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