Memory Techniques Worksheet: Keyword Method

Memory techniques lesson 16: The keyword method for new words · Set 120 · 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.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “bandar” is “a monkey in a BAND”. What does “bandar” mean? (a) monkey (b) fish (c) foot (d) moon
2. 2.🗣️ In Marathi, “bhaat” means rice. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a BAT made of rice (b) a BATTLE in the clouds (c) a MAZE on a table (d) a tree on a note PAD
3. 3.🗣️ In Hindi, “billi” means cat. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) water in a PAN (b) a SACK full of sugar (c) an elephant with HOT tea (d) a cat paying a BILL
4. 4.🗣️ 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
5. 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. 6.🗣️ 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
7. 7.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a KNOCK on the nose”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) naak (b) dola (c) haathi (d) chaabi
8. 8.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a CHANDelier on the moon”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) dola (b) chaabi (c) paay (d) chaand
9. 9.🗣️ 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
10. 10.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a monkey in a BAND”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) shala (b) billi (c) chaabi (d) bandar
11. 11.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
12. 12.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
13. 13.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) long numbers (b) adding sums (c) new words in a language (d) drawing maps
14. 14.🗣️ 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
15. 15.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) is always in Hindi (b) is spelled the same (c) sounds like the new word (d) means the same
16. 16.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) a funny, moving one (b) no picture at all (c) just the word (d) a plain, still one
17. 17.🗣️ 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
18. 18.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) a random colour (b) nothing else (c) its spelling backwards (d) the word’s meaning
19. 19.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
20. 20.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “billi” is “a cat paying a BILL”. What does “billi” mean? (a) cloud (b) flower (c) cat (d) foot
21. 21.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
22. 22.🗣️ 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
23. 23.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or review the picture? (a) hear the new word (b) review the picture
24. 24.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a DOLL with big eyes”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) dola (b) machhli (c) chaabi (d) kitaab
25. 25.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “machhli” is “a fish lighting a MATCH”. What does “machhli” mean? (a) school (b) cat (c) eye (d) fish
26. 26.🗣️ In Marathi, “paay” means foot. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a PIE under your foot (b) water in a PAN (c) a CHUBBY key (d) a SACK full of sugar
27. 27.🗣️ In Hindi, “kitaab” means book. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) water in a PAN (b) a DOLL with big eyes (c) a book in a KIT bag (d) I NEED sleep
28. 28.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “neend” is “I NEED sleep”. What does “neend” mean? (a) key (b) water (c) sleep (d) sugar
29. 29.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “water in a PAN”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) paani (b) phool (c) paay (d) billi
30. 30.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a cat paying a BILL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) shala (b) aai (c) kitaab (d) billi
31. 31.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “shala” is “a school in a SHAWL”. What does “shala” mean? (a) table (b) sleep (c) nose (d) school
32. 32.🗣️ In Marathi, “shala” means school. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a book in a KIT bag (b) a school in a SHAWL (c) a BAT made of rice (d) a KNOCK on the nose
33. 33.🗣️ In Hindi, “paani” means water. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a CHUBBY key (b) a PIE under your foot (c) water in a PAN (d) a monkey in a BAND
34. 34.🗣️ 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
35. 35.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “I AM eating a mango”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) machhli (b) paay (c) aam (d) dola
36. 36.🗣️ In Hindi, “aam” means mango. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a SACK full of sugar (b) an elephant with HOT tea (c) a CHANDelier on the moon (d) I AM eating a mango
37. 37.🗣️ In Marathi, “naak” means nose. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a KNOCK on the nose (b) a PIE under your foot (c) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!” (d) a MAZE on a table
38. 38.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “I NEED sleep”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) sakhar (b) haathi (c) neend (d) shala
39. 39.🗣️ 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
40. 40.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “naak” is “a KNOCK on the nose”. What does “naak” mean? (a) nose (b) flower (c) school (d) fish

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