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.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) adding sums (b) new words in a language (c) long numbers (d) drawing maps
- 2.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 3.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a PIE under your foot”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) machhli (b) kitaab (c) paay (d) shala
- 4.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or review the picture? (a) hear the new word (b) review the picture
- 5.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “I NEED sleep”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) paani (b) chaand (c) neend (d) aai
- 6.🗣️ 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
- 7.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) after a year (b) only in the exam (c) later today and tomorrow (d) never again
- 8.🗣️ In Hindi, “aam” means mango. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) water in a PAN (b) a school in a SHAWL (c) I AM eating a mango (d) a CHUBBY key
- 9.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 10.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 11.🗣️ In Hindi, “paani” means water. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a flower in a POOL (b) a DOLL with big eyes (c) a MAZE on a table (d) water in a PAN
- 12.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “sakhar” is “a SACK full of sugar”. What does “sakhar” mean? (a) rice (b) mango (c) sugar (d) mother
- 13.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) a plain, still one (b) no picture at all (c) just the word (d) a funny, moving one
- 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.🗣️ In Hindi, “chaabi” means key. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a cat paying a BILL (b) a CHUBBY key (c) a BATTLE in the clouds (d) a flower in a POOL
- 16.🗣️ 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
- 17.🗣️ 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
- 18.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a fish lighting a MATCH”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) billi (b) machhli (c) chaabi (d) haathi
- 19.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) is always in Hindi (b) is spelled the same (c) means the same (d) sounds like the new word
- 20.🗣️ 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
- 21.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a MAZE on a table”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) bhaat (b) billi (c) mez (d) naak
- 22.🗣️ In Hindi, “neend” means sleep. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a KNOCK on the nose (b) a CHANDelier on the moon (c) I AM eating a mango (d) I NEED sleep
- 23.🗣️ 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
- 24.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “billi” is “a cat paying a BILL”. What does “billi” mean? (a) cat (b) moon (c) monkey (d) nose
- 25.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “baadal” is “a BATTLE in the clouds”. What does “baadal” mean? (a) school (b) rice (c) nose (d) cloud
- 26.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a school in a SHAWL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) shala (b) bandar (c) baadal (d) ped
- 27.🗣️ In Marathi, “bhaat” means rice. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a monkey in a BAND (b) a DOLL with big eyes (c) a BAT made of rice (d) a school in a SHAWL
- 28.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “mez” is “a MAZE on a table”. What does “mez” mean? (a) key (b) tree (c) table (d) moon
- 29.🗣️ In Hindi, “mez” means table. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a KNOCK on the nose (b) a DOLL with big eyes (c) a MAZE on a table (d) a cat paying a BILL
- 30.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “shala” is “a school in a SHAWL”. What does “shala” mean? (a) cat (b) mother (c) school (d) tree
- 31.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “kitaab” is “a book in a KIT bag”. What does “kitaab” mean? (a) key (b) mother (c) book (d) sugar
- 32.🗣️ In Hindi, “baadal” means cloud. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a flower in a POOL (b) a tree on a note PAD (c) a book in a KIT bag (d) a BATTLE in the clouds
- 33.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or hear the new word? (a) review the picture (b) hear the new word
- 34.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a flower in a POOL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) paay (b) phool (c) ped (d) sakhar
- 35.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a BATTLE in the clouds”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) baadal (b) aam (c) paani (d) chaabi
- 36.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “paay” is “a PIE under your foot”. What does “paay” mean? (a) school (b) table (c) foot (d) rice
- 37.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “I AM eating a mango”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) billi (b) aam (c) dola (d) paay
- 38.🗣️ 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
- 39.🗣️ 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
- 40.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
Answer key
- new words in a language
- step 4
- paay
- hear the new word
- neend
- step 2
- later today and tomorrow
- I AM eating a mango
- step 3
- step 1
- water in a PAN
- sugar
- a funny, moving one
- link it to the meaning
- a CHUBBY key
- link it to the meaning
- find a sound-alike word
- machhli
- sounds like the new word
- find a sound-alike word
- mez
- I NEED sleep
- find a sound-alike word
- cat
- cloud
- shala
- a BAT made of rice
- table
- a MAZE on a table
- school
- book
- a BATTLE in the clouds
- hear the new word
- phool
- baadal
- foot
- aam
- hear the new word
- hear the new word
- step 1
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