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.🗣️ 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
- 2.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 3.🗣️ 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
- 4.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) adding sums (b) long numbers (c) new words in a language (d) drawing maps
- 5.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 6.🗣️ 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
- 7.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) only in the exam (b) later today and tomorrow (c) never again (d) after a year
- 8.🗣️ 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
- 9.🗣️ 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
- 10.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a SACK full of sugar”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) aam (b) dola (c) sakhar (d) paani
- 11.🗣️ 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
- 12.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 13.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a fish lighting a MATCH”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) sakhar (b) chaabi (c) machhli (d) paani
- 14.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) no picture at all (b) a plain, still one (c) a funny, moving one (d) just the word
- 15.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or review the picture? (a) hear the new word (b) review the picture
- 16.🗣️ 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
- 17.🗣️ In Hindi, “neend” means sleep. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) I AM eating a mango (b) a CHUBBY key (c) a book in a KIT bag (d) I NEED sleep
- 18.🗣️ In Hindi, “aam” means mango. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a tree on a note PAD (b) a cat paying a BILL (c) I AM eating a mango (d) a book in a KIT bag
- 19.🗣️ 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
- 20.🗣️ In Hindi, “machhli” means fish. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) water in a PAN (b) a fish lighting a MATCH (c) a KNOCK on the nose (d) a PIE under your foot
- 21.🗣️ In Hindi, “ped” means tree. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a SACK full of sugar (b) a school in a SHAWL (c) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!” (d) a tree on a note PAD
- 22.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a school in a SHAWL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) kitaab (b) ped (c) shala (d) mez
- 23.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a CHANDelier on the moon”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) chaand (b) ped (c) mez (d) haathi
- 24.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) sounds like the new word (b) is spelled the same (c) means the same (d) is always in Hindi
- 25.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “shala” is “a school in a SHAWL”. What does “shala” mean? (a) school (b) tree (c) eye (d) moon
- 26.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “haathi” is “an elephant with HOT tea”. What does “haathi” mean? (a) table (b) rice (c) sugar (d) elephant
- 27.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a book in a KIT bag”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) sakhar (b) aam (c) kitaab (d) bhaat
- 28.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “I NEED sleep”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) machhli (b) neend (c) chaabi (d) paay
- 29.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a tree on a note PAD”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) mez (b) ped (c) aam (d) paay
- 30.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “I AM eating a mango”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) paay (b) aai (c) haathi (d) aam
- 31.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “kitaab” is “a book in a KIT bag”. What does “kitaab” mean? (a) sugar (b) book (c) mango (d) cat
- 32.🗣️ 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
- 33.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a monkey in a BAND”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) paani (b) bandar (c) mez (d) shala
- 34.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a KNOCK on the nose”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) machhli (b) sakhar (c) chaabi (d) naak
- 35.🗣️ 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
- 36.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “neend” is “I NEED sleep”. What does “neend” mean? (a) sleep (b) elephant (c) sugar (d) water
- 37.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a cat paying a BILL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) shala (b) paay (c) billi (d) machhli
- 38.🗣️ In Marathi, “shala” means school. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) an elephant with HOT tea (b) a school in a SHAWL (c) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!” (d) a BAT made of rice
- 39.🗣️ In Hindi, “paani” means water. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a cat paying a BILL (b) a monkey in a BAND (c) a school in a SHAWL (d) water in a PAN
- 40.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “dola” is “a DOLL with big eyes”. What does “dola” mean? (a) mango (b) fish (c) eye (d) key
Answer key
- find a sound-alike word
- step 2
- hear the new word
- new words in a language
- step 4
- step 3
- later today and tomorrow
- find a sound-alike word
- link it to the meaning
- sakhar
- link it to the meaning
- step 1
- machhli
- a funny, moving one
- hear the new word
- find a sound-alike word
- I NEED sleep
- I AM eating a mango
- hear the new word
- a fish lighting a MATCH
- a tree on a note PAD
- shala
- chaand
- sounds like the new word
- school
- elephant
- kitaab
- neend
- ped
- aam
- book
- find a sound-alike word
- bandar
- naak
- hear the new word
- sleep
- billi
- a school in a SHAWL
- water in a PAN
- eye
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