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.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or review the picture? (a) hear the new word (b) review the picture
- 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.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) no picture at all (b) just the word (c) a funny, moving one (d) a plain, still one
- 4.🗣️ 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
- 5.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “water in a PAN”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) bandar (b) billi (c) paani (d) naak
- 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.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a CHANDelier on the moon”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) paani (b) sakhar (c) chaand (d) bhaat
- 8.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a PIE under your foot”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) neend (b) paani (c) haathi (d) paay
- 9.🗣️ In Hindi, “billi” means cat. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) water in a PAN (b) I NEED sleep (c) a monkey in a BAND (d) a cat paying a BILL
- 10.🗣️ 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
- 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.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 13.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “paani” is “water in a PAN”. What does “paani” mean? (a) water (b) nose (c) tree (d) mango
- 14.🗣️ In Marathi, “sakhar” means sugar. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) I NEED sleep (b) a monkey in a BAND (c) a CHANDelier on the moon (d) a SACK full of sugar
- 15.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) sounds like the new word (b) means the same (c) is spelled the same (d) is always in Hindi
- 16.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “aam” is “I AM eating a mango”. What does “aam” mean? (a) foot (b) elephant (c) mango (d) tree
- 17.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 18.🗣️ In Marathi, “aai” means mother. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a fish lighting a MATCH (b) I NEED sleep (c) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!” (d) a CHANDelier on the moon
- 19.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a monkey in a BAND”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) bandar (b) kitaab (c) paani (d) sakhar
- 20.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a school in a SHAWL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) bandar (b) shala (c) kitaab (d) bhaat
- 21.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “shala” is “a school in a SHAWL”. What does “shala” mean? (a) flower (b) moon (c) school (d) water
- 22.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 23.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) new words in a language (b) adding sums (c) drawing maps (d) long numbers
- 24.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or hear the new word? (a) review the picture (b) hear the new word
- 25.🗣️ 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
- 26.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a KNOCK on the nose”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) neend (b) naak (c) paani (d) bhaat
- 27.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 28.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) after a year (b) never again (c) only in the exam (d) later today and tomorrow
- 29.🗣️ In Hindi, “chaabi” means key. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a CHUBBY key (b) a book in a KIT bag (c) a SACK full of sugar (d) a cat paying a BILL
- 30.🗣️ In Marathi, “naak” means nose. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a PIE under your foot (b) a KNOCK on the nose (c) a flower in a POOL (d) a BAT made of rice
- 31.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “I AM eating a mango”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) mez (b) chaabi (c) aam (d) machhli
- 32.🗣️ In Hindi, “bandar” means monkey. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a tree on a note PAD (b) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!” (c) a monkey in a BAND (d) I AM eating a mango
- 33.🗣️ In Hindi, “paani” means water. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a BAT made of rice (b) a flower in a POOL (c) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!” (d) water in a PAN
- 34.🗣️ In Marathi, “shala” means school. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a CHUBBY key (b) a flower in a POOL (c) a school in a SHAWL (d) a tree on a note PAD
- 35.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a fish lighting a MATCH”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) machhli (b) aai (c) paay (d) ped
- 36.🗣️ 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
- 37.🗣️ 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
- 38.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a tree on a note PAD”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) ped (b) mez (c) kitaab (d) sakhar
- 39.🗣️ In Hindi, “ped” means tree. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a MAZE on a table (b) an elephant with HOT tea (c) a tree on a note PAD (d) a book in a KIT bag
- 40.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a BAT made of rice”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) chaabi (b) neend (c) haathi (d) bhaat
Answer key
- hear the new word
- hear the new word
- a funny, moving one
- link it to the meaning
- paani
- hear the new word
- chaand
- paay
- a cat paying a BILL
- link it to the meaning
- find a sound-alike word
- step 1
- water
- a SACK full of sugar
- sounds like the new word
- mango
- step 4
- Mum saying “AYE, AYE!”
- bandar
- shala
- school
- step 2
- new words in a language
- hear the new word
- find a sound-alike word
- naak
- step 3
- later today and tomorrow
- a CHUBBY key
- a KNOCK on the nose
- aam
- a monkey in a BAND
- water in a PAN
- a school in a SHAWL
- machhli
- find a sound-alike word
- hear the new word
- ped
- a tree on a note PAD
- bhaat
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