Workbook Aphasia Form – Fill Out and Use This PDF

by Cat R. Kenney

Cleveland State University

A Workbook for Aphasia

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A WORKBOOK for APHASIA

INTRODUCTION….……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

LANGUAGE SECTION

WORDS

-Cross out the word that is not in the same category.….………………………………………………..…..……………..…..

-Fill in the words in the correct categories……………………………………………………………………………..………….……8

-Convergent naming …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…10

-Divergent naming ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…....12

-Synonyms………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…13

-Antonyms………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………………….….….

-Homonyms…………………….…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…….....

-Multiple meaning words….…………………………………………………………………………………………….………………….…

-Compound words……………….…………………………………………………………………………………………………….……....…

-Rhyming words: match the words that rhyme…………………………………………………………………………………..…23

-Collective nouns……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………25

SENTENCE STRUCTURE

-Phrase completion……………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………..….…

-Sentence completion…………………………………………………………………………………………………….………………..……27

-Morphology…………………………………………………………………………………………….………………………..…………………29

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COGNITION SECTION

COMPREHENSION

-Wh-questions………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..……..…....31

-Figurative language (idioms)………………………………………………………………………………………………………....…..

-Analogies……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..……..38

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

-Yes/no questions…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………39

-Countries, states, cities (locations)………………………………………………………………………………………………..……40

-History…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….……………………..……41

-Popular media (songs, movies, television shows, sports, lite atu e ………………………………………………..…

MEMORY

-‘ote a i g lists…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

-Recalling details about self and other……………………………………………………………………………………………..….45

-Recalling visual details /describing from pictures………………………………………………………………………..….…46

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FUNCTIONAL SKILLS SECTION

FUNCTIONAL SKILLS

-Safety………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..……..58

-Television schedule…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….….…60

-Monthly calendar planning…………………………………………………………………………………………………….…..….…61

-Cooking a meal………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…..…

-Daily Skills………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...63

-Spatial awareness.....................................................................................................................………...67

-Temporal awareness……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….……….68

-Functional math: grocery shopping……………………………………………………………………………………………….....71

-Functional math and writing: writing checks, balancing a checkbook, addressing envelopes………..…

-Functional writing tasks…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….76

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PUZZLES

-Ei stei s logi puzzles…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………....79

-Simple “udoku………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

-Sudoku……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

MELODIC INTONATION

-Song list………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…

A BED“IDE “C‘EENE‘………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...90

ANSWER BANK for WORKSHEETS………………………………………………………………………………………………….……

LITERATURE REVIEW, RESOURCES and REFERENCES………………………………………………………………………..

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INTRODUCTION

Aphasia is relatively common: according to the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association, approximately one million people in America have aphasia (2008). This workbook is intended primarily for new or student clinicians and family members of those who have experienced aphasia due to CVA or TBI and are in the process of recovery. Those assisting someone with aphasia or a cognition problem may find its pages of use, and some activities might be helpful for those patients in the early stages of a progressive cognitive decline.

Research shows that clients experience significant gains in cognitive-communication function after receiving speech-language therapy (Cicerone et al., 2000; ASHA Treatment Efficacy Summary). The data implies that 80% of patients with TBI who received speech therapy made improvements in cognition. Newer evidence supports that speech and language treatment is effective in improving receptive and expressive language skills in individuals with aphasia. (Brady, Kelly, Godwin, & Enderby, 2012. Retrieved from the ASHA website, 2014)

There are several trains of thought in the world of therapy for CVA/TBI. There are those which focus on cognition, language, pragmatics, functional tasks, and life participation. There are those which encourage a high intensity schedule of therapy. There are those which eschew alternate means or supplemental communication for an all-verbal communication goal. All have evidence which supports the effectiveness of each individual approach with certain patients.

Most of the more popular workbooks focus on one type of therapy or another. The literature review included offers a glimpse of the many resource materials out there, and may guide you in selecting the type of workbook that seems best for your individual case. Here are my own top choices to target the most often used types of therapy: Linguistic, cognitive, and functional tasks.

--For hundreds of worksheets targeting language-specific tasks, look for the Aphasia Therapy Workbook by Julie Guerrero.

--For a large selection of cognition-based worksheets, seek the Therapy Guide for Language and Speech Disorders volume 2, by Kathryn Kilpatrick. The Cognitive Linguistic Task Book by Nancy Helm-Estabrooks is also excellent.

--For a diverse, and nicely illustrated, workbook addressing functional tasks, you cannot do better than the Results for Adults books, by Christine Johnson and Melissa Baker.

Hopefully, you will be inspired to create your own activities to help your client, patient, or loved one recover—or hold on to-- as much language and cognitive ability as he or she is able.

One final note: I intended this workbook to be free, to be used by anyone who might find a use for it. Please feel free to share it in a similar fashion, with credit, but do not try to sell or profit from its pages. Families of those facing the challenge of recovery have enough to worry about without spending more money on expensive workbooks. Student clinicians are also on tight budgets, and beginning clinicians often face a mountain of student loan debt. Hopefully it will be of use.

--Cat R. Kenney, 2014

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Acknowledgements

Thanks to Patri k O’Do ell, De ise Rogers, Kath Ke e , Ji Piek ik, a d my teachers and

classmates in the CSU Speech and Hearing Program

All worksheets and photographs within were created by, and are property of Cat Kenney. Please use them freely with your clients, including photocopying them, but do not otherwise publish or print this material, post it on the web, or sell it for profit. Contact the author at catrkenney@yahoo.com.

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LANGUAGE SECTION

WORDS

-Cross out the word that is not in the same category -Fill in the words in the correct categories -Convergent naming

-Divergent naming -Synonyms -Antonyms -Homonyms

-Multiple meaning words -Compound words

-Rhyming words: match the words that rhyme -Collective nouns

SENTENCE STRUCTURE -Phrase completion -Sentence completion -Morphology

GOAL IDEAS:

Patient will categorize items during structured therapy tasks with 80% accuracy.

Patient will identify the grammatically correct word, given a choice of options, with 80% accuracy.

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CATEGORY CROSS-OUT

Level: easy

Cross out the word that is not in the same category as the others:

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CATEGORY CROSS-OUT

Level: hard

Cross out the word that is not in the same category as the others:

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CATEGORY FILL-INS

LEVEL: easy

Fill in the words in the correct categories.

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CATEGORY FILL-INS

LEVEL: hard

Fill in the words in the correct categories.

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DIVERGENT NAMING: CATEGORIES

Level: hard

Name items in each category which begin with the letters provided.

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CONVERGENT NAMING

Name the object or concept being described.

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SYNONYMS

Use a synonym for these words to make a sentence.

1.Difficult __________________________________________________________________

2.Simple __________________________________________________________________

3.Freezing __________________________________________________________________

4.Fight __________________________________________________________________

5.Estimate __________________________________________________________________

6.Sleepy __________________________________________________________________

7.Gigantic __________________________________________________________________

8.Breezy __________________________________________________________________

9.Noisy __________________________________________________________________

10.Sad __________________________________________________________________

11.Happy __________________________________________________________________

12.Intelligent __________________________________________________________________

13.Fast __________________________________________________________________

14.Relaxing __________________________________________________________________

15.Hot __________________________________________________________________

16.Fun __________________________________________________________________

17.Delicious __________________________________________________________________

18.Supper __________________________________________________________________

19.Sofa __________________________________________________________________

20.Limb __________________________________________________________________

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ANTONYMS

Use an antonym for these words to make a sentence.

1.Nervous ______________________________________________________________

2.Interesting ____________________________________________________________

3.Dark _________________________________________________________________

4.Warm ________________________________________________________________

5.Same _________________________________________________________________

6.Inactive________________________________________________________________

7.Forward________________________________________________________________

8.True___________________________________________________________________

9.Bumpy_________________________________________________________________

10.Healthy_______________________________________________________________

11.Lanky_________________________________________________________________

12.Typical________________________________________________________________

13.Liquid_________________________________________________________________

14.Complex______________________________________________________________

15.Humble________________________________________________________________

16.Cowardly_______________________________________________________________

17.Spicy__________________________________________________________________

18.Bald___________________________________________________________________

19.Elderly_________________________________________________________________

20.Fill____________________________________________________________________

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HOMONYMS

Level: easy

Choose the correct homonym for each blank space.

1. meat meet

Natasha will _________ you at the grocery store to pick up some _________ for the stew.

2. acts axe

There were few ___________ in Vaudeville that involved throwing an _________ blindfolded.

3. steel steal

Do not __________ the ______________ bracelets before you take all the silver and gold

ones.

4. choose chews

My poodle, Fifi, _____________ only the dog toys that I ____________ for her.

5. fir fur

The cat must like climbing the Christmas tree, I reasoned, as I picked _______ needles out of

his _________.

6. hair hare

The __________ in the backyard is the same color as my __________.

7. knot not

That is __________ the correct _______ _____ to secure your boat.

8. mined mind

I do not _________ seeing where the diamonds are ___________.

9. see sea

When sailing the __________, you may _________ a mermaid.

10. beat beet

You will have to _________ me in order to get me to eat another pickled __________.

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HOMONYMS

Level: medium

1. seller cellar

The ____________ did not want to have visitors until he had cleaned out the ____________.

2. flex flecks

My personal trainer picks __________of lint off his spandex while I attempt to __________my

muscles.

3. conch conk

Captain Nick will _____________ you on the head with a _____________ shell if you disobey

him again.

We have already ____________ my _____________ of pork rinds.

6. banned band

My favorite _____________ has been ______________ from the hotel for trashing their room.

7. waist waste

Even though that donut will go straight to my _________, it seems a shame to __________ it.

8. hoarse horse

Samantha grew __________ calling for her escaped ____________.

9. sealing ceiling

Why is there ____________ wax upon the ______________?

10. gate gait

The sisters giggled at the strange _________ of the man, as he plodded through the front

___________.

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HOMONYMS

Level: hard

If you _______ at my painting of the mountain _________ before I am done, it will send me

into a fit of ___________.

6. Pair pare pear

Please __________ the skin off that _______ and that _________ of apples.

7. heir air err ere

______ I took my flight exam, the pilot advised me not to ______ in the ________ lest I leave

a mess for my _________.

8. poor pour pore

Please __________ me a drink while I __________ over these _________ student papers.

9. rite right wright write

___________ before he begins to _________, the play__________ performs a solemn

__________.

. raise Ra ’s ra s raze

_________ going to ________ this pla e to the grou d if he does ’t get a ________ for

capturing the manta _________.

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MULTIPLE MEANING WORDS

Level: hard

Fill in the multiple meaning word that can fit in both spaces in the sentences below. Use the word bank in the answers section if you get stuck.

1.Never __________________ your friends in the middle of a __________________.

2.__________________the window before that wasp gets too ___________________.

3.__________________ poisoning can _____________________ to health issues.

4.The _______________ and the sparrow _______________ toward the bread crumbs.

5.___________________ the stag see the __________________?

6.Shut your mouth or a ___________________ might __________________ into it.

7.________________ and filet the fish before weighing it on the ___________________.

8.I drove down the __________________ road on a cold and _________________ day.

9.You ________________ see a rainbow in ______________.

10.Amee would like to _______________ that book you just __________________.

11.The ____________ of teacher that is best to have is one that is smart but _______________.

12.You should _________________ exercise into your routine in order to stay ______________.

13.That king _____________have been the type to rule by ________________.

14.Please _____________ to your professor about giving a ___________ to our club.

. The at li ed the t ee s ____________ he it hea d the dog _______________.

16.Her job is to ____________ important records, not to ________________ her nails.

17.The singer in my favorite ______________ wears a purple _________________ in her hair.

18.If you go skiing over your _______________, do not _______________ any bones.

19.He is going to ______________ the cook who set ___________ to the kitchen.

20.Do not ____________ the path of the man carrying a cement ________________.

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MULTIPLE MEANING WORDS

Level: hard

Fill in the multiple meaning word that can fit in both spaces in the sentences below. Use the word bank in the answers section if you get stuck.

1.___________________onto the ship with a large cargo ___________________, Captain.

2.The _____________of your intelligence is not measured by a college ______________.

3.The police are _____________ to keep the dangerous criminal ____________ .

6. That girl will ____________ along any fellow who buys her a ______________ of pearls.

7. Jesse _________ himself trimming the fat from that _____________ of meat.

8.Around the __________ there is a man who says he can __________ spoons with the power of his mind.

9.The authorities could not __________ the theft on the man who wore the diamond tie __________.

10._________________ the crates in the back room of the ________________.

11.The man who ordered a ___________ of whiskey is the best ______________ on the force.

12.It is annoying to use the last of the _________ when they are such _________ in the office.

13.I plan to __________ the newspaper to read the latest ___________ from my favorite theatre critic.

14.I would not ________ learning the _________ of carpentry for a lot of money.

15.Meredith did not ____________ the ______________ hanging on the front door.

16.Grandmother carefully _________ out the beautiful antique tea ___________.

. I do t _____________ if the e has ee a ____________ o the 12 Toyota Camry.

18.Mikayla loves to ____________ at that quaint little _____________ on the corner.

19.Even though his band has a ___________ song, sometimes his wife wants to _________ him.

20. It would really __________ me over if you cleaned out the toilet __________, Nikki said.

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COMPOUND WORDS

Level: hard

Finish the second half of the compound word with as many options as you can name.

1.sound _________________________________________________________________________

2.horse _________________________________________________________________________

3.star ___________________________________________________________________________

4.grand _________________________________________________________________________

5.some__________________________________________________________________________

6.head__________________________________________________________________________

7.bread_________________________________________________________________________

8.note __________________________________________________________________________

9.guest _________________________________________________________________________

10.play__________________________________________________________________________

11.eye__________________________________________________________________________

12.fish __________________________________________________________________________

13.night_________________________________________________________________________

14.news_________________________________________________________________________

15.time__________________________________________________________________________

16.water________________________________________________________________________

17.band_________________________________________________________________________

18.short_________________________________________________________________________

19.school________________________________________________________________________

20.under________________________________________________________________________

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PHRASE COMPLETION

Complete the phrase with a possible word. There is more than one correct answer for most.

1.Pretty as a ____________

2.You won a ____________

3.Running out of _________

4.Cool as a _____________

5.Grab a cup of ____________

6.From start to ___________

7.Mow the __________

8.Happy as a ___________

9.Wash the _____________

10.Have a nice __________

11.Caught in a traffic ________

12.On the tip of my _________

13.From one end to the __________

14.Thunder and ____________

15.Mad as a ____________

16.Take it or __________

17.My pride and __________

18.Won fair and ________

19.Fought tooth and __________

20.In sickness and in__________

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SENTENCE COMPLETION

Level: easy

Complete the sentences below with the best choice.

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SENTENCE COMPLETION

Level: hard

Complete the sentences below with the best choice.

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MORPHOLOGY

Complete the sentences below with the best choice.

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COGNITION SECTION

COMPREHENSION -Wh-questions -Figurative language/idioms -Analogies

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE -Yes/no questions

-Countries, states, cities (locations)

-Popular media (songs, movies, television shows, sports, literature) -History

MEMORY

-Recalling details about self and other

-Recalling visual details /describing from pictures -Rote naming lists

GOAL IDEAS

Patient will answer WH-questions during therapy tasks with 80% accuracy. Patient will describe visual stimuli, using complete sentences, with 80% accuracy.

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WH-QUESTIONS: WHAT

1. What is the item that hangs on a wall and lists days of the week and months of the year?

. What do ou all the fa ial hai that g o s o a a s hi ?

3.What is the red condiment many people like to put on their hamburgers and French fries?

4.What do you use to wash your hair?

5.What is the piece of fabric that covers a dining room table called?

6.What do you call soft-soled shoes that are made for wearing indoors?

7. What are the yellow flowering weeds that grow in many people s a ds i the sp i g a d su e months?

8.What is the name of the bright red bird that is the state bird of Ohio and the mascot of a St. Louis baseball team?

9.What continent is the United States in?

10.What is the stringed musical instrument that one tucks under the chin and plays with a bow?

11.What is the name of the appliance used for cooking or heating food very quickly?

12.What is stuffed with a soft material and is used to decorate couches and chairs?

13.What is the name of the sweet-smelling fluid that women like to dab or spray on themselves?

14.What do you pour in the water to wash your clothes with?

15.What is the name of your favorite song?

16.What can you use to take photographs?

17.What could you use to chop firewood?

18. What is the a e of the health p o le that happe s he a pe so s i suli a d lood suga a e not in the proper balance?

19.What do you use to clean carpets and rugs?

20.What do people use to keep dentures from falling out?

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WH-QUESTIONS: WHERE

1.Where would you see women dancing in leotards, tights, tutus and satin toe shoes?

2.Where could you go to see a gorilla or a lion?

3.Where do you go to get a cavity filled?

4.Where would you find the Nile River, The Pyramids and The Sphinx?

5.Where would you buy an outdoor extension cord?

6.Where would you see people wearing boots with built in wheels or metal blades on them?

7.Where do people eat with chopsticks?

8.Where would people wear sombreros and hear a mariachi band?

9.Where can you get potatoes, cans of soup, tea bags, and sliced bread?

10.Where could you go to get your muffler replaced?

11.Where do you go to mail a package?

12.Where could you go to play a slot machine?

13.Where can you go to borrow books to read, music cds to listen to, or movies on dvd to watch?

14.Where could you see the Grand Canyon?

15.Where could you buy aspirin, pantyhose, and disposable razors?

16.Where do you go to see paintings, artifacts, and sculptures?

17.Where is the Eiffel Tower?

18.Where do you go to deposit a check or to order new ones?

19.Where could you go to see a play or a musical performed live?

20.Where would one find penguins in the wild?

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WH-QUESTIONS: WHO

1.Who do you visit if you want to get your teeth cleaned?

2.Who is your doctor?

3.Who takes pictures for a living?

4.Who was Julius Ceasar?

5.Who writes the stories you read in the newspaper?

6.Who would you take your pet dog or cat to see if they seemed sick or hurt?

7.Who sailed across the ocean to discover America?

8.Who is the man with the white beard and red suit that comes down chimneys carrying toys?

9.Who is the man with fangs and a black cape that people dress up as at Halloween?

10.Who was Elvis Presley?

11.Who fixes your sink or toilet if it starts to leak?

12.Who wears a red cape, can fly, and is faster than a speeding bullet?

13.Who wears a uniform and flies an airplane?

14.Who would you call if you thought someone broke into your house?

15.Who is Sherlock Holmes?

16.Who was the first person to walk on the moon?

17.Who delivers your mail?

18.Who is your favorite movie star?

19.Who was the first president of the United States?

20.Who takes your order and brings you food at a restaurant?

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WH-QUESTIONS: WHEN

1.When do people eat pancakes, cereal, and eggs?

2.When do people stay up until midnight to watch a ball drop in Times Square?

3.When do people retire?

4.When do people hide eggs for children to find?

5.When do people have to shovel their walks and driveways?

6.When do people spread blankets on the ground to eat?

7.When do young people graduate from high school?

8.When do women wear a long white dress and a veil?

9.When do leaves turn colors?

10.When do young people start driving?

11.When should you put air in your tires?

12.When do people celebrate by eating turkey and watching a parade or a football game?

13.When do you brush your teeth?

14.When can people watch the news on television?

15.When did we last elect a president?

16.When was World War Two fought?

17.When are income taxes due?

18.When do you pay your electric bill?

19.When do you take medicine?

20.When do birds fly south?

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WH-QUESTIONS: WHY

1.Why should you wear sunscreen?

2.Why do people watch fireworks in July?

3.Why do people get an oil change for their car?

4.Why do mosquitoes make you itch?

5.Why do you clean the leaves out of your gutters?

6.Why do you look both ways at a stop sign before proceeding?

7.Why do people play the lottery?

8.Why do people clip coupons out of the newspaper?

9.Why do you put your storm windows down in the fall?

. Wh a t ou put etal i a i o a e?

11.Why do you see children dressed up like monsters, cartoon characters, and animals every year in late October?

12.Why do people recycle?

13.Why should you not give out your personal information to people who call you at home?

14.Why do people lock their doors when they leave their homes?

15.Why should you change the batteries in your smoke detector?

16.Why should you tip the waiter or waitress?

17.Why should you trim your nails?

18.Why is there a speed limit?

19.Why do people vote?

20.Why do people buy insurance?

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WH-QUESTIONS: HOW

1.How do you make spaghetti?

2.How do you get dressed for a wedding?

3.How many inches are in a foot?

4.How do you season a cast iron pan?

5.How do you plant tomatoes?

6.How would you find out if a word is spelled correctly?

7.How would you find someone to repair a furnace?

8.How long does pregnancy last?

9.How many eggs are in a dozen?

10.How many states are there in the United States?

11.How could you lose weight?

12.How do you clean the kitchen floor?

13.How long should you bake a cake?

14.How many miles do athletes run in a marathon?

15.How do you shave?

16.How do you make a grilled cheese sandwich?

17.How would you find out what the weather is probably going to be like tomorrow?

18.How would you unclog a sink?

19.How would you sew on a button that fell off?

. Ho ould ou fi d out so eo e s pho e u e ?

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ANALOGIES: fill in the comparison with the correct word.

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YES/NO QUESTIONS

Level: easy

Answer the following general yes or no questions.

1.) Is Brazil located in South America?

2.) Does the Earth have two moons?

3.) Is there a Queen of America?

4.) Can you see lions at the zoo?

5.) Is a candy bar healthier than an apple?

6.) Is an egg lower in cholesterol than a bowl of oatmeal?

7.) Does a chunk of cheese taste the same as a slice of cheese?

8.) Does an expensive suit cost more than an inexpensive one?

9.) Is a full glass heavier than an empty glass?

10.) Were there eight dwarves in the story of Snow White?

11.) Are there 12 months in a year?

12.) Are there 31 days in February?

13.) Can water be stacked?

14.) Should you shave your fish?

15.) Can trees be planted?

16.) Is Richard Nixon the President of the United States?

17.) Can you borrow books from a bookstore?

18.) Is a nickel worth more than a dime?

19.) Is a penguin a kind of bird?

20.) Is Ohio bigger than Alaska?

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LOCATIONS

Answer these general knowledge questions about locations.

1.What is north of the United States?

2.Where is Mexico?

3.Is Scotland part of the United Kingdom?

4.Name three southern states.

5.Name a city that is on the West Coast.

6.Where is the Great Salt Lake?

7.Where is The Grand Canyon?

8.Name a city that is on one of the Great Lakes.

9.What is the largest state?

10.What is the smallest state?

11.Name a large Canadian city.

12.Is Egypt in Africa?

13.Are the Philippines off the coast of South America?

14.Name an island country.

15.Sydney is located where?

16.Tokyo is located in what country?

17.Rome is located in what country?

18.St. Petersburg and Kiev are part of what country?

19.Where is Mount Everest?

20.Ethiopia is on what continent?

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HISTORY

Answer the following questions about history.

1.Julius, Augustus, Caligula, and Tiberius were emperors of where?

2.What decade was World War Two fought?

3.Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle were philosophers from where?

5.The American Civil War was fought between who?

6.Who issued The Emancipation Proclamation in 1863?

7.What happened in November of 1963 in Dallas, Texas?

8.What happened on September 11th, 2001?

9.When was the Declaration of Independence signed?

10.What document was signed by King John in 1215 to limit sovereign power?

11.Who invented the polio vaccine?

12.Who were the first men to walk on the moon?

13.Michelangelo painted the ceiling of what building?

14.What year did Columbus discover the Americas?

15.What structure, dividing Germany, fell in 1989?

16.What French woman was martyred in 1421?

17.Who was the Portugese explorer who first circumnavigated the globe in 1522?

18.What ancient Greek poet wrote The Iliad and The Odyssey?

19.The Bayeux Tapestry depicts what famous battle?

20.Who invented the telephone?

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POPULAR MEDIA

Answer the following questions about popular media.

1.What song is sung before most baseball games in the USA begin?

2.What movie features a girl named Dorothy, a scarecrow, a tin man, and a lion?

3.What song does Humphrey Bogart’s character ask Sam to play in Casablanca?

4.Star Trek’s Mr. Spock is from what planet?

5.What is (unless there is a tie) the last inning of a baseball game?

6.“Blue Suede Shoes,” “Jailhouse Rock,” “Hound Dog” and “Love Me Tender” are songs made popular in the 50s by whom?

7.What is the name of the award given out annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences?

8.At the end of the season, the best football teams compete in one game, called what?

9.What book, written by reclusive author J.D. Salinger, was an instant, if controversial, hit in 1961?

10.Daisy Buchanan and Jay Gatsby are characters in what 1925 novel, considered to be one of the finest in American history?

11.What was the name of the long-running TV western, featuring characters named Marshall Dillon, Doc Adams, and Miss Kitty?

12.Saturday Night Fever, popularizing disco music, starred what actor?

13.Star Wars’ Luke Skywalker is upset to discover his father is who?

14.George Bailey, Mr. Potter, Zuzu, and Clarence the Angel are characters in what film?

15.What Michael Jackson album, featuring a song about zombies, won a record-breaking eight Grammy awards in 1984?

16.Who were The Fab Four?

17.What television show, about the criminal justice system, ran for twenty seasons (before ending in 2010) and began numerous spin-offs?

18.What Chicago Bulls player is considered the greatest basketball player of all time?

19.Written by J.R.R. Tolkien, what fantasy trilogy features a hobbit named Frodo?

20.Seattle grunge musician Kurt Cobain committed suicide in 1994; what was his band’s name?

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MEMORY TASKS: NAMING LISTS

Name the items in the list from memory.

The Alphabet

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Numbers up to 30

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Days of the week

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

Months of the year

January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

Seasons

Spring, Summer, Fall (or Autumn), Winter

Colors

Black, white, grey, blue, green, yellow, orange, red, purple, pink, brown

Planets

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune (Pluto)

50 States

Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming

Currency (types of coins/bills)

Penny, nickel, dime, quarter, half-dollar, dollar, five, ten, twenty, fifty, one hundred

What each year in high school is called

Freshman, sophomore, junior, senior

Baseball positions

Pitcher, catcher, first base, second base, shortstop, third base, right field, center field, left field

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The Armed Forces

Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Coast Guard

Musical notes

Do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do

The original thirteen colonies

Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts (Bay), New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Rhode Island (and Providence Plantations).

U.S. Presidents

George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, James K. Polk, Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, Chester A. Arthur, Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S, Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama

Animal Classes

Vertebrates: Mammals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, Amphibians.

Invertebrates: Arthropods (spiders, insects, crustaceans, and myriapods), Mollusks (clams, snails, squid), Sponges, Ctenophores/Cnidarians (corals, anemones, jellyfish), Echinoderms (starfish, sea cucumbers), Annelida (segmented worms, leeches), Nematodes/Flatworms (and other worms), and Other (including microscopic and extinct creatures)

Many lists might be rote for particular occupations—

Criminal codes for police officers

Na es of “hakespea e s plays for actors

Spices on a spice rack for chefs

Cranial nerves for doctors

The periodic table of elements for chemists

Pi to a large number of digits for mathematicians

The constitutional amendments for lawyers

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MEMORY

Answer the following questions about yourself and have a communication partner do the same. Then see how many you can answer about your partner.

1.Where did you grow up? Describe the location.

2.Who is the first President that you remember being in office?

3.Where did you go to school? What is your most memorable school moment?

4.Did you go to college? What was your major?

5.When you were in grammar school, what was your best friend’s name?

6.Do you have siblings? What are their names?

7.What did your parents do for a living?

8.Did you have a high school sweetheart? What was he or she like?

9.What were some of your favorite foods when you were young? What are they now?

10.What kind of music did you like to listen to when you were a teenager? What do you like to listen to now?

11.What are some television shows that you like to watch? Who are some actors you enjoy? Is there a particular genre (game shows, mysteries, soap operas, sit coms, etc.) that you like to

watch?

12.When you were little, what did you want to be when you grew up? What have you actually done?

13.Did you have any pets? What kind? What were their names?

14.Did you have a favorite teacher? Did you have a favorite boss? Tell me about them.

15.Describe a favorite memory from a holiday celebration.

16.Do you have a favorite movie? Is there a movie star that you like a lot?

17.Do you like to travel? What are some places you have been? If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be?

18.What hobbies have you enjoyed? Have you collected anything or participated in an unusual activity for fun?

19.What are some of your favorite books? What was your favorite growing up? What is the last good book that you read?

20.Do you follow any sports? What is your favorite team? Do you have a favorite player?

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DESCRIBING PICTURES/ RECALLING VISUAL DETAILS

To use this section, enlist a communication partner. There are three ways (at least!) to use these photographs:

1.) Look at the pictures and describe them with as much detail as you can to your communication partner. Use descriptions that are as rich with texture, color, size, location details, and other specific information as you are able.

2.) Look at the pictures for thirty seconds, absorbing as much detail as you can. Have your communication partner ask you very specific questions about each photograph.

3.) Make up a story about each picture. Try to use complete sentences to describe each scene.

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FUNCTIONAL SKILLS SECTION

FUNCTIONAL SKILLS

-Safety

-Television schedule

-Monthly calendar planning -Cooking a meal

-Daily Skills

-Spatial awareness

-Temporal awareness

-Functional math: grocery shopping

-Functional math and writing: writing checks, balancing a checkbook, addressing envelopes -Functional writing tasks

GOAL IDEAS

Patient will describe the safest option, given a potential safety problem, with 80% accuracy.

Patient will complete functional daily living skills, given specific tasks, with 80% accuracy.

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SAFETY

What should you do if:

You fall in your basement and think you might have twisted your ankle? There is a fire in the kitchen while you are cooking?

Your front steps are completely iced over?

A police car flashes its lights and siren behind you as you are driving home? There is a bat flying around your living room?

Someone hurts you?

Someone breaks into your house while you are at home?

“o eo e ou do t k o se ds ou a e ail, aski g for help with a banking

error, and offering a reward if you could just store some money in your account for a few days?

You come home to find out that your house has been burglarized? There is water all over the bathroom floor?

You need to change a light bul that ou a t ea h si pl sta di g o a chair?

There is a fire next door in the middle of the night and the fire truck wakes you up?

You accidentally cut your hand while chopping vegetables?

Someone calls you, saying that they have found your missing credit card, but you do t e e e losi g o e?

Your water looks brown as it comes out of the tap?

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The can of pet food you bought at the store practically explodes when you open it?

You wake up in the middle of the night with a pain in your chest?

Someone calls you, saying that there is a problem with your computer, but they can fix it for you over the phone, free of charge?

There is a skunk in your basement?

The food you cooked last week smells funny?

A bee gets in your car while you are on the freeway?

Your engine light comes on?

There is a large brown spider in your laundry room?

You get a flat tire?

Your purse or wallet is stolen while you are at the mall?

You left some uncooked chicken out on the counter for several hours by mistake, and you are wondering if you should cook it or throw it away?

An unfamiliar dog comes into your yard while you are gardening, and bites you before running away?

An enormous branch from the tree in your back yard falls and pulls some wires down with it?

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TV SCHEDULE

Answer the questions about the TV schedule and help plan your evening.

4.) You like to watch police dramas. Which shows might you be interested in?

5.) You enjoy game shows. Which channel might you tune in to?

6.) Can you catch a basketball game this evening? What channel would be likely to play it?

7.) You are annoyed when people make fun of people from the South. Which show would be likely to bother you?

8.) You enjoy historical dramas. Which show might you find interesting, and what time is it on?

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FUNCTIONAL SKILLS: Cooking a meal

Describe all of the steps needed in order to prepare the following items. 1.) A can of soup.

2.) A peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

3.) A grilled cheese sandwich.

4.) Spaghetti with sauce from a jar.

5.) A hamburger on the grill.

6.) A package of frozen vegetables.

7.) A T.V. Dinner.

8.) A tuna fish salad sandwich.

9.) Corn on the cob.

10.) An omelet with cheese and green peppers.

11.) Chocolate chip cookies.

12.) A pot of coffee.

13.) Mashed potatoes.

14.) French toast.

15.) A dinner salad.

16.) A bowl of cereal with bananas.

17.) A bowl of oatmeal.

18.) A bowl of popcorn.

19.) A fruit salad.

20.) Choose one: a stir fry, chili, pot roast, curry, an apple pie, or cole slaw.

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DAILY SKILLS

Describe how you would do the following tasks.

1. Do the laundry.

What supplies do you need? __________________________________________________________

Where do people wash their clothes? ___________________________________________________

What are the steps you need to do? ____________________________________________________

2. Rake the leaves.

What supplies do you need? __________________________________________________________

Why do people rake their leaves? ______________________________________________________

What are the steps you need to do? ____________________________________________________

3. Change a light bulb on a high ceiling.

What supplies do you need? __________________________________________________________

Why do you need to be careful? _______________________________________________________

What are the steps you need to do? ____________________________________________________

4. Unclog a drain.

What supplies do you need? ____________________________________________________________

Who a ou all if ou a t get it ou self? _______________________________________________

What are the steps you need to do? _______________________________________________________

5. Take out the garbage and recycling.

What supplies do you need? ___________________________________________________________

What ight happe if the e s a holida ? ___________________________________________________

What if you have old paint cans or car batteries? ____________________________________________

What are the steps you need to do? ______________________________________________________

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6. Make an appointment with the doctor.

What supplies do you need? __________________________________________________________

What if he s out of to ? _____________________________________________________________

What are the steps you need to do? _____________________________________________________

7. Take a friend out to lunch for her birthday.

What supplies do you need? __________________________________________________________

What if you want to surprise her and invite a couple of mutual friends? ________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

What are the steps you need to do? _____________________________________________________

8. Do your holiday shopping and wrapping of presents.

What supplies do you need? ____________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

Who would you want to buy a present for? ________________________________________________

What are the steps you need to do? _____________________________________________________

9. Clean the refrigerator.

What supplies do you need? ___________________________________________________________

Why do people clean out their refrigerators? ______________________________________________

What are the steps you need to do? _____________________________________________________

10. Send an email to your daughter.

What supplies do you need? _________________________________________________________

What if you want to send her a picture? __________________________________________________

What are the steps you need to do? _____________________________________________________

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11. Change your mailing address.

What supplies do you need? _________________________________________________________

Who do you need to notify? _________________________________________________________

What are the steps you need to do? ____________________________________________________

12. Find out what the weather will be like tomorrow.

What supplies do you need? _________________________________________________________

What are two other ways you can find out? _____________________________________________

What are the steps you need to do? ___________________________________________________

13. Take your dog for a walk.

What supplies do you need? _________________________________________________________

What steps do you need to do? _______________________________________________________

14. Bake cookies.

Name three ingredients. ______________________________________________________________

Name three other things you need. _____________________________________________________

What steps do you need to do? ________________________________________________________

15.Build a fire. ______________________________________________________________________

What supplies do you need? __________________________________________________________

Why do people build fires? ___________________________________________________________

What are some things you need to do to make sure you are doing it safely? ____________________

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16.Go to the movies.

What do you need to do first? _________________________________________________________

What do you need to purchase? _________________________________________________________

How do you know what the movie is about? _______________________________________________

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17. Iron a shirt.

What supplies do you need? _________________________________________________________

What steps do you have to take? _________________________________________________________

What are some things you can do to be sure you are doing it safely? ____________________________

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What can happen if you do not iron a shirt? _______________________________________________

18. Write a letter correctly.

How can you find out if it is grammatically correct? _________________________________________

How can you find out if the words are spelled correctly? ______________________________________

How can you find out if the address you are sending it to is the proper one? ______________________

What ould happe if so ethi g is t ight? ________________________________________________

9. Go to a pla e ou’ e e er ee .

How do you find out where it is? _________________________________________________________

How do you find out the best way to get there? ____________________________________________

How can you get a map of the area before you arrive? _______________________________________

What a e so e da ge s a out goi g to a pla e ou e e e ee ? _____________________________

What are some steps you should take to be safe? ___________________________________________

Whe e ould ou like to isit that ou e e e ee efo e? __________________________________

20. Make sure a new table fits into the place you want to put it.

What supplies do you need? _________________________________________________________

How can you find out the amount of space that you have? ____________________________________

What steps do you have to take in order to make sure the table fits? ____________________________

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SPATIAL AWARENESS

Follow the directions involving spatial awareness.

I the upper left o , rite the letter R.

In the lower right box, draw a circle.

In the box next to the circle, write your name.

In the box above the circle, draw a lightning bolt.

In the box closest to your right hand, draw a star.

In the box next to that one, write the number ten.

If the box under the ten is empty, write an E in it.

If the box over the ten is empty, write an F in it.

Color in the remaining box.

Draw an arrow in the third box in the second row.

Below that box, draw two dots.

Diagonally opposite from the box with two dots, put the number 6.

Two squares below that, draw a smiley face.

In the center box, draw a star.

Directly above the star, draw the letter S.

To the right of the S, make a zigzag line.

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TEMPORAL AWARENESS

Write in the numbers and clock hands for the following times.

What time do you usually wake up in the morning?

What time do you usually eat lunch?

When do you have speech therapy?

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TEMPORAL AWARENESS

Answer the following questions about time.

1.How long ago were you born?

2.If I am 40 years old, how many years apart are we in age?

3.How many years does it take to finish an average public school education, assuming one graduates?

4.How long is someone pregnant before giving birth?

5.How old is America, if we consider the signing of the Declaration of Independence to be her start?

6.If someone was born in 1997, how old are they now?

7.How many months does summer last?

8.How many weeks of vacation do most people get in a year?

9.How long does a mayfly live?

10.How many days are there in the month of April?

11.If you have an hour of speech therapy, an hour of physical therapy, and an hour of occupational therapy every day of the week except for Sunday, how many hours of therapy do you have per week?

12.It will take you an hour to get cleaned up and dressed, ten minutes to water the plants, and fifteen minutes to feed the dog and let him outside and in again. Give yourself five extra minutes of time, just in case. How much time does it take you to get out of the house?

13.Your friend lives 20 minutes away. You need to stop at the drug store for one item, which you estimate will take you ten minutes to pick up. You agreed to meet your friend at noon at her place. What time do you need to leave your place in order to meet her on time?

14.You are taking a class that meets from 5:30 to 6:45 two times a week, and another class that meets from 7:00 to 8:00 five days a week. For each hour of class time, you should spend one half hour of time studying. How much time do you need to budget per week for school?

15.If you intend to meet friends to see a movie that starts at 7:50, and you want to eat dinner at the restaurant directly across the street from the theatre, approximately when should you meet for dinner, if you think it will take anywhere from an hour and a half to two hours to eat (and have coffee and dessert?)

16.If you are traveling at 60 miles per hour, how long will it take you to travel 240 miles?

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FUNCTIONAL MATH: Grocery Shopping

You ould like to u gro eries at “a ta a’s Gro eries. You ha e a udget of $40.00. Items on your list include: toilet paper, chicken, potatoes, a loaf of bread (wheat or rye), a half-gallon of milk, a bag of carrots (baby or regular), a package of spaghetti noodles, a pound of coffee, a jar of spaghetti sauce, Macintosh apples, oranges, a cabbage, and a container of dish soap. Choose the best value for each item, but stay under your budget, and stick to your list.

Add your groceries together:

If you were over budget, solve your problem by exchanging one higher-priced item for a cheaper one.

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FUNCTIONAL MATH and WRITING: balancing a checkbook, writing checks, addressing envelopes

You have received bills from the gas company, electric company, and your plumber (for work performed a few weeks ago to replace a pipe). You have enough money in your checking account, but you must write three checks, get them to the right places, and balance your checkbook.

Your Gas Bill:

Northern Resource Gas Company

P.O. Box 257

Richmond, VA 23160

Account number 57000-980-1168

Please include your account number on your check

Your Electric Bill:

Green City Power and Light

6800 Tesla Lane

Green City, OH 44063

Account number: GBH 6000-3547-2455

Service address: Your Name

Your Address

Monthly usage: February, 2014

Monthly se i es…………………………………………………………………………….. .

Ta es a d fees………………………………………………………………………………..... .

Total………………………………………………………………………………………………… .

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Your Plu er’s I oi e:

Williams and Sons Plumbing

870 Yorkshire Ave.

Springvale, OH 44062

INVOICE

Your checks:

__________________________________________________________________ $ ___________

_____________________________________________________dollars

Memo__________________________________________________________

::0655500345:: 9871003452220000 1086

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Your envelopes:

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FUNCTIONAL WRITING

Complete the functional writing tasks.

1. Write a note telling your pet-sitter what and how often to feed your pet cats while you are away. Your pet-sitte s a e is Do ee . You ill e go e fo fou da s, sta ti g this Thu sda . You will return on Monday morning and can feed the cats again then. The cats get fed half a can of canned food (each) in the morning and a scoop of dry food at night. They also need fresh water each day.

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. W ite a ote to ou la dlo d, M . O Do ell, i fo i g hi that ou eili g has a leak i the

bathroom. Include the best times and ways to reach you to schedule a time to come and fix it.

___________________________________________________________________

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3.You must decline an invitation to a dinner party on Friday night, hosted by your neighbors, the Cullivers. You are required by your job to be out of town that weekend and must be at the airport at that time. You know that Mrs. Culliver is a fantastic cook and you want to be invited again. Write them a note to let them know you cannot attend.

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4.Write your boss, Mr. Hodge, a request for your vacation time. You will be asking for the two weeks between Monday, July 28th and Friday, August 8th. You hope to go camping and get some

fishing in.

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The Ei stei Puzzle

Level: hard

There are 5 different houses in 5 different colors. In each house there lives a person with a different nationality. These 5 people drink a particular beverage, collect a certain item, and have a certain pet. No one has the same pet, collection, or favorite beverage. Determine who lives in each house based on the clues below. Who owns the fish?

1.The Brit lives in a red house.

2.The American keeps dogs as pets.

3.The Moroccan drinks tea.

4.The green house is on the left of the white house.

5.The green house owner drinks coffee.

6.The person who collects Art keeps birds.

7.The owner of the yellow house collects coins.

8.The man living in the house in the middle drinks milk.

9.The Spaniard lives in the first house.

10.The man who collects books lives next to the one who keeps cats.

11.The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who collects coins.

12.The owner who collects figurines drinks beer.

13.The German collects stamps.

14.The Spaniard lives next to a blue house.

15.The man who collects books has a neighbor who drinks water.

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The “Einstein” Puzzle: SOLUTION

Level: hard

__water_________ ___tea__________ __milk__________ __coffee________ __beer_________

___cats_________ ___horse________ __birds__________ __fish__________ __dogs_________

The German owns the fish.

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Simple Sudoku

Level: easy

Figure out the numbers, 1-6. In each column, vertically and horizontally, there can be only one of each number. In each rectangle of six (for example, one of the sets of squares highlighted in blue) there can be only one of each number.

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Simple Sudoku

Level: hard

Figure out the numbers, 1-6. In each column, vertically and horizontally, there can be only one of each number. In each rectangle of six (for example, one of the sets of squares highlighted in blue) there can be only one of each number.

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Simple Sudoku answers

Level: easy

Level: hard

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Sudoku

Level: easy

Figure out the numbers, 1-9. In each column, vertically and horizontally, there can be only one of each number. In each square of nine (for example, the squares highlighted in blue) there can be only one of each number.

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Sudoku

Level: hard

Figure out the numbers, 1-9. In each column, vertically and horizontally, there can be only one of each number. In each square of nine (for example, the squares highlighted in blue) there can be only one of each number.

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Sudoku answers

Easy puzzle