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