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 not rhyme with the other three? (a) cane (b) bright (c) train (d) main
- 2.🎵 Which word does “white” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) bell (c) night (d) tree
- 3.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) main (b) train (c) bun (d) chain
- 4.🎵 Which word does “smell” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) clock (c) bell (d) king
- 5.True or false: “lane” rhymes with “rain”. (a) False (b) True
- 6.True or false: “ring” rhymes with “bell”. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) three (b) tea (c) free (d) white
- 8.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) ring (b) thing (c) one (d) sing
- 9.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) shell (b) cane (c) smell (d) spell
- 10.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) bright (b) rock (c) swing (d) won
- 11.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) no rhythm at all (b) writing it tiny (c) saying it once quietly (d) a beat or a tune
- 12.🎵 Which word does “light” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) rain (c) sun (d) night
- 13.True or false: “string” rhymes with “king”. (a) True (b) False
- 14.True or false: “tell” rhymes with “king”. (a) False (b) True
- 15.🎵 Which word does “one” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) rain (c) sun (d) night
- 16.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) rock (b) lock (c) sock (d) string
- 17.🎵 Which word does “tell” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) rain (c) bell (d) clock
- 18.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) string (b) ring (c) swing (d) three
- 19.🎵 Which word does “bright” rhyme with? (a) night (b) sun (c) tree (d) king
- 20.🎵 Which word does “three” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) tree (c) rain (d) bell
- 21.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) shock (b) sock (c) block (d) smell
- 22.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) songs (b) games (c) tricks (d) steps
- 23.True or false: “train” rhymes with “rain”. (a) False (b) True
- 24.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) over (b) done (c) ended (d) learnt
- 25.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) thing (b) spring (c) string (d) sock
- 26.🎵 Which word does “rake” rhyme with? (a) night (b) cake (c) rain (d) clock
- 27.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) never say it (b) read it once silently (c) say it aloud often (d) change it each day
- 28.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) cane (b) write (c) bee (d) ring
- 29.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “The river runs down to the sea, from mountains high and wild and ___.” (a) free (b) cold (c) fast (d) long
- 30.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) free (b) tea (c) wake (d) swing
- 31.True or false: “bee” rhymes with “tree”. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) learn (b) know (c) write (d) say
- 33.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) chain (b) brain (c) plane (d) shake
- 34.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) lane (b) tea (c) knee (d) three
- 35.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) world (b) one (c) planet (d) star
- 36.True or false: “well” rhymes with “bell”. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🎵 Which word does “fun” rhyme with? (a) night (b) bell (c) sun (d) cake
- 38.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) knee (b) lake (c) block (d) swing
- 39.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) done (b) three (c) white (d) block
- 40.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) tell (b) bake (c) well (d) sell
Answer key
- bright
- night
- bun
- bell
- True
- False
- white
- one
- cane
- won
- a beat or a tune
- night
- True
- False
- sun
- string
- bell
- three
- night
- tree
- smell
- tricks
- True
- done
- sock
- cake
- say it aloud often
- bee
- free
- wake
- True
- know
- shake
- lane
- one
- True
- sun
- swing
- three
- bake
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