Memory Techniques Worksheet: Keyword Method

Memory techniques lesson 16: The keyword method for new words · Set 400 · 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.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) a plain, still one (b) no picture at all (c) a funny, moving one (d) just the word
2. 2.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
3. 3.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a CHUBBY key”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) haathi (b) neend (c) mez (d) chaabi
4. 4.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) its spelling backwards (b) nothing else (c) a random colour (d) the word’s meaning
5. 5.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
6. 6.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “paay” is “a PIE under your foot”. What does “paay” mean? (a) foot (b) water (c) school (d) key
7. 7.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a BATTLE in the clouds”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) kitaab (b) haathi (c) sakhar (d) baadal
8. 8.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) never again (b) later today and tomorrow (c) only in the exam (d) after a year
9. 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. 10.🗣️ 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
11. 11.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
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.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “machhli” is “a fish lighting a MATCH”. What does “machhli” mean? (a) water (b) fish (c) flower (d) tree
14. 14.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or review the picture? (a) hear the new word (b) review the picture
15. 15.🗣️ In Marathi, “shala” means school. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a school in a SHAWL (b) a DOLL with big eyes (c) a SACK full of sugar (d) a fish lighting a MATCH
16. 16.🗣️ In Marathi, “dola” means eye. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) I AM eating a mango (b) a DOLL with big eyes (c) a SACK full of sugar (d) a KNOCK on the nose
17. 17.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
18. 18.🗣️ In Hindi, “phool” means flower. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a flower in a POOL (b) a CHUBBY key (c) a KNOCK on the nose (d) a book in a KIT bag
19. 19.🗣️ 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
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.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or hear the new word? (a) review the picture (b) hear the new word
22. 22.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “water in a PAN”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) aam (b) paani (c) kitaab (d) mez
23. 23.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “phool” is “a flower in a POOL”. What does “phool” mean? (a) sugar (b) book (c) cloud (d) flower
24. 24.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) long numbers (b) adding sums (c) new words in a language (d) drawing maps
25. 25.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) sounds like the new word (b) is spelled the same (c) is always in Hindi (d) means the same
26. 26.🗣️ In Marathi, “bhaat” means rice. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a CHUBBY key (b) a BAT made of rice (c) a monkey in a BAND (d) water in a PAN
27. 27.🗣️ In Hindi, “paani” means water. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a tree on a note PAD (b) water in a PAN (c) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!” (d) a BAT made of rice
28. 28.🗣️ 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
29. 29.🗣️ 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
30. 30.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a PIE under your foot”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) chaabi (b) dola (c) neend (d) paay
31. 31.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “mez” is “a MAZE on a table”. What does “mez” mean? (a) sleep (b) table (c) cloud (d) rice
32. 32.🗣️ In Hindi, “chaabi” means key. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) an elephant with HOT tea (b) a book in a KIT bag (c) a CHUBBY key (d) a cat paying a BILL
33. 33.🗣️ In Marathi, “aai” means mother. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a MAZE on a table (b) a flower in a POOL (c) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!” (d) water in a PAN
34. 34.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “paani” is “water in a PAN”. What does “paani” mean? (a) eye (b) elephant (c) fish (d) water
35. 35.🗣️ In Hindi, “machhli” means fish. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a tree on a note PAD (b) a KNOCK on the nose (c) a fish lighting a MATCH (d) a DOLL with big eyes
36. 36.🗣️ In Hindi, “neend” means sleep. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) I NEED sleep (b) a MAZE on a table (c) a flower in a POOL (d) a book in a KIT bag
37. 37.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “neend” is “I NEED sleep”. What does “neend” mean? (a) mango (b) cloud (c) sleep (d) mother
38. 38.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) nothing else (b) the word’s meaning (c) a random colour (d) its spelling backwards
39. 39.🗣️ In Marathi, “sakhar” means sugar. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a SACK full of sugar (b) a BAT made of rice (c) a CHANDelier on the moon (d) a KNOCK on the nose
40. 40.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “haathi” is “an elephant with HOT tea”. What does “haathi” mean? (a) eye (b) elephant (c) table (d) monkey

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