INFORMATION ::: PARTICIPANT GENDER

INFORMATION ::: PARTICIPANT
GENDER
Masculine
Feminine
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AGE
0-11 □
36-60 □
12-20 □
61-75 □
21-35 □
76+ □
No of years you have studied English: ________________
LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
The purpose of the following study is to investigate the acquisition order of some English inflectional morphemes by French speakers
learning English as a Second Language (ESL) in Quebec. This study aims to answer the following question: Does the acquisition order of English
inflectional morphemes by French speakers learning English as a second language in Quebec will follow the typical order of acquisition
as suggested by several studies (Bailey, Madden & Krasen 1974; de Villiers and de Villiers, 1973; Krashen, S. & Terrell, T.D., 1983;
Larsen-Freeman 1975)?
INSTRUCTION: Complete the missing part of each sentence.
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© The wug TesT by Jean Berko Gleason (1958), adapted by Caroline Matte (2012).
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© The wug TesT by Jean Berko Gleason (1958), adapted by Caroline Matte (2012).
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© The wug TesT by Jean Berko Gleason (1958), adapted by Caroline Matte (2012).
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© The wug TesT by Jean Berko Gleason (1958), adapted by Caroline Matte (2012).
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© The wug test by Jean Berko Gleason (1958), adapted by Caroline Matte (2012).
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© The wug test by Jean Berko Gleason (1958), adapted by Caroline Matte (2012).
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© The wug test by Jean Berko Gleason (1958), adapted by Caroline Matte (2012).
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Instructions (Experimenter only)
BASED on BERKO’S study.... this study is set out to discover what is learned by children exposed to English morphology. To test for knowledge of morphological rules,
we use the WUG TEST created by Berko (1958) and adapted by Caroline Matte (2012).
The following is the order in which the cards have to be presented and completed by the participant (oral & written).
1. Plural. “This is a wug /wΛg/. Now there is another one. There are two of them. There are two _________.”
2. MODIFIED (CM) 3rd Pers. Sing. + -ing + Past. “This is a BIRD. This bird likes to sing. It does it every day. Every day it _____________. Now the bird ________.” It did
the same thing yesterday. What did it do yesterday? Yesterday it ____________.
3. Past tense. Man with a pitcher on his head. “This is a man who knows how to spow /spow/. He is spowing. He did the same thing yesterday. What did he do yesterday? Yesterday he __________. “
4. Plural. “This is a kazh /kæž/. Now there is another one. There are two of them. There are two __________”.
5. Past tense. “This is a man who knows how to rick /rIk/. He is ricking. He did the same thing yesterday. What did he do yesterday? Yesterday he _____________.”
6. MODIFIED (CM) 3rd Pers. Sing. + -ing. “This is Joey. Joey likes to BROG. He does it every day. Every day he ___________. Right now he __________.
7. Plural. “This is a tor /tor/. Now there is another one. There are two of them. There are two ____________ ?
8. MODIFIED (CM) Plural + -ing. “ this is a SWIRL. Now there is another one. There are two of them. There are two _____________. The SWIRLS like to dance. Now
they __________________. ”
9. MODIFIED (CM) Singular possessive. “This is Mary. This is her apple. whose apple is it? It is _______________ apple .”
10. Plural. “This is a niz /nIz/. Now there is another one. There are two of them. There are two ___________.”
11. MODIFIED (CM) -ing + Past tense. “This is a man who knows how to mot /mat/. He _______________. He did the same thing yesterday. What did he do yesterday?
Yesterday he _____________.”
12. Plural. “This is a kra /kra/. Now there is another one. There are two of them. There are two ____________.’’
13. Plural. “This is a tass /tæs/. Now there is another one. There are two of them. There are Two __________.”
14. Past tense. “This is a man who knows how to bod /bad/. He is bodding. He did the same thing yesterday. What did he do yesterday? Yesterday he
________________. ”
15. 3rd Pers. Sing. Man shaking an object. “This is a man who knows how to naz /næz/. He is nazzing. He does it every day. Every day he_________.”
16. Plural. “This is a heaf /hiyf/. Now there is another one. There are two of them. There are two ____________.”
17. Plural. One glass, then two. “This is a glass. Now there is another one. There are two of them. There are two _____________.”
18. Past tense. “This is a man who knows how to gling /gliŋ/. He is glinging. He did the same thingyesterday. What did he do yesterday? Yesterday
he_______________.”
19. 3rd Pers. Sing. “This is a man who knows how to loodge /luwdž/. He is loodging. He does it every day. Every day he _______________”
20. Past tense. Man standing on the ceiling. “This is a man who knows how to bing /biŋ/. He is binging. He did the same thing yesterday. What did he do yesterday?
Yesterday he _____”
21. Singular and plural possessive. One animal wearing a hat, then two wearing hats. “This is a niz who owns a hat. Whose hat is it? It is the ___________ hat. Now
there are two nizzes. They both own hats. Whose hats are they? They are the _____________ hats.”
22. Past tense. A bell. “This is a bell that can ring. It is ringing. It did the same thing yesterday. What did it do yesterday? Yesterday it___________.”
23. Singular and plural possessive. “This is a wug who owns a hat. Whose hat is it? It is the ___________ hat. Now there are two wugs. They both own hats. Whose
hats are they? They are the ____________ hats.”
24. NOT USED.
25. -ing. + Compound. Man balancing a ball on his nose. “This is a man who knows how to zib /zIb/. What is he doing? He is ___________. What would you call a man
whose job is to zib? ______________”
26. Past tense. An ice cube, then a puddle of water. “This is an ice cube. Ice melts. It is melting. Now it is all gone. What happened to it? It _____________.”
27. Singular and plural possessive. One animal wearing a hat, then two. “This is a bik /bIk/ who owns a hat. Whose hat is it? It is the ________ hat. Now there are two
biks. They both. own hats. Whose hats are they? They are the _________ hats.”
28. NOT USED.
© The wug test by Jean Berko Gleason (1958), adapted by Caroline Matte (2012).
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