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