Memory Techniques Worksheet: Keyword Method

Memory techniques lesson 16: The keyword method for new words · Set 472 · 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.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “haathi” is “an elephant with HOT tea”. What does “haathi” mean? (a) nose (b) flower (c) elephant (d) school
2. 2.🗣️ 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
3. 3.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a school in a SHAWL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) bhaat (b) shala (c) baadal (d) paay
4. 4.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
5. 5.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a KNOCK on the nose”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) naak (b) chaand (c) aai (d) paay
6. 6.🗣️ 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
7. 7.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) long numbers (b) drawing maps (c) new words in a language (d) adding sums
8. 8.🗣️ 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
9. 9.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “paay” is “a PIE under your foot”. What does “paay” mean? (a) mango (b) water (c) sleep (d) foot
10. 10.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
11. 11.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) sounds like the new word (b) is always in Hindi (c) means the same (d) is spelled the same
12. 12.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “bandar” is “a monkey in a BAND”. What does “bandar” mean? (a) water (b) monkey (c) eye (d) moon
13. 13.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or hear the new word? (a) review the picture (b) hear the new word
14. 14.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a SACK full of sugar”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) ped (b) shala (c) sakhar (d) paay
15. 15.🗣️ In Hindi, “ped” means tree. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a tree on a note PAD (b) water in a PAN (c) a fish lighting a MATCH (d) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!”
16. 16.🗣️ 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
17. 17.🗣️ In Hindi, “aam” means mango. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a SACK full of sugar (b) a MAZE on a table (c) I AM eating a mango (d) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!”
18. 18.🗣️ In Hindi, “machhli” means fish. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a PIE under your foot (b) a BAT made of rice (c) a fish lighting a MATCH (d) a flower in a POOL
19. 19.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) a plain, still one (b) no picture at all (c) a funny, moving one (d) just the word
20. 20.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “machhli” is “a fish lighting a MATCH”. What does “machhli” mean? (a) book (b) fish (c) water (d) key
21. 21.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a CHUBBY key”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) haathi (b) chaabi (c) billi (d) neend
22. 22.🗣️ In Marathi, “dola” means eye. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a SACK full of sugar (b) a BATTLE in the clouds (c) a DOLL with big eyes (d) a PIE under your foot
23. 23.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “chaand” is “a CHANDelier on the moon”. What does “chaand” mean? (a) elephant (b) fish (c) table (d) moon
24. 24.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “paani” is “water in a PAN”. What does “paani” mean? (a) monkey (b) water (c) foot (d) school
25. 25.🗣️ 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
26. 26.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) its spelling backwards (b) nothing else (c) the word’s meaning (d) a random colour
27. 27.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “sakhar” is “a SACK full of sugar”. What does “sakhar” mean? (a) sugar (b) monkey (c) book (d) table
28. 28.🗣️ 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
29. 29.🗣️ 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
30. 30.🗣️ 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
31. 31.🗣️ 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
32. 32.🗣️ 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
33. 33.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “neend” is “I NEED sleep”. What does “neend” mean? (a) fish (b) sleep (c) key (d) monkey
34. 34.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “aam” is “I AM eating a mango”. What does “aam” mean? (a) book (b) sleep (c) cloud (d) mango
35. 35.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “an elephant with HOT tea”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) bandar (b) kitaab (c) ped (d) haathi
36. 36.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “kitaab” is “a book in a KIT bag”. What does “kitaab” mean? (a) book (b) rice (c) cat (d) mango
37. 37.🗣️ In Marathi, “naak” means nose. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a SACK full of sugar (b) a CHUBBY key (c) a flower in a POOL (d) a KNOCK on the nose
38. 38.🗣️ 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
39. 39.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “mez” is “a MAZE on a table”. What does “mez” mean? (a) mango (b) nose (c) sleep (d) table
40. 40.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a fish lighting a MATCH”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) bandar (b) sakhar (c) machhli (d) billi

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