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