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