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) swing (b) ring (c) string (d) lock
- 2.🎵 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
- 3.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) shake (b) ring (c) light (d) train
- 4.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) rake (b) lake (c) shake (d) train
- 5.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) lane (b) rake (c) done (d) light
- 6.True or false: “sell” rhymes with “bell”. (a) False (b) True
- 7.True or false: “lane” rhymes with “clock”. (a) True (b) False
- 8.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) say (b) write (c) learn (d) know
- 9.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) star (b) planet (c) world (d) one
- 10.🎵 Which word does “sock” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) bell (c) cake (d) clock
- 11.True or false: “block” rhymes with “clock”. (a) False (b) True
- 12.True or false: “rake” rhymes with “cake”. (a) True (b) False
- 13.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) writing it tiny (b) a beat or a tune (c) no rhythm at all (d) saying it once quietly
- 14.🎵 Which word does “tell” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) bell (c) night (d) cake
- 15.🎵 Which word does “lock” rhyme with? (a) night (b) rain (c) tree (d) clock
- 16.True or false: “fight” rhymes with “sun”. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bite (b) snake (c) wake (d) make
- 18.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) brain (b) well (c) white (d) lake
- 19.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they are always true (c) they need no practice (d) sound patterns stick
- 20.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) run (b) knee (c) one (d) fun
- 21.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) thing (b) make (c) train (d) spring
- 22.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) cane (b) sea (c) done (d) bake
- 23.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) true (b) right (c) clear (d) known
- 24.True or false: “wake” rhymes with “bell”. (a) True (b) False
- 25.True or false: “won” rhymes with “bell”. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🎵 Which word does “shake” rhyme with? (a) night (b) cake (c) clock (d) king
- 27.True or false: “main” rhymes with “king”. (a) False (b) True
- 28.True or false: “light” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) key (b) well (c) wake (d) chain
- 30.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) ton (b) snake (c) train (d) lake
- 31.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) swing (b) lake (c) train (d) write
- 32.🎵 Which word does “wake” rhyme with? (a) night (b) bell (c) cake (d) tree
- 33.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) plane (b) string (c) wake (d) cane
- 34.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) games (b) tricks (c) steps (d) songs
- 35.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) brain (b) knee (c) key (d) free
- 36.🎵 Which word does “tea” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) cake (c) night (d) tree
- 37.🎵 Which word does “white” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) bell (c) king (d) night
- 38.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) spell (b) sock (c) smell (d) well
- 39.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) read it once silently (b) say it aloud often (c) never say it (d) change it each day
- 40.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bite (b) sea (c) kite (d) fight
Answer key
- lock
- free
- shake
- train
- light
- True
- False
- know
- one
- clock
- True
- True
- a beat or a tune
- bell
- clock
- False
- bite
- lake
- sound patterns stick
- knee
- make
- bake
- true
- False
- False
- cake
- False
- True
- chain
- ton
- write
- cake
- wake
- tricks
- brain
- tree
- night
- sock
- say it aloud often
- sea
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