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