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