Memory Techniques Worksheet: Keyword Method

Memory techniques lesson 16: The keyword method for new words · Set 301 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or hear the new word? (a) review the picture (b) hear the new word
2. 2.🗣️ 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
3. 3.🗣️ 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
4. 4.🗣️ 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
5. 5.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “haathi” is “an elephant with HOT tea”. What does “haathi” mean? (a) cat (b) mother (c) elephant (d) book
6. 6.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) is spelled the same (b) sounds like the new word (c) is always in Hindi (d) means the same
7. 7.🗣️ In Hindi, “paani” means water. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) water in a PAN (b) a school in a SHAWL (c) a KNOCK on the nose (d) a PIE under your foot
8. 8.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) drawing maps (b) new words in a language (c) adding sums (d) long numbers
9. 9.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a flower in a POOL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) phool (b) mez (c) bhaat (d) sakhar
10. 10.🗣️ In Hindi, “baadal” means cloud. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a book in a KIT bag (b) a BATTLE in the clouds (c) a CHANDelier on the moon (d) a CHUBBY key
11. 11.🗣️ 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
12. 12.🗣️ In Hindi, “aam” means mango. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a KNOCK on the nose (b) an elephant with HOT tea (c) a BATTLE in the clouds (d) I AM eating a mango
13. 13.🗣️ 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
14. 14.🗣️ 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
15. 15.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) its spelling backwards (b) a random colour (c) nothing else (d) the word’s meaning
16. 16.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) no picture at all (b) just the word (c) a plain, still one (d) a funny, moving one
17. 17.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
18. 18.🗣️ 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
19. 19.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
20. 20.🗣️ 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
21. 21.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a book in a KIT bag”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) baadal (b) kitaab (c) phool (d) aam
22. 22.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “I AM eating a mango”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) aam (b) haathi (c) dola (d) machhli
23. 23.🗣️ In Hindi, “neend” means sleep. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a book in a KIT bag (b) a DOLL with big eyes (c) a fish lighting a MATCH (d) I NEED sleep
24. 24.🗣️ 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
25. 25.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a BAT made of rice”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) aam (b) shala (c) phool (d) bhaat
26. 26.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “chaabi” is “a CHUBBY key”. What does “chaabi” mean? (a) sugar (b) cat (c) key (d) moon
27. 27.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “paay” is “a PIE under your foot”. What does “paay” mean? (a) elephant (b) eye (c) sugar (d) foot
28. 28.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “ped” is “a tree on a note PAD”. What does “ped” mean? (a) key (b) cat (c) flower (d) tree
29. 29.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or review the picture? (a) hear the new word (b) review the picture
30. 30.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a monkey in a BAND”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) aam (b) neend (c) bandar (d) shala
31. 31.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a cat paying a BILL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) aam (b) mez (c) machhli (d) billi
32. 32.🗣️ In Hindi, “billi” means cat. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) water in a PAN (b) a flower in a POOL (c) a cat paying a BILL (d) I AM eating a mango
33. 33.🗣️ In Marathi, “sakhar” means sugar. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a DOLL with big eyes (b) a fish lighting a MATCH (c) a SACK full of sugar (d) a BATTLE in the clouds
34. 34.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
35. 35.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “bandar” is “a monkey in a BAND”. What does “bandar” mean? (a) sugar (b) monkey (c) foot (d) book
36. 36.🗣️ In Hindi, “bandar” means monkey. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a KNOCK on the nose (b) a flower in a POOL (c) a tree on a note PAD (d) a monkey in a BAND
37. 37.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “paani” is “water in a PAN”. What does “paani” mean? (a) sleep (b) water (c) mother (d) monkey
38. 38.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “water in a PAN”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) paani (b) chaand (c) baadal (d) sakhar
39. 39.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “machhli” is “a fish lighting a MATCH”. What does “machhli” mean? (a) fish (b) school (c) book (d) water
40. 40.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a CHUBBY key”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) shala (b) chaabi (c) naak (d) bandar

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