Memory Techniques Worksheet: Keyword Method

Memory techniques lesson 16: The keyword method for new words · Set 503 · 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 Hindi, “kitaab” means book. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a SACK full of sugar (b) water in a PAN (c) a flower in a POOL (d) a book in a KIT bag
2. 2.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
3. 3.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “chaand” is “a CHANDelier on the moon”. What does “chaand” mean? (a) fish (b) moon (c) table (d) key
4. 4.🗣️ 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
5. 5.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) just the word (b) no picture at all (c) a funny, moving one (d) a plain, still one
6. 6.🗣️ 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
7. 7.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) means the same (b) is always in Hindi (c) sounds like the new word (d) is spelled the same
8. 8.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a DOLL with big eyes”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) machhli (b) shala (c) dola (d) neend
9. 9.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “kitaab” is “a book in a KIT bag”. What does “kitaab” mean? (a) key (b) fish (c) water (d) book
10. 10.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
11. 11.🗣️ 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
12. 12.🗣️ In Hindi, “billi” means cat. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) I NEED sleep (b) I AM eating a mango (c) water in a PAN (d) a cat paying a BILL
13. 13.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a flower in a POOL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) sakhar (b) baadal (c) phool (d) ped
14. 14.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) after a year (b) never again (c) later today and tomorrow (d) only in the exam
15. 15.🗣️ In Hindi, “ped” means tree. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a tree on a note PAD (b) a book in a KIT bag (c) a flower in a POOL (d) a PIE under your foot
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.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
18. 18.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “aai” is “Mum saying “AYE, AYE!””. What does “aai” mean? (a) eye (b) rice (c) school (d) mother
19. 19.🗣️ 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
20. 20.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “I AM eating a mango”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) mez (b) chaabi (c) chaand (d) aam
21. 21.🗣️ 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
22. 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. 23.🗣️ 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
24. 24.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or review the picture? (a) hear the new word (b) review the picture
25. 25.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
26. 26.🗣️ 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
27. 27.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a monkey in a BAND”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) mez (b) haathi (c) baadal (d) bandar
28. 28.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “aam” is “I AM eating a mango”. What does “aam” mean? (a) school (b) elephant (c) mango (d) key
29. 29.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) drawing maps (b) new words in a language (c) adding sums (d) long numbers
30. 30.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or hear the new word? (a) review the picture (b) hear the new word
31. 31.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) its spelling backwards (b) nothing else (c) a random colour (d) the word’s meaning
32. 32.🗣️ In Hindi, “haathi” means elephant. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a PIE under your foot (b) a SACK full of sugar (c) an elephant with HOT tea (d) a BATTLE in the clouds
33. 33.🗣️ In Hindi, “phool” means flower. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a CHUBBY key (b) a book in a KIT bag (c) a fish lighting a MATCH (d) a flower in a POOL
34. 34.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a MAZE on a table”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) mez (b) aam (c) ped (d) baadal
35. 35.🗣️ In Marathi, “dola” means eye. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a school in a SHAWL (b) a DOLL with big eyes (c) a tree on a note PAD (d) a PIE under your foot
36. 36.🗣️ In Marathi, “aai” means mother. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a KNOCK on the nose (b) I AM eating a mango (c) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!” (d) a DOLL with big eyes
37. 37.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “bhaat” is “a BAT made of rice”. What does “bhaat” mean? (a) nose (b) key (c) table (d) rice
38. 38.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a tree on a note PAD”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) bhaat (b) mez (c) ped (d) dola
39. 39.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “paay” is “a PIE under your foot”. What does “paay” mean? (a) tree (b) foot (c) cloud (d) book
40. 40.🗣️ 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

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