Memory Techniques Worksheet: Keyword Method

Memory techniques lesson 16: The keyword method for new words · Set 52 · 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) a plain, still one (b) no picture at all (c) just the word (d) a funny, moving one
2. 2.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) sounds like the new word (b) is spelled the same (c) is always in Hindi (d) means the same
3. 3.🗣️ In Marathi, “bhaat” means rice. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) an elephant with HOT tea (b) a BAT made of rice (c) a KNOCK on the nose (d) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!”
4. 4.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a book in a KIT bag”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) paay (b) baadal (c) ped (d) kitaab
5. 5.🗣️ 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
6. 6.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “bandar” is “a monkey in a BAND”. What does “bandar” mean? (a) key (b) monkey (c) eye (d) water
7. 7.🗣️ 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
8. 8.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
9. 9.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “billi” is “a cat paying a BILL”. What does “billi” mean? (a) water (b) cat (c) moon (d) sleep
10. 10.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a CHUBBY key”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) phool (b) mez (c) chaabi (d) sakhar
11. 11.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “Mum saying “AYE, AYE!””. Which word does it help you remember? (a) baadal (b) aai (c) neend (d) sakhar
12. 12.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
13. 13.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
14. 14.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) adding sums (b) drawing maps (c) long numbers (d) new words in a language
15. 15.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “ped” is “a tree on a note PAD”. What does “ped” mean? (a) key (b) tree (c) cat (d) book
16. 16.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “dola” is “a DOLL with big eyes”. What does “dola” mean? (a) sugar (b) tree (c) nose (d) eye
17. 17.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) the word’s meaning (b) a random colour (c) nothing else (d) its spelling backwards
18. 18.🗣️ 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
19. 19.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “bhaat” is “a BAT made of rice”. What does “bhaat” mean? (a) rice (b) sugar (c) tree (d) book
20. 20.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “baadal” is “a BATTLE in the clouds”. What does “baadal” mean? (a) cloud (b) elephant (c) fish (d) mother
21. 21.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “aai” is “Mum saying “AYE, AYE!””. What does “aai” mean? (a) school (b) mother (c) key (d) water
22. 22.🗣️ 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
23. 23.🗣️ In Hindi, “billi” means cat. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a CHANDelier on the moon (b) a book in a KIT bag (c) a cat paying a BILL (d) a DOLL with big eyes
24. 24.🗣️ In Hindi, “ped” means tree. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!” (b) a tree on a note PAD (c) a cat paying a BILL (d) a KNOCK on the nose
25. 25.🗣️ In Hindi, “machhli” means fish. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a CHANDelier on the moon (b) a DOLL with big eyes (c) a fish lighting a MATCH (d) a book in a KIT bag
26. 26.🗣️ In Hindi, “mez” means table. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a BATTLE in the clouds (b) I AM eating a mango (c) a MAZE on a table (d) I NEED sleep
27. 27.🗣️ 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
28. 28.🗣️ 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
29. 29.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “mez” is “a MAZE on a table”. What does “mez” mean? (a) table (b) rice (c) sugar (d) foot
30. 30.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) never again (b) later today and tomorrow (c) only in the exam (d) after a year
31. 31.🗣️ In Hindi, “chaand” means moon. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a CHANDelier on the moon (b) a school in a SHAWL (c) a tree on a note PAD (d) a SACK full of sugar
32. 32.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “phool” is “a flower in a POOL”. What does “phool” mean? (a) mango (b) flower (c) tree (d) eye
33. 33.🗣️ In Marathi, “dola” means eye. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a DOLL with big eyes (b) I AM eating a mango (c) a CHANDelier on the moon (d) a CHUBBY key
34. 34.🗣️ 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
35. 35.🗣️ In Hindi, “aam” means mango. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a DOLL with big eyes (b) a PIE under your foot (c) I AM eating a mango (d) a fish lighting a MATCH
36. 36.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a MAZE on a table”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) naak (b) machhli (c) mez (d) paani
37. 37.🗣️ In Marathi, “naak” means nose. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a cat paying a BILL (b) a BAT made of rice (c) a KNOCK on the nose (d) a monkey in a BAND
38. 38.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “water in a PAN”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) neend (b) haathi (c) paani (d) sakhar
39. 39.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or hear the new word? (a) review the picture (b) hear the new word
40. 40.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a BATTLE in the clouds”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) aai (b) shala (c) dola (d) baadal

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