Memory Techniques Worksheet: Keyword Method

Memory techniques lesson 16: The keyword method for new words · Set 462 · 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.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
2. 2.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
3. 3.🗣️ 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
4. 4.🗣️ In Hindi, “baadal” means cloud. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) water in a PAN (b) a BAT made of rice (c) a fish lighting a MATCH (d) a BATTLE in the clouds
5. 5.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “billi” is “a cat paying a BILL”. What does “billi” mean? (a) nose (b) rice (c) cat (d) sleep
6. 6.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) its spelling backwards (b) a random colour (c) the word’s meaning (d) nothing else
7. 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. 8.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) is spelled the same (b) is always in Hindi (c) sounds like the new word (d) means the same
9. 9.🗣️ 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
10. 10.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a book in a KIT bag”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) billi (b) neend (c) kitaab (d) naak
11. 11.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) drawing maps (b) adding sums (c) long numbers (d) new words in a language
12. 12.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
13. 13.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “shala” is “a school in a SHAWL”. What does “shala” mean? (a) nose (b) school (c) tree (d) elephant
14. 14.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “paay” is “a PIE under your foot”. What does “paay” mean? (a) rice (b) fish (c) nose (d) foot
15. 15.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a cat paying a BILL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) billi (b) sakhar (c) aai (d) neend
16. 16.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “bhaat” is “a BAT made of rice”. What does “bhaat” mean? (a) water (b) fish (c) elephant (d) rice
17. 17.🗣️ In Hindi, “aam” means mango. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) I AM eating a mango (b) a fish lighting a MATCH (c) a BATTLE in the clouds (d) I NEED sleep
18. 18.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a tree on a note PAD”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) ped (b) shala (c) billi (d) haathi
19. 19.🗣️ 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
20. 20.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
21. 21.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) a funny, moving one (b) a plain, still one (c) no picture at all (d) just the word
22. 22.🗣️ 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
23. 23.🗣️ 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
24. 24.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a flower in a POOL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) ped (b) chaand (c) phool (d) billi
25. 25.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a PIE under your foot”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) chaand (b) machhli (c) ped (d) paay
26. 26.🗣️ 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
27. 27.🗣️ In Hindi, “machhli” means fish. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!” (b) a CHUBBY key (c) a fish lighting a MATCH (d) a PIE under your foot
28. 28.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “I AM eating a mango”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) bandar (b) aam (c) phool (d) naak
29. 29.🗣️ In Hindi, “ped” means tree. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a tree on a note PAD (b) I NEED sleep (c) a fish lighting a MATCH (d) an elephant with HOT tea
30. 30.🗣️ In Marathi, “sakhar” means sugar. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a BATTLE in the clouds (b) a BAT made of rice (c) a PIE under your foot (d) a SACK full of sugar
31. 31.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a CHANDelier on the moon”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) mez (b) chaand (c) sakhar (d) kitaab
32. 32.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or review the picture? (a) hear the new word (b) review the picture
33. 33.🗣️ 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
34. 34.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “kitaab” is “a book in a KIT bag”. What does “kitaab” mean? (a) key (b) sugar (c) book (d) tree
35. 35.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “haathi” is “an elephant with HOT tea”. What does “haathi” mean? (a) table (b) water (c) foot (d) elephant
36. 36.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “ped” is “a tree on a note PAD”. What does “ped” mean? (a) flower (b) sleep (c) tree (d) cloud
37. 37.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “an elephant with HOT tea”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) haathi (b) kitaab (c) bandar (d) baadal
38. 38.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “naak” is “a KNOCK on the nose”. What does “naak” mean? (a) nose (b) sleep (c) eye (d) rice
39. 39.🗣️ 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
40. 40.🗣️ In Marathi, “shala” means school. 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) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!”

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