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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Keyword Method

Memory techniques lesson 16: The keyword method for new words · Set 184 · 40 questions
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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. 1.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “aai” is “Mum saying “AYE, AYE!””. What does “aai” mean? (a) rice (b) eye (c) mother (d) flower
  2. 2.🗣️ In Hindi, “aam” means mango. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) an elephant with HOT tea (b) a BAT made of rice (c) I AM eating a mango (d) a monkey in a BAND
  3. 3.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a PIE under your foot”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) bandar (b) aam (c) haathi (d) paay
  4. 4.🗣️ In Hindi, “kitaab” means book. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a book in a KIT bag (b) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!” (c) an elephant with HOT tea (d) a PIE under your foot
  5. 5.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
  6. 6.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “haathi” is “an elephant with HOT tea”. What does “haathi” mean? (a) elephant (b) sleep (c) water (d) fish
  7. 7.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) sounds like the new word (b) means the same (c) is always in Hindi (d) is spelled the same
  8. 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. 9.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a flower in a POOL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) ped (b) chaand (c) bhaat (d) phool
  10. 10.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a CHUBBY key”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) mez (b) shala (c) aam (d) chaabi
  11. 11.🗣️ 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
  12. 12.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) its spelling backwards (b) a random colour (c) nothing else (d) the word’s meaning
  13. 13.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
  14. 14.🗣️ 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
  15. 15.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) just the word (b) a plain, still one (c) no picture at all (d) a funny, moving one
  16. 16.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) drawing maps (b) long numbers (c) new words in a language (d) adding sums
  17. 17.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “paay” is “a PIE under your foot”. What does “paay” mean? (a) mother (b) flower (c) foot (d) sugar
  18. 18.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “chaabi” is “a CHUBBY key”. What does “chaabi” mean? (a) key (b) foot (c) cat (d) sleep
  19. 19.🗣️ In Hindi, “phool” means flower. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) I AM eating a mango (b) a KNOCK on the nose (c) an elephant with HOT tea (d) a flower in a POOL
  20. 20.🗣️ 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
  21. 21.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
  22. 22.🗣️ In Hindi, “neend” means sleep. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) water in a PAN (b) I NEED sleep (c) a tree on a note PAD (d) a SACK full of sugar
  23. 23.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
  24. 24.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “bhaat” is “a BAT made of rice”. What does “bhaat” mean? (a) cat (b) fish (c) key (d) rice
  25. 25.🗣️ 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
  26. 26.🗣️ In Hindi, “haathi” means elephant. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a PIE under your foot (b) an elephant with HOT tea (c) I NEED sleep (d) a book in a KIT bag
  27. 27.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “sakhar” is “a SACK full of sugar”. What does “sakhar” mean? (a) book (b) monkey (c) sugar (d) flower
  28. 28.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a SACK full of sugar”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) kitaab (b) chaand (c) sakhar (d) haathi
  29. 29.🗣️ In Hindi, “mez” means table. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a BATTLE in the clouds (b) a MAZE on a table (c) a tree on a note PAD (d) an elephant with HOT tea
  30. 30.🗣️ In Hindi, “bandar” means monkey. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a monkey in a BAND (b) a BAT made of rice (c) a KNOCK on the nose (d) a CHUBBY key
  31. 31.🗣️ In Hindi, “chaabi” means key. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a PIE under your foot (b) I AM eating a mango (c) a KNOCK on the nose (d) a CHUBBY key
  32. 32.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “shala” is “a school in a SHAWL”. What does “shala” mean? (a) sugar (b) eye (c) school (d) rice
  33. 33.🗣️ In Hindi, “ped” means tree. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) water in a PAN (b) a flower in a POOL (c) a tree on a note PAD (d) a KNOCK on the nose
  34. 34.🗣️ 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
  35. 35.🗣️ In Marathi, “sakhar” means sugar. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a CHUBBY key (b) a fish lighting a MATCH (c) I AM eating a mango (d) a SACK full of sugar
  36. 36.🗣️ 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
  37. 37.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “chaand” is “a CHANDelier on the moon”. What does “chaand” mean? (a) book (b) moon (c) nose (d) elephant
  38. 38.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “an elephant with HOT tea”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) shala (b) baadal (c) haathi (d) machhli
  39. 39.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “phool” is “a flower in a POOL”. What does “phool” mean? (a) cat (b) moon (c) flower (d) elephant
  40. 40.🗣️ In Hindi, “chaand” means moon. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a school in a SHAWL (b) an elephant with HOT tea (c) water in a PAN (d) a CHANDelier on the moon

Answer key

  1. mother
  2. I AM eating a mango
  3. paay
  4. a book in a KIT bag
  5. step 2
  6. elephant
  7. sounds like the new word
  8. hear the new word
  9. phool
  10. chaabi
  11. hear the new word
  12. the word’s meaning
  13. step 4
  14. find a sound-alike word
  15. a funny, moving one
  16. new words in a language
  17. foot
  18. key
  19. a flower in a POOL
  20. link it to the meaning
  21. step 1
  22. I NEED sleep
  23. step 3
  24. rice
  25. hear the new word
  26. an elephant with HOT tea
  27. sugar
  28. sakhar
  29. a MAZE on a table
  30. a monkey in a BAND
  31. a CHUBBY key
  32. school
  33. a tree on a note PAD
  34. find a sound-alike word
  35. a SACK full of sugar
  36. link it to the meaning
  37. moon
  38. haathi
  39. flower
  40. a CHANDelier on the moon

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