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