Memory Techniques Worksheet: Keyword Method

Memory techniques lesson 16: The keyword method for new words · Set 519 · 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) a funny, moving one (c) a plain, still one (d) no picture at all
2. 2.🗣️ 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
3. 3.🗣️ 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
4. 4.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “I AM eating a mango”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) bandar (b) aam (c) mez (d) baadal
5. 5.🗣️ 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
6. 6.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) only in the exam (b) after a year (c) later today and tomorrow (d) never again
7. 7.🗣️ In Marathi, “paay” means foot. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a PIE under your foot (b) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!” (c) a flower in a POOL (d) a SACK full of sugar
8. 8.🗣️ In Hindi, “paani” means water. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) water in a PAN (b) a flower in a POOL (c) a MAZE on a table (d) I NEED sleep
9. 9.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “ped” is “a tree on a note PAD”. What does “ped” mean? (a) cloud (b) tree (c) elephant (d) key
10. 10.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
11. 11.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
12. 12.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
13. 13.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) drawing maps (b) new words in a language (c) adding sums (d) long numbers
14. 14.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
15. 15.🗣️ In Marathi, “aai” means mother. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!” (b) a BAT made of rice (c) a tree on a note PAD (d) a CHANDelier on the moon
16. 16.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a BAT made of rice”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) dola (b) bandar (c) bhaat (d) chaand
17. 17.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) a random colour (b) nothing else (c) the word’s meaning (d) its spelling backwards
18. 18.🗣️ 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
19. 19.🗣️ 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
20. 20.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “haathi” is “an elephant with HOT tea”. What does “haathi” mean? (a) monkey (b) elephant (c) flower (d) cat
21. 21.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a BATTLE in the clouds”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) kitaab (b) dola (c) baadal (d) naak
22. 22.🗣️ 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
23. 23.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “dola” is “a DOLL with big eyes”. What does “dola” mean? (a) eye (b) flower (c) mango (d) water
24. 24.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a fish lighting a MATCH”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) machhli (b) shala (c) haathi (d) sakhar
25. 25.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) is always in Hindi (b) is spelled the same (c) sounds like the new word (d) means the same
26. 26.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “chaand” is “a CHANDelier on the moon”. What does “chaand” mean? (a) key (b) nose (c) moon (d) sugar
27. 27.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or review the picture? (a) hear the new word (b) review the picture
28. 28.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a DOLL with big eyes”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) dola (b) kitaab (c) shala (d) naak
29. 29.🗣️ In Marathi, “bhaat” means rice. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a PIE under your foot (b) a MAZE on a table (c) a DOLL with big eyes (d) a BAT made of rice
30. 30.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “kitaab” is “a book in a KIT bag”. What does “kitaab” mean? (a) book (b) moon (c) cloud (d) key
31. 31.🗣️ In Hindi, “neend” means sleep. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a tree on a note PAD (b) a school in a SHAWL (c) a CHANDelier on the moon (d) I NEED sleep
32. 32.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or hear the new word? (a) review the picture (b) hear the new word
33. 33.🗣️ 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
34. 34.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a KNOCK on the nose”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) haathi (b) billi (c) naak (d) neend
35. 35.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a MAZE on a table”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) naak (b) mez (c) phool (d) paay
36. 36.🗣️ 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
37. 37.🗣️ In Marathi, “shala” means school. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a school in a SHAWL (b) a CHUBBY key (c) a BATTLE in the clouds (d) I NEED sleep
38. 38.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a CHUBBY key”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) aai (b) mez (c) bandar (d) chaabi
39. 39.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “I NEED sleep”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) chaand (b) chaabi (c) neend (d) naak
40. 40.🗣️ 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

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