Memory Techniques Worksheet: Keyword Method

Memory techniques lesson 16: The keyword method for new words · Set 335 · 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 Hindi, “phool” means flower. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a BAT made of rice (b) a flower in a POOL (c) a tree on a note PAD (d) an elephant with HOT tea
2. 2.🗣️ In Hindi, “ped” means tree. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a BATTLE in the clouds (b) a tree on a note PAD (c) a MAZE on a table (d) a DOLL with big eyes
3. 3.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) its spelling backwards (b) the word’s meaning (c) nothing else (d) a random colour
4. 4.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “mez” is “a MAZE on a table”. What does “mez” mean? (a) eye (b) key (c) table (d) water
5. 5.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) long numbers (b) adding sums (c) drawing maps (d) new words in a language
6. 6.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a MAZE on a table”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) billi (b) mez (c) chaabi (d) phool
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) no picture at all (b) a plain, still one (c) just the word (d) a funny, moving one
9. 9.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “aam” is “I AM eating a mango”. What does “aam” mean? (a) monkey (b) elephant (c) mango (d) table
10. 10.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or review the picture? (a) hear the new word (b) review the picture
11. 11.🗣️ In Marathi, “sakhar” means sugar. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a MAZE on a table (b) a DOLL with big eyes (c) a flower in a POOL (d) a SACK full of sugar
12. 12.🗣️ 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
13. 13.🗣️ 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
14. 14.🗣️ In Hindi, “chaabi” means key. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a CHANDelier on the moon (b) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!” (c) a KNOCK on the nose (d) a CHUBBY key
15. 15.🗣️ In Marathi, “aai” means mother. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a book in a KIT bag (b) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!” (c) a CHANDelier on the moon (d) a tree on a note PAD
16. 16.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a flower in a POOL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) bhaat (b) kitaab (c) shala (d) phool
17. 17.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “paani” is “water in a PAN”. What does “paani” mean? (a) foot (b) cat (c) water (d) school
18. 18.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “I NEED sleep”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) billi (b) sakhar (c) neend (d) paani
19. 19.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
20. 20.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a tree on a note PAD”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) ped (b) dola (c) haathi (d) bhaat
21. 21.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “billi” is “a cat paying a BILL”. What does “billi” mean? (a) cat (b) sleep (c) flower (d) cloud
22. 22.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a PIE under your foot”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) haathi (b) paay (c) paani (d) naak
23. 23.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) never again (b) after a year (c) only in the exam (d) later today and tomorrow
24. 24.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
25. 25.🗣️ In Marathi, “shala” means school. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a fish lighting a MATCH (b) an elephant with HOT tea (c) a BATTLE in the clouds (d) a school in a SHAWL
26. 26.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “chaabi” is “a CHUBBY key”. What does “chaabi” mean? (a) water (b) cloud (c) monkey (d) key
27. 27.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
28. 28.🗣️ 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
29. 29.🗣️ 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
30. 30.🗣️ 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
31. 31.🗣️ 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
32. 32.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or hear the new word? (a) review the picture (b) hear the new word
33. 33.🗣️ In Hindi, “paani” means water. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a CHANDelier on the moon (b) water in a PAN (c) a MAZE on a table (d) a book in a KIT bag
34. 34.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a BAT made of rice”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) aam (b) billi (c) bandar (d) bhaat
35. 35.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “kitaab” is “a book in a KIT bag”. What does “kitaab” mean? (a) flower (b) mango (c) moon (d) book
36. 36.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a school in a SHAWL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) shala (b) mez (c) paani (d) aam
37. 37.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a SACK full of sugar”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) chaand (b) ped (c) sakhar (d) mez
38. 38.🗣️ 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
39. 39.🗣️ In Hindi, “haathi” means elephant. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a CHUBBY key (b) an elephant with HOT tea (c) a flower in a POOL (d) a tree on a note PAD
40. 40.🗣️ In Marathi, “bhaat” means rice. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a tree on a note PAD (b) an elephant with HOT tea (c) a BAT made of rice (d) a CHUBBY key

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