Memory Techniques Worksheet: Keyword Method

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

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