Memory Techniques Worksheet: Keyword Method

Memory techniques lesson 16: The keyword method for new words · Set 464 · 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: hear the new word or find a sound-alike word? (a) hear the new word (b) find a sound-alike word
2. 2.🗣️ In Hindi, “phool” means flower. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a school in a SHAWL (b) a MAZE on a table (c) a flower in a POOL (d) a SACK full of sugar
3. 3.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “ped” is “a tree on a note PAD”. What does “ped” mean? (a) cat (b) book (c) rice (d) tree
4. 4.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) is spelled the same (b) means the same (c) sounds like the new word (d) is always in Hindi
5. 5.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “billi” is “a cat paying a BILL”. What does “billi” mean? (a) monkey (b) fish (c) book (d) cat
6. 6.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) adding sums (b) long numbers (c) drawing maps (d) new words in a language
7. 7.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
8. 8.🗣️ 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
9. 9.🗣️ In Hindi, “machhli” means fish. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a cat paying a BILL (b) a KNOCK on the nose (c) a tree on a note PAD (d) a fish lighting a MATCH
10. 10.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “Mum saying “AYE, AYE!””. Which word does it help you remember? (a) chaabi (b) kitaab (c) bandar (d) aai
11. 11.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
12. 12.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) just the word (b) a funny, moving one (c) a plain, still one (d) no picture at all
13. 13.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “aai” is “Mum saying “AYE, AYE!””. What does “aai” mean? (a) mother (b) foot (c) moon (d) school
14. 14.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
15. 15.🗣️ 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
16. 16.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a SACK full of sugar”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) ped (b) paani (c) phool (d) sakhar
17. 17.🗣️ 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
18. 18.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
19. 19.🗣️ 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
20. 20.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or review the picture? (a) hear the new word (b) review the picture
21. 21.🗣️ 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
22. 22.🗣️ In Marathi, “dola” means eye. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a CHUBBY key (b) a DOLL with big eyes (c) a book in a KIT bag (d) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!”
23. 23.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “chaabi” is “a CHUBBY key”. What does “chaabi” mean? (a) key (b) book (c) mother (d) table
24. 24.🗣️ 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
25. 25.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a PIE under your foot”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) baadal (b) billi (c) phool (d) paay
26. 26.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “neend” is “I NEED sleep”. What does “neend” mean? (a) mother (b) cat (c) book (d) sleep
27. 27.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “phool” is “a flower in a POOL”. What does “phool” mean? (a) flower (b) book (c) cloud (d) sleep
28. 28.🗣️ 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
29. 29.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “chaand” is “a CHANDelier on the moon”. What does “chaand” mean? (a) rice (b) school (c) moon (d) elephant
30. 30.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a tree on a note PAD”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) ped (b) kitaab (c) shala (d) baadal
31. 31.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or hear the new word? (a) review the picture (b) hear the new word
32. 32.🗣️ 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
33. 33.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) nothing else (b) its spelling backwards (c) a random colour (d) the word’s meaning
34. 34.🗣️ In Marathi, “paay” means foot. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a MAZE on a table (b) a cat paying a BILL (c) a PIE under your foot (d) an elephant with HOT tea
35. 35.🗣️ In Marathi, “naak” means nose. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a CHANDelier on the moon (b) a KNOCK on the nose (c) I AM eating a mango (d) a DOLL with big eyes
36. 36.🗣️ In Hindi, “neend” means sleep. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a CHANDelier on the moon (b) I NEED sleep (c) I AM eating a mango (d) a tree on a note PAD
37. 37.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a flower in a POOL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) haathi (b) machhli (c) chaand (d) phool
38. 38.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “an elephant with HOT tea”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) haathi (b) ped (c) kitaab (d) aam
39. 39.🗣️ In Hindi, “chaabi” means key. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a school in a SHAWL (b) I NEED sleep (c) a book in a KIT bag (d) a CHUBBY key
40. 40.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a monkey in a BAND”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) bandar (b) aam (c) bhaat (d) phool

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