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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Keyword Method

Memory techniques lesson 16: The keyword method for new words · Set 346 · 40 questions
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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.

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  1. 1.🗣️ 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
  2. 2.🗣️ 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
  3. 3.🗣️ In Hindi, “aam” means mango. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a BAT made of rice (b) a CHANDelier on the moon (c) I AM eating a mango (d) a school in a SHAWL
  4. 4.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “dola” is “a DOLL with big eyes”. What does “dola” mean? (a) moon (b) sleep (c) eye (d) tree
  5. 5.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
  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.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) drawing maps (b) adding sums (c) long numbers (d) new words in a language
  8. 8.🗣️ 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
  9. 9.🗣️ 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
  10. 10.🗣️ 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
  11. 11.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or hear the new word? (a) review the picture (b) hear the new word
  12. 12.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “water in a PAN”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) shala (b) bhaat (c) paani (d) haathi
  13. 13.🗣️ 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
  14. 14.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “billi” is “a cat paying a BILL”. What does “billi” mean? (a) tree (b) mango (c) cat (d) fish
  15. 15.🗣️ In Hindi, “phool” means flower. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a flower in a POOL (b) a MAZE on a table (c) a fish lighting a MATCH (d) a SACK full of sugar
  16. 16.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
  17. 17.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a BATTLE in the clouds”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) ped (b) paay (c) baadal (d) chaand
  18. 18.🗣️ In Marathi, “sakhar” means sugar. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a tree on a note PAD (b) a cat paying a BILL (c) a SACK full of sugar (d) a school in a SHAWL
  19. 19.🗣️ 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
  20. 20.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “an elephant with HOT tea”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) haathi (b) naak (c) ped (d) chaand
  21. 21.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “paani” is “water in a PAN”. What does “paani” mean? (a) cat (b) elephant (c) sleep (d) water
  22. 22.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) sounds like the new word (b) means the same (c) is spelled the same (d) is always in Hindi
  23. 23.🗣️ 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
  24. 24.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “neend” is “I NEED sleep”. What does “neend” mean? (a) sleep (b) rice (c) flower (d) moon
  25. 25.🗣️ 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
  26. 26.🗣️ 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
  27. 27.🗣️ In Marathi, “naak” means nose. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a school in a SHAWL (b) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!” (c) a PIE under your foot (d) a KNOCK on the nose
  28. 28.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “machhli” is “a fish lighting a MATCH”. What does “machhli” mean? (a) fish (b) table (c) sugar (d) nose
  29. 29.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “phool” is “a flower in a POOL”. What does “phool” mean? (a) mango (b) key (c) book (d) flower
  30. 30.🗣️ In Marathi, “paay” means foot. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a CHUBBY key (b) a SACK full of sugar (c) a PIE under your foot (d) a CHANDelier on the moon
  31. 31.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
  32. 32.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a tree on a note PAD”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) chaabi (b) ped (c) shala (d) haathi
  33. 33.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) a random colour (b) the word’s meaning (c) its spelling backwards (d) nothing else
  34. 34.🗣️ In Hindi, “machhli” means fish. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!” (b) a fish lighting a MATCH (c) I NEED sleep (d) a BATTLE in the clouds
  35. 35.🗣️ In Hindi, “paani” means water. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a flower in a POOL (b) water in a PAN (c) a PIE under your foot (d) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!”
  36. 36.🗣️ 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
  37. 37.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a flower in a POOL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) bandar (b) bhaat (c) aam (d) phool
  38. 38.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “ped” is “a tree on a note PAD”. What does “ped” mean? (a) flower (b) cloud (c) tree (d) elephant
  39. 39.🗣️ In Hindi, “chaand” means moon. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) I NEED sleep (b) a MAZE on a table (c) a CHANDelier on the moon (d) a flower in a POOL
  40. 40.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a book in a KIT bag”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) bhaat (b) kitaab (c) paani (d) billi

Answer key

  1. later today and tomorrow
  2. link it to the meaning
  3. I AM eating a mango
  4. eye
  5. step 3
  6. hear the new word
  7. new words in a language
  8. hear the new word
  9. find a sound-alike word
  10. find a sound-alike word
  11. hear the new word
  12. paani
  13. hear the new word
  14. cat
  15. a flower in a POOL
  16. step 4
  17. baadal
  18. a SACK full of sugar
  19. find a sound-alike word
  20. haathi
  21. water
  22. sounds like the new word
  23. link it to the meaning
  24. sleep
  25. step 2
  26. hear the new word
  27. a KNOCK on the nose
  28. fish
  29. flower
  30. a PIE under your foot
  31. step 1
  32. ped
  33. the word’s meaning
  34. a fish lighting a MATCH
  35. water in a PAN
  36. find a sound-alike word
  37. phool
  38. tree
  39. a CHANDelier on the moon
  40. kitaab

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