Memory Techniques Worksheet: Keyword Method

Memory techniques lesson 16: The keyword method for new words · Set 403 · 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.🗣️ In Hindi, “machhli” means fish. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a fish lighting a MATCH (b) an elephant with HOT tea (c) a flower in a POOL (d) a CHANDelier on the moon
2. 2.🗣️ 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
3. 3.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “phool” is “a flower in a POOL”. What does “phool” mean? (a) school (b) sugar (c) mother (d) flower
4. 4.🗣️ 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
5. 5.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) new words in a language (b) adding sums (c) long numbers (d) drawing maps
6. 6.🗣️ 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
7. 7.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or review the picture? (a) hear the new word (b) review the picture
8. 8.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
9. 9.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “an elephant with HOT tea”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) dola (b) bandar (c) haathi (d) sakhar
10. 10.🗣️ 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
11. 11.🗣️ In Hindi, “chaand” means moon. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a CHANDelier on the moon (b) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!” (c) a flower in a POOL (d) a book in a KIT bag
12. 12.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
13. 13.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) its spelling backwards (b) a random colour (c) nothing else (d) the word’s meaning
14. 14.🗣️ In Marathi, “aai” means mother. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!” (b) a flower in a POOL (c) a BAT made of rice (d) a tree on a note PAD
15. 15.🗣️ In Hindi, “ped” means tree. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a school in a SHAWL (b) a SACK full of sugar (c) a tree on a note PAD (d) a CHUBBY key
16. 16.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “sakhar” is “a SACK full of sugar”. What does “sakhar” mean? (a) sugar (b) foot (c) mother (d) table
17. 17.🗣️ 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
18. 18.🗣️ 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
19. 19.🗣️ 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
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 find a sound-alike word? (a) review the picture (b) find a sound-alike word
22. 22.🗣️ 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
23. 23.🗣️ In Hindi, “paani” means water. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a BATTLE in the clouds (b) a KNOCK on the nose (c) water in a PAN (d) a PIE under your foot
24. 24.🗣️ 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
25. 25.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “paay” is “a PIE under your foot”. What does “paay” mean? (a) sugar (b) foot (c) mango (d) nose
26. 26.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) just the word (b) no picture at all (c) a funny, moving one (d) a plain, still one
27. 27.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “water in a PAN”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) kitaab (b) bhaat (c) ped (d) paani
28. 28.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “haathi” is “an elephant with HOT tea”. What does “haathi” mean? (a) monkey (b) elephant (c) table (d) sleep
29. 29.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “dola” is “a DOLL with big eyes”. What does “dola” mean? (a) sleep (b) eye (c) table (d) nose
30. 30.🗣️ 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
31. 31.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a monkey in a BAND”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) bandar (b) baadal (c) paay (d) billi
32. 32.🗣️ In Hindi, “kitaab” means book. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) I NEED sleep (b) I AM eating a mango (c) a fish lighting a MATCH (d) a book in a KIT bag
33. 33.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “aam” is “I AM eating a mango”. What does “aam” mean? (a) mango (b) key (c) school (d) cat
34. 34.🗣️ 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
35. 35.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “paani” is “water in a PAN”. What does “paani” mean? (a) elephant (b) cloud (c) water (d) nose
36. 36.🗣️ In Marathi, “sakhar” means sugar. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a book in a KIT bag (b) an elephant with HOT tea (c) I NEED sleep (d) a SACK full of sugar
37. 37.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “kitaab” is “a book in a KIT bag”. What does “kitaab” mean? (a) table (b) rice (c) cat (d) book
38. 38.🗣️ 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
39. 39.🗣️ In Marathi, “shala” means school. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a book in a KIT bag (b) a CHUBBY key (c) a school in a SHAWL (d) I AM eating a mango
40. 40.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a DOLL with big eyes”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) bhaat (b) paay (c) dola (d) kitaab

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