Memory Techniques Worksheet: Keyword Method

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

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