Memory Techniques Worksheet: Keyword Method

Memory techniques lesson 16: The keyword method for new words · Set 162 · 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.🗣️ 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
2. 2.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
3. 3.🗣️ In Hindi, “billi” means cat. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) water in a PAN (b) a BATTLE in the clouds (c) a cat paying a BILL (d) a PIE under your foot
4. 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. 5.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) new words in a language (b) drawing maps (c) long numbers (d) adding sums
6. 6.🗣️ 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
7. 7.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) is spelled the same (b) sounds like the new word (c) is always in Hindi (d) means the same
8. 8.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “chaand” is “a CHANDelier on the moon”. What does “chaand” mean? (a) cat (b) foot (c) moon (d) key
9. 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. 10.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) a funny, moving one (b) a plain, still one (c) no picture at all (d) just the word
11. 11.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a book in a KIT bag”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) kitaab (b) mez (c) billi (d) shala
12. 12.🗣️ In Hindi, “machhli” means fish. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a monkey in a BAND (b) water in a PAN (c) a BAT made of rice (d) a fish lighting a MATCH
13. 13.🗣️ 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
14. 14.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
15. 15.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a PIE under your foot”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) paay (b) sakhar (c) haathi (d) mez
16. 16.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “Mum saying “AYE, AYE!””. Which word does it help you remember? (a) ped (b) haathi (c) aai (d) billi
17. 17.🗣️ 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
18. 18.🗣️ In Marathi, “sakhar” means sugar. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!” (b) a tree on a note PAD (c) a MAZE on a table (d) a SACK full of sugar
19. 19.🗣️ In Hindi, “ped” means tree. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a tree on a note PAD (b) a CHANDelier on the moon (c) a fish lighting a MATCH (d) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!”
20. 20.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
21. 21.🗣️ In Hindi, “mez” means table. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a CHUBBY key (b) a MAZE on a table (c) a school in a SHAWL (d) a cat paying a BILL
22. 22.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “baadal” is “a BATTLE in the clouds”. What does “baadal” mean? (a) cloud (b) foot (c) book (d) cat
23. 23.🗣️ 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
24. 24.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “ped” is “a tree on a note PAD”. What does “ped” mean? (a) school (b) rice (c) tree (d) cat
25. 25.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “neend” is “I NEED sleep”. What does “neend” mean? (a) key (b) book (c) nose (d) sleep
26. 26.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a KNOCK on the nose”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) bhaat (b) neend (c) machhli (d) naak
27. 27.🗣️ In Hindi, “haathi” means elephant. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a tree on a note PAD (b) a KNOCK on the nose (c) an elephant with HOT tea (d) a BAT made of rice
28. 28.🗣️ In Hindi, “aam” means mango. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a monkey in a BAND (b) a BAT made of rice (c) a fish lighting a MATCH (d) I AM eating a mango
29. 29.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “shala” is “a school in a SHAWL”. What does “shala” mean? (a) school (b) nose (c) moon (d) mother
30. 30.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a CHUBBY key”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) chaand (b) haathi (c) chaabi (d) naak
31. 31.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) the word’s meaning (b) nothing else (c) its spelling backwards (d) a random colour
32. 32.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “I NEED sleep”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) machhli (b) neend (c) phool (d) aam
33. 33.🗣️ 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
34. 34.🗣️ In Hindi, “chaand” means moon. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a cat paying a BILL (b) a CHANDelier on the moon (c) a flower in a POOL (d) water in a PAN
35. 35.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “aam” is “I AM eating a mango”. What does “aam” mean? (a) water (b) nose (c) sugar (d) mango
36. 36.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “haathi” is “an elephant with HOT tea”. What does “haathi” mean? (a) elephant (b) mango (c) mother (d) nose
37. 37.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a DOLL with big eyes”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) dola (b) billi (c) machhli (d) chaabi
38. 38.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a monkey in a BAND”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) mez (b) neend (c) baadal (d) bandar
39. 39.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “bhaat” is “a BAT made of rice”. What does “bhaat” mean? (a) tree (b) book (c) rice (d) cat
40. 40.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 4

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