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