Memory Techniques Worksheet: Keyword Method

Memory techniques lesson 16: The keyword method for new words · Set 508 · 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 is “a DOLL with big eyes”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) mez (b) billi (c) paay (d) dola
2. 2.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a school in a SHAWL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) ped (b) mez (c) shala (d) baadal
3. 3.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “bandar” is “a monkey in a BAND”. What does “bandar” mean? (a) monkey (b) cloud (c) cat (d) sugar
4. 4.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
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: review the picture or link it to the meaning? (a) review the picture (b) link it to the meaning
7. 7.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or review the picture? (a) hear the new word (b) review the picture
8. 8.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) nothing else (b) a random colour (c) its spelling backwards (d) the word’s meaning
9. 9.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “water in a PAN”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) bhaat (b) paani (c) aam (d) haathi
10. 10.🗣️ 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
11. 11.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or hear the new word? (a) review the picture (b) hear the new word
12. 12.🗣️ 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
13. 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. 14.🗣️ 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
15. 15.🗣️ In Hindi, “haathi” means elephant. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) an elephant with HOT tea (b) a fish lighting a MATCH (c) a CHANDelier on the moon (d) I AM eating a mango
16. 16.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) drawing maps (b) adding sums (c) new words in a language (d) long numbers
17. 17.🗣️ In Marathi, “naak” means nose. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a BAT made of rice (b) a MAZE on a table (c) a CHUBBY key (d) a KNOCK on the nose
18. 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. 19.🗣️ 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
20. 20.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a monkey in a BAND”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) paani (b) aai (c) bandar (d) baadal
21. 21.🗣️ In Marathi, “shala” means school. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a school in a SHAWL (b) a MAZE on a table (c) I NEED sleep (d) a book in a KIT bag
22. 22.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
23. 23.🗣️ In Hindi, “bandar” means monkey. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a monkey in a BAND (b) a CHANDelier on the moon (c) a school in a SHAWL (d) water in a PAN
24. 24.🗣️ 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
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.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
27. 27.🗣️ 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
28. 28.🗣️ In Hindi, “machhli” means fish. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a BATTLE in the clouds (b) a flower in a POOL (c) I AM eating a mango (d) a fish lighting a MATCH
29. 29.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “phool” is “a flower in a POOL”. What does “phool” mean? (a) rice (b) flower (c) table (d) elephant
30. 30.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
31. 31.🗣️ 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
32. 32.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a KNOCK on the nose”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) mez (b) naak (c) machhli (d) phool
33. 33.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “haathi” is “an elephant with HOT tea”. What does “haathi” mean? (a) mango (b) elephant (c) fish (d) key
34. 34.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “chaand” is “a CHANDelier on the moon”. What does “chaand” mean? (a) rice (b) monkey (c) moon (d) sugar
35. 35.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “naak” is “a KNOCK on the nose”. What does “naak” mean? (a) sleep (b) nose (c) water (d) monkey
36. 36.🗣️ In Marathi, “sakhar” means sugar. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a SACK full of sugar (b) a cat paying a BILL (c) a MAZE on a table (d) a book in a KIT bag
37. 37.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a tree on a note PAD”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) paay (b) shala (c) chaand (d) ped
38. 38.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a book in a KIT bag”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) chaand (b) machhli (c) kitaab (d) haathi
39. 39.🗣️ In Marathi, “bhaat” means rice. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a fish lighting a MATCH (b) I NEED sleep (c) a PIE under your foot (d) a BAT made of rice
40. 40.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a CHUBBY key”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) chaabi (b) kitaab (c) mez (d) paay

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