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.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “The river runs down to the sea, from mountains high and wild and ___.” (a) cold (b) long (c) fast (d) free
- 2.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) tell (b) fight (c) chain (d) bright
- 3.🎵 Which word does “make” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) tree (c) night (d) king
- 4.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) songs (b) games (c) tricks (d) steps
- 5.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) tell (b) sell (c) spell (d) ton
- 6.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) one (b) bun (c) run (d) key
- 7.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) spring (b) free (c) bun (d) wake
- 8.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) rock (b) block (c) sock (d) fight
- 9.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) rake (b) spring (c) snake (d) wake
- 10.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) spell (b) ring (c) shock (d) spring
- 11.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) free (b) done (c) lake (d) sock
- 12.🎵 Which word does “swing” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) sun (c) king (d) cake
- 13.True or false: “won” rhymes with “sun”. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) learn (b) say (c) write (d) know
- 15.🎵 Which word does “well” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) cake (c) clock (d) bell
- 16.🎵 Which word does “train” rhyme with? (a) king (b) tree (c) rain (d) bell
- 17.🎵 Which word does “shake” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) cake (c) king (d) bell
- 18.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) make (b) spring (c) tea (d) lock
- 19.True or false: “tell” rhymes with “bell”. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) white (b) sock (c) bright (d) bite
- 21.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) never say it (b) say it aloud often (c) change it each day (d) read it once silently
- 22.🎵 Which word does “smell” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) tree (c) night (d) bell
- 23.True or false: “sing” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
- 24.True or false: “lane” rhymes with “rain”. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) knock (b) sock (c) snake (d) block
- 26.🎵 Which word does “block” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) night (c) clock (d) rain
- 27.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) spring (b) sing (c) free (d) string
- 28.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) block (b) swing (c) sock (d) lock
- 29.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) thing (b) ring (c) spring (d) rock
- 30.True or false: “three” rhymes with “cake”. (a) True (b) False
- 31.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) white (b) snake (c) well (d) knock
- 32.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) well (b) snake (c) spring (d) sock
- 33.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) they need no practice (b) they are always true (c) sound patterns stick (d) they are longer
- 34.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) kite (b) fun (c) done (d) bun
- 35.🎵 Which word does “bake” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) cake (c) clock (d) night
- 36.True or false: “sock” rhymes with “clock”. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) free (b) light (c) tea (d) main
- 38.True or false: “lane” rhymes with “cake”. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) knock (b) bite (c) bun (d) sea
- 40.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) ton (b) won (c) bee (d) bun
Answer key
- free
- tell
- cake
- tricks
- ton
- key
- bun
- fight
- spring
- shock
- lake
- king
- True
- know
- bell
- rain
- cake
- lock
- True
- sock
- say it aloud often
- bell
- False
- True
- snake
- clock
- free
- swing
- rock
- False
- white
- sock
- sound patterns stick
- kite
- cake
- True
- light
- False
- knock
- bee
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