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