Memory Techniques Worksheet: Keyword Method

Memory techniques lesson 16: The keyword method for new words · Set 189 · 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 “I AM eating a mango”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) paay (b) naak (c) phool (d) aam
2. 2.🗣️ 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
3. 3.🗣️ 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
4. 4.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) a random colour (b) its spelling backwards (c) the word’s meaning (d) nothing else
5. 5.🗣️ 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
6. 6.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “baadal” is “a BATTLE in the clouds”. What does “baadal” mean? (a) mango (b) cloud (c) flower (d) sugar
7. 7.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
8. 8.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a KNOCK on the nose”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) phool (b) chaand (c) naak (d) dola
9. 9.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
10. 10.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) new words in a language (b) adding sums (c) drawing maps (d) long numbers
11. 11.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “shala” is “a school in a SHAWL”. What does “shala” mean? (a) tree (b) mother (c) school (d) foot
12. 12.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) just the word (b) a plain, still one (c) a funny, moving one (d) no picture at all
13. 13.🗣️ In Hindi, “mez” means table. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a fish lighting a MATCH (b) a MAZE on a table (c) water in a PAN (d) a BATTLE in the clouds
14. 14.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “neend” is “I NEED sleep”. What does “neend” mean? (a) monkey (b) tree (c) eye (d) sleep
15. 15.🗣️ 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
16. 16.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “paay” is “a PIE under your foot”. What does “paay” mean? (a) foot (b) tree (c) mango (d) key
17. 17.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) is always in Hindi (b) means the same (c) is spelled the same (d) sounds like the new word
18. 18.🗣️ 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
19. 19.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “Mum saying “AYE, AYE!””. Which word does it help you remember? (a) haathi (b) aai (c) aam (d) bandar
20. 20.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or hear the new word? (a) review the picture (b) hear the new word
21. 21.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “mez” is “a MAZE on a table”. What does “mez” mean? (a) fish (b) mother (c) tree (d) table
22. 22.🗣️ In Hindi, “chaabi” means key. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a SACK full of sugar (b) a MAZE on a table (c) a PIE under your foot (d) a CHUBBY key
23. 23.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a CHUBBY key”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) bhaat (b) chaabi (c) haathi (d) naak
24. 24.🗣️ 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
25. 25.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or review the picture? (a) hear the new word (b) review the picture
26. 26.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “billi” is “a cat paying a BILL”. What does “billi” mean? (a) book (b) flower (c) school (d) cat
27. 27.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
28. 28.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a BAT made of rice”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) bhaat (b) aam (c) dola (d) haathi
29. 29.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a fish lighting a MATCH”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) neend (b) haathi (c) billi (d) machhli
30. 30.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a tree on a note PAD”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) billi (b) dola (c) ped (d) aam
31. 31.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
32. 32.🗣️ 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
33. 33.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a DOLL with big eyes”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) mez (b) aai (c) billi (d) dola
34. 34.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “aam” is “I AM eating a mango”. What does “aam” mean? (a) mango (b) flower (c) elephant (d) moon
35. 35.🗣️ In Hindi, “baadal” means cloud. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a PIE under your foot (b) a BATTLE in the clouds (c) a fish lighting a MATCH (d) a CHUBBY key
36. 36.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “chaand” is “a CHANDelier on the moon”. What does “chaand” mean? (a) mango (b) flower (c) moon (d) sleep
37. 37.🗣️ 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
38. 38.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “an elephant with HOT tea”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) kitaab (b) aai (c) shala (d) haathi
39. 39.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a MAZE on a table”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) naak (b) bandar (c) mez (d) baadal
40. 40.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “water in a PAN”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) ped (b) paani (c) aai (d) mez

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