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