Memory Techniques Worksheet: Keyword Method

Memory techniques lesson 16: The keyword method for new words · Set 159 · 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.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “haathi” is “an elephant with HOT tea”. What does “haathi” mean? (a) sugar (b) elephant (c) cloud (d) moon
2. 2.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
3. 3.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
4. 4.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
5. 5.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a KNOCK on the nose”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) chaand (b) aam (c) phool (d) naak
6. 6.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
7. 7.🗣️ 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
8. 8.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “aai” is “Mum saying “AYE, AYE!””. What does “aai” mean? (a) moon (b) mother (c) book (d) cat
9. 9.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “chaabi” is “a CHUBBY key”. What does “chaabi” mean? (a) key (b) book (c) cloud (d) table
10. 10.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “mez” is “a MAZE on a table”. What does “mez” mean? (a) table (b) cat (c) nose (d) sleep
11. 11.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) nothing else (b) a random colour (c) its spelling backwards (d) the word’s meaning
12. 12.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) is spelled the same (b) sounds like the new word (c) means the same (d) is always in Hindi
13. 13.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “paani” is “water in a PAN”. What does “paani” mean? (a) cat (b) mango (c) water (d) nose
14. 14.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) drawing maps (b) adding sums (c) long numbers (d) new words in a language
15. 15.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a school in a SHAWL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) billi (b) shala (c) sakhar (d) kitaab
16. 16.🗣️ 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
17. 17.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “Mum saying “AYE, AYE!””. Which word does it help you remember? (a) dola (b) haathi (c) ped (d) aai
18. 18.🗣️ 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
19. 19.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or review the picture? (a) hear the new word (b) review the picture
20. 20.🗣️ 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
21. 21.🗣️ In Marathi, “sakhar” means sugar. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a SACK full of sugar (b) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!” (c) a monkey in a BAND (d) a BATTLE in the clouds
22. 22.🗣️ 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
23. 23.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “shala” is “a school in a SHAWL”. What does “shala” mean? (a) monkey (b) fish (c) school (d) sugar
24. 24.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a book in a KIT bag”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) shala (b) aai (c) kitaab (d) baadal
25. 25.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) a plain, still one (b) just the word (c) a funny, moving one (d) no picture at all
26. 26.🗣️ 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
27. 27.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a PIE under your foot”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) chaabi (b) bhaat (c) paay (d) mez
28. 28.🗣️ In Hindi, “ped” means tree. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a DOLL with big eyes (b) a school in a SHAWL (c) a tree on a note PAD (d) I AM eating a mango
29. 29.🗣️ In Hindi, “phool” means flower. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a cat paying a BILL (b) a MAZE on a table (c) I NEED sleep (d) a flower in a POOL
30. 30.🗣️ 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
31. 31.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a fish lighting a MATCH”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) shala (b) machhli (c) ped (d) phool
32. 32.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “machhli” is “a fish lighting a MATCH”. What does “machhli” mean? (a) sugar (b) school (c) fish (d) water
33. 33.🗣️ In Hindi, “mez” means table. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a cat paying a BILL (b) a CHANDelier on the moon (c) a monkey in a BAND (d) a MAZE on a table
34. 34.🗣️ 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
35. 35.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a tree on a note PAD”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) bhaat (b) aam (c) paani (d) ped
36. 36.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) after a year (b) later today and tomorrow (c) never again (d) only in the exam
37. 37.🗣️ In Hindi, “machhli” means fish. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) an elephant with HOT tea (b) a school in a SHAWL (c) a fish lighting a MATCH (d) a CHUBBY key
38. 38.🗣️ In Marathi, “aai” means mother. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a book in a KIT bag (b) a KNOCK on the nose (c) an elephant with HOT tea (d) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!”
39. 39.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “ped” is “a tree on a note PAD”. What does “ped” mean? (a) school (b) elephant (c) tree (d) water
40. 40.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “neend” is “I NEED sleep”. What does “neend” mean? (a) nose (b) mango (c) moon (d) sleep

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