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) rock (b) ring (c) wing (d) swing
- 2.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) run (b) ton (c) fun (d) wing
- 3.🎵 Which word does “ring” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) sun (c) king (d) cake
- 4.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) rock (b) bee (c) one (d) write
- 5.🎵 Which word does “ton” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) cake (c) bell (d) clock
- 6.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) sock (b) lock (c) well (d) rock
- 7.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) lane (b) knock (c) won (d) lake
- 8.🎵 Which word does “knee” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) clock (c) rain (d) tree
- 9.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) knee (b) chain (c) bee (d) free
- 10.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) known (b) clear (c) true (d) right
- 11.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) swing (b) fun (c) ring (d) wing
- 12.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) run (b) bright (c) lake (d) smell
- 13.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) spring (b) train (c) shell (d) won
- 14.🎵 Which word does “brain” rhyme with? (a) night (b) cake (c) rain (d) tree
- 15.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) ring (b) string (c) spring (d) bright
- 16.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) string (b) bite (c) fight (d) light
- 17.🎵 Which word does “sea” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) sun (c) night (d) tree
- 18.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) saying it once quietly (b) writing it tiny (c) no rhythm at all (d) a beat or a tune
- 19.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) one (b) world (c) planet (d) star
- 20.🎵 Which word does “bright” rhyme with? (a) night (b) clock (c) cake (d) rain
- 21.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) white (b) bright (c) shell (d) write
- 22.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) write (b) learn (c) know (d) say
- 23.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bite (b) bright (c) free (d) white
- 24.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) sing (b) wake (c) wing (d) ring
- 25.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) bite (b) ring (c) rock (d) bake
- 26.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) they are longer (b) sound patterns stick (c) they need no practice (d) they are always true
- 27.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) string (b) chain (c) rock (d) ton
- 28.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) write (b) run (c) sing (d) free
- 29.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) knock (b) fight (c) well (d) key
- 30.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “The river runs down to the sea, from mountains high and wild and ___.” (a) free (b) long (c) cold (d) fast
- 31.True or false: “bright” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
- 32.True or false: “fight” rhymes with “tree”. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) songs (b) steps (c) games (d) tricks
- 34.🎵 Which word does “shell” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) cake (c) night (d) king
- 35.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) tell (b) spring (c) swing (d) thing
- 36.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) sock (b) smell (c) run (d) fun
- 37.True or false: “shock” rhymes with “clock”. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bun (b) free (c) tea (d) bee
- 39.True or false: “ring” rhymes with “king”. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) well (b) won (c) snake (d) sell
Answer key
- rock
- wing
- king
- bee
- sun
- well
- lane
- tree
- chain
- true
- fun
- lake
- spring
- rain
- bright
- string
- tree
- a beat or a tune
- one
- night
- shell
- know
- free
- wake
- ring
- sound patterns stick
- ton
- run
- well
- free
- True
- False
- tricks
- bell
- tell
- smell
- True
- bun
- True
- won
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