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