Memory Techniques Worksheet: Keyword Method

Memory techniques lesson 16: The keyword method for new words · Set 97 · 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.🗣️ 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
2. 2.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “haathi” is “an elephant with HOT tea”. What does “haathi” mean? (a) rice (b) book (c) elephant (d) flower
3. 3.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) is spelled the same (b) is always in Hindi (c) means the same (d) sounds like the new word
4. 4.🗣️ In Hindi, “bandar” means monkey. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) I NEED sleep (b) a monkey in a BAND (c) a flower in a POOL (d) a book in a KIT bag
5. 5.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
6. 6.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or review the picture? (a) hear the new word (b) review the picture
7. 7.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a BATTLE in the clouds”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) baadal (b) mez (c) naak (d) dola
8. 8.🗣️ 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
9. 9.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
10. 10.🗣️ 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
11. 11.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) a random colour (b) nothing else (c) the word’s meaning (d) its spelling backwards
12. 12.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
13. 13.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) a funny, moving one (b) just the word (c) a plain, still one (d) no picture at all
14. 14.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) adding sums (b) long numbers (c) drawing maps (d) new words in a language
15. 15.🗣️ In Hindi, “billi” means cat. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a CHANDelier on the moon (b) a cat paying a BILL (c) a BATTLE in the clouds (d) a book in a KIT bag
16. 16.🗣️ In Hindi, “haathi” means elephant. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!” (b) an elephant with HOT tea (c) a CHUBBY key (d) a school in a SHAWL
17. 17.🗣️ 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
18. 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. 19.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “ped” is “a tree on a note PAD”. What does “ped” mean? (a) elephant (b) mother (c) tree (d) foot
20. 20.🗣️ In Hindi, “phool” means flower. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a flower in a POOL (b) a cat paying a BILL (c) I NEED sleep (d) a KNOCK on the nose
21. 21.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
22. 22.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “neend” is “I NEED sleep”. What does “neend” mean? (a) fish (b) monkey (c) sleep (d) cloud
23. 23.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a book in a KIT bag”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) baadal (b) kitaab (c) dola (d) aam
24. 24.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a monkey in a BAND”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) dola (b) bandar (c) mez (d) chaand
25. 25.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “water in a PAN”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) paani (b) dola (c) shala (d) bhaat
26. 26.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) after a year (b) only in the exam (c) later today and tomorrow (d) never again
27. 27.🗣️ In Marathi, “dola” means eye. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a MAZE on a table (b) a DOLL with big eyes (c) a KNOCK on the nose (d) an elephant with HOT tea
28. 28.🗣️ 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
29. 29.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a KNOCK on the nose”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) sakhar (b) neend (c) dola (d) naak
30. 30.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “bhaat” is “a BAT made of rice”. What does “bhaat” mean? (a) nose (b) monkey (c) rice (d) sleep
31. 31.🗣️ 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
32. 32.🗣️ In Hindi, “chaabi” means key. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a PIE under your foot (b) a BATTLE in the clouds (c) a CHUBBY key (d) a tree on a note PAD
33. 33.🗣️ In Hindi, “ped” means tree. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a SACK full of sugar (b) a KNOCK on the nose (c) a tree on a note PAD (d) a fish lighting a MATCH
34. 34.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “paani” is “water in a PAN”. What does “paani” mean? (a) fish (b) nose (c) water (d) tree
35. 35.🗣️ In Marathi, “bhaat” means rice. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a book in a KIT bag (b) a BATTLE in the clouds (c) a BAT made of rice (d) I NEED sleep
36. 36.🗣️ In Marathi, “aai” means mother. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!” (b) a cat paying a BILL (c) a KNOCK on the nose (d) a flower in a POOL
37. 37.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “I AM eating a mango”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) bhaat (b) aam (c) haathi (d) paay
38. 38.🗣️ 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
39. 39.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a school in a SHAWL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) baadal (b) aai (c) bhaat (d) shala
40. 40.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “I NEED sleep”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) chaand (b) chaabi (c) neend (d) aam

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