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