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