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