Memory Techniques Worksheet: Keyword Method

Memory techniques lesson 16: The keyword method for new words · Set 307 · 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 link it to the meaning? (a) review the picture (b) link it to the meaning
2. 2.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a CHANDelier on the moon”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) baadal (b) paani (c) chaand (d) aam
3. 3.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) no picture at all (b) a funny, moving one (c) just the word (d) a plain, still one
4. 4.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
5. 5.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “ped” is “a tree on a note PAD”. What does “ped” mean? (a) monkey (b) tree (c) moon (d) mango
6. 6.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
7. 7.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “sakhar” is “a SACK full of sugar”. What does “sakhar” mean? (a) sugar (b) eye (c) water (d) table
8. 8.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a BAT made of rice”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) chaand (b) dola (c) aai (d) bhaat
9. 9.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a KNOCK on the nose”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) naak (b) neend (c) bhaat (d) dola
10. 10.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “bandar” is “a monkey in a BAND”. What does “bandar” mean? (a) book (b) moon (c) eye (d) monkey
11. 11.🗣️ 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
12. 12.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) means the same (b) is always in Hindi (c) sounds like the new word (d) is spelled the same
13. 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. 14.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “chaand” is “a CHANDelier on the moon”. What does “chaand” mean? (a) moon (b) eye (c) tree (d) nose
15. 15.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
16. 16.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
17. 17.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) later today and tomorrow (b) never again (c) only in the exam (d) after a year
18. 18.🗣️ In Hindi, “neend” means sleep. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a BAT made of rice (b) I NEED sleep (c) a flower in a POOL (d) I AM eating a mango
19. 19.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a SACK full of sugar”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) dola (b) aai (c) sakhar (d) haathi
20. 20.🗣️ In Marathi, “aai” means mother. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a book in a KIT bag (b) a KNOCK on the nose (c) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!” (d) a monkey in a BAND
21. 21.🗣️ In Hindi, “paani” means water. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a monkey in a BAND (b) a MAZE on a table (c) a cat paying a BILL (d) water in a PAN
22. 22.🗣️ In Marathi, “naak” means nose. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) an elephant with HOT tea (b) I AM eating a mango (c) a KNOCK on the nose (d) a monkey in a BAND
23. 23.🗣️ In Marathi, “paay” means foot. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a book in a KIT bag (b) a CHUBBY key (c) a PIE under your foot (d) water in a PAN
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 for the Marathi word “paay” is “a PIE under your foot”. What does “paay” mean? (a) foot (b) elephant (c) sleep (d) book
26. 26.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “water in a PAN”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) paani (b) chaabi (c) machhli (d) aam
27. 27.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “billi” is “a cat paying a BILL”. What does “billi” mean? (a) sugar (b) cat (c) water (d) nose
28. 28.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) a random colour (b) its spelling backwards (c) nothing else (d) the word’s meaning
29. 29.🗣️ In Hindi, “aam” means mango. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a MAZE on a table (b) I AM eating a mango (c) a CHANDelier on the moon (d) a DOLL with big eyes
30. 30.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a CHUBBY key”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) billi (b) machhli (c) chaabi (d) baadal
31. 31.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “baadal” is “a BATTLE in the clouds”. What does “baadal” mean? (a) cloud (b) fish (c) rice (d) key
32. 32.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) adding sums (b) new words in a language (c) long numbers (d) drawing maps
33. 33.🗣️ In Hindi, “mez” means table. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a cat paying a BILL (b) a MAZE on a table (c) a CHUBBY key (d) a school in a SHAWL
34. 34.🗣️ In Hindi, “machhli” means fish. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a fish lighting a MATCH (b) a BAT made of rice (c) a school in a SHAWL (d) a BATTLE in the clouds
35. 35.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “shala” is “a school in a SHAWL”. What does “shala” mean? (a) school (b) foot (c) mango (d) nose
36. 36.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a school in a SHAWL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) aai (b) baadal (c) shala (d) neend
37. 37.🗣️ 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
38. 38.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or hear the new word? (a) review the picture (b) hear the new word
39. 39.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a flower in a POOL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) sakhar (b) phool (c) mez (d) aai
40. 40.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “haathi” is “an elephant with HOT tea”. What does “haathi” mean? (a) rice (b) elephant (c) moon (d) eye

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