Memory Techniques Worksheet: Keyword Method

Memory techniques lesson 16: The keyword method for new words · Set 92 · 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) long numbers (b) new words in a language (c) adding sums (d) drawing maps
2. 2.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) never again (b) only in the exam (c) after a year (d) later today and tomorrow
3. 3.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) its spelling backwards (b) nothing else (c) a random colour (d) the word’s meaning
4. 4.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “bhaat” is “a BAT made of rice”. What does “bhaat” mean? (a) eye (b) fish (c) rice (d) moon
5. 5.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “haathi” is “an elephant with HOT tea”. What does “haathi” mean? (a) foot (b) fish (c) nose (d) elephant
6. 6.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a BAT made of rice”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) kitaab (b) baadal (c) paani (d) bhaat
7. 7.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
8. 8.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) just the word (b) no picture at all (c) a funny, moving one (d) a plain, still one
9. 9.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a CHANDelier on the moon”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) baadal (b) chaabi (c) chaand (d) paay
10. 10.🗣️ 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
11. 11.🗣️ 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
12. 12.🗣️ 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
13. 13.🗣️ 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
14. 14.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “sakhar” is “a SACK full of sugar”. What does “sakhar” mean? (a) book (b) moon (c) school (d) sugar
15. 15.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
16. 16.🗣️ 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
17. 17.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “shala” is “a school in a SHAWL”. What does “shala” mean? (a) school (b) table (c) flower (d) water
18. 18.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “water in a PAN”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) bandar (b) aai (c) paani (d) mez
19. 19.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “ped” is “a tree on a note PAD”. What does “ped” mean? (a) flower (b) cloud (c) cat (d) tree
20. 20.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a PIE under your foot”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) ped (b) aam (c) paay (d) kitaab
21. 21.🗣️ In Marathi, “naak” means nose. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a cat paying a BILL (b) a KNOCK on the nose (c) a PIE under your foot (d) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!”
22. 22.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “aam” is “I AM eating a mango”. What does “aam” mean? (a) mango (b) elephant (c) monkey (d) key
23. 23.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a MAZE on a table”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) neend (b) aam (c) paani (d) mez
24. 24.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “machhli” is “a fish lighting a MATCH”. What does “machhli” mean? (a) book (b) eye (c) fish (d) flower
25. 25.🗣️ 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
26. 26.🗣️ 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
27. 27.🗣️ 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
28. 28.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “phool” is “a flower in a POOL”. What does “phool” mean? (a) monkey (b) flower (c) eye (d) mango
29. 29.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “chaabi” is “a CHUBBY key”. What does “chaabi” mean? (a) monkey (b) cloud (c) book (d) key
30. 30.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
31. 31.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “billi” is “a cat paying a BILL”. What does “billi” mean? (a) cat (b) key (c) mother (d) water
32. 32.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “neend” is “I NEED sleep”. What does “neend” mean? (a) table (b) rice (c) sleep (d) mango
33. 33.🗣️ 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
34. 34.🗣️ 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
35. 35.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or review the picture? (a) hear the new word (b) review the picture
36. 36.🗣️ 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
37. 37.🗣️ In Hindi, “haathi” means elephant. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a book in a KIT bag (b) a CHANDelier on the moon (c) an elephant with HOT tea (d) a school in a SHAWL
38. 38.🗣️ In Marathi, “bhaat” means rice. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a BAT made of rice (b) a CHANDelier on the moon (c) a cat paying a BILL (d) a school in a SHAWL
39. 39.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a KNOCK on the nose”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) neend (b) haathi (c) naak (d) kitaab
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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