Memory Techniques Worksheet: Keyword Method

Memory techniques lesson 16: The keyword method for new words · Set 108 · 40 questions

Memory tip (Sound plus meaning): Steps: hear the new word → find a sound-alike word → link it to the meaning → review the picture. The keyword sounds like the new word; the picture must also show the meaning: billi = cat → “a cat paying a BILL”. Review the picture later today and tomorrow, then with growing gaps.

1. 1.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) new words in a language (b) long numbers (c) drawing maps (d) adding sums
2. 2.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) a plain, still one (b) no picture at all (c) a funny, moving one (d) just the word
3. 3.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a KNOCK on the nose”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) neend (b) phool (c) chaabi (d) naak
4. 4.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
5. 5.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a tree on a note PAD”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) naak (b) ped (c) billi (d) aai
6. 6.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “an elephant with HOT tea”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) mez (b) haathi (c) machhli (d) naak
7. 7.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
8. 8.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a monkey in a BAND”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) phool (b) paani (c) bandar (d) naak
9. 9.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or link it to the meaning? (a) review the picture (b) link it to the meaning
10. 10.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) means the same (b) sounds like the new word (c) is always in Hindi (d) is spelled the same
11. 11.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: link it to the meaning or review the picture? (a) link it to the meaning (b) review the picture
12. 12.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “dola” is “a DOLL with big eyes”. What does “dola” mean? (a) elephant (b) monkey (c) mango (d) eye
13. 13.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: link it to the meaning or find a sound-alike word? (a) link it to the meaning (b) find a sound-alike word
14. 14.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “billi” is “a cat paying a BILL”. What does “billi” mean? (a) cat (b) fish (c) eye (d) mango
15. 15.🗣️ In Hindi, “chaabi” means key. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a school in a SHAWL (b) a CHUBBY key (c) a DOLL with big eyes (d) I NEED sleep
16. 16.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
17. 17.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) only in the exam (b) after a year (c) never again (d) later today and tomorrow
18. 18.🗣️ In Marathi, “bhaat” means rice. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a fish lighting a MATCH (b) a BAT made of rice (c) I AM eating a mango (d) a flower in a POOL
19. 19.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
20. 20.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “aam” is “I AM eating a mango”. What does “aam” mean? (a) foot (b) mango (c) monkey (d) eye
21. 21.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a book in a KIT bag”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) aai (b) kitaab (c) paani (d) paay
22. 22.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or find a sound-alike word? (a) hear the new word (b) find a sound-alike word
23. 23.🗣️ In Hindi, “ped” means tree. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a BAT made of rice (b) a CHUBBY key (c) a tree on a note PAD (d) an elephant with HOT tea
24. 24.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: find a sound-alike word or hear the new word? (a) find a sound-alike word (b) hear the new word
25. 25.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a flower in a POOL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) sakhar (b) phool (c) bhaat (d) chaabi
26. 26.🗣️ In Marathi, “paay” means foot. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a PIE under your foot (b) a KNOCK on the nose (c) a CHUBBY key (d) a fish lighting a MATCH
27. 27.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or find a sound-alike word? (a) review the picture (b) find a sound-alike word
28. 28.🗣️ In Hindi, “phool” means flower. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a KNOCK on the nose (b) a flower in a POOL (c) a CHUBBY key (d) a BAT made of rice
29. 29.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: find a sound-alike word or link it to the meaning? (a) find a sound-alike word (b) link it to the meaning
30. 30.🗣️ In Hindi, “mez” means table. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a MAZE on a table (b) a tree on a note PAD (c) a book in a KIT bag (d) a BAT made of rice
31. 31.🗣️ In Hindi, “kitaab” means book. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a cat paying a BILL (b) a book in a KIT bag (c) an elephant with HOT tea (d) a SACK full of sugar
32. 32.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) a random colour (b) the word’s meaning (c) nothing else (d) its spelling backwards
33. 33.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: link it to the meaning or hear the new word? (a) link it to the meaning (b) hear the new word
34. 34.🗣️ In Hindi, “bandar” means monkey. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a monkey in a BAND (b) a tree on a note PAD (c) I NEED sleep (d) a SACK full of sugar
35. 35.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a SACK full of sugar”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) neend (b) sakhar (c) chaabi (d) haathi
36. 36.🗣️ In Marathi, “sakhar” means sugar. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a SACK full of sugar (b) a BAT made of rice (c) a school in a SHAWL (d) a KNOCK on the nose
37. 37.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “sakhar” is “a SACK full of sugar”. What does “sakhar” mean? (a) eye (b) water (c) sugar (d) flower
38. 38.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or review the picture? (a) hear the new word (b) review the picture
39. 39.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or hear the new word? (a) review the picture (b) hear the new word
40. 40.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “baadal” is “a BATTLE in the clouds”. What does “baadal” mean? (a) key (b) elephant (c) cloud (d) eye

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