Memory Techniques Worksheet: Keyword Method

Memory techniques lesson 16: The keyword method for new words · Set 408 · 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.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) never again (b) only in the exam (c) later today and tomorrow (d) after a year
2. 2.🗣️ 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
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.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) new words in a language (b) drawing maps (c) adding sums (d) long numbers
5. 5.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
6. 6.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
7. 7.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “kitaab” is “a book in a KIT bag”. What does “kitaab” mean? (a) cat (b) rice (c) book (d) monkey
8. 8.🗣️ In Hindi, “phool” means flower. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a flower in a POOL (b) I AM eating a mango (c) a KNOCK on the nose (d) a monkey in a BAND
9. 9.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) just the word (b) a funny, moving one (c) a plain, still one (d) no picture at all
10. 10.🗣️ 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
11. 11.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “chaand” is “a CHANDelier on the moon”. What does “chaand” mean? (a) flower (b) book (c) moon (d) monkey
12. 12.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a cat paying a BILL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) phool (b) billi (c) neend (d) sakhar
13. 13.🗣️ 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
14. 14.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “water in a PAN”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) machhli (b) aai (c) paani (d) bhaat
15. 15.🗣️ 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 tree on a note PAD (d) a PIE under your foot
16. 16.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) is spelled the same (b) sounds like the new word (c) means the same (d) is always in Hindi
17. 17.🗣️ 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
18. 18.🗣️ 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
19. 19.🗣️ 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
20. 20.🗣️ In Marathi, “aai” means mother. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!” (b) a tree on a note PAD (c) a KNOCK on the nose (d) a PIE under your foot
21. 21.🗣️ In Marathi, “shala” means school. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a school in a SHAWL (b) a flower in a POOL (c) I AM eating a mango (d) a cat paying a BILL
22. 22.🗣️ In Hindi, “machhli” means fish. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a KNOCK on the nose (b) a fish lighting a MATCH (c) I AM eating a mango (d) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!”
23. 23.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or hear the new word? (a) review the picture (b) hear the new word
24. 24.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
25. 25.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “dola” is “a DOLL with big eyes”. What does “dola” mean? (a) water (b) eye (c) school (d) moon
26. 26.🗣️ 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
27. 27.🗣️ 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
28. 28.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “mez” is “a MAZE on a table”. What does “mez” mean? (a) fish (b) key (c) table (d) moon
29. 29.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “phool” is “a flower in a POOL”. What does “phool” mean? (a) flower (b) nose (c) fish (d) monkey
30. 30.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “baadal” is “a BATTLE in the clouds”. What does “baadal” mean? (a) water (b) mango (c) cloud (d) school
31. 31.🗣️ 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
32. 32.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) the word’s meaning (b) a random colour (c) its spelling backwards (d) nothing else
33. 33.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a SACK full of sugar”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) machhli (b) billi (c) shala (d) sakhar
34. 34.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “I AM eating a mango”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) machhli (b) aam (c) bandar (d) billi
35. 35.🗣️ In Hindi, “ped” means tree. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a monkey in a BAND (b) a tree on a note PAD (c) water in a PAN (d) a fish lighting a MATCH
36. 36.🗣️ In Hindi, “mez” means table. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) water in a PAN (b) a school in a SHAWL (c) a MAZE on a table (d) a BAT made of rice
37. 37.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “chaabi” is “a CHUBBY key”. What does “chaabi” mean? (a) key (b) rice (c) eye (d) table
38. 38.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a fish lighting a MATCH”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) billi (b) phool (c) machhli (d) paani
39. 39.🗣️ 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 book in a KIT bag (d) a KNOCK on the nose
40. 40.🗣️ 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

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