I. Personal information:
a. You are currently a (undergraduate / senior high) student (grade:
)
b. Your score in the entrance exam is: _____
c. How many years have you studied English? years (since when? )
II. Questions for Acceptability Judgment
Dear participant,
Thank you for taking time and trouble helping us with this questionnaire.
There are 50 English sentences below. We would like you to express your acceptability of each of them by checking a number among 0-4, with 0 indicating least acceptable, and 4 most acceptable. Please consider the underlined part of each question; the rest is for providing a natural context. Please follow the directions of the research assistant and take reference of the following three examples. Your personal information and response data will be used for research purpose only and nothing else. We are very appreciated for your cooperation.
Sincerely,
Aili Hsin, professor
English Dept. NKNU
Sample examples:
1. Chinese food is very tasty. Sam has loved it for many years. 0 1 2 3 4
---If you think this sentence is totally wrong and unacceptable, you might want to give its acceptability a 0.
2. After the typhoon, more than half of the trees have fallen down. 0 1 2 3 4
---If you think this underlined part is well-formed sentence, you might want to give its acceptability a 4.
3. Tom loves music. He is hearing his MP3 over there. 0 1 2 3 4 ---If you think this underlined part is a little odd but people do say it, you might
want to give its acceptability a 3.
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Questionnaire:
1. Sarah had a quarrel with her boyfriend last week. She has felt bad for a week. 0 1 2 3 4
2. Betty has forgotten all the English words in Lesson One in a day.
0 1 2 3 4
3. Ted and Carl are walking to the library now. 0 1 2 3 4 4. It was an old case. The murderer has killed the victim for two
years. 0 1 2 3 4
5. Kim felt lonely and sad. He was crying in the corner of the room.
0 1 2 3 4
6. They know each other well. They have met each other before.
0 1 2 3 4
7. Although I did poorly in the test, I am knowing the answers of the questions now. 0 1 2 3 4
8. Those people were chopping the pine trees for the Christmas festival. 0 1 2 3 4
9. John needs to hand in his homework. He has sat at the desk in an hour. 0 1 2 3 4
10. Mandy knows that she has grown 5cm taller for 2 months. 0
1 2 3 4
11. Nancy is a famous writer. She has written 10 novels in 2 years.
0 1 2 3 4
12. Those workers are building a museum now. 0 1 2 3 4
13. Chinese food is tasty. Sam has liked it for quite a long time. 0
1 2 3 4
14. Susan lied to Ted about the money. But I have known the truth for a couple of months. 0 1 2 3 4
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15. Do you see the roses blooming in the garden? The flowers are smelling good. 0 1 2 3 4
16. Sabrina got an A+ in the math test. She is feeling happy now.
0 1 2 3 4
17. Jack is sitting there all alone. Do you want to talk to him? 0
1 2 3 4
18. Mary is productive. She has written stories in ten days. 0 1
2 3 4
19. Terry could not believe she failed in that important examination.
She has cried in a few days. 0 1 2 3 4
20. Felix is writing his homework now. 0 1 2 3 4
21. This pesticide is very powerful. It has killed all the ants in a few hours. 0 1 2 3 4
22. Max and Jill are liking each other very much. They are together almost every day. 0 1 2 3 4
23. They have walked to the station in less than 15 minutes. They made it in catching the train. 0 1 2 3 4
24. George is really strong. He has chopped wood in two hours. 0
1 2 3 4
25. Dr. Bee knows English syntax well. He has written two English grammar books for 5 years. 0 1 2 3 4
26. He has learned French for many years. He can speak French fluently now. 0 1 2 3 4
27. Mr. Levin has chopped the wood for the whole morning. 0 1
2 3 4
28. Ted sent Mary a bouquet. The flowers have smelt good for a few days. 0 1 2 3 4
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29. Tom and Karl work well together. They have built two houses in a year. 0 1 2 3 4
30. Mark is good at language. He has learned Chinese in 3 months.
0 1 2 3 4
31. The artist has painted a picture for a year. 0 1 2 3 4 32. The pop singer has arrived at Taipei for five days. 0 1 2 3
4
33. Amy is learning French from a teacher from Paris. 0 1 2 3 4
34. Taking the doctor’s advice, the girl was forgetting the unhappy memory. 0 1 2 3 4
35. Gary is very happy that he has grown 10cm taller in three months.
0 1 2 3 4
36. Ms. Daisy is writing two science novels now. 0 1 2 3 4
37. Pam has fainted. The policeman cannot get a word from her about what has happened. 0 1 2 3 4
38. The boy was killing a snake with a stone over there. 0 1 2
3 4
39. Mrs. Lee’s son died in an accident yesterday. She has cried for two days. 0 1 2 3 4
40. The boy is growing 5 cm taller now. 0 1 2 3 4
41. The tourists are arriving at the airport now. 0 1 2 3 4
42. The painter has painted a picture in two hours. 0 1 2 3 4
43. The workers work as a team. They have built a house for three years. 0 1 2 3 4
44. The children have walked to school for more than 10 minutes.
0 1 2 3 4
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45. We heard the news from the radio. Those climbers have reached the mountain top. 0 1 2 3 4
46. You have written your book for a day. Would you like to take a rest? 0 1 2 3 4
47. Kathy has forgotten the unhappy event for a long time. 0 1
2 3 4
48. The students are painting a picture now. 0 1 2 3 4
49. He must be thinking of something serious. He has sat there for an hour. 0 1 2 3 4
50. The soldiers have arrived at the village to help people in a few hours. 0 1 2 3 4
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