Memory Techniques Worksheet: Keyword Method

Memory techniques lesson 16: The keyword method for new words · Set 254 · 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 “a book in a KIT bag”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) paay (b) aam (c) kitaab (d) chaabi
2. 2.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “aam” is “I AM eating a mango”. What does “aam” mean? (a) mango (b) fish (c) tree (d) foot
3. 3.🗣️ In Hindi, “kitaab” means book. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a BATTLE in the clouds (b) an elephant with HOT tea (c) a book in a KIT bag (d) a CHUBBY key
4. 4.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
5. 5.🗣️ 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
6. 6.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) its spelling backwards (b) a random colour (c) nothing else (d) the word’s meaning
7. 7.🗣️ In Hindi, “machhli” means fish. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a cat paying a BILL (b) a school in a SHAWL (c) a fish lighting a MATCH (d) a SACK full of sugar
8. 8.🗣️ 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
9. 9.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or hear the new word? (a) review the picture (b) hear the new word
10. 10.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) is spelled the same (b) sounds like the new word (c) means the same (d) is always in Hindi
11. 11.🗣️ 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
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.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) after a year (b) only in the exam (c) later today and tomorrow (d) never again
14. 14.🗣️ 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
15. 15.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
16. 16.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “bandar” is “a monkey in a BAND”. What does “bandar” mean? (a) foot (b) monkey (c) fish (d) eye
17. 17.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a flower in a POOL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) naak (b) haathi (c) mez (d) phool
18. 18.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
19. 19.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
20. 20.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) a funny, moving one (b) just the word (c) a plain, still one (d) no picture at all
21. 21.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “machhli” is “a fish lighting a MATCH”. What does “machhli” mean? (a) book (b) fish (c) key (d) moon
22. 22.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) new words in a language (b) long numbers (c) drawing maps (d) adding sums
23. 23.🗣️ 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
24. 24.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a PIE under your foot”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) bhaat (b) sakhar (c) dola (d) paay
25. 25.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “an elephant with HOT tea”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) shala (b) phool (c) kitaab (d) haathi
26. 26.🗣️ In Hindi, “mez” means table. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) I AM eating a mango (b) I NEED sleep (c) a flower in a POOL (d) a MAZE on a table
27. 27.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a KNOCK on the nose”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) neend (b) chaabi (c) machhli (d) naak
28. 28.🗣️ In Hindi, “phool” means flower. 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) a flower in a POOL
29. 29.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “sakhar” is “a SACK full of sugar”. What does “sakhar” mean? (a) moon (b) elephant (c) monkey (d) sugar
30. 30.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “bhaat” is “a BAT made of rice”. What does “bhaat” mean? (a) sleep (b) book (c) elephant (d) rice
31. 31.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “shala” is “a school in a SHAWL”. What does “shala” mean? (a) moon (b) school (c) cloud (d) key
32. 32.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “billi” is “a cat paying a BILL”. What does “billi” mean? (a) mother (b) book (c) cloud (d) cat
33. 33.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a tree on a note PAD”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) billi (b) machhli (c) haathi (d) ped
34. 34.🗣️ 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 monkey in a BAND (d) a cat paying a BILL
35. 35.🗣️ 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
36. 36.🗣️ In Marathi, “dola” means eye. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) I NEED sleep (b) a BATTLE in the clouds (c) a DOLL with big eyes (d) a fish lighting a MATCH
37. 37.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “Mum saying “AYE, AYE!””. Which word does it help you remember? (a) chaabi (b) aai (c) bandar (d) paani
38. 38.🗣️ In Hindi, “billi” means cat. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a PIE under your foot (b) a CHANDelier on the moon (c) a cat paying a BILL (d) an elephant with HOT tea
39. 39.🗣️ In Hindi, “paani” means water. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a school in a SHAWL (b) a cat paying a BILL (c) a monkey in a BAND (d) water in a PAN
40. 40.🗣️ In Hindi, “chaabi” means key. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a fish lighting a MATCH (b) a tree on a note PAD (c) a monkey in a BAND (d) a CHUBBY key

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