Memory Techniques Worksheet: Keyword Method

Memory techniques lesson 16: The keyword method for new words · Set 348 · 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 for the Hindi word “haathi” is “an elephant with HOT tea”. What does “haathi” mean? (a) school (b) flower (c) sleep (d) elephant
2. 2.🗣️ In Hindi, “chaand” means moon. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a PIE under your foot (b) a cat paying a BILL (c) a CHUBBY key (d) a CHANDelier on the moon
3. 3.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) after a year (b) never again (c) only in the exam (d) later today and tomorrow
4. 4.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
5. 5.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
6. 6.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
7. 7.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or hear the new word? (a) review the picture (b) hear the new word
8. 8.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “ped” is “a tree on a note PAD”. What does “ped” mean? (a) foot (b) mango (c) rice (d) tree
9. 9.🗣️ In Marathi, “aai” means mother. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a CHANDelier on the moon (b) a flower in a POOL (c) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!” (d) a cat paying a BILL
10. 10.🗣️ 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
11. 11.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or review the picture? (a) hear the new word (b) review the picture
12. 12.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a DOLL with big eyes”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) kitaab (b) aai (c) ped (d) dola
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.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a SACK full of sugar”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) dola (b) sakhar (c) aai (d) ped
15. 15.🗣️ 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
16. 16.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) sounds like the new word (b) means the same (c) is always in Hindi (d) is spelled the same
17. 17.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a BATTLE in the clouds”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) mez (b) haathi (c) chaand (d) baadal
18. 18.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) adding sums (b) drawing maps (c) long numbers (d) new words in a language
19. 19.🗣️ 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
20. 20.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) the word’s meaning (b) its spelling backwards (c) nothing else (d) a random colour
21. 21.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) a funny, moving one (b) just the word (c) a plain, still one (d) no picture at all
22. 22.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “kitaab” is “a book in a KIT bag”. What does “kitaab” mean? (a) eye (b) book (c) school (d) water
23. 23.🗣️ 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
24. 24.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “bandar” is “a monkey in a BAND”. What does “bandar” mean? (a) mango (b) flower (c) school (d) monkey
25. 25.🗣️ 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
26. 26.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “an elephant with HOT tea”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) aam (b) haathi (c) billi (d) phool
27. 27.🗣️ 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
28. 28.🗣️ In Hindi, “phool” means flower. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) I NEED sleep (b) a flower in a POOL (c) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!” (d) a tree on a note PAD
29. 29.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “Mum saying “AYE, AYE!””. Which word does it help you remember? (a) mez (b) neend (c) aai (d) naak
30. 30.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “neend” is “I NEED sleep”. What does “neend” mean? (a) key (b) cat (c) sleep (d) school
31. 31.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “bhaat” is “a BAT made of rice”. What does “bhaat” mean? (a) monkey (b) tree (c) key (d) rice
32. 32.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a BAT made of rice”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) kitaab (b) bhaat (c) dola (d) mez
33. 33.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a book in a KIT bag”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) chaabi (b) aam (c) billi (d) kitaab
34. 34.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “phool” is “a flower in a POOL”. What does “phool” mean? (a) nose (b) rice (c) flower (d) table
35. 35.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a CHUBBY key”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) ped (b) chaabi (c) aai (d) paani
36. 36.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a PIE under your foot”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) haathi (b) aai (c) aam (d) paay
37. 37.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a flower in a POOL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) phool (b) bandar (c) paani (d) mez
38. 38.🗣️ 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
39. 39.🗣️ In Hindi, “billi” means cat. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a MAZE on a table (b) a tree on a note PAD (c) water in a PAN (d) a cat paying a BILL
40. 40.🗣️ In Hindi, “aam” means mango. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a school in a SHAWL (b) I AM eating a mango (c) a BAT made of rice (d) a fish lighting a MATCH

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