Memory Techniques Worksheet: Keyword Method

Memory techniques lesson 16: The keyword method for new words · Set 330 · 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.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) later today and tomorrow (b) after a year (c) only in the exam (d) never again
2. 2.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
3. 3.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “water in a PAN”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) paani (b) billi (c) shala (d) chaabi
4. 4.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) long numbers (b) drawing maps (c) new words in a language (d) adding sums
5. 5.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) the word’s meaning (b) its spelling backwards (c) nothing else (d) a random colour
6. 6.🗣️ In Hindi, “aam” means mango. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a CHANDelier on the moon (b) a monkey in a BAND (c) I AM eating a mango (d) a BATTLE in the clouds
7. 7.🗣️ 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
8. 8.🗣️ 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
9. 9.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) just the word (b) no picture at all (c) a funny, moving one (d) a plain, still one
10. 10.🗣️ 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
11. 11.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) sounds like the new word (b) is always in Hindi (c) is spelled the same (d) means the same
12. 12.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
13. 13.🗣️ In Marathi, “aai” means mother. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a SACK full of sugar (b) a PIE under your foot (c) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!” (d) a MAZE on a table
14. 14.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
15. 15.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a flower in a POOL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) ped (b) phool (c) chaand (d) paani
16. 16.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or review the picture? (a) hear the new word (b) review the picture
17. 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. 18.🗣️ 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
19. 19.🗣️ 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
20. 20.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a cat paying a BILL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) chaabi (b) naak (c) billi (d) kitaab
21. 21.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “billi” is “a cat paying a BILL”. What does “billi” mean? (a) cat (b) flower (c) book (d) fish
22. 22.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “bandar” is “a monkey in a BAND”. What does “bandar” mean? (a) school (b) mango (c) key (d) monkey
23. 23.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “machhli” is “a fish lighting a MATCH”. What does “machhli” mean? (a) fish (b) cloud (c) nose (d) mango
24. 24.🗣️ In Hindi, “billi” means cat. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) an elephant with HOT tea (b) a cat paying a BILL (c) I NEED sleep (d) a PIE under your foot
25. 25.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a CHUBBY key”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) aam (b) chaabi (c) bhaat (d) shala
26. 26.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “neend” is “I NEED sleep”. What does “neend” mean? (a) key (b) sleep (c) mango (d) water
27. 27.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “naak” is “a KNOCK on the nose”. What does “naak” mean? (a) sugar (b) nose (c) key (d) foot
28. 28.🗣️ 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
29. 29.🗣️ 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
30. 30.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “ped” is “a tree on a note PAD”. What does “ped” mean? (a) elephant (b) cloud (c) tree (d) monkey
31. 31.🗣️ 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
32. 32.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “haathi” is “an elephant with HOT tea”. What does “haathi” mean? (a) monkey (b) flower (c) mango (d) elephant
33. 33.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a BATTLE in the clouds”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) bhaat (b) kitaab (c) aai (d) baadal
34. 34.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a SACK full of sugar”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) billi (b) haathi (c) sakhar (d) chaabi
35. 35.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or hear the new word? (a) review the picture (b) hear the new word
36. 36.🗣️ In Marathi, “bhaat” means rice. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a school in a SHAWL (b) a PIE under your foot (c) a CHUBBY key (d) a BAT made of rice
37. 37.🗣️ In Hindi, “phool” means flower. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a fish lighting a MATCH (b) a SACK full of sugar (c) a monkey in a BAND (d) a flower in a POOL
38. 38.🗣️ In Hindi, “kitaab” means book. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a PIE under your foot (b) a MAZE on a table (c) a book in a KIT bag (d) I AM eating a mango
39. 39.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a KNOCK on the nose”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) baadal (b) machhli (c) bandar (d) naak
40. 40.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4

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