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