Memory Techniques Worksheet: Keyword Method

Memory techniques lesson 16: The keyword method for new words · Set 75 · 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.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) drawing maps (b) long numbers (c) adding sums (d) new words in a language
2. 2.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a tree on a note PAD”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) aai (b) dola (c) kitaab (d) ped
3. 3.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) nothing else (b) its spelling backwards (c) the word’s meaning (d) a random colour
4. 4.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a BAT made of rice”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) aai (b) shala (c) billi (d) bhaat
5. 5.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) later today and tomorrow (b) after a year (c) never again (d) only in the exam
6. 6.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
7. 7.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “water in a PAN”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) paani (b) aam (c) shala (d) chaabi
8. 8.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
9. 9.🗣️ 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
10. 10.🗣️ 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
11. 11.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a fish lighting a MATCH”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) phool (b) baadal (c) billi (d) machhli
12. 12.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) a plain, still one (b) no picture at all (c) a funny, moving one (d) just the word
13. 13.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a flower in a POOL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) chaand (b) naak (c) aam (d) phool
14. 14.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or hear the new word? (a) review the picture (b) hear the new word
15. 15.🗣️ 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
16. 16.🗣️ 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
17. 17.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or review the picture? (a) hear the new word (b) review the picture
18. 18.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
19. 19.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “aam” is “I AM eating a mango”. What does “aam” mean? (a) key (b) mango (c) cloud (d) monkey
20. 20.🗣️ In Hindi, “paani” means water. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) I NEED sleep (b) water in a PAN (c) a tree on a note PAD (d) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!”
21. 21.🗣️ 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
22. 22.🗣️ 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
23. 23.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “chaand” is “a CHANDelier on the moon”. What does “chaand” mean? (a) moon (b) rice (c) book (d) elephant
24. 24.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) means the same (b) is always in Hindi (c) sounds like the new word (d) is spelled the same
25. 25.🗣️ In Hindi, “machhli” means fish. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a flower in a POOL (b) a school in a SHAWL (c) a SACK full of sugar (d) a fish lighting a MATCH
26. 26.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
27. 27.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) a plain, still one (b) just the word (c) no picture at all (d) a funny, moving one
28. 28.🗣️ In Hindi, “kitaab” means book. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) an elephant with HOT tea (b) I AM eating a mango (c) a book in a KIT bag (d) a monkey in a BAND
29. 29.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a KNOCK on the nose”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) paay (b) bandar (c) chaabi (d) naak
30. 30.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “paani” is “water in a PAN”. What does “paani” mean? (a) flower (b) book (c) water (d) cat
31. 31.🗣️ In Hindi, “haathi” means elephant. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a monkey in a BAND (b) a DOLL with big eyes (c) a flower in a POOL (d) an elephant with HOT tea
32. 32.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “sakhar” is “a SACK full of sugar”. What does “sakhar” mean? (a) sugar (b) moon (c) mango (d) cloud
33. 33.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a BATTLE in the clouds”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) ped (b) machhli (c) shala (d) baadal
34. 34.🗣️ 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
35. 35.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “mez” is “a MAZE on a table”. What does “mez” mean? (a) table (b) cat (c) book (d) fish
36. 36.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “neend” is “I NEED sleep”. What does “neend” mean? (a) elephant (b) flower (c) book (d) sleep
37. 37.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a book in a KIT bag”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) aam (b) neend (c) aai (d) kitaab
38. 38.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “shala” is “a school in a SHAWL”. What does “shala” mean? (a) school (b) rice (c) fish (d) mango
39. 39.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a school in a SHAWL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) shala (b) haathi (c) billi (d) chaand
40. 40.🗣️ In Hindi, “chaabi” means key. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a BATTLE in the clouds (b) a KNOCK on the nose (c) a CHUBBY key (d) water in a PAN

Free memory techniques lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/memory-techniques-for-students