Memory Techniques Worksheet: Keyword Method

Memory techniques lesson 16: The keyword method for new words · Set 398 · 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 must also show… (a) a random colour (b) the word’s meaning (c) its spelling backwards (d) nothing else
2. 2.🗣️ 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
3. 3.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or review the picture? (a) hear the new word (b) review the picture
4. 4.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “neend” is “I NEED sleep”. What does “neend” mean? (a) fish (b) cloud (c) table (d) sleep
5. 5.🗣️ 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
6. 6.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
7. 7.🗣️ 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
8. 8.🗣️ 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
9. 9.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “paani” is “water in a PAN”. What does “paani” mean? (a) school (b) book (c) flower (d) water
10. 10.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “water in a PAN”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) neend (b) ped (c) paani (d) paay
11. 11.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) just the word (b) a plain, still one (c) no picture at all (d) a funny, moving one
12. 12.🗣️ 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
13. 13.🗣️ In Hindi, “phool” means flower. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a monkey in a BAND (b) a flower in a POOL (c) I NEED sleep (d) a CHUBBY key
14. 14.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “machhli” is “a fish lighting a MATCH”. What does “machhli” mean? (a) fish (b) mother (c) cloud (d) elephant
15. 15.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) is spelled the same (b) sounds like the new word (c) is always in Hindi (d) means the same
16. 16.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
17. 17.🗣️ In Hindi, “baadal” means cloud. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a monkey in a BAND (b) a cat paying a BILL (c) a flower in a POOL (d) a BATTLE in the clouds
18. 18.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) drawing maps (b) new words in a language (c) long numbers (d) adding sums
19. 19.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “kitaab” is “a book in a KIT bag”. What does “kitaab” mean? (a) cloud (b) table (c) book (d) flower
20. 20.🗣️ 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
21. 21.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) never again (b) after a year (c) only in the exam (d) later today and tomorrow
22. 22.🗣️ In Marathi, “paay” means foot. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!” (b) a PIE under your foot (c) a monkey in a BAND (d) I NEED sleep
23. 23.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
24. 24.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “I NEED sleep”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) machhli (b) naak (c) ped (d) neend
25. 25.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a CHUBBY key”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) phool (b) chaabi (c) haathi (d) chaand
26. 26.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “paay” is “a PIE under your foot”. What does “paay” mean? (a) mother (b) rice (c) foot (d) sleep
27. 27.🗣️ In Marathi, “naak” means nose. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a CHANDelier on the moon (b) a cat paying a BILL (c) a KNOCK on the nose (d) a SACK full of sugar
28. 28.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a cat paying a BILL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) chaabi (b) aai (c) paani (d) billi
29. 29.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a SACK full of sugar”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) baadal (b) paani (c) phool (d) sakhar
30. 30.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a tree on a note PAD”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) kitaab (b) chaabi (c) ped (d) baadal
31. 31.🗣️ In Marathi, “shala” means school. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) water in a PAN (b) a school in a SHAWL (c) a monkey in a BAND (d) a MAZE on a table
32. 32.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “Mum saying “AYE, AYE!””. Which word does it help you remember? (a) chaabi (b) kitaab (c) aai (d) dola
33. 33.🗣️ In Hindi, “ped” means tree. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a tree on a note PAD (b) a monkey in a BAND (c) a book in a KIT bag (d) a cat paying a BILL
34. 34.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “ped” is “a tree on a note PAD”. What does “ped” mean? (a) moon (b) tree (c) sugar (d) cat
35. 35.🗣️ 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
36. 36.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “aam” is “I AM eating a mango”. What does “aam” mean? (a) mango (b) monkey (c) flower (d) sleep
37. 37.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “haathi” is “an elephant with HOT tea”. What does “haathi” mean? (a) mother (b) flower (c) fish (d) elephant
38. 38.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “bhaat” is “a BAT made of rice”. What does “bhaat” mean? (a) foot (b) cloud (c) sleep (d) rice
39. 39.🗣️ In Hindi, “chaabi” means key. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a cat paying a BILL (b) a CHUBBY key (c) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!” (d) a fish lighting a MATCH
40. 40.🗣️ 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

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