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