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