Memory Techniques Worksheet: Keyword Method

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

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