Memory Techniques Worksheet: Keyword Method

Memory techniques lesson 16: The keyword method for new words · Set 197 · 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 Hindi, “kitaab” means book. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a CHUBBY key (b) a flower in a POOL (c) a book in a KIT bag (d) a BAT made of rice
2. 2.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “bhaat” is “a BAT made of rice”. What does “bhaat” mean? (a) monkey (b) rice (c) table (d) flower
3. 3.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “chaand” is “a CHANDelier on the moon”. What does “chaand” mean? (a) cloud (b) moon (c) book (d) water
4. 4.🗣️ In Hindi, “chaand” means moon. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a CHANDelier on the moon (b) a DOLL with big eyes (c) a flower in a POOL (d) a BATTLE in the clouds
5. 5.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
6. 6.🗣️ In Hindi, “mez” means table. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a MAZE on a table (b) I NEED sleep (c) a monkey in a BAND (d) a book in a KIT bag
7. 7.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “dola” is “a DOLL with big eyes”. What does “dola” mean? (a) flower (b) water (c) school (d) eye
8. 8.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) never again (b) later today and tomorrow (c) after a year (d) only in the exam
9. 9.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) no picture at all (b) a plain, still one (c) just the word (d) a funny, moving one
10. 10.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
11. 11.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) is always in Hindi (b) means the same (c) sounds like the new word (d) is spelled the same
12. 12.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) its spelling backwards (b) a random colour (c) the word’s meaning (d) nothing else
13. 13.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “aai” is “Mum saying “AYE, AYE!””. What does “aai” mean? (a) table (b) cloud (c) mother (d) elephant
14. 14.🗣️ 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
15. 15.🗣️ 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
16. 16.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a KNOCK on the nose”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) kitaab (b) naak (c) ped (d) haathi
17. 17.🗣️ 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
18. 18.🗣️ 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
19. 19.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “baadal” is “a BATTLE in the clouds”. What does “baadal” mean? (a) book (b) key (c) foot (d) cloud
20. 20.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “I NEED sleep”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) ped (b) sakhar (c) neend (d) dola
21. 21.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or hear the new word? (a) review the picture (b) hear the new word
22. 22.🗣️ 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
23. 23.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a school in a SHAWL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) kitaab (b) baadal (c) shala (d) machhli
24. 24.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or review the picture? (a) hear the new word (b) review the picture
25. 25.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “an elephant with HOT tea”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) kitaab (b) paay (c) aai (d) haathi
26. 26.🗣️ In Marathi, “dola” means eye. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a KNOCK on the nose (b) a SACK full of sugar (c) a DOLL with big eyes (d) a cat paying a BILL
27. 27.🗣️ In Hindi, “ped” means tree. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a DOLL with big eyes (b) a tree on a note PAD (c) I NEED sleep (d) a cat paying a BILL
28. 28.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
29. 29.🗣️ 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
30. 30.🗣️ In Hindi, “baadal” means cloud. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a tree on a note PAD (b) a BATTLE in the clouds (c) a monkey in a BAND (d) a flower in a POOL
31. 31.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “Mum saying “AYE, AYE!””. Which word does it help you remember? (a) aam (b) chaabi (c) aai (d) haathi
32. 32.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
33. 33.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) new words in a language (b) long numbers (c) drawing maps (d) adding sums
34. 34.🗣️ In Hindi, “phool” means flower. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) an elephant with HOT tea (b) a flower in a POOL (c) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!” (d) a KNOCK on the nose
35. 35.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “water in a PAN”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) bhaat (b) paani (c) bandar (d) aai
36. 36.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a BATTLE in the clouds”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) baadal (b) paani (c) chaand (d) phool
37. 37.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “I AM eating a mango”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) dola (b) aam (c) kitaab (d) billi
38. 38.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) no picture at all (b) a funny, moving one (c) just the word (d) a plain, still one
39. 39.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a monkey in a BAND”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) bandar (b) neend (c) dola (d) aam
40. 40.🗣️ In Hindi, “neend” means sleep. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) an elephant with HOT tea (b) a flower in a POOL (c) a BATTLE in the clouds (d) I NEED sleep

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