Concrete Categories: Just For Adults

Just for Adults™
Concrete Categories
by Kathryn J. Tomlin
Skills Ages
concrete categorization 16 through adult
reading and auditory comprehension Grades
inclusion and exclusion high school and up
vocabulary
word relationships
Evidence-Based Practice
According to the Clinical Guidelines of the Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists
(www.rcslt.org/resources, 2005) and the National Stroke Association (2006), the following
therapy principles are supported:
Communication, both verbal and nonverbal, is a fundamental human need. Meeting this
need by facilitating and enhancing communication in any form can be vital to a patient’s
well-being.
Therapy should include tasks that focus on semantic processing, including semantic cueing
of spoken output, semantic judgments, categorization, and word-to-picture matching.
Therapy may target the comprehension and production of complex, as well as simple,
sentence forms.
Therapy should be conducted within natural communication environments.
Rehabilitation is an important part of recovering from a stroke, and the goal is to regain as
much independence as possible.
This book incorporates the above principles and is also based on expert professional practice.
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About the Author
Kathryn J. Tomlin, M.S., CCC-SLP, has been a speech-language
clinician in hospitals, rehabilitation centers, and in long-term care facilities
for over 25 years. She has authored many materials with LinguiSystems
over the last 20 years. Some of her works include:
WALC 1 (Workbook of Activities for Language and Cognition)–

Aphasia Rehab
WALC 2–Cognitive Rehab
WALC 8–Word Finding
WALC 9–Verbal and Visual Reasoning
WALC 10–Memory
WALC 11–Language for Home Activities
The Source for Apraxia Therapy
Kathy and her therapy dog, Zanmi
Zanmi, Kathy’s Samoyed, goes to work with her to encourage the clients.
Her clients enjoy feeding and spending time with Zanmi, and Zanmi
enjoys their company. Everybody wins!
Dedication
This book is respectfully dedicated to Danielle Fedele. Thanks for all your help in using
the exercises in this series of books. I couldn’t have done it without you. May your
journey in the world of speech/language pathology be fulfilling and fruitful.
Edited by Lauri Whiskeyman

Page Layout by Christine Buysse
Cover Design by Jeff Taylor
Illustrations by Margaret Warner
Table of Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Screening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Selecting Category Name —Three Choices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Selecting Category Member—Three Choices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Matching Across Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Matching Category to Member . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Locate Similar Category Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Sorting—Four Category Choice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Selecting Category Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Pictures of Category Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Locating Animals in Sentences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Locating Furniture in Sentences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Exclusion—Which Doesn’t Belong? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Name Category Member from Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Provide a Category Member Given First Letter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Name Category from List of Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Complete the List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Listing Location Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Listing Category Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Answer Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Just for Adults: Concrete Categories 3 Copyright © 2007 LinguiSystems, Inc.

Introduction
Categorization is an integral part of our daily communication. We categorize in multiple ways every
day. We categorize when we get dressed, when we choose what to eat, when we go shopping, when
we plant gardens, and so on. But the ability to categorize is frequently impaired in someone who has
language or thinking difficulties. It can become very confusing or overwhelming if categorization skills
are impaired.
Many factors can hinder one’s ability to categorize, such as:
• Difficulty understanding language or concepts due to aphasia.

• Difficulty utilizing convergent language skills.
• Difficulty mentally manipulating information and coming to a conclusion.
• Impulsivity causing action before receiving and analyzing all pertinent information.
• Becoming overwhelmed with mentally-held information and new input.
The exercises in Just for Adults: Concrete Categories have been developed to address concrete
categorization. Concrete categorization refers to things that are definite and tangible as opposed to
abstract categorization which addresses intangible qualities and characteristics. Concrete categorization
skills are foundational for many language and thought processes and for activities of daily living.
The exercises can be done in multiple ways.
• Have clients read items silently and complete them independently.

• Have clients read task items aloud and write the response. In general, performance improves
when a person has multi-modality input (i.e., hearing it while reading it).
• Read the items to the client and have the client give responses verbally.
On page 6, you will find a screening tool that is not to be used as a test but rather as a way to observe a
client’s use of strategies and reasoning patterns. Some questions to think about while observing how the
client completes the screening include:
1. Does the client need to use verbal rehearsal to aid comprehension?

2. Is the client impulsive, and does his impulsivity lead to errors?
3. Does the client read too much into the task and become confused?
4. Is the client aware of his error responses?
5. Does the client ask for clarification when having difficulty or does he just keep
going, whether the item is understood or not?
6. Does the client miss salient information?
7. Is the client able to think convergently and divergently?
8. Does the client have trouble shifting from one task to the next?

Introduction, continued
These guidelines will help you present the activities in this book.
• The goals of these exercises are to improve a person’s ability to converge upon specific
members of a category and to think divergently to determine the category to which members
belong. These abilities to converge and diverge information are foundational skills in many
cognitive functions. Be flexible with presentation and accept answers that differ from your
viewpoint if the client can give a logical explanation. The answers in the Answer Key are
provided as a reference and are not intended to be all inclusive.
• The exercises are not for testing purposes. Try to make them as enjoyable as possible.
Talking about the specific task items, particularly when correcting error responses, will help
to improve the client’s ability for achieving the goals. Do not get into debates if the client is
unable to see another viewpoint for a response. Just move on to the next item.
I hope you and your clients find these exercises enjoyable and beneficial.
Kathy

Screening
1. Mark the best answer. A jar is a: tool stone container
2. Mark the vegetable. shirt corn carpet
3. Connect the category to its member.

clothing baseball
building squeak
sport bank
sound pants
4. Mark the two items from the same category.

paper knife fork
5. Mark the relatives.

button nephew peanut
son store father
major aunt grandmother
6. Mark the item that doesn’t belong with the others.

rainy fluffy windy stormy
7. Write a flavor that begins with the letter C. _________________
8. Add a similar item to this list.

kitchen, dining room, den, _____________________
9. Name the category to which these items belong.
golf, basketball, football: _____________________

Selecting Category Name—Three Choices
Mark the category on the right that goes with the item on the left.
Example: 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . job day number
1. apple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . fruit furniture color
2. dog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . room clothing animal
3. juice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . music drink nut
4. chair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . color animal furniture
5. corn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vegetable fish material
6. football . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . bird sport tree
7. hammer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . tool country day
8. cake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . clothing meat dessert
9. July . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . store month weather
10. Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . bug snack state
11. eagle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . bird plant color
12. dime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . flavor coin vegetable
13. car . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vehicle candy language
14. teacher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . room meat job
15. rain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . animal weather city

Selecting Category Name—Three Choices
Mark the category on the right that goes with the item on the left.
Example: 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . job day number
1. September . . . . . . . . . . . . . . animal month container
2. engineer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . season grain occupation
3. Memorial Day . . . . . . . . . . . holiday room color
4. cashew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . insect state nut
5. spearmint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . flavor clothing place
6. steak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . sport bird meat
7. Baltimore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . tool city weather
8. blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . relative toy month
9. bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vehicle number fruit
10. toaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . chore day appliance
11. scream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . dessert sound tree
12. hawk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . state room bird
13. excited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . emotion coin footwear
14. tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . book food plant
15. cotton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . island material vehicle

Selecting Category Member—Three Choices
Mark the word on the right that goes with the category on the left.
Example: color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . shirt blue robin
1. drink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pencil milk red
2. furniture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . table wheat pie
3. animal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . paper radio horse
4. fruit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . hour chair peach
5. month . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Utah April Susan
6. meat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . chicken water hand
7. tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . sun maple west
8. toy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . doll room language
9. drink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . apple coffee stone
10. clothing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . fish stamp pants
11. insect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . fly waiter cold
12. flower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . charge alarm rose
13. food . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pizza wind point
14. holiday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . coin state Labor Day
15. weather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . toast snowy heart

Selecting Category Member—Three Choices
Mark the word on the right that goes with the category on the left.
Example: color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . shirt blue robin
1. window covering . . . . . . . . vase nickel curtain
2. roadway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . street fan screech
3. something to read . . . . . . . letter pliers chips
4. relative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . wax uncle pack
5. flavor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vanilla finger card
6. season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . picture trail winter
7. boy’s name . . . . . . . . . . . . . June Boise Peter
8. shape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . circle pen spatula
9. spice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . key pepper tape
10. footwear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . head sneakers speaker
11. musical instrument . . . . . . lamp drop flute
12. dog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . goal collie snore
13. building . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . school tube bone
14. transportation . . . . . . . . . . . dirt car knob
15. day of the week . . . . . . . . . . Jayne Utah Monday

Matching Across Columns
Match the word on the left to its category on the right. The first one is done
for you.
ring vegetable
cow tool
apple pie appliance
screwdriver jewelry
suit transportation
head fish
flounder farm animal
oak relative
peas clothing
baseball fruit
daughter body part
airplane weather
sunny chore
refrigerator dessert
vacuuming tree
apple sport

Matching Across Columns
Match the category on the left to its member on the right. The first one is
done for you.
color dog
month happy
room daisy
occupation drugstore
pet basketball
footwear March
flower pepper
sport chocolate
garden tool kitchen
snack avenue
emotion pretzels
spice red
roadway rake
store ant
insect plumber
flavor boots

Matching Category to Member
Write the letter of the item on the right next to its category on the left. The
first one is done for you.
H
_____ material A. bracelet
_____ transportation B. vacuum cleaner
_____ plant C. Jonathan
_____ jewelry D. ship
_____ sound E. barn
_____ appliance F. beep
_____ number G. Thanksgiving
_____ building H. cotton
_____ name I. Tuesday
_____ day J. rosebush
_____ holiday K. twenty

Matching Category to Member
Write the letter of the item on the right next to its category on the left. The
first one is done for you.
E
_____ emotion A. salt
_____ clothing B. neck
_____ silverware C. roach
_____ insect D. duck
_____ spice E. scared
_____ business F. cauliflower
_____ water bird G. blonde
_____ body part H. spoon
_____ coin I. grocery store
_____ hair color J. T-shirt
_____ vegetable K. penny

Locate Similar Category Items
Circle two words in each group that are in the same category.
Example: sister brother pencil
1. canoe rowboat envelope
2. paper happy sad
3. spoon phone fork
4. can book magazine
5. bark meow ceiling
6. pretzels picture crackers
7. scissors moon sun
8. duck glass goose
9. jar can pencil
10. seven month year
11. summer winter bicycle
12. plastic rake shovel
13. kitten staple puppy
14. nose ear hat
15. cloud whale dolphin

Locate Similar Category Items
Circle two words in each group that are in the same category.
Example: sister brother pencil
1. raft salt pepper
2. dish stick glass
3. talk light lamp
4. blonde brunette grass
5. bush lips shrub
6. saw apple pear
7. lion tiger beard
8. face chair table
9. watch arrow clock
10. eyes ears cliff
11. pocket flounder shark
12. fingers toes test
13. socks wave shoes
14. fifty thirty belt
15. clam leaves oyster

Sorting—Four Category Choice
Animals Months
dog
Drinks Clothing
Write these words under their categories. The first one is done for you.
dog iced tea bird

coat mouse water
August shirt horse
juice July shorts
cat December soda
milk socks October
sweater June fish

Sorting—Four Category Choice
Transportation Food
potatoes
Colors Rooms
Write these words under their categories. The first one is done for you.
potatoes blue soup

den red ship
car rice yellow
beans bedroom kitchen
green pink train
boat living room eggs
bathroom plane peanuts

Selecting Category Members
Mark the words in each box that belong to the category.
Animals Months
tiger whistle October August
curtain storm June April
monkey llama Utah Austin
skunk otter Sally May
clock sink September Drew
Drinks Clothing
brick carpet shirt pencil
water milk heater hat
ginger ale balloon pants socks
juice coffee ice cubes suit
iron road house fence
Parts of the Face Stores/Businesses

nose wing river bank
chin mouth pharmacy edition
glove hands florist bakery
feet cheek summer link
eye wall shed restaurant

Selecting Category Members
Mark the words in each box that belong to the category.
Foods Furniture
tuna fish singer bureau table
boxes grapefruit shoe window
anything thumb sofa chair
rubber bread eye bed
beets rice bucket squirrel
Languages Vacation Places

English Melanie truck ski resort
French Russian seashore glasses
Quebec London spring state park
James Sam mountains golf resort
Spanish Hebrew trunk laundry
Shapes Baby Animals

planet circle tulip branch
triangle square blanket kitten
downy chirp cub lamb
rectangle oval puppy office
horn canvas silver calf

Pictures of Category Items
Mark any picture on this page that is an animal.

Pictures of Category Items
Mark any picture on this page that is a kitchen item.

Locating Animals in Sentences
Circle the animal in each sentence. The first one is done for you.
1. It was hard to see the tiger among the trees.
2. He walked his dog in the park on Saturday.
3. Many people think cats are independent.
4. A raccoon has a black mask on its face.
5. In Australia, you may see many kangaroos.
6. The pigeons were sitting on the telephone wires.
7. Many children have hamsters as pets.
8. Monkeys are known for liking bananas.
9. There were twenty horses running through the field.
10. He liked to watch the panda bears playing.
11. He was afraid of being attacked by a shark.
12. Chipmunks were living in the woodpile.

Locating Furniture in Sentences
Circle the furniture in each sentence. The first one is done for you.
1. She changed the sheets on the bed every Monday.
2. His socks were in the top bureau drawer.
3. The coffee table was stained with water marks.
4. He rocked in the rocking chair to soothe the baby.
5. Put the grocery bags on the kitchen table.
6. He lay on the sofa to watch the football game.
7. The magazine was on the end table.
8. Her dishes were displayed in the china cabinet.
9. Bookshelves can be tall or short.
10. His grandfather’s desk was made of mahogany.
11. She put her feet up on the footstool and fell asleep.
12. They put the bench on their back porch.

Exclusion—Which Doesn’t Belong?
Mark the word that does not belong with the other words.
Example: grape shoe peach pear
1. horse cow goat house
2. skirt bone blouse jacket
3. hot dog broccoli towel pizza
4. pencil marker pen shed
5. being dusting washing sweeping
6. gray pink camp tan
7. shoe slipper boot road
8. brick arm leg foot
9. golf bush skiing soccer
10. bang crash bench boom
11. nose pliers wrench saw
12. ginger ale tea cola fence
13. Chicago April Orlando San Diego
14. sister mother bird aunt
15. water rock pebble stone

Exclusion—Which Doesn’t Belong?
Mark the word that does not belong with the other words.
Example: grape shoe peach pear
1. lips teeth jacket tongue
2. grass chicken flowers bushes
3. spoon train bus plane
4. seaweed starfish boxes seahorse
5. collie poodle bulldog hammer
6. couch lady table bookcase
7. library bank dollar restaurant
8. navy sunny windy cloudy
9. lima beans corn lettuce book
10. eight four nine pillow
11. kitten puppy light lamb
12. knuckles palm finger knob
13. dusted tired confused lonely
14. ice cubes spaghetti lasagna pizza
15. morning night stairs evening

Name Category Member from Description
Name the item from the description. The first one is done for you.
1. This tool is used for sweeping. ____________________

broom
2. This piece of furniture is used to sit on. ____________________
3. This article of clothing has belt loops and legs. ____________________
4. This musical instrument has 88 white and black keys. ______________
5. This dessert is made from frozen milk. ____________________
6. This kitchen appliance is used for baking. ____________________
7. This clothing material is made from sheep hair. ____________________
8. This insect can sting. ____________________
9. This farm animal gives milk. ____________________
10. This form of transportation has wings. ____________________
11. This writing implement contains ink. ____________________
12. This meat comes from pigs. ____________________
13. This vegetable grows under the ground. ____________________
14. This weather condition is pleasant. ____________________
15. This shape has four sides. ____________________
16. This building contains classrooms. ____________________

Name Category Member from Description
Name the item from the description. The first one is done for you.
1. This tool is used for sweeping. ____________________

broom
2. This piece of jewelry tells the time. ____________________
3. This part of your face is used for seeing. ____________________
4. This kitchen utensil is used for cutting. ____________________
5. This toy bounces. ____________________
6. This room is used for sleeping. ____________________
7. This falls from the sky in winter. ____________________
8. This article of clothing is worn in cold weather. ____________________
9. This red flower has thorns. ____________________
10. This holiday honors our soldiers. ____________________
11. This vegetable makes eyes water. ____________________
12. This container holds milk. ____________________
13. This is the color of apples. ____________________
14. This building contains hundreds of books. ____________________
15. This vehicle has a siren. ____________________
16. This sport is played on a field. ____________________

Provide a Category Member Given First Letter
Name an item using the given letter. The first one is done for you.
1. Name a month that begins with O. ____________________

October
2. Name an animal that begins with D. ____________________
3. Name a vegetable that begins with C. ____________________
4. Name a drink that begins with W. ____________________
5. Name a tree that begins with M. ____________________
6. Name an article of clothing that begins with S. ___________________
7. Name a tool that begins with S. ____________________
8. Name a color that begins with B. _____________________
9. Name a boy’s name that begins with J. ____________________
10. Name a nut that begins with P. ____________________
11. Name an insect that begins with B. ____________________
12. Name a day of the week that begins with F. ____________________
13. Name something in the kitchen that begins with S. _________________
14. Name a body part that begins with E. ____________________
15. Name a musical instrument that begins with P. ___________________
16. Name an occupation that begins with T. ____________________

Provide a Category Member Given First Letter
Name an item using the given letter. The first one is done for you.
1. Name a month that begins with O. ____________________

Oc tober
2. Name a fruit that begins with P. ____________________
3. Name a number that begins with F. ____________________
4. Name a girl’s name that begins with T. ____________________
5. Name a meal that begins with B. ____________________
6. Name a season that begins with S. ____________________
7. Name a dessert that begins with C. ____________________
8. Name a container that begins with B. ____________________
9. Name an animal that begins with L. ____________________
10. Name a sport that begins with S. ____________________
11. Name a window covering that begins with C. ____________________
12. Name a spice that begins with P. ____________________
13. Name something in a city that begins with S. ____________________
14. Name a snack that begins with P. ____________________
15. Name an emotion that begins with H. ____________________
16. Name a relative that begins with N. ____________________

Name Category from List of Members
Name the category to which these items belong.
Example: orange, plum, apple: ____________________

fruits
1. February, August, June: ____________________
2. socks, coat, shirt: ____________________
3. green, red, yellow: ____________________
4. shoulder, leg, stomach: ____________________
5. cauliflower, corn, beans: ____________________
6. pork, beef, chicken: ____________________
7. fourteen, eleven, twenty: ____________________
8. hot chocolate, coffee, tea: ____________________
9. car, bus, airplane: ____________________
10. Sunday, Tuesday, Friday: ____________________
11. quarter, nickel, penny: ____________________
12. bedroom, kitchen, living room: ____________________
13. New Year’s, Thanksgiving, Labor Day: ____________________
14. Texas, New Jersey, Montana: ____________________
15. flounder, trout, bass: ____________________

Name Category from List of Members
Name the category to which these items belong.
Example: orange, plum, apple: ____________________

f ru i ts
1. blonde, brunette, gray: ____________________
2. locket, necklace, earrings: ____________________
3. daffodils, pansies, rose: ____________________
4. eyes, ears, nose: ____________________
5. son, aunt, niece: ____________________
6. rain, sleet, hail: ____________________
7. baseball, soccer, swimming: _____________________
8. boots, shoes, sneakers: _____________________
9. apple, banana, orange: _____________________
10. horse, cow, sheep: _____________________
11. curtains, blinds, drapes: ____________________
12. street, avenue, lane: _____________________
13. salt, pepper, paprika: _____________________
14. bucket, mop, rag: ____________________
15. Spanish, English, German: ____________________

Complete the List
Complete the list with a similar item.
Example: dog, cat, bird, ____________________

horse
1. Sarah, Lindsey, Alicia, ____________________
2. helmet, cap, scarf, ____________________
3. letter, postcard, magazine, ____________________
4. clams, shark, seaweed, ____________________
5. bucket, rag, scrub brush, ____________________
6. winter, spring, summer, ____________________
7. January, November, April, ____________________
8. potato chips, peanuts, crackers, ____________________
9. guitar, flute, drums, ____________________
10. peppermint, vanilla, strawberry, ____________________
11. purple, yellow, green, ____________________
12. football, golf, skating, ____________________
13. vest, pants, jacket, ____________________
14. cola, water, coffee, ____________________
15. peach, pear, banana, ____________________

Complete the List
Complete the list with a similar item.
Example: dog, cat, bird, ____________________

horse
1. pillow, blanket, bedspread, ____________________
2. pen, marker, crayon, ____________________
3. wasp, beetle, mosquito, ____________________
4. dining room, den, bathroom, ____________________
5. monkey, giraffe, bear, ____________________
6. cabbage, broccoli, carrots, ____________________
7. saw, wrench, chisel, ____________________
8. plumber, dentist, realtor, ____________________
9. soccer, lacrosse, basketball, ____________________
10. fair, clear, rainy, ____________________
11. dime, nickel, quarter, ____________________
12. ham, turkey, pork, ____________________
13. canoe, rowboat, tugboat, ____________________
14. Chinese, French, Polish, ____________________
15. bottle, bag, can, ____________________

Listing Location Items
List five things that can be found in each location.
Things found in a bank Things found in a park
1. _________________________ 1. _________________________
2. _________________________ 2. _________________________
3. _________________________ 3. _________________________
4. _________________________ 4. _________________________
5. _________________________ 5. _________________________
Things found in a hospital Things found in a kitchen
1. _________________________ 1. _________________________
2. _________________________ 2. _________________________
3. _________________________ 3. _________________________
4. _________________________ 4. _________________________
5. _________________________ 5. _________________________

Listing Location Items
List five things that can be found in each location.
Things found at the dentist Things found at the beach
1. _________________________ 1. _________________________
2. _________________________ 2. _________________________
3. _________________________ 3. _________________________
4. _________________________ 4. _________________________
5. _________________________ 5. _________________________
Things found in a garage Things found in a grocery store
1. _________________________ 1. _________________________
2. _________________________ 2. _________________________
3. _________________________ 3. _________________________
4. _________________________ 4. _________________________
5. _________________________ 5. _________________________

Listing Category Items
State _____ members in each category.
1. animals 16. cities
2. vegetables 17. toys
3. colors 18. flowers
4. months 19. holidays
5. occupations 20. transportation
6. furniture 21. chores
7. clothing 22. desserts
8. drinks 23. trees
9. nuts 24. appliances
10. sports 25. sounds
11. tools 26. footwear
12. weather 27. birds
13. flavors 28. relatives
14. coins 29. stores/businesses
15. meat 30. boy’s names

Listing Category Items
State _____ members in each category.
1. fruits 16. containers
2. days 17. seasons
3. rooms 18. kitchen items
4. insects 19. dog breeds
5. snacks 20. parts of your face
6. states 21. types of music
7. vacation places 22. baby animals
8. girl’s names 23. animal sounds
9. musical instruments 24. things in the ocean
10. shapes 25. fish
11. things you write with 26. material (building or fabrics)
12. water vehicles 27. languages
13. emotions/feelings 28. cleaning items
14. things to read 29. numbers
15. things you wear on your head 30. types of physicians

Answer Key
The most likely answers are listed. Accept other logical, appropriate answers as correct.
page 6 4. peach sport-basketball 3. light, lamp

Screening 5. April garden tool-rake 4. blonde, brunette
1. container 6. chicken snack-pretzels 5. bush, shrub
2. corn 7. maple emotion-happy 6. apple, pear
3. clothing-pants 8. doll spice-pepper 7. lion, tiger
building-bank 9. coffee roadway-avenue 8. chair, table
sport-baseball 10. pants store-drugstore 9. watch, clock
sound-squeak 11. fly insect-ant 10. eyes, ears
4. knife, fork 12. rose flavor-chocolate 11. flounder, shark
5. son, nephew, aunt, father, 13. pizza 12. fingers, toes
grandmother 14. Labor Day page 13 13. socks, shoes
6. fluffy 15. snowy D transportation 14. fifty, thirty
7. cinnamon, cherry, chocolate J plant 15. clam, oyster
8. bedroom, bathroom page 10 A jewelry
9. sports 1. curtain F sound page 17
2. street B appliance animals: dog, cat, mouse, bird, horse, fish
page 7 3. letter K number months: August, July, December, June, October
1. fruit 4. uncle E building drinks: juice, milk, iced tea, water, soda
2. animal 5. vanilla C name clothing: coat, sweater, shirt, socks, shorts
3. drink 6. winter I day
4. furniture 7. Peter G holiday page 18
5. vegetable 8. circle transportation: car, boat, plane, ship, train
6. sport 9. pepper page 14 food: potatoes, beans, rice, soup, eggs, peanuts
7. tool 10. sneakers J clothing colors: green, blue, red, pink, yellow
8. dessert 11. flute H silverware rooms: den, bathroom, bedroom, living room,
9. month 12. collie C insect kitchen
10. state 13. school A spice
11. bird 14. car I business page 19
12. coin 15. Monday D water bird animals: tiger, monkey, skunk, llama, otter
13. vehicle B body part months: October, June, September, August, April,
14. job page 11 K coin May
15. weather cow-farm animal G hair color drinks: water, ginger ale, juice, milk, coffee
apple pie-dessert F vegetable clothing: shirt, pants, hat, socks, suit
page 8 screwdriver-tool parts of the face: nose, chin, eye, mouth, cheek
1. month suit-clothing page 15 stores: pharmacy, florist, bank, bakery, restaurant
2. occupation head-body part 1. canoe, rowboat
3. holiday flounder-fish 2. happy, sad page 20
4. nut oak-tree 3. spoon, fork foods: tuna fish, beets, grapefruit, bread, rice
5. flavor peas-vegetable 4. book, magazine furniture: bureau, sofa, table, chair, bed
6. meat baseball-sport 5. bark, meow languages: English, French, Spanish, Russian,
7. city daughter-relative 6. pretzels, crackers Hebrew
8. toy airplane-transportation 7. moon, sun vacation places: seashore, mountains, ski resort,
9. vehicle sunny-weather 8. duck, goose state park, golf resort
10. appliance refrigerator-appliance 9. jar, can shapes: triangle, rectangle, circle, square, oval
11. sound vacuuming-chore 10. month, year baby animals: cub, puppy, kitten, lamb, calf
12. bird apple-fruit 11. summer, winter
13. emotion 12. rake, shovel page 21
14. plant page 12 13. kitten, puppy dog, goat, turtle, cat, skunk, horse, elephant, camel,
15. material month-March 14. nose, ear snake, bird
room-kitchen 15. whale, dolphin
page 9 occupation-plumber page 22
1. milk pet-dog page 16 spoon, sink, pot, pitcher, refrigerator, stove, fork, pan,
2. table footwear-boots 1. salt, pepper knife, toaster
3. horse flower-daisy 2. dish, glass

Answer Key, continued
page 23 13. dusted page 30 4. whale, fish, dolphin
2. dog 14. ice cubes 2. peach, pear, plum 5. sponge
3. cats 15. stairs 3. four, five, fifteen, fifty 6. fall
4. raccoon 4. Tammy, Tina, Teresa 7. February
5. kangaroos page 27 5. breakfast, brunch 8. pretzels, popcorn
6. pigeons 2. chair, couch 6. summer, spring 9. piano
7. hamsters 3. pants, jeans 7. cake, cookies, chocolate 10. chocolate
8. monkeys 4. piano pudding 11. red
9. horses 5. ice cream 8. bag, box, bowl 12. baseball
10. panda bears 6. oven 9. lion, leopard 13. shirt
11. shark 7. wool 10. soccer, swimming, skiing 14. tea, milk
12. chipmunks 8. bee, yellow jacket 11. curtains 15. apple
9. cow, goat 12. pepper, paprika
page 24 10. airplane, jet 13. subway, skyscraper, smog page 34
2. bureau 11. pen 14. popcorn, pretzels, peanuts 1. sheets
3. coffee table 12. pork, bacon, ham 15. happy, hate, horrified 2. pencil
4. rocking chair 13. carrot, potato, onion 16. nephew, niece 3. fly, bee
5. kitchen table 14. sunny, warm 4. kitchen, bedroom
6. sofa 15. square, rectangle page 31 5. lion, tiger
7. end table 16. school 1. months 6. corn, peas
8. china cabinet 2. clothing 7. hammer, pliers
9. bookshelves page 28 3. colors 8. teacher, trucker
10. desk 2. watch 4. body parts 9. baseball, football, golf
11. footstool 3. eyes 5. vegetables 10. sunny, cloudy
12. bench 4. knife 6. meat 11. penny
5. ball 7. numbers 12. beef, chicken
page 25 6. bedroom 8. hot drinks 13. ship, motorboat
1. house 7. snow 9. vehicles, transportation 14. Spanish, English
2. bone 8. jacket, coat, sweater, mittens 10. days of the week 15. box
3. towel 9. rose 11. money, coins
4. shed 10. Memorial Day, 12. rooms page 35
5. being Veteran’s Day 13. holidays bank: money, tellers, vault, deposit
6. camp 11. onion 14. states slips, guard
7. road 12. carton, jug, bottle 15. fish park: benches, people, dogs, trees,
8. brick 13. red, yellow, green sidewalks
9. bush 14. library page 32 hospital: doctors, nurses, beds,
10. bench 15. police car, ambulance, 1. hair color medicine, flowers
11. nose fire truck 2. jewelry kitchen: sink, stove, refrigerator,
12. fence 16. football, soccer, baseball 3. flowers dishes, glasses
13. April 4. parts of your face
14. bird page 29 5. relatives page 36
15. water 2. dog, duck, deer 6. weather conditions dentist: chair, dentist, toothbrush,
3. corn, carrot 7. sports x-rays, drill
page 26 4. water, wine 8. footwear beach: sand, people, blankets,
1. jacket 5. maple, mimosa 9. fruits umbrellas, water
2. chicken 6. sweater, socks, shirt, shoes 10. farm animals garage: car, tools, ladder, shovel,
3. spoon 7. screwdriver, saw 11. window coverings tires
4. boxes 8. blue, black, brown, beige 12. roadways grocery store: carts, people, food,
5. hammer 9. John, Jack, Jake, Jeff 13. spices, seasoning cashier, aisles
6. lady 10. peanut, pecan, pistachio 14. cleaning items
7. dollar 11. bee, beetle, bug 15. languages pages 37 and 38
8. navy 12. Friday Answers will vary.
9. book 13. sink, spoon page 33
10. pillow 14. eye, ear, elbow 1. Mary
11. light 15. piano, piccolo 2. hat
12. knob 16. teacher, trucker 3. book, newspaper
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WALC 1 (Workbook of Activities for Language and Cognition)–

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Many factors can hinder one’s ability to categorize, such as:

• Difficulty understanding language or concepts due to aphasia.

The exercises can be done in multiple ways.

• Have clients read items silently and complete them independently.

1. Does the client need to use verbal rehearsal to aid comprehension?

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2. Mark the vegetable. shirt corn carpet

3. Connect the category to its member.

4. Mark the two items from the same category.

5. Mark the relatives.

6. Mark the item that doesn’t belong with the others.

7. Write a flavor that begins with the letter C. _________________

8. Add a similar item to this list.

9. Name the category to which these items belong.

golf, basketball, football: _____________________

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1. apple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . fruit furniture color

2. dog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . room clothing animal

3. juice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . music drink nut

4. chair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . color animal furniture

5. corn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vegetable fish material

6. football . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . bird sport tree

7. hammer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . tool country day

8. cake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . clothing meat dessert

9. July . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . store month weather

10. Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . bug snack state

11. eagle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . bird plant color

12. dime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . flavor coin vegetable

13. car . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vehicle candy language

14. teacher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . room meat job

15. rain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . animal weather city

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1. September . . . . . . . . . . . . . . animal month container

2. engineer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . season grain occupation

3. Memorial Day . . . . . . . . . . . holiday room color

4. cashew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . insect state nut

5. spearmint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . flavor clothing place

6. steak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . sport bird meat

7. Baltimore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . tool city weather

8. blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . relative toy month

9. bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vehicle number fruit

10. toaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . chore day appliance

11. scream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . dessert sound tree

12. hawk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . state room bird

13. excited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . emotion coin footwear

14. tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . book food plant

15. cotton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . island material vehicle

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1. drink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pencil milk red

2. furniture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . table wheat pie

3. animal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . paper radio horse

4. fruit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . hour chair peach

5. month . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Utah April Susan

6. meat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . chicken water hand

7. tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . sun maple west

8. toy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . doll room language