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 “tree”? (a) snake (b) main (c) sea (d) lane
- 2.🎵 Which word does “bee” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) bell (c) rain (d) night
- 3.🎵 Which word does “free” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) tree (c) night (d) king
- 4.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bite (b) kite (c) train (d) bright
- 5.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) know (b) write (c) learn (d) say
- 6.🎵 Which word does “sea” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) night (c) rain (d) tree
- 7.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) world (b) planet (c) one (d) star
- 8.True or false: “done” rhymes with “sun”. (a) True (b) False
- 9.True or false: “key” rhymes with “tree”. (a) False (b) True
- 10.🎵 Which word does “bun” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) night (c) sun (d) rain
- 11.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) wing (b) shock (c) tell (d) train
- 12.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bee (b) free (c) sea (d) write
- 13.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) free (b) light (c) white (d) bright
- 14.True or false: “cane” rhymes with “rain”. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) make (b) sell (c) one (d) sing
- 16.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) chain (b) ring (c) sing (d) swing
- 17.🎵 Which word does “lake” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) sun (c) king (d) cake
- 18.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) twice (b) more (c) fast (d) again
- 19.True or false: “white” rhymes with “night”. (a) True (b) False
- 20.True or false: “train” rhymes with “rain”. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) one (b) key (c) sock (d) write
- 22.True or false: “rake” rhymes with “clock”. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) shake (b) wake (c) brain (d) snake
- 24.🎵 Which word does “rake” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) sun (c) cake (d) night
- 25.True or false: “bee” rhymes with “tree”. (a) True (b) False
- 26.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) they are always true (b) sound patterns stick (c) they need no practice (d) they are longer
- 27.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) one (b) won (c) run (d) snake
- 28.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) shell (b) smell (c) main (d) spell
- 29.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) make (b) key (c) lock (d) spring
- 30.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) well (b) knee (c) chain (d) string
- 31.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) writing it tiny (b) saying it once quietly (c) a beat or a tune (d) no rhythm at all
- 32.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) right (b) true (c) clear (d) known
- 33.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) three (b) sea (c) bake (d) key
- 34.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) white (b) fun (c) done (d) bun
- 35.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) sing (b) block (c) tell (d) bright
- 36.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) shell (b) smell (c) shake (d) spell
- 37.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) three (b) rake (c) white (d) sea
- 38.True or false: “run” rhymes with “bell”. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) knee (b) free (c) spring (d) key
- 40.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) learnt (b) done (c) over (d) ended
Answer key
- sea
- tree
- tree
- train
- know
- tree
- one
- True
- True
- sun
- wing
- write
- free
- True
- sing
- chain
- cake
- more
- True
- True
- write
- False
- brain
- cake
- True
- sound patterns stick
- snake
- main
- spring
- string
- a beat or a tune
- true
- bake
- white
- block
- shake
- white
- False
- spring
- done
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