Memory Techniques Worksheet: Keyword Method

Memory techniques lesson 16: The keyword method for new words · Set 125 · 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.🗣️ 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
2. 2.🗣️ 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
3. 3.🗣️ 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
4. 4.🗣️ In Marathi, “bhaat” means rice. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a school in a SHAWL (b) a monkey in a BAND (c) a BAT made of rice (d) I AM eating a mango
5. 5.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a PIE under your foot”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) kitaab (b) haathi (c) aai (d) paay
6. 6.🗣️ 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
7. 7.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a KNOCK on the nose”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) haathi (b) chaabi (c) naak (d) mez
8. 8.🗣️ 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
9. 9.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) long numbers (b) adding sums (c) drawing maps (d) new words in a language
10. 10.🗣️ In Marathi, “aai” means mother. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a monkey in a BAND (b) water in a PAN (c) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!” (d) a KNOCK on the nose
11. 11.🗣️ 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
12. 12.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “mez” is “a MAZE on a table”. What does “mez” mean? (a) foot (b) rice (c) cat (d) table
13. 13.🗣️ In Hindi, “billi” means cat. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) an elephant with HOT tea (b) a cat paying a BILL (c) a KNOCK on the nose (d) a flower in a POOL
14. 14.🗣️ 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
15. 15.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
16. 16.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) is always in Hindi (b) sounds like the new word (c) means the same (d) is spelled the same
17. 17.🗣️ 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
18. 18.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a DOLL with big eyes”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) phool (b) dola (c) aam (d) paani
19. 19.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) its spelling backwards (b) a random colour (c) nothing else (d) the word’s meaning
20. 20.🗣️ In Hindi, “baadal” means cloud. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a book in a KIT bag (b) a BATTLE in the clouds (c) a school in a SHAWL (d) a CHUBBY key
21. 21.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) no picture at all (b) a plain, still one (c) a funny, moving one (d) just the word
22. 22.🗣️ In Hindi, “chaabi” means key. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a KNOCK on the nose (b) a CHUBBY key (c) a PIE under your foot (d) a cat paying a BILL
23. 23.🗣️ 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
24. 24.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
25. 25.🗣️ In Hindi, “chaand” means moon. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) water in a PAN (b) a CHANDelier on the moon (c) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!” (d) a BAT made of rice
26. 26.🗣️ In Hindi, “aam” means mango. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) I AM eating a mango (b) a tree on a note PAD (c) a book in a KIT bag (d) a flower in a POOL
27. 27.🗣️ In Hindi, “bandar” means monkey. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a monkey in a BAND (b) a PIE under your foot (c) a BATTLE in the clouds (d) water in a PAN
28. 28.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “baadal” is “a BATTLE in the clouds”. What does “baadal” mean? (a) cloud (b) book (c) key (d) tree
29. 29.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a monkey in a BAND”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) bhaat (b) bandar (c) billi (d) baadal
30. 30.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or hear the new word? (a) review the picture (b) hear the new word
31. 31.🗣️ 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
32. 32.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “chaand” is “a CHANDelier on the moon”. What does “chaand” mean? (a) tree (b) flower (c) moon (d) mother
33. 33.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “machhli” is “a fish lighting a MATCH”. What does “machhli” mean? (a) cloud (b) fish (c) school (d) sugar
34. 34.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “aam” is “I AM eating a mango”. What does “aam” mean? (a) cat (b) flower (c) key (d) mango
35. 35.🗣️ 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
36. 36.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a flower in a POOL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) neend (b) phool (c) billi (d) haathi
37. 37.🗣️ In Marathi, “paay” means foot. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) water in a PAN (b) I AM eating a mango (c) a PIE under your foot (d) a flower in a POOL
38. 38.🗣️ In Hindi, “paani” means water. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) water in a PAN (b) a monkey in a BAND (c) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!” (d) I NEED sleep
39. 39.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “I NEED sleep”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) chaabi (b) dola (c) neend (d) paay
40. 40.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “sakhar” is “a SACK full of sugar”. What does “sakhar” mean? (a) sugar (b) nose (c) school (d) moon

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