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