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