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