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