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) bun (b) tea (c) light (d) well
- 2.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bright (b) lock (c) shock (d) sock
- 3.🎵 Which word does “chain” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) tree (c) cake (d) king
- 4.🎵 Which word does “smell” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) king (c) bell (d) rain
- 5.🎵 Which word does “thing” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) tree (c) rain (d) king
- 6.🎵 Which word does “rock” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) clock (c) rain (d) tree
- 7.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) ton (b) bake (c) bite (d) swing
- 8.🎵 Which word does “shell” rhyme with? (a) king (b) tree (c) night (d) bell
- 9.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) done (b) won (c) smell (d) fun
- 10.True or false: “sea” rhymes with “cake”. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) say it aloud often (b) never say it (c) change it each day (d) read it once silently
- 12.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) string (b) kite (c) write (d) light
- 13.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) key (b) sea (c) tea (d) bite
- 14.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) thing (b) make (c) sing (d) spring
- 15.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) lock (b) wing (c) lane (d) fight
- 16.True or false: “well” rhymes with “bell”. (a) False (b) True
- 17.True or false: “sing” rhymes with “clock”. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🎵 Which word does “shake” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) cake (c) king (d) tree
- 19.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) one (b) world (c) star (d) planet
- 20.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) white (b) cane (c) sea (d) rake
- 21.🎵 Which word does “snake” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) cake (c) bell (d) night
- 22.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) kite (b) bite (c) bright (d) shell
- 23.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) lock (b) fun (c) ton (d) bun
- 24.🎵 Which word does “brain” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) clock (c) king (d) rain
- 25.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) white (b) bee (c) ring (d) sock
- 26.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) sound patterns stick (b) they are always true (c) they are longer (d) they need no practice
- 27.🎵 Which word does “key” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) bell (c) tree (d) sun
- 28.True or false: “lock” rhymes with “bell”. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) fast (b) more (c) again (d) twice
- 30.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) plane (b) make (c) spring (d) write
- 31.🎵 Which word does “won” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) night (c) rain (d) sun
- 32.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) spring (b) wing (c) thing (d) sea
- 33.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) sea (b) shell (c) lane (d) lake
- 34.True or false: “ring” rhymes with “king”. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) train (b) white (c) lake (d) light
- 36.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) well (b) sock (c) plane (d) bake
- 37.True or false: “smell” rhymes with “cake”. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) wake (b) block (c) white (d) bee
- 39.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) over (b) done (c) ended (d) learnt
- 40.🎵 Which word does “run” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) cake (c) clock (d) tree
Answer key
- tea
- bright
- rain
- bell
- king
- clock
- swing
- bell
- smell
- False
- say it aloud often
- string
- bite
- make
- lane
- True
- False
- cake
- one
- sea
- cake
- shell
- lock
- rain
- ring
- sound patterns stick
- tree
- False
- more
- write
- sun
- sea
- shell
- True
- train
- sock
- False
- bee
- done
- sun
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