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) rake (b) sea (c) bake (d) shake
- 2.🎵 Which word does “ring” rhyme with? (a) king (b) rain (c) bell (d) cake
- 3.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) well (b) ring (c) shell (d) knock
- 4.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) read it once silently (b) say it aloud often (c) change it each day (d) never say it
- 5.🎵 Which word does “sing” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) night (c) clock (d) king
- 6.True or false: “three” rhymes with “tree”. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🎵 Which word does “shock” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) clock (c) rain (d) night
- 8.True or false: “one” rhymes with “king”. (a) True (b) False
- 9.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) tea (b) shell (c) one (d) run
- 10.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) chain (b) knee (c) tea (d) sea
- 11.True or false: “spring” rhymes with “bell”. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) bee (b) run (c) won (d) bright
- 13.🎵 Which word does “shake” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) rain (c) sun (d) cake
- 14.True or false: “shake” rhymes with “cake”. (a) True (b) False
- 15.True or false: “make” rhymes with “night”. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🎵 Which word does “sea” rhyme with? (a) night (b) king (c) sun (d) tree
- 17.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “The river runs down to the sea, from mountains high and wild and ___.” (a) cold (b) free (c) long (d) fast
- 18.True or false: “brain” rhymes with “rain”. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🎵 Which word does “rake” rhyme with? (a) night (b) clock (c) bell (d) cake
- 20.🎵 Which word does “fun” rhyme with? (a) night (b) sun (c) cake (d) king
- 21.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) shell (b) sell (c) smell (d) one
- 22.🎵 Which word does “block” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) tree (c) clock (d) king
- 23.True or false: “string” rhymes with “king”. (a) False (b) True
- 24.🎵 Which word does “bee” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) sun (c) cake (d) tree
- 25.🎵 Which word does “lock” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) rain (c) sun (d) night
- 26.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) again (b) fast (c) more (d) twice
- 27.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) true (b) known (c) right (d) clear
- 28.True or false: “spell” rhymes with “bell”. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🎵 Which word does “lane” rhyme with? (a) king (b) tree (c) sun (d) rain
- 30.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) sing (b) lake (c) ring (d) wing
- 31.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) kite (b) block (c) free (d) lock
- 32.True or false: “block” rhymes with “king”. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) spell (b) lake (c) block (d) fun
- 34.True or false: “ring” rhymes with “sun”. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) sing (b) string (c) thing (d) bright
- 36.True or false: “knee” rhymes with “king”. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) tell (b) main (c) sing (d) rock
- 38.🎵 Which word does “light” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) sun (c) night (d) king
- 39.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) well (b) spell (c) kite (d) shell
- 40.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) ton (b) run (c) bun (d) shell
Answer key
- sea
- king
- knock
- say it aloud often
- king
- True
- clock
- False
- shell
- chain
- False
- bright
- cake
- True
- False
- tree
- free
- True
- cake
- sun
- one
- clock
- True
- tree
- clock
- more
- true
- True
- rain
- lake
- kite
- False
- block
- False
- bright
- False
- tell
- night
- kite
- shell
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