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