Memory Techniques Worksheet: Keyword Method

Memory techniques lesson 16: The keyword method for new words · Set 457 · 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 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
2. 2.🗣️ 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
3. 3.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or hear the new word? (a) review the picture (b) hear the new word
4. 4.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “I AM eating a mango”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) dola (b) aam (c) paay (d) chaand
5. 5.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a KNOCK on the nose”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) paani (b) phool (c) naak (d) bandar
6. 6.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) after a year (b) later today and tomorrow (c) only in the exam (d) never again
7. 7.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
8. 8.🗣️ In Marathi, “paay” means foot. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a PIE under your foot (b) I AM eating a mango (c) a BATTLE in the clouds (d) a monkey in a BAND
9. 9.🗣️ 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
10. 10.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
11. 11.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a BAT made of rice”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) ped (b) chaand (c) bhaat (d) billi
12. 12.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a fish lighting a MATCH”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) phool (b) machhli (c) haathi (d) chaand
13. 13.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) long numbers (b) new words in a language (c) adding sums (d) drawing maps
14. 14.🗣️ In Hindi, “chaand” means moon. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a book in a KIT bag (b) a cat paying a BILL (c) a monkey in a BAND (d) a CHANDelier on the moon
15. 15.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) its spelling backwards (b) a random colour (c) nothing else (d) the word’s meaning
16. 16.🗣️ 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
17. 17.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a CHANDelier on the moon”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) aai (b) chaand (c) paay (d) ped
18. 18.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a PIE under your foot”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) billi (b) paay (c) phool (d) aam
19. 19.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a SACK full of sugar”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) chaand (b) bhaat (c) chaabi (d) sakhar
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.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “shala” is “a school in a SHAWL”. What does “shala” mean? (a) mango (b) school (c) cat (d) foot
22. 22.🗣️ 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
23. 23.🗣️ 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
24. 24.🗣️ 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
25. 25.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “sakhar” is “a SACK full of sugar”. What does “sakhar” mean? (a) sugar (b) book (c) rice (d) water
26. 26.🗣️ In Hindi, “baadal” means cloud. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a BATTLE in the clouds (b) a book in a KIT bag (c) a PIE under your foot (d) a monkey in a BAND
27. 27.🗣️ 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
28. 28.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) just the word (b) no picture at all (c) a plain, still one (d) a funny, moving one
29. 29.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
30. 30.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “ped” is “a tree on a note PAD”. What does “ped” mean? (a) mother (b) rice (c) tree (d) flower
31. 31.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “paay” is “a PIE under your foot”. What does “paay” mean? (a) sleep (b) foot (c) sugar (d) nose
32. 32.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) means the same (b) is spelled the same (c) sounds like the new word (d) is always in Hindi
33. 33.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “bandar” is “a monkey in a BAND”. What does “bandar” mean? (a) flower (b) eye (c) rice (d) monkey
34. 34.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “water in a PAN”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) naak (b) haathi (c) baadal (d) paani
35. 35.🗣️ In Hindi, “haathi” means elephant. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) an elephant with HOT tea (b) a cat paying a BILL (c) a SACK full of sugar (d) a fish lighting a MATCH
36. 36.🗣️ 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
37. 37.🗣️ In Hindi, “aam” means mango. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a flower in a POOL (b) I AM eating a mango (c) a SACK full of sugar (d) a fish lighting a MATCH
38. 38.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “mez” is “a MAZE on a table”. What does “mez” mean? (a) foot (b) table (c) mother (d) flower
39. 39.🗣️ In Hindi, “neend” means sleep. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a school in a SHAWL (b) a flower in a POOL (c) I NEED sleep (d) a monkey in a BAND
40. 40.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a BATTLE in the clouds”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) ped (b) bhaat (c) naak (d) baadal

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