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