Memory Techniques Worksheet: Keyword Method

Memory techniques lesson 16: The keyword method for new words · Set 251 · 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.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
2. 2.🗣️ 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
3. 3.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a cat paying a BILL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) shala (b) chaand (c) billi (d) naak
4. 4.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
5. 5.🗣️ 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
6. 6.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “paani” is “water in a PAN”. What does “paani” mean? (a) eye (b) monkey (c) water (d) foot
7. 7.🗣️ 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
8. 8.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) nothing else (b) the word’s meaning (c) a random colour (d) its spelling backwards
9. 9.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) long numbers (b) adding sums (c) new words in a language (d) drawing maps
10. 10.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) never again (b) only in the exam (c) later today and tomorrow (d) after a year
11. 11.🗣️ In Hindi, “haathi” means elephant. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a tree on a note PAD (b) a flower in a POOL (c) an elephant with HOT tea (d) a DOLL with big eyes
12. 12.🗣️ 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
13. 13.🗣️ 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
14. 14.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a CHANDelier on the moon”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) bhaat (b) haathi (c) baadal (d) chaand
15. 15.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
16. 16.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “paay” is “a PIE under your foot”. What does “paay” mean? (a) foot (b) book (c) sleep (d) mango
17. 17.🗣️ In Marathi, “dola” means eye. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a DOLL with big eyes (b) I NEED sleep (c) water in a PAN (d) a tree on a note PAD
18. 18.🗣️ In Hindi, “kitaab” means book. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a cat paying a BILL (b) a CHANDelier on the moon (c) a book in a KIT bag (d) a KNOCK on the nose
19. 19.🗣️ In Hindi, “phool” means flower. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) water in a PAN (b) a CHANDelier on the moon (c) a flower in a POOL (d) a PIE under your foot
20. 20.🗣️ In Hindi, “aam” means mango. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a MAZE on a table (b) a book in a KIT bag (c) I AM eating a mango (d) a fish lighting a MATCH
21. 21.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “I AM eating a mango”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) chaand (b) neend (c) kitaab (d) aam
22. 22.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “water in a PAN”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) paani (b) bhaat (c) kitaab (d) machhli
23. 23.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a DOLL with big eyes”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) machhli (b) chaabi (c) kitaab (d) dola
24. 24.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “an elephant with HOT tea”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) kitaab (b) neend (c) haathi (d) dola
25. 25.🗣️ 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
26. 26.🗣️ In Hindi, “machhli” means fish. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a fish lighting a MATCH (b) a SACK full of sugar (c) a DOLL with big eyes (d) a book in a KIT bag
27. 27.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or review the picture? (a) hear the new word (b) review the picture
28. 28.🗣️ In Marathi, “aai” means mother. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a tree on a note PAD (b) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!” (c) a flower in a POOL (d) a DOLL with big eyes
29. 29.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “I NEED sleep”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) neend (b) ped (c) aai (d) billi
30. 30.🗣️ 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
31. 31.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) no picture at all (b) just the word (c) a funny, moving one (d) a plain, still one
32. 32.🗣️ 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
33. 33.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “dola” is “a DOLL with big eyes”. What does “dola” mean? (a) foot (b) eye (c) sugar (d) book
34. 34.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a KNOCK on the nose”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) bhaat (b) sakhar (c) naak (d) phool
35. 35.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a SACK full of sugar”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) paani (b) haathi (c) paay (d) sakhar
36. 36.🗣️ In Marathi, “shala” means school. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a KNOCK on the nose (b) a fish lighting a MATCH (c) a flower in a POOL (d) a school in a SHAWL
37. 37.🗣️ In Marathi, “naak” means nose. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a fish lighting a MATCH (b) a KNOCK on the nose (c) a BAT made of rice (d) a cat paying a BILL
38. 38.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “kitaab” is “a book in a KIT bag”. What does “kitaab” mean? (a) water (b) key (c) foot (d) book
39. 39.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “chaabi” is “a CHUBBY key”. What does “chaabi” mean? (a) mango (b) key (c) sleep (d) mother
40. 40.🗣️ In Hindi, “bandar” means monkey. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a DOLL with big eyes (b) a monkey in a BAND (c) I NEED sleep (d) a flower in a POOL

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