Memory Techniques Worksheet: Memory Palace
Memory tip (Put it in its place): Steps: choose a place you know → fix stops in order → put pictures at stops → walk the route to recall. Always walk the stops in the same order — that is what keeps your list in order. More items than stops? Add stops. A new list? Put new pictures on the same stops.
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- 1.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a guava by the teacher’s desk, a tent by the classroom door, a cat by the blackboard, a kite by the playground, an umpire by the library. What did you place by the classroom door? (a) cat (b) tent (c) umpire (d) guava
- 2.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place an apple by the playground, a lamp by the blackboard, an anchor by the classroom door, a shoe by the library, a key by the teacher’s desk. What did you place by the teacher’s desk? (a) anchor (b) shoe (c) key (d) lamp
- 3.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a flute by the fruit cart, a jug by the bus stop, a pencil by the banyan tree, a monkey by the post box, a tent by the park gate. What did you place by the banyan tree? (a) jug (b) pencil (c) monkey (d) flute
- 4.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) no, never (b) only for numbers (c) yes, with new pictures (d) only once a year
- 5.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a nest by the classroom door, a coconut by the blackboard, an umpire by the stairs, an anchor by the notice board, an igloo by the teacher’s desk. Where did you place the coconut? (a) blackboard (b) teacher’s desk (c) stairs (d) classroom door
- 6.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 7.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place an orange by the bed, a ball by the kitchen, a mango by the TV, a whistle by the sofa, a doll by the dining table. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) orange (b) ball (c) doll (d) whistle
- 8.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 9.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a jalebi by the fruit cart, an apple by the post box, a lamp by the bus stop, a mirror by the banyan tree, an onion by the park gate. What did you place by the bus stop? (a) jalebi (b) mirror (c) apple (d) lamp
- 10.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a fan by the teacher’s desk, an inkpot by the library, a tiger by the blackboard, a coconut by the classroom door, an anchor by the stairs. Where did you place the inkpot? (a) stairs (b) blackboard (c) library (d) classroom door
- 11.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) one you know very well (b) one you never saw (c) a random new city (d) a blank wall
- 12.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) use no route (b) put all at one stop (c) add more stops (d) skip 5 items
- 13.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: put pictures at stops or walk the route to recall? (a) put pictures at stops (b) walk the route to recall
- 14.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) it looks nice (b) to keep the order (c) to make it longer (d) no reason
- 15.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the rhyme method (b) chunking (c) the method of loci (d) the pomodoro
- 16.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: put pictures at stops or fix stops in order? (a) put pictures at stops (b) fix stops in order
- 17.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: fix stops in order or put pictures at stops? (a) fix stops in order (b) put pictures at stops
- 18.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a needle by the swing, a pencil by the park gate, a frog by the fruit cart, a radio by the banyan tree, a kite by the slide. Where did you place the kite? (a) park gate (b) fruit cart (c) slide (d) banyan tree
- 19.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a doll by the post box, a cat by the banyan tree, an igloo by the park gate, an umbrella by the fruit cart, a lamp by the bus stop. Where did you place the igloo? (a) banyan tree (b) post box (c) park gate (d) bus stop
- 20.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 21.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a shoe by the post box, an ice cream by the banyan tree, a candle by the fruit cart, a pencil by the bus stop, a cat by the park gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) candle (b) cat (c) pencil (d) shoe
- 22.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: put pictures at stops or choose a place you know? (a) put pictures at stops (b) choose a place you know
- 23.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: choose a place you know or walk the route to recall? (a) choose a place you know (b) walk the route to recall
- 24.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 25.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a fan by the library, a mango by the classroom door, a pencil by the teacher’s desk, a net by the blackboard, a kite by the stairs. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) net (b) fan (c) kite (d) mango
- 26.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a duck by the swing, a bucket by the fruit cart, an ice cream by the park gate, a nest by the banyan tree, a rose by the slide. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) ice cream (b) rose (c) bucket (d) nest
- 27.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place an ant by the sofa, a spoon by the shoe rack, a lamp by the dining table, a flute by the TV, a pencil by the kitchen. What did you place by the dining table? (a) spoon (b) ant (c) flute (d) lamp
- 28.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place an ice cream by the stairs, an umbrella by the classroom door, a jeep by the teacher’s desk, a net by the blackboard, a doll by the notice board. What did you place by the classroom door? (a) jeep (b) umbrella (c) doll (d) net
- 29.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place an apple by the teacher’s desk, a coconut by the library, a bucket by the stairs, a guava by the classroom door, an inkpot by the blackboard. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) bucket (b) guava (c) apple (d) inkpot
- 30.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a goat by the door, a spoon by the TV, a needle by the shoe rack, a rose by the gate, an ant by the sofa. What did you place by the sofa? (a) needle (b) goat (c) ant (d) spoon
- 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place an onion by the gate, a jug by the TV, a candle by the shoe rack, a flute by the door, a tiger by the sofa. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) flute (b) jug (c) tiger (d) onion
- 32.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a van by the TV, a bucket by the shoe rack, an inkpot by the gate, a nest by the door, a guava by the sofa. What did you place by the door? (a) nest (b) bucket (c) guava (d) van
- 33.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a coconut by the playground, a banana by the teacher’s desk, a fan by the library, an ant by the classroom door, a lamp by the blackboard. Where did you place the ant? (a) blackboard (b) playground (c) classroom door (d) teacher’s desk
- 34.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or put pictures at stops? (a) walk the route to recall (b) put pictures at stops
- 35.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place an ice cream by the TV, a banana by the dining table, a jug by the kitchen, a duck by the sofa, a fan by the bed. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) duck (b) ice cream (c) jug (d) fan
- 36.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: fix stops in order or walk the route to recall? (a) fix stops in order (b) walk the route to recall
- 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place an orange by the blackboard, a jeep by the stairs, a radio by the classroom door, a bucket by the notice board, a mango by the teacher’s desk. What did you place by the notice board? (a) mango (b) bucket (c) radio (d) jeep
- 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a mirror by the kitchen, a monkey by the shoe rack, a pencil by the dining table, a tomato by the TV, a parrot by the sofa. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) tomato (b) pencil (c) parrot (d) monkey
- 39.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: choose a place you know or put pictures at stops? (a) choose a place you know (b) put pictures at stops
- 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a monkey by the classroom door, a kite by the notice board, an urn by the school gate, an ice cream by the teacher’s desk, a glass by the stairs. Where did you place the glass? (a) classroom door (b) school gate (c) stairs (d) teacher’s desk
Answer key
- tent
- key
- pencil
- yes, with new pictures
- blackboard
- step 4
- doll
- step 1
- lamp
- library
- one you know very well
- add more stops
- put pictures at stops
- to keep the order
- the method of loci
- fix stops in order
- fix stops in order
- slide
- park gate
- step 3
- shoe
- choose a place you know
- choose a place you know
- step 2
- kite
- bucket
- lamp
- umbrella
- apple
- ant
- tiger
- nest
- classroom door
- put pictures at stops
- ice cream
- fix stops in order
- bucket
- tomato
- choose a place you know
- stairs
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