Memory Techniques Worksheet: Keyword Method

Memory techniques lesson 16: The keyword method for new words · Set 166 · 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.🗣️ 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
2. 2.🗣️ 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
3. 3.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) new words in a language (b) long numbers (c) adding sums (d) drawing maps
4. 4.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “phool” is “a flower in a POOL”. What does “phool” mean? (a) fish (b) sugar (c) water (d) flower
5. 5.🗣️ 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
6. 6.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “aam” is “I AM eating a mango”. What does “aam” mean? (a) mango (b) moon (c) book (d) foot
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.🗣️ 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
9. 9.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) its spelling backwards (b) a random colour (c) nothing else (d) the word’s meaning
10. 10.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a MAZE on a table”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) baadal (b) mez (c) chaand (d) dola
11. 11.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
12. 12.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
13. 13.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “neend” is “I NEED sleep”. What does “neend” mean? (a) sleep (b) cloud (c) monkey (d) tree
14. 14.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
15. 15.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a PIE under your foot”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) haathi (b) paani (c) chaabi (d) paay
16. 16.🗣️ 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
17. 17.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “machhli” is “a fish lighting a MATCH”. What does “machhli” mean? (a) fish (b) monkey (c) mother (d) rice
18. 18.🗣️ 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
19. 19.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “naak” is “a KNOCK on the nose”. What does “naak” mean? (a) nose (b) mango (c) flower (d) cloud
20. 20.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a monkey in a BAND”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) machhli (b) paani (c) bandar (d) neend
21. 21.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a KNOCK on the nose”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) kitaab (b) phool (c) naak (d) ped
22. 22.🗣️ 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
23. 23.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) only in the exam (b) later today and tomorrow (c) after a year (d) never again
24. 24.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “shala” is “a school in a SHAWL”. What does “shala” mean? (a) nose (b) mother (c) school (d) table
25. 25.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or hear the new word? (a) review the picture (b) hear the new word
26. 26.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) no picture at all (b) a funny, moving one (c) just the word (d) a plain, still one
27. 27.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “I AM eating a mango”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) shala (b) neend (c) mez (d) aam
28. 28.🗣️ 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
29. 29.🗣️ In Hindi, “machhli” means fish. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) an elephant with HOT tea (b) water in a PAN (c) a cat paying a BILL (d) a fish lighting a MATCH
30. 30.🗣️ In Hindi, “mez” means table. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a KNOCK on the nose (b) water in a PAN (c) a CHANDelier on the moon (d) a MAZE on a table
31. 31.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
32. 32.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “baadal” is “a BATTLE in the clouds”. What does “baadal” mean? (a) elephant (b) moon (c) cloud (d) water
33. 33.🗣️ 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
34. 34.🗣️ In Hindi, “neend” means sleep. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a flower in a POOL (b) I AM eating a mango (c) I NEED sleep (d) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!”
35. 35.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a book in a KIT bag”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) paay (b) naak (c) bhaat (d) kitaab
36. 36.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “bandar” is “a monkey in a BAND”. What does “bandar” mean? (a) cat (b) monkey (c) moon (d) tree
37. 37.🗣️ In Hindi, “chaand” means moon. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a monkey in a BAND (b) a cat paying a BILL (c) a CHANDelier on the moon (d) a BATTLE in the clouds
38. 38.🗣️ 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
39. 39.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “haathi” is “an elephant with HOT tea”. What does “haathi” mean? (a) elephant (b) cloud (c) rice (d) table
40. 40.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or review the picture? (a) hear the new word (b) review the picture

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