bell (c) night (d) rain
- 12.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they are always true (c) they need no practice (d) sound patterns stick
- 13.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) fight (b) rake (c) sing (d) rock
- 14.True or false: “rake” rhymes with “clock”. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) shake (b) well (c) rake (d) wake
- 16.🎵 Which word does “sock” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) rain (c) king (d) clock
- 17.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) run (b) done (c) thing (d) bun
- 18.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) fast (b) more (c) twice (d) again
- 19.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) one (b) make (c) won (d) fun
- 20.True or false: “kite” rhymes with “king”. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🎵 Which word does “ring” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) bell (c) king (d) night
- 22.True or false: “ton” rhymes with “sun”. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🎵 Which word does “ton” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) tree (c) sun (d) night
- 24.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) brain (b) knee (c) train (d) knock
- 25.True or false: “knee” rhymes with “tree”. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) white (b) bee (c) kite (d) bite
- 27.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) one (b) run (c) sell (d) done
- 28.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) sing (b) wing (c) train (d) make
- 29.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) light (b) main (c) sell (d) wing
- 30.🎵 Which word does “rake” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) cake (c) clock (d) king
- 31.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) string (b) ring (c) wake (d) sing
- 32.🎵 Which word does “shock” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) night (c) rain (d) tree
- 33.True or false: “bun” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
- 34.🎵 Which word does “brain” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) clock (c) king (d) tree
- 35.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) one (b) fun (c) ton (d) ring
- 36.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “The river runs down to the sea, from mountains high and wild and ___.” (a) long (b) free (c) fast (d) cold
- 37.🎵 Which word does “thing” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) night (c) king (d) rain
- 38.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) one (b) star (c) planet (d) world
- 39.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) learn (b) write (c) say (d) know
- 40.🎵 Which word does “knock” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) night (c) clock (d) sun
Answer key
- king
- True
- tell
- say it aloud often
- done
- kite
- cake
- ton
- sun
- night
- rain
- sound patterns stick
- fight
- False
- well
- clock
- thing
- more
- make
- False
- king
- True
- sun
- knock
- True
- bee
- sell
- make
- wing
- cake
- wake
- clock
- False
- rain
- ring
- free
- king
- one
- know
- clock
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