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 “sell” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) night (c) bell (d) king
- 2.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) spring (b) thing (c) string (d) won
- 3.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) fast (b) again (c) twice (d) more
- 4.True or false: “lock” rhymes with “clock”. (a) False (b) True
- 5.🎵 Which word does “spring” rhyme with? (a) night (b) cake (c) clock (d) king
- 6.🎵 Which word does “kite” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) clock (c) sun (d) night
- 7.True or false: “sing” rhymes with “rain”. (a) False (b) True
- 8.True or false: “chain” rhymes with “bell”. (a) True (b) False
- 9.🎵 Which word does “smell” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) tree (c) cake (d) bell
- 10.True or false: “bite” rhymes with “rain”. (a) False (b) True
- 11.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) swing (b) block (c) string (d) ring
- 12.🎵 Which word does “wing” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) king (c) night (d) clock
- 13.True or false: “run” rhymes with “sun”. (a) True (b) False
- 14.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) planet (b) star (c) world (d) one
- 15.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) ton (b) won (c) one (d) train
- 16.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) block (b) sea (c) lake (d) shell
- 17.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) three (b) light (c) fun (d) lane
- 18.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) tea (b) sea (c) bee (d) lock
- 19.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) done (b) cane (c) sea (d) rock
- 20.True or false: “string” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🎵 Which word does “fun” rhyme with? (a) night (b) cake (c) rain (d) sun
- 22.True or false: “tea” rhymes with “tree”. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🎵 Which word does “shake” rhyme with? (a) king (b) cake (c) bell (d) clock
- 24.🎵 Which word does “bake” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) night (c) cake (d) rain
- 25.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) read it once silently (b) never say it (c) say it aloud often (d) change it each day
- 26.True or false: “make” rhymes with “cake”. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) sock (b) swing (c) knock (d) lock
- 28.True or false: “wake” rhymes with “king”. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) a beat or a tune (b) saying it once quietly (c) no rhythm at all (d) writing it tiny
- 30.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) three (b) rake (c) wake (d) cane
- 31.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) sock (b) shake (c) white (d) tea
- 32.🎵 Which word does “sock” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) rain (c) king (d) night
- 33.🎵 Which word does “won” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) king (c) cake (d) sun
- 34.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) bright (b) ton (c) spell (d) kite
- 35.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) lane (b) string (c) knock (d) key
- 36.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) swing (b) free (c) done (d) sell
- 37.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) sock (b) block (c) shock (d) shake
- 38.🎵 Which word does “main” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) cake (c) king (d) bell
- 39.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) lock (b) lake (c) sock (d) knock
- 40.True or false: “shell” rhymes with “bell”. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- bell
- won
- more
- True
- king
- night
- False
- False
- bell
- False
- block
- king
- True
- one
- train
- shell
- three
- lock
- rock
- False
- sun
- True
- cake
- cake
- say it aloud often
- True
- swing
- False
- a beat or a tune
- cane
- white
- clock
- sun
- spell
- lane
- sell
- shake
- rain
- lake
- True
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