Memory Techniques Worksheet: Keyword Method

Memory techniques lesson 16: The keyword method for new words · Set 130 · 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: hear the new word? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
2. 2.🗣️ 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
3. 3.🗣️ 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
4. 4.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a book in a KIT bag”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) chaabi (b) mez (c) neend (d) kitaab
5. 5.🗣️ 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
6. 6.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “chaand” is “a CHANDelier on the moon”. What does “chaand” mean? (a) sleep (b) tree (c) moon (d) water
7. 7.🗣️ 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
8. 8.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
9. 9.🗣️ 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
10. 10.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) adding sums (b) drawing maps (c) long numbers (d) new words in a language
11. 11.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) a random colour (b) nothing else (c) its spelling backwards (d) the word’s meaning
12. 12.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
13. 13.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a BATTLE in the clouds”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) haathi (b) baadal (c) shala (d) naak
14. 14.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a tree on a note PAD”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) bandar (b) ped (c) chaabi (d) shala
15. 15.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a PIE under your foot”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) chaand (b) dola (c) naak (d) paay
16. 16.🗣️ 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
17. 17.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “paani” is “water in a PAN”. What does “paani” mean? (a) moon (b) cloud (c) water (d) foot
18. 18.🗣️ In Hindi, “chaabi” means key. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a CHUBBY key (b) a DOLL with big eyes (c) an elephant with HOT tea (d) a school in a SHAWL
19. 19.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
20. 20.🗣️ 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
21. 21.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) a funny, moving one (b) no picture at all (c) just the word (d) a plain, still one
22. 22.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a flower in a POOL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) phool (b) chaand (c) haathi (d) aam
23. 23.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “an elephant with HOT tea”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) naak (b) haathi (c) paani (d) chaabi
24. 24.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “naak” is “a KNOCK on the nose”. What does “naak” mean? (a) nose (b) table (c) rice (d) elephant
25. 25.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “chaabi” is “a CHUBBY key”. What does “chaabi” mean? (a) eye (b) key (c) sleep (d) tree
26. 26.🗣️ 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
27. 27.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “I NEED sleep”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) phool (b) kitaab (c) neend (d) aam
28. 28.🗣️ 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
29. 29.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a school in a SHAWL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) aam (b) sakhar (c) machhli (d) shala
30. 30.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a DOLL with big eyes”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) sakhar (b) dola (c) chaabi (d) chaand
31. 31.🗣️ In Marathi, “shala” means school. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a monkey in a BAND (b) a PIE under your foot (c) a school in a SHAWL (d) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!”
32. 32.🗣️ 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
33. 33.🗣️ In Marathi, “paay” means foot. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a BAT made of rice (b) a PIE under your foot (c) a MAZE on a table (d) a tree on a note PAD
34. 34.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “aam” is “I AM eating a mango”. What does “aam” mean? (a) eye (b) sugar (c) mango (d) moon
35. 35.🗣️ In Hindi, “aam” means mango. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a fish lighting a MATCH (b) an elephant with HOT tea (c) I AM eating a mango (d) a MAZE on a table
36. 36.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “billi” is “a cat paying a BILL”. What does “billi” mean? (a) cat (b) sugar (c) eye (d) water
37. 37.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) is spelled the same (b) means the same (c) sounds like the new word (d) is always in Hindi
38. 38.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “water in a PAN”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) mez (b) baadal (c) haathi (d) paani
39. 39.🗣️ In Marathi, “sakhar” means sugar. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a KNOCK on the nose (b) a CHANDelier on the moon (c) water in a PAN (d) a SACK full of sugar
40. 40.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “phool” is “a flower in a POOL”. What does “phool” mean? (a) mango (b) sugar (c) book (d) flower

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