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 “bright” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) clock (c) bell (d) night
- 2.🎵 Which word does “sell” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) king (c) sun (d) cake
- 3.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “The river runs down to the sea, from mountains high and wild and ___.” (a) cold (b) fast (c) long (d) free
- 4.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) knock (b) key (c) knee (d) tea
- 5.True or false: “bake” rhymes with “cake”. (a) False (b) True
- 6.True or false: “done” rhymes with “sun”. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🎵 Which word does “kite” rhyme with? (a) king (b) night (c) cake (d) bell
- 8.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) done (b) fight (c) snake (d) knee
- 9.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) tea (b) string (c) three (d) bee
- 10.True or false: “one” rhymes with “night”. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) make (b) snake (c) lane (d) kite
- 12.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) brain (b) cane (c) rake (d) chain
- 13.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) shock (b) sock (c) lock (d) light
- 14.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) write (b) wing (c) spell (d) rake
- 15.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) wing (b) won (c) wake (d) free
- 16.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bite (b) shock (c) white (d) light
- 17.🎵 Which word does “rake” rhyme with? (a) king (b) sun (c) cake (d) bell
- 18.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) spring (b) shake (c) ring (d) rock
- 19.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) never say it (b) read it once silently (c) say it aloud often (d) change it each day
- 20.🎵 Which word does “shell” rhyme with? (a) king (b) clock (c) bell (d) night
- 21.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) shell (b) shock (c) rock (d) wake
- 22.True or false: “white” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
- 23.True or false: “make” rhymes with “night”. (a) True (b) False
- 24.True or false: “make” rhymes with “cake”. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) fight (b) white (c) rock (d) bright
- 26.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) shake (b) bake (c) rake (d) run
- 27.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) twice (b) fast (c) more (d) again
- 28.🎵 Which word does “chain” rhyme with? (a) king (b) bell (c) rain (d) cake
- 29.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) knock (b) shock (c) bright (d) rock
- 30.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) write (b) know (c) say (d) learn
- 31.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) tea (b) sea (c) brain (d) key
- 32.🎵 Which word does “lane” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) night (c) rain (d) clock
- 33.True or false: “bun” rhymes with “night”. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) planet (b) world (c) star (d) one
- 35.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) run (b) knock (c) three (d) string
- 36.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) wake (b) tell (c) well (d) sell
- 37.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) tell (b) sing (c) run (d) kite
- 38.True or false: “tell” rhymes with “bell”. (a) True (b) False
- 39.True or false: “sing” rhymes with “sun”. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🎵 Which word does “fun” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) cake (c) king (d) rain
Answer key
- night
- bell
- free
- knock
- True
- True
- night
- snake
- string
- False
- lane
- rake
- light
- wing
- wake
- shock
- cake
- rock
- say it aloud often
- bell
- shell
- True
- False
- True
- rock
- run
- more
- rain
- bright
- know
- brain
- rain
- False
- one
- string
- wake
- kite
- True
- False
- sun
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