Adult Speech Therapy Exercises to Print: 15 Free Worksheets by Disorder
Aphasia after a Stroke, memory disorders following a traumatic brain injury, attention difficulties, slow processing, cognitive disorders related to multiple sclerosis, decreased verbal fluency… The reasons that lead an adult to consult speech therapy are numerous. This page offers 15 exercise worksheets specifically designed for adults, directly printable with one click, categorized by major rehabilitation areas.
📋 Quick Access to the 15 Adult Worksheets
Post-Stroke Aphasia:
Memory and Attention:
Executive Functions:
Comprehension and Reasoning:
Senior Stimulation and Parkinson's:
This comprehensive guide brings together all the speech therapy sheets for adults that you can print for free, organized by major pathology. Whether you are personally involved in rehabilitation, accompanying a loved one, or a speech therapist looking for new resources for your patients, you will find here concrete, immediately usable resources.
Why prioritize printable adult speech therapy exercises?
At a time when tablets and cognitive applications are multiplying, one might think that paper sheets have become obsolete. Nothing could be further from the truth. Printable speech therapy exercises for adults offer specific advantages that digital formats cannot always match.
Universal accessibility
The first advantage of paper is that it requires no technological skills. For an elderly patient who is not familiar with screens, for someone in the early stages of recovery post-Stroke who struggles to handle a smartphone, or for someone who simply wants to take a break from the screens they are already subjected to all day, paper remains a natural medium.
A multimodal sensory experience
Writing by hand, drawing a line with a pencil, circling a word with a pen: these actions engage the brain differently than touch interactions on a screen. Fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, pressure of the stroke, spatial perception of the page: all of this contributes to rich sensory learning. For patients in post-Stroke or post-traumatic brain injury rehabilitation, this motor dimension is not a detail: it plays a full role in recovery.
Easy integration into daily life
A stack of printed sheets can be taken anywhere: in the car, in waiting rooms, on vacation. No connection issues, no battery dying at the wrong moment. For professionals, printed sheets are also easier to share with the patient's family via the speech therapist-family liaison notebook.
How to download these sheets in PDF?
Each sheet presented below has a button “ 🖨 Print this sheet ” at the top right. Click on it, and your browser will open the print window. You can then print directly on A4 paper or save as a PDF by selecting this option as the printer. All sheets are designed to fit on a single A4 page.
Post-Stroke aphasia
Aphasia is an acquired language disorder, most often following a Stroke. For aphasic patients, printable exercises must be very gradual. Daily regularity is essential, ideally 15 to 30 minutes per day, in several short sessions. Our application CLINT Brain Coach offers exercises specifically designed for post-Stroke rehabilitation and ideally complements the printed sheets.
Lexical evocation by category
Image Description — Guided Production
A public park in summer. An elderly man is sitting on a bench reading a newspaper. Next to him, a little boy is playing with his dog. In the distance, a young woman is jogging with headphones on. The sun is shining, there are a few white clouds.
📝 Describe the scene by answering these 5 questions:
Progressive Reading Aloud
📍 Level 1 — Simple Words
📍 Level 2 — Short Sentences
📍 Level 3 — Longer Sentences
📍 Level 4 — Short Text
Memory and Attention
Many adult patients (post-Stroke, traumatic brain injury, multiple sclerosis) exhibit significant attention and memory disorders. These sheets work on the different dimensions of attention and memory. To assess the initial level, use our online memory test and our concentration test.
Memory Span — Number Memory
| Level | Sequence to memorize (read aloud) | Recall |
|---|---|---|
| 3 digits | 5 — 8 — 2 | |
| 4 digits | 9 — 4 — 7 — 1 | |
| 5 digits | 3 — 8 — 2 — 6 — 4 | |
| 5 digits | 7 — 1 — 9 — 5 — 3 | |
| 6 digits | 2 — 8 — 5 — 9 — 3 — 1 | |
| 6 digits | 4 — 7 — 2 — 6 — 8 — 5 | |
| 7 digits | 9 — 3 — 6 — 1 — 8 — 4 — 2 | |
| 7 digits | 5 — 8 — 3 — 7 — 2 — 9 — 4 | |
| 8 digits | 1 — 6 — 4 — 9 — 2 — 7 — 5 — 3 |
🔁 Difficult variant: Recall the sequence backward (for example, for "5-8-2", say "2-8-5"). This exercise engages working memory.
Target Barrage — Selective Attention
S A R E B C T O E P V D X N E B M A T R E P S O E L
M E B T A R S E P L Q D E V R T E A B M N C O E P L
T R E A B M S E P O Q V D E R T B A C M E N S O P L
E A B R T M S O E P L Q V D X N B M E T R A E P S L
B M E A R T O E P S L Q D E V N C M B A T E R O E P
⏱ Total time: sec. Number of E found: / 30 Omissions:
Associative Memory — Pairs to Memorize
📋 8 pairs to memorize (60 seconds)
| Pair | Word 1 | Word 2 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SUN | BEACH |
| 2 | VIOLIN | CONCERT |
| 3 | HOSPITAL | DOCTOR |
| 4 | BOOK | LIBRARY |
| 5 | SNOW | MOUNTAIN |
| 6 | PENCIL | PAPER |
| 7 | APPLE | ORCHARD |
| 8 | PIANO | MELODY |
✂️ — — Hide the list — —
✏️ Recall — What is the associated word?
Executive Functions
Executive functions (planning, flexibility, inhibition) are often impaired in acquired adult pathologies. To assess the initial level, use our online executive functions test.
Planning — Organizing a Day
📋 Tasks to organize:
Do the shopping
Pick up the children from school (4:30pm)
Prepare dinner
Stop by the pharmacy
Call my sister
Do 30 minutes of exercise
Go to the bank (closes at 5pm)
🗓 My schedule:
| Time | Task |
|---|---|
| 8am | |
| 9am | |
| 10am - 11:30am | |
| 11:30am - 1pm | |
| 2pm - 4pm | |
| 4pm - 5pm | |
| 5pm - 7pm | |
| 7pm - 8pm | <
Mental flexibility — Rule changes
APPLE — CAT — BALLOON — TABLE — WIND — GARDEN
Answer:
BICYCLE — WATER — RAT — APRICOT — TELEPHONE — LION
Answer:
DOG — PEAR — CAR — BANANA — TRAIN — HORSE
Animals:
Fruits:
Transports:
FLOWER — APPLE — TREE — ZEBRA — HOUSE — SUN
Answer:
ANT — ELEPHANT — HEN — WHALE — MOUSE — TIGER
Answer:
Inhibition — Verbal Stroop test
🔁 Variant: for each line, say the FIRST LETTER of the word
Understanding and reasoning
Fine understanding and verbal reasoning are essential skills for daily autonomy and returning to work. These sheets are aimed at adults in advanced recovery.
Journalistic text — Fine understanding
For decades, the white stork, emblem of Alsace, nearly disappeared from the region. In the 1970s, there were only nine breeding pairs left. Pesticides, modernization of agriculture, and power lines had decimated the species. Since then, a reintroduction program launched by volunteers has borne fruit. In 2024, more than 800 pairs have been counted across the Alsatian territory. The storks have become sedentary: most no longer migrate to Africa in winter, taking advantage of landfills that provide them with abundant food. However, this adaptation worries some scientists: fed on waste, storks can absorb plastics and heavy metals. Associations are now advocating for the gradual closure of open landfills.
1. How many breeding pairs were there in the 70s?
2. What were the 3 main causes of the decline?
3. How many pairs are counted in 2024?
4. Why do the storks no longer migrate?
5. What new danger threatens them?
6. What do the associations ask for?
7. What do you think of this evolution? Give your opinion in 2 sentences.
Inferences — Reading between the lines
What is the weather like?
What is he going to do?
What are we celebrating?
What is happening?
Where is she going?
What is the situation?
What event are they attending?
What does Théo feel?
Verbal logic — Simple syllogisms
Therefore:
Who is the tallest of the three?
Who is the smallest?
What can we deduce from this?
Does Pierre have his notebook?
What time does Bernard arrive?
What time does Claire arrive?
What can we deduce from this?
Give the order of ages, from oldest to youngest:
Cognitive Stimulation for Seniors and Parkinson's Disease
For senior and Parkinson's patients, the sheets must empower without ever causing failure, and work on motor and vocal specifics. Our application SCARLETT Memory Coach perfectly complements these sheets with an interface adapted for seniors.
Reminiscence — Memories of the Past
Amplified Reading — Vocal Work for Parkinson's
📍 Level 1 — Loud voice on simple words
📍 Level 2 — Phrases with emphasis
📍 Level 3 — Variation of intonation (interrogative tone vs affirmative)
📍 Level 4 — Short text to read with expression
Dual Task — Memory and Calculation
📋 STEP 1 — Memorize these 5 words (30 seconds)
⏱ STEP 2 — Now, perform these calculations
📝 STEP 3 — Without looking, recall the 5 words
Build a coherent program over time
Having 15 exercise sheets is an excellent starting point. Building a structured program that truly advances is the next step. Here is a five-step methodology to move from a collection of sheets to a coherent educational path.
Step 1: Set specific goals
Everything starts with defining SMART goals (specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, time-bound). Instead of "improve language," aim for "produce a complete descriptive sentence about an image in less than 30 seconds, in 80% of cases, within 6 weeks." To structure this approach, use our skills tracking table.
Step 2: Select relevant sheets
Based on the defined goals, select 5 to 8 types of exercises that cover the targeted skills. No more: too much variety kills progress. It is better to master a few types of exercises well and increase their difficulty than to flit from one type to another without deepening.
Step 3: Plan the session
Define a precise time frame. For example: 30 minutes per day, divided into two sessions of 15 minutes (morning and afternoon). Each session includes 3 different exercises: one for language, one for attention, one for memory. This predictable structure reassures the patient and facilitates engagement.
Step 4: Document each session
At each session, note the exercises completed, the time spent, the success rate, and the emotional state of the patient. Our session tracking sheet is designed precisely for this purpose: a simple, structured format that takes three minutes to complete but provides considerable value over time.
Step 5: Adjust regularly
Every 4 to 6 weeks, take stock. Which exercises have become too easy and need to increase in difficulty? Which goals have been achieved and can be replaced with others? Which areas reveal unexpected resistances that deserve particular focus?
The role of relatives in using the exercises
For an adult in rehabilitation, the involvement of relatives is often a determining factor for success. However, it is essential to know a few key rules to avoid becoming counterproductive, despite good intentions.
Do not substitute for the professional
The helping relative is not a speech therapist. Their role is to accompany, facilitate, support, but not to diagnose or modify the therapeutic program. The golden rule: strictly follow the speech therapist's instructions, report difficulties encountered without attempting to solve them alone.
Encourage without flattery
Encouragement is essential, but it must be sincere and specific. It is better to comment specifically: "I saw that you took longer to respond, that's exactly what we asked you to do," rather than a "well done, you are great" that ends up sounding insincere.
Welcome negative emotions
Rehabilitation is challenging. The adult patient who was autonomous and finds themselves struggling with an exercise may feel anger, sadness, shame. The relative must know how to welcome these emotions without panicking. The emotion thermometer is a valuable tool to facilitate this expression.
Frequently Asked Questions
How to download a sheet as a PDF?
Click on the button “🖨 Print this sheet” at the top right of each sheet. In the print window that opens, select “Save as PDF” as the printer. The PDF is immediately downloaded to your computer.
How long does it take to see progress?
For a post-Stroke patient in the acute phase, progress may be visible within a few weeks. For more chronic disorders (multiple sclerosis, old sequelae), progress is measured over several months. Consistency always takes precedence over intensity: 20 minutes a day for 6 months will yield better results than one hour twice a week.
Can exercises be done alone, without supervision?
It depends on the profiles. A patient with good self-criticism and mild disorders can perform certain exercises independently, under regular speech therapy supervision. A patient with significant disorders (anosognosia, disorientation) needs constant support. The speech therapist following the patient will know what is possible.
Should exercises be timed?
It depends on the objective. If working on processing speed, yes. If working on accuracy or memory, the timer is better avoided, as it generates counterproductive stress. For anxious or depressed patients, it is better to completely ban the timer.
What to do when the patient refuses exercises?
First, understand. Refusal always has a reason: fatigue, boredom, feeling of humiliation, underlying relational conflict. Identify the cause without judgment and adapt. If refusal persists for several weeks, discuss it with the speech therapist to reassess the strategy.
Are there specific exercises for young adults?
Yes. For young adults (20-40 years) who are victims of Stroke, traumatic brain injury, or multiple sclerosis, exercises should be tailored to their interests and needs for returning to work. We prioritize materials related to their professional life (simulated emails, note-taking, task organization), and current cultural themes.
How to assess the cognitive age of an adult?
Our mental age test provides a fun and informative estimate of a person's cognitive age. It is a useful motivational tool that allows for setting concrete goals for cognitive rejuvenation.
To go further with DYNSEO
These 15 speech therapy sheets for adults are a valuable, accessible, and flexible resource to support anyone in cognitive rehabilitation. However, they are always better integrated into a broader approach that combines free resources, digital tools, professional follow-up, and family support.
At DYNSEO, we have been supporting thousands of families, patients, and professionals for thirteen years. For adults, our application CLINT Brain Coach has become a reference: over 30 cognitive games adapted to different pathologies and levels, with a sober and professional adult interface.
🎯 Discover CLINT Brain Coach
More than 30 cognitive games for adults, designed with health professionals. Suitable for post-Stroke rehabilitation, multiple sclerosis, and preventive stimulation.
Discover the CLINT app →Whether you are a patient, a caregiver, or a professional, feel free to explore all our resources: our catalog of tools for speech therapists, our free online cognitive tests, and our professional training. The adult brain retains a remarkable capacity for plasticity: with the right tools, the right method, and the necessary consistency, considerable progress is possible.
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