Memory Techniques Worksheet: Keyword Method

Memory techniques lesson 16: The keyword method for new words · Set 11 · 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 step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
3. 3.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) means the same (b) is spelled the same (c) sounds like the new word (d) is always in Hindi
4. 4.🗣️ 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
5. 5.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
6. 6.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
7. 7.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “paani” is “water in a PAN”. What does “paani” mean? (a) water (b) cloud (c) sleep (d) eye
8. 8.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) a plain, still one (b) a funny, moving one (c) just the word (d) no picture at all
9. 9.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “bandar” is “a monkey in a BAND”. What does “bandar” mean? (a) mango (b) water (c) eye (d) monkey
10. 10.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a BAT made of rice”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) paay (b) mez (c) bhaat (d) neend
11. 11.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or link it to the meaning? (a) hear the new word (b) link it to the meaning
12. 12.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “Mum saying “AYE, AYE!””. Which word does it help you remember? (a) bhaat (b) chaand (c) sakhar (d) aai
13. 13.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “chaabi” is “a CHUBBY key”. What does “chaabi” mean? (a) water (b) sleep (c) book (d) key
14. 14.🗣️ In Hindi, “ped” means tree. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a fish lighting a MATCH (b) an elephant with HOT tea (c) a book in a KIT bag (d) a tree on a note PAD
15. 15.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a CHANDelier on the moon”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) ped (b) mez (c) aam (d) chaand
16. 16.🗣️ 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
17. 17.🗣️ 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
18. 18.🗣️ 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
19. 19.🗣️ In Hindi, “neend” means sleep. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) water in a PAN (b) a monkey in a BAND (c) a tree on a note PAD (d) I NEED sleep
20. 20.🗣️ 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
21. 21.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a KNOCK on the nose”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) aam (b) dola (c) ped (d) naak
22. 22.🗣️ 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
23. 23.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
24. 24.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) its spelling backwards (b) a random colour (c) nothing else (d) the word’s meaning
25. 25.🗣️ 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
26. 26.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or review the picture? (a) hear the new word (b) review the picture
27. 27.🗣️ In Hindi, “baadal” means cloud. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a PIE under your foot (b) a BATTLE in the clouds (c) a cat paying a BILL (d) I NEED sleep
28. 28.🗣️ In Hindi, “bandar” means monkey. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a BAT made of rice (b) a monkey in a BAND (c) a SACK full of sugar (d) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!”
29. 29.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “bhaat” is “a BAT made of rice”. What does “bhaat” mean? (a) cloud (b) rice (c) elephant (d) fish
30. 30.🗣️ 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
31. 31.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a CHUBBY key”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) chaabi (b) bhaat (c) machhli (d) haathi
32. 32.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “mez” is “a MAZE on a table”. What does “mez” mean? (a) tree (b) table (c) moon (d) foot
33. 33.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “an elephant with HOT tea”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) paani (b) aam (c) neend (d) haathi
34. 34.🗣️ In Marathi, “sakhar” means sugar. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a flower in a POOL (b) a SACK full of sugar (c) a DOLL with big eyes (d) a BATTLE in the clouds
35. 35.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: find a sound-alike word or review the picture? (a) find a sound-alike word (b) review the picture
36. 36.🗣️ In Hindi, “aam” means mango. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a fish lighting a MATCH (b) I NEED sleep (c) a KNOCK on the nose (d) I AM eating a mango
37. 37.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a cat paying a BILL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) neend (b) bandar (c) billi (d) ped
38. 38.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “water in a PAN”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) aai (b) sakhar (c) shala (d) paani
39. 39.🗣️ In Marathi, “dola” means eye. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) I AM eating a mango (b) a KNOCK on the nose (c) a BATTLE in the clouds (d) a DOLL with big eyes
40. 40.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a tree on a note PAD”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) chaand (b) ped (c) aai (d) dola

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