Memory Techniques Worksheet: Keyword Method

Memory techniques lesson 16: The keyword method for new words · Set 187 · 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 is “a tree on a note PAD”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) ped (b) shala (c) haathi (d) paani
2. 2.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “naak” is “a KNOCK on the nose”. What does “naak” mean? (a) fish (b) mango (c) nose (d) school
3. 3.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “aai” is “Mum saying “AYE, AYE!””. What does “aai” mean? (a) fish (b) book (c) monkey (d) mother
4. 4.🗣️ 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
5. 5.🗣️ 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
6. 6.🗣️ 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
7. 7.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “billi” is “a cat paying a BILL”. What does “billi” mean? (a) cat (b) monkey (c) nose (d) sleep
8. 8.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “I NEED sleep”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) haathi (b) neend (c) machhli (d) dola
9. 9.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
10. 10.🗣️ 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
11. 11.🗣️ 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
12. 12.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “aam” is “I AM eating a mango”. What does “aam” mean? (a) nose (b) sugar (c) mother (d) mango
13. 13.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
14. 14.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a DOLL with big eyes”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) sakhar (b) shala (c) dola (d) kitaab
15. 15.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) only in the exam (b) never again (c) later today and tomorrow (d) after a year
16. 16.🗣️ 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
17. 17.🗣️ In Marathi, “sakhar” means sugar. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a SACK full of sugar (b) a BATTLE in the clouds (c) a cat paying a BILL (d) a tree on a note PAD
18. 18.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a BAT made of rice”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) machhli (b) dola (c) bhaat (d) aam
19. 19.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) the word’s meaning (b) a random colour (c) nothing else (d) its spelling backwards
20. 20.🗣️ In Hindi, “mez” means table. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a monkey in a BAND (b) a DOLL with big eyes (c) an elephant with HOT tea (d) a MAZE on a table
21. 21.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “paay” is “a PIE under your foot”. What does “paay” mean? (a) cloud (b) foot (c) flower (d) sleep
22. 22.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) adding sums (b) new words in a language (c) long numbers (d) drawing maps
23. 23.🗣️ In Hindi, “phool” means flower. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) water in a PAN (b) a BATTLE in the clouds (c) an elephant with HOT tea (d) a flower in a POOL
24. 24.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a monkey in a BAND”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) phool (b) bhaat (c) aam (d) bandar
25. 25.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
26. 26.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a fish lighting a MATCH”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) phool (b) paay (c) shala (d) machhli
27. 27.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “bandar” is “a monkey in a BAND”. What does “bandar” mean? (a) key (b) eye (c) mango (d) monkey
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 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
30. 30.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a KNOCK on the nose”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) naak (b) neend (c) chaand (d) paani
31. 31.🗣️ In Hindi, “billi” means cat. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a BAT made of rice (b) a cat paying a BILL (c) a DOLL with big eyes (d) an elephant with HOT tea
32. 32.🗣️ In Marathi, “aai” means mother. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!” (b) a fish lighting a MATCH (c) a CHUBBY key (d) a book in a KIT bag
33. 33.🗣️ 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
34. 34.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or review the picture? (a) hear the new word (b) review the picture
35. 35.🗣️ 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
36. 36.🗣️ In Marathi, “dola” means eye. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a flower in a POOL (b) a DOLL with big eyes (c) water in a PAN (d) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!”
37. 37.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “water in a PAN”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) aam (b) haathi (c) phool (d) paani
38. 38.🗣️ In Marathi, “bhaat” means rice. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a tree on a note PAD (b) an elephant with HOT tea (c) a MAZE on a table (d) a BAT made of rice
39. 39.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “I AM eating a mango”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) neend (b) aam (c) dola (d) bhaat
40. 40.🗣️ In Hindi, “baadal” means cloud. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a BATTLE in the clouds (b) water in a PAN (c) a CHUBBY key (d) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!”

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