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 “run” rhyme with? (a) king (b) sun (c) cake (d) tree
- 2.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) spell (b) smell (c) ring (d) chain
- 3.🎵 Which word does “white” rhyme with? (a) king (b) night (c) rain (d) bell
- 4.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) shake (b) fight (c) light (d) bright
- 5.True or false: “shell” rhymes with “rain”. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🎵 Which word does “bright” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) tree (c) cake (d) night
- 7.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) done (b) shake (c) wing (d) lane
- 8.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) known (b) true (c) clear (d) right
- 9.🎵 Which word does “rake” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) tree (c) cake (d) night
- 10.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) shock (b) three (c) done (d) make
- 11.🎵 Which word does “bee” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) tree (c) cake (d) rain
- 12.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) light (b) fight (c) ton (d) kite
- 13.True or false: “block” rhymes with “cake”. (a) True (b) False
- 14.True or false: “bite” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
- 15.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) well (b) white (c) lock (d) fun
- 16.🎵 Which word does “lane” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) clock (c) bell (d) rain
- 17.🎵 Which word does “wake” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) bell (c) night (d) cake
- 18.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) one (b) sing (c) white (d) block
- 19.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) sock (b) lock (c) block (d) kite
- 20.True or false: “snake” rhymes with “cake”. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “The river runs down to the sea, from mountains high and wild and ___.” (a) fast (b) cold (c) long (d) free
- 22.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) know (b) say (c) write (d) learn
- 23.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) sock (b) wing (c) three (d) rake
- 24.🎵 Which word does “shake” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) bell (c) night (d) clock
- 25.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) one (b) planet (c) world (d) star
- 26.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) lock (b) block (c) sock (d) snake
- 27.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) cane (b) plane (c) rake (d) train
- 28.True or false: “train” rhymes with “sun”. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) make (b) shell (c) block (d) main
- 30.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) a beat or a tune (b) no rhythm at all (c) writing it tiny (d) saying it once quietly
- 31.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) ring (b) wing (c) string (d) make
- 32.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) knock (b) swing (c) white (d) bee
- 33.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) fun (b) white (c) bun (d) run
- 34.True or false: “plane” rhymes with “cake”. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) swing (b) kite (c) knee (d) free
- 36.True or false: “wake” rhymes with “rain”. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) shell (b) lock (c) shake (d) won
- 38.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) more (b) again (c) twice (d) fast
- 39.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) tricks (b) songs (c) steps (d) games
- 40.True or false: “lake” rhymes with “cake”. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- sun
- ring
- night
- shake
- False
- night
- done
- true
- cake
- shock
- tree
- ton
- False
- True
- white
- rain
- cake
- sing
- kite
- True
- free
- know
- sock
- cake
- one
- snake
- rake
- False
- make
- a beat or a tune
- make
- bee
- white
- False
- kite
- False
- shake
- more
- tricks
- True
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