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