Memory Techniques Worksheet: Keyword Method

Memory techniques lesson 16: The keyword method for new words · Set 501 · 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 keyword picture is stronger? (a) just the word (b) no picture at all (c) a plain, still one (d) a funny, moving one
2. 2.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a tree on a note PAD”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) haathi (b) ped (c) sakhar (d) aam
3. 3.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
4. 4.🗣️ 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
5. 5.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
6. 6.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) new words in a language (b) adding sums (c) drawing maps (d) long numbers
7. 7.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a CHUBBY key”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) billi (b) chaabi (c) aam (d) machhli
8. 8.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “chaand” is “a CHANDelier on the moon”. What does “chaand” mean? (a) sleep (b) moon (c) foot (d) mango
9. 9.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or hear the new word? (a) review the picture (b) hear the new word
10. 10.🗣️ 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
11. 11.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) nothing else (b) its spelling backwards (c) the word’s meaning (d) a random colour
12. 12.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “paay” is “a PIE under your foot”. What does “paay” mean? (a) eye (b) table (c) flower (d) foot
13. 13.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
14. 14.🗣️ In Hindi, “baadal” means cloud. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a CHUBBY key (b) a PIE under your foot (c) a BATTLE in the clouds (d) water in a PAN
15. 15.🗣️ 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
16. 16.🗣️ 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
17. 17.🗣️ 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
18. 18.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “neend” is “I NEED sleep”. What does “neend” mean? (a) fish (b) sleep (c) mother (d) cat
19. 19.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) only in the exam (b) after a year (c) never again (d) later today and tomorrow
20. 20.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) means the same (b) is always in Hindi (c) is spelled the same (d) sounds like the new word
21. 21.🗣️ 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
22. 22.🗣️ In Marathi, “naak” means nose. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) I AM eating a mango (b) a tree on a note PAD (c) a KNOCK on the nose (d) an elephant with HOT tea
23. 23.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “I AM eating a mango”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) aam (b) aai (c) billi (d) phool
24. 24.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “naak” is “a KNOCK on the nose”. What does “naak” mean? (a) nose (b) book (c) cloud (d) elephant
25. 25.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a PIE under your foot”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) chaand (b) paay (c) shala (d) machhli
26. 26.🗣️ 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
27. 27.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “billi” is “a cat paying a BILL”. What does “billi” mean? (a) tree (b) foot (c) cat (d) monkey
28. 28.🗣️ In Marathi, “aai” means mother. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!” (b) a book in a KIT bag (c) a monkey in a BAND (d) a tree on a note PAD
29. 29.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “kitaab” is “a book in a KIT bag”. What does “kitaab” mean? (a) cloud (b) cat (c) fish (d) book
30. 30.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “ped” is “a tree on a note PAD”. What does “ped” mean? (a) rice (b) flower (c) key (d) tree
31. 31.🗣️ In Hindi, “neend” means sleep. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) I NEED sleep (b) water in a PAN (c) I AM eating a mango (d) a tree on a note PAD
32. 32.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “Mum saying “AYE, AYE!””. Which word does it help you remember? (a) paay (b) kitaab (c) phool (d) aai
33. 33.🗣️ In Hindi, “paani” means water. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a cat paying a BILL (b) a PIE under your foot (c) water in a PAN (d) a flower in a POOL
34. 34.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or review the picture? (a) hear the new word (b) review the picture
35. 35.🗣️ In Hindi, “haathi” means elephant. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) I AM eating a mango (b) an elephant with HOT tea (c) a SACK full of sugar (d) a PIE under your foot
36. 36.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
37. 37.🗣️ 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
38. 38.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “baadal” is “a BATTLE in the clouds”. What does “baadal” mean? (a) book (b) rice (c) moon (d) cloud
39. 39.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “sakhar” is “a SACK full of sugar”. What does “sakhar” mean? (a) flower (b) nose (c) monkey (d) sugar
40. 40.🗣️ In Hindi, “bandar” means monkey. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a BAT made of rice (b) water in a PAN (c) an elephant with HOT tea (d) a monkey in a BAND

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