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