Memory Techniques Worksheet: Keyword Method

Memory techniques lesson 16: The keyword method for new words · Set 355 · 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 SACK full of sugar”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) phool (b) dola (c) sakhar (d) baadal
2. 2.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) long numbers (b) adding sums (c) drawing maps (d) new words in a language
3. 3.🗣️ 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
4. 4.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
5. 5.🗣️ In Marathi, “bhaat” means rice. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a monkey in a BAND (b) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!” (c) a BAT made of rice (d) a CHUBBY key
6. 6.🗣️ 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
7. 7.🗣️ In Marathi, “naak” means nose. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a flower in a POOL (b) a book in a KIT bag (c) a SACK full of sugar (d) a KNOCK on the nose
8. 8.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or hear the new word? (a) review the picture (b) hear the new word
9. 9.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or review the picture? (a) hear the new word (b) review the picture
10. 10.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) just the word (b) a funny, moving one (c) no picture at all (d) a plain, still one
11. 11.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a PIE under your foot”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) paay (b) naak (c) kitaab (d) haathi
12. 12.🗣️ 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
13. 13.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “I NEED sleep”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) sakhar (b) paani (c) neend (d) machhli
14. 14.🗣️ 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
15. 15.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a BAT made of rice”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) bhaat (b) mez (c) neend (d) paani
16. 16.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) the word’s meaning (b) its spelling backwards (c) nothing else (d) a random colour
17. 17.🗣️ 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
18. 18.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “haathi” is “an elephant with HOT tea”. What does “haathi” mean? (a) mango (b) moon (c) elephant (d) water
19. 19.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “mez” is “a MAZE on a table”. What does “mez” mean? (a) table (b) sleep (c) rice (d) nose
20. 20.🗣️ In Hindi, “baadal” means cloud. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a BATTLE in the clouds (b) I NEED sleep (c) a fish lighting a MATCH (d) water in a PAN
21. 21.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) never again (b) after a year (c) later today and tomorrow (d) only in the exam
22. 22.🗣️ 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
23. 23.🗣️ 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
24. 24.🗣️ 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
25. 25.🗣️ 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
26. 26.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “shala” is “a school in a SHAWL”. What does “shala” mean? (a) moon (b) school (c) foot (d) flower
27. 27.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “bhaat” is “a BAT made of rice”. What does “bhaat” mean? (a) foot (b) mother (c) rice (d) cloud
28. 28.🗣️ In Marathi, “dola” means eye. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a DOLL with big eyes (b) a CHUBBY key (c) a CHANDelier on the moon (d) a school in a SHAWL
29. 29.🗣️ In Hindi, “chaand” means moon. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) I NEED sleep (b) an elephant with HOT tea (c) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!” (d) a CHANDelier on the moon
30. 30.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a tree on a note PAD”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) dola (b) ped (c) shala (d) baadal
31. 31.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “aai” is “Mum saying “AYE, AYE!””. What does “aai” mean? (a) cat (b) table (c) mother (d) flower
32. 32.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
33. 33.🗣️ In Hindi, “ped” means tree. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a CHANDelier on the moon (b) a monkey in a BAND (c) a PIE under your foot (d) a tree on a note PAD
34. 34.🗣️ 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
35. 35.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “neend” is “I NEED sleep”. What does “neend” mean? (a) sleep (b) flower (c) rice (d) moon
36. 36.🗣️ In Marathi, “paay” means foot. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a tree on a note PAD (b) a PIE under your foot (c) a CHANDelier on the moon (d) a flower in a POOL
37. 37.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “chaabi” is “a CHUBBY key”. What does “chaabi” mean? (a) elephant (b) key (c) cat (d) sleep
38. 38.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
39. 39.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a DOLL with big eyes”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) sakhar (b) naak (c) aam (d) dola
40. 40.🗣️ 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

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