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