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 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 2.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 3.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) only in the exam (b) after a year (c) later today and tomorrow (d) never again
- 4.🗣️ 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
- 5.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a flower in a POOL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) phool (b) bhaat (c) aam (d) paay
- 6.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
- 7.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) nothing else (b) the word’s meaning (c) a random colour (d) its spelling backwards
- 8.🗣️ 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
- 9.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) drawing maps (b) new words in a language (c) long numbers (d) adding sums
- 10.🗣️ 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
- 11.🗣️ In Hindi, “billi” means cat. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a CHUBBY key (b) a BAT made of rice (c) a cat paying a BILL (d) a flower in a POOL
- 12.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “ped” is “a tree on a note PAD”. What does “ped” mean? (a) rice (b) water (c) foot (d) tree
- 13.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a CHUBBY key”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) chaabi (b) kitaab (c) baadal (d) neend
- 14.🗣️ 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
- 15.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “mez” is “a MAZE on a table”. What does “mez” mean? (a) key (b) mother (c) school (d) table
- 16.🗣️ In Hindi, “chaand” means moon. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) I NEED sleep (b) I AM eating a mango (c) a CHANDelier on the moon (d) a tree on a note PAD
- 17.🗣️ 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
- 18.🗣️ In Marathi, “sakhar” means sugar. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a book in a KIT bag (b) a tree on a note PAD (c) a fish lighting a MATCH (d) a SACK full of sugar
- 19.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “sakhar” is “a SACK full of sugar”. What does “sakhar” mean? (a) mango (b) school (c) sugar (d) sleep
- 20.🗣️ In Hindi, “aam” means mango. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a flower in a POOL (b) a PIE under your foot (c) I AM eating a mango (d) water in a PAN
- 21.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 22.🗣️ In Hindi, “paani” means water. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a monkey in a BAND (b) an elephant with HOT tea (c) a fish lighting a MATCH (d) water in a PAN
- 23.🗣️ In Hindi, “kitaab” means book. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a BATTLE in the clouds (b) a cat paying a BILL (c) a flower in a POOL (d) a book in a KIT bag
- 24.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “phool” is “a flower in a POOL”. What does “phool” mean? (a) book (b) mango (c) table (d) flower
- 25.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) sounds like the new word (b) is spelled the same (c) means the same (d) is always in Hindi
- 26.🗣️ In Hindi, “machhli” means fish. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a BAT made of rice (b) a fish lighting a MATCH (c) a CHUBBY key (d) a flower in a POOL
- 27.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or hear the new word? (a) review the picture (b) hear the new word
- 28.🗣️ 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
- 29.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “machhli” is “a fish lighting a MATCH”. What does “machhli” mean? (a) elephant (b) key (c) table (d) fish
- 30.🗣️ In Marathi, “paay” means foot. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a PIE under your foot (b) a cat paying a BILL (c) a MAZE on a table (d) a tree on a note PAD
- 31.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “billi” is “a cat paying a BILL”. What does “billi” mean? (a) tree (b) cat (c) cloud (d) fish
- 32.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or review the picture? (a) hear the new word (b) review the picture
- 33.🗣️ In Hindi, “neend” means sleep. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a school in a SHAWL (b) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!” (c) I NEED sleep (d) I AM eating a mango
- 34.🗣️ 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
- 35.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a school in a SHAWL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) sakhar (b) kitaab (c) neend (d) shala
- 36.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “chaand” is “a CHANDelier on the moon”. What does “chaand” mean? (a) fish (b) book (c) tree (d) moon
- 37.🗣️ In Marathi, “shala” means school. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a book in a KIT bag (b) a school in a SHAWL (c) a tree on a note PAD (d) water in a PAN
- 38.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “dola” is “a DOLL with big eyes”. What does “dola” mean? (a) sugar (b) fish (c) eye (d) school
- 39.🗣️ 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
- 40.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a book in a KIT bag”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) phool (b) paay (c) sakhar (d) kitaab
Answer key
- step 1
- step 4
- later today and tomorrow
- hear the new word
- phool
- step 3
- the word’s meaning
- link it to the meaning
- new words in a language
- find a sound-alike word
- a cat paying a BILL
- tree
- chaabi
- link it to the meaning
- table
- a CHANDelier on the moon
- find a sound-alike word
- a SACK full of sugar
- sugar
- I AM eating a mango
- step 2
- water in a PAN
- a book in a KIT bag
- flower
- sounds like the new word
- a fish lighting a MATCH
- hear the new word
- hear the new word
- fish
- a PIE under your foot
- cat
- hear the new word
- I NEED sleep
- hear the new word
- shala
- moon
- a school in a SHAWL
- eye
- link it to the meaning
- kitaab
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