Memory Techniques Worksheet: Keyword Method

Memory techniques lesson 16: The keyword method for new words · Set 356 · 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 “chaabi” is “a CHUBBY key”. What does “chaabi” mean? (a) mango (b) school (c) key (d) rice
2. 2.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a flower in a POOL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) haathi (b) phool (c) paay (d) mez
3. 3.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
4. 4.🗣️ 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
5. 5.🗣️ In Marathi, “bhaat” means rice. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a cat paying a BILL (b) a PIE under your foot (c) water in a PAN (d) a BAT made of rice
6. 6.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a KNOCK on the nose”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) naak (b) shala (c) chaabi (d) aam
7. 7.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) adding sums (b) long numbers (c) new words in a language (d) drawing maps
8. 8.🗣️ 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
9. 9.🗣️ In Hindi, “bandar” means monkey. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) an elephant with HOT tea (b) a book in a KIT bag (c) a fish lighting a MATCH (d) a monkey in a BAND
10. 10.🗣️ 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
11. 11.🗣️ 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
12. 12.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a SACK full of sugar”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) bandar (b) kitaab (c) machhli (d) sakhar
13. 13.🗣️ 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
14. 14.🗣️ In Marathi, “naak” means nose. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a PIE under your foot (b) a KNOCK on the nose (c) I NEED sleep (d) a tree on a note PAD
15. 15.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) a random colour (b) nothing else (c) its spelling backwards (d) the word’s meaning
16. 16.🗣️ 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
17. 17.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a monkey in a BAND”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) ped (b) phool (c) bandar (d) dola
18. 18.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
19. 19.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “Mum saying “AYE, AYE!””. Which word does it help you remember? (a) chaabi (b) ped (c) chaand (d) aai
20. 20.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “sakhar” is “a SACK full of sugar”. What does “sakhar” mean? (a) sugar (b) nose (c) eye (d) table
21. 21.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a cat paying a BILL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) phool (b) aam (c) bhaat (d) billi
22. 22.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) a funny, moving one (b) a plain, still one (c) no picture at all (d) just the word
23. 23.🗣️ 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
24. 24.🗣️ 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
25. 25.🗣️ In Marathi, “dola” means eye. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a BATTLE in the clouds (b) an elephant with HOT tea (c) a PIE under your foot (d) a DOLL with big eyes
26. 26.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a CHUBBY key”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) kitaab (b) bhaat (c) chaabi (d) baadal
27. 27.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) is spelled the same (b) sounds like the new word (c) means the same (d) is always in Hindi
28. 28.🗣️ 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
29. 29.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a CHANDelier on the moon”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) shala (b) paay (c) chaand (d) billi
30. 30.🗣️ 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
31. 31.🗣️ In Hindi, “billi” means cat. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a tree on a note PAD (b) a BATTLE in the clouds (c) a cat paying a BILL (d) a BAT made of rice
32. 32.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “bhaat” is “a BAT made of rice”. What does “bhaat” mean? (a) flower (b) sugar (c) rice (d) cloud
33. 33.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or review the picture? (a) hear the new word (b) review the picture
34. 34.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
35. 35.🗣️ In Hindi, “aam” means mango. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) water in a PAN (b) I AM eating a mango (c) a flower in a POOL (d) a CHUBBY key
36. 36.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a school in a SHAWL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) kitaab (b) shala (c) bandar (d) paani
37. 37.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “aam” is “I AM eating a mango”. What does “aam” mean? (a) mango (b) school (c) key (d) cloud
38. 38.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or hear the new word? (a) review the picture (b) hear the new word
39. 39.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a book in a KIT bag”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) aam (b) chaabi (c) kitaab (d) phool
40. 40.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “machhli” is “a fish lighting a MATCH”. What does “machhli” mean? (a) sleep (b) eye (c) fish (d) key

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