APPENDIX A.
(b) The items used in the Reading task. A “y” in a column indicates membership in that group (see Table 2 for legends).
| Regular Verb | Past | ReadRPastM | ReadRPastN | Irregular Verb | Past | ReadIPastM | ReadIPastN | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | admit | admitted | y | eat | ate | y | ||
| 2 | appear | appeared | y | blow | blew | y | ||
| 3 | attend | attended | y | bear | bore | y | ||
| 4 | blink | blinked | y | y | breed | bred | y | y |
| 5 | clean | cleaned | y | y | catch | caught | y | y |
| 6 | clear | cleared | y | y | do | did | y | |
| 7 | compare | compared | y | drink | drank | y | ||
| 8 | dare | dared | y | drive | drove | y | y | |
| 9 | divide | divided | y | feed | fed | y | ||
| 10 | earn | earned | y | feel | felt | y | ||
| 11 | end | ended | y | forgive | forgave | y | ||
| 12 | fold | folded | y | grow | grew | y | ||
| 13 | follow | followed | y | hide | hid | y | ||
| 14 | glare | glared | y | y | lend | lent | y | y |
| 15 | greet | greeted | y | y | meet | met | y | |
| 16 | heat | heated | y | y | overdo | overdid | y | |
| 17 | intend | intended | y | overtake | overtook | y | ||
| 18 | invite | invited | y | rewrite | rewrote | y | y | |
| 19 | kick | kicked | y | rise | rose | y | ||
| 20 | last | lasted | y | y | see | sat | y | |
| 21 | leak | leaked | y | seek | saw | |||
| 22 | match | matched | y | send | sent | y | ||
| 23 | need | needed | y | shoot | shot | y | y | |
| 24 | permit | permitted | y | slay | slew | y | ||
| 25 | pick | picked | y | sling | slung | y | y | |
| 26 | receive | received | y | seek | sought | y | ||
| 27 | refuse | refused | y | spend | spent | y | y | |
| 28 | remind | reminded | y | spoonfeed | spoonfed | y | ||
| 29 | reply | replied | y | stand | stood | y | ||
| 30 | scratch | scratched | y | string | strung | y | y | |
| 31 | seal | sealed | y | swim | swam | y | y | |
| 32 | spare | spared | y | y | throw | threw | y | |
| 33 | stare | stared | y | underwrite | underwrote | y | ||
| 34 | stun | stunned | y | y | undo | undid | y | y |
| 35 | treat | treated | y | y | uphold | upheld | y | |
| 36 | trim | trimmed | y | withdraw | withdrew | y | ||
| 37 | trust | trusted | y | withhold | withheld | y | ||
| 38 | turn | turned | y | win | won | y | ||
| 39 | visit | visited | y | wear | wore | y | ||
| 40 | wink | winked | y | wring | wrung | y |