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