Memory Techniques Worksheet: Keyword Method

Memory techniques lesson 16: The keyword method for new words · Set 58 · 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 for the Marathi word “sakhar” is “a SACK full of sugar”. What does “sakhar” mean? (a) monkey (b) key (c) sugar (d) table
2. 2.🗣️ 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
3. 3.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) no picture at all (b) just the word (c) a funny, moving one (d) a plain, still one
4. 4.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) long numbers (b) adding sums (c) drawing maps (d) new words in a language
5. 5.🗣️ 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
6. 6.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
7. 7.🗣️ 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
8. 8.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
9. 9.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a CHUBBY key”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) paani (b) bandar (c) shala (d) chaabi
10. 10.🗣️ 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
11. 11.🗣️ 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
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.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) its spelling backwards (b) a random colour (c) nothing else (d) the word’s meaning
14. 14.🗣️ 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
15. 15.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
16. 16.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a book in a KIT bag”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) sakhar (b) kitaab (c) naak (d) billi
17. 17.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “mez” is “a MAZE on a table”. What does “mez” mean? (a) tree (b) cat (c) monkey (d) table
18. 18.🗣️ 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
19. 19.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “haathi” is “an elephant with HOT tea”. What does “haathi” mean? (a) mother (b) school (c) monkey (d) elephant
20. 20.🗣️ 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
21. 21.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a DOLL with big eyes”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) phool (b) sakhar (c) bhaat (d) dola
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 Hindi, “haathi” means elephant. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a DOLL with big eyes (b) water in a PAN (c) an elephant with HOT tea (d) a fish lighting a MATCH
24. 24.🗣️ 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
25. 25.🗣️ In Hindi, “chaabi” means key. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) I NEED sleep (b) I AM eating a mango (c) an elephant with HOT tea (d) a CHUBBY key
26. 26.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or review the picture? (a) hear the new word (b) review the picture
27. 27.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a KNOCK on the nose”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) bandar (b) ped (c) naak (d) neend
28. 28.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a school in a SHAWL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) shala (b) dola (c) mez (d) naak
29. 29.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a cat paying a BILL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) paani (b) naak (c) billi (d) baadal
30. 30.🗣️ In Marathi, “sakhar” means sugar. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a KNOCK on the nose (b) an elephant with HOT tea (c) a SACK full of sugar (d) a monkey in a BAND
31. 31.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “aai” is “Mum saying “AYE, AYE!””. What does “aai” mean? (a) cloud (b) foot (c) flower (d) mother
32. 32.🗣️ In Hindi, “bandar” means monkey. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a monkey in a BAND (b) a flower in a POOL (c) a BATTLE in the clouds (d) a school in a SHAWL
33. 33.🗣️ In Hindi, “paani” means water. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a CHUBBY key (b) water in a PAN (c) a monkey in a BAND (d) a BAT made of rice
34. 34.🗣️ In Hindi, “ped” means tree. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a book in a KIT bag (b) a school in a SHAWL (c) an elephant with HOT tea (d) a tree on a note PAD
35. 35.🗣️ In Hindi, “billi” means cat. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a cat paying a BILL (b) water in a PAN (c) a DOLL with big eyes (d) a BAT made of rice
36. 36.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “aam” is “I AM eating a mango”. What does “aam” mean? (a) cat (b) mango (c) elephant (d) flower
37. 37.🗣️ In Hindi, “baadal” means cloud. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) water in a PAN (b) a fish lighting a MATCH (c) a BATTLE in the clouds (d) a flower in a POOL
38. 38.🗣️ In Hindi, “phool” means flower. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a BAT made of rice (b) a monkey in a BAND (c) a CHUBBY key (d) a flower in a POOL
39. 39.🗣️ 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
40. 40.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “baadal” is “a BATTLE in the clouds”. What does “baadal” mean? (a) rice (b) cloud (c) cat (d) key

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