Memory Techniques Worksheet: Keyword Method

Memory techniques lesson 16: The keyword method for new words · Set 256 · 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 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
2. 2.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
3. 3.🗣️ 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
4. 4.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a tree on a note PAD”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) aai (b) neend (c) haathi (d) ped
5. 5.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
6. 6.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) no picture at all (b) just the word (c) a plain, still one (d) a funny, moving one
7. 7.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “water in a PAN”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) haathi (b) paani (c) mez (d) aam
8. 8.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
9. 9.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “baadal” is “a BATTLE in the clouds”. What does “baadal” mean? (a) cloud (b) cat (c) book (d) moon
10. 10.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
11. 11.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) drawing maps (b) adding sums (c) new words in a language (d) long numbers
12. 12.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) nothing else (b) the word’s meaning (c) a random colour (d) its spelling backwards
13. 13.🗣️ 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
14. 14.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) sounds like the new word (b) means the same (c) is spelled the same (d) is always in Hindi
15. 15.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “paay” is “a PIE under your foot”. What does “paay” mean? (a) mother (b) fish (c) eye (d) foot
16. 16.🗣️ In Hindi, “aam” means mango. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a flower in a POOL (b) a cat paying a BILL (c) a book in a KIT bag (d) I AM eating a mango
17. 17.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a MAZE on a table”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) machhli (b) chaand (c) aai (d) mez
18. 18.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or review the picture? (a) hear the new word (b) review the picture
19. 19.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or hear the new word? (a) review the picture (b) hear the new word
20. 20.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “machhli” is “a fish lighting a MATCH”. What does “machhli” mean? (a) fish (b) cat (c) book (d) water
21. 21.🗣️ 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
22. 22.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “billi” is “a cat paying a BILL”. What does “billi” mean? (a) mother (b) cat (c) flower (d) elephant
23. 23.🗣️ 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
24. 24.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “mez” is “a MAZE on a table”. What does “mez” mean? (a) cloud (b) foot (c) rice (d) table
25. 25.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “neend” is “I NEED sleep”. What does “neend” mean? (a) water (b) cat (c) sleep (d) rice
26. 26.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a BATTLE in the clouds”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) chaand (b) baadal (c) bhaat (d) aam
27. 27.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “bandar” is “a monkey in a BAND”. What does “bandar” mean? (a) key (b) book (c) monkey (d) water
28. 28.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “ped” is “a tree on a note PAD”. What does “ped” mean? (a) nose (b) tree (c) sugar (d) foot
29. 29.🗣️ In Hindi, “chaabi” means key. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a DOLL with big eyes (b) a flower in a POOL (c) a cat paying a BILL (d) a CHUBBY key
30. 30.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “ped” is “a tree on a note PAD”. What does “ped” mean? (a) nose (b) fish (c) flower (d) tree
31. 31.🗣️ In Hindi, “phool” means flower. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a BAT made of rice (b) I AM eating a mango (c) water in a PAN (d) a flower in a POOL
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.🗣️ In Marathi, “aai” means mother. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a PIE under your foot (b) a monkey in a BAND (c) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!” (d) a book in a KIT bag
34. 34.🗣️ 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
35. 35.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a SACK full of sugar”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) neend (b) paani (c) sakhar (d) aai
36. 36.🗣️ In Hindi, “machhli” means fish. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a fish lighting a MATCH (b) a BATTLE in the clouds (c) water in a PAN (d) a cat paying a BILL
37. 37.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “aai” is “Mum saying “AYE, AYE!””. What does “aai” mean? (a) sugar (b) flower (c) mother (d) foot
38. 38.🗣️ In Hindi, “kitaab” means book. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a SACK full of sugar (b) a tree on a note PAD (c) a school in a SHAWL (d) a book in a KIT bag
39. 39.🗣️ In Marathi, “sakhar” means sugar. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a SACK full of sugar (b) a book in a KIT bag (c) a PIE under your foot (d) a BAT made of rice
40. 40.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “chaabi” is “a CHUBBY key”. What does “chaabi” mean? (a) fish (b) key (c) book (d) sleep

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