Memory Techniques Worksheet: Keyword Method

Memory techniques lesson 16: The keyword method for new words · Set 372 · 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 “mez” is “a MAZE on a table”. What does “mez” mean? (a) school (b) table (c) cat (d) foot
2. 2.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
3. 3.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) no picture at all (b) just the word (c) a funny, moving one (d) a plain, still one
4. 4.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) its spelling backwards (b) the word’s meaning (c) nothing else (d) a random colour
5. 5.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) long numbers (b) adding sums (c) new words in a language (d) drawing maps
6. 6.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “water in a PAN”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) kitaab (b) paani (c) bhaat (d) naak
7. 7.🗣️ In Marathi, “dola” means eye. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a DOLL with big eyes (b) a SACK full of sugar (c) a PIE under your foot (d) a flower in a POOL
8. 8.🗣️ In Marathi, “paay” means foot. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a school in a SHAWL (b) a BAT made of rice (c) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!” (d) a PIE under your foot
9. 9.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) is spelled the same (b) means the same (c) is always in Hindi (d) sounds like the new word
10. 10.🗣️ In Hindi, “chaabi” means key. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a KNOCK on the nose (b) a CHUBBY key (c) I NEED sleep (d) a cat paying a BILL
11. 11.🗣️ 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
12. 12.🗣️ In Hindi, “billi” means cat. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) I AM eating a mango (b) a flower in a POOL (c) a MAZE on a table (d) a cat paying a BILL
13. 13.🗣️ 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
14. 14.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
15. 15.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a cat paying a BILL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) haathi (b) naak (c) billi (d) kitaab
16. 16.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “chaabi” is “a CHUBBY key”. What does “chaabi” mean? (a) key (b) book (c) water (d) table
17. 17.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “baadal” is “a BATTLE in the clouds”. What does “baadal” mean? (a) cloud (b) key (c) table (d) sugar
18. 18.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “paay” is “a PIE under your foot”. What does “paay” mean? (a) table (b) foot (c) fish (d) mango
19. 19.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “neend” is “I NEED sleep”. What does “neend” mean? (a) key (b) cat (c) sugar (d) sleep
20. 20.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “paani” is “water in a PAN”. What does “paani” mean? (a) school (b) water (c) flower (d) eye
21. 21.🗣️ In Hindi, “paani” means water. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a school in a SHAWL (b) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!” (c) a flower in a POOL (d) water in a PAN
22. 22.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or hear the new word? (a) review the picture (b) hear the new word
23. 23.🗣️ 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
24. 24.🗣️ 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
25. 25.🗣️ In Hindi, “haathi” means elephant. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a fish lighting a MATCH (b) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!” (c) a monkey in a BAND (d) an elephant with HOT tea
26. 26.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a school in a SHAWL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) neend (b) bandar (c) shala (d) haathi
27. 27.🗣️ In Marathi, “naak” means nose. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!” (b) I NEED sleep (c) a KNOCK on the nose (d) an elephant with HOT tea
28. 28.🗣️ 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
29. 29.🗣️ 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
30. 30.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “haathi” is “an elephant with HOT tea”. What does “haathi” mean? (a) moon (b) elephant (c) cloud (d) fish
31. 31.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
32. 32.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a CHUBBY key”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) mez (b) machhli (c) chaabi (d) billi
33. 33.🗣️ 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
34. 34.🗣️ 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
35. 35.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “naak” is “a KNOCK on the nose”. What does “naak” mean? (a) table (b) foot (c) nose (d) moon
36. 36.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a BAT made of rice”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) bandar (b) bhaat (c) paay (d) neend
37. 37.🗣️ In Hindi, “bandar” means monkey. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a CHUBBY key (b) a monkey in a BAND (c) a BAT made of rice (d) a SACK full of sugar
38. 38.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) later today and tomorrow (b) only in the exam (c) after a year (d) never again
39. 39.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or review the picture? (a) hear the new word (b) review the picture
40. 40.🗣️ In Marathi, “bhaat” means rice. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a book in a KIT bag (b) a KNOCK on the nose (c) a BAT made of rice (d) a CHANDelier on the moon

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