Utterance	Main Verb Category Example	Points Earned	Among the Five Highest
1	These are koosh balls.	copula are	2
2	But I was gonna bring Guess Who.	auxiliary was	2
3	I don’t know your names.	obligatory do	4
4	I can read.	modal can	4
5	I am higher than them.	copula am	2
6	I forgot that.	irregular past	2
7	I’ve seen a treehouse before.	have + verb + -en	7	7
8	What does this go on?	obligatory does	6	6
9	He’s climbing in the tree.	auxiliary is	1
10	I will make him taller.	modal will	4
11	He is sitting on a dragon.	auxiliary is	1
12	I ate that one already.	irregular past	2
13	I messed up.	past tense -ed	2
14	Why is that mouse sad?	copula is	1
15	What are these?	copula are	2
16	She’s a baby.	copula is	1
17	We could go there.	modal could	6	6
18	We borrowed one.	past tense -ed	2
19	She needs a tail.	third person singular -s	2
20	I’ll be the cowgirl.	modal will	4
21	This is the kid.	copula is	1
22	I would have gone with her.	modal + have + verb + -en	8	8
23	She’s riding the horse.	auxiliary is	1
24	She took the rope.	irregular past	2
25	We were locking it.	auxiliary were	2
26	This must be his.	must + verb	7	7
27	John used that one.	past tense -ed	2
28	But Daddy holds me.	third person singular -s	2
29	I can’t get this on.	modal can	4
30	He does like it.	emphatic does	6
31	There’s a tree.	copula is	1
32	Mine were bigger.	copula were	2
33	I did that.	irregular past	2
34	She sees me on the tv.	third person singular -s	2
35	It’s a Cinderella thing.	copula is	1
36	It’s hurting my eyes.	auxiliary is	1
37	I can do it by myself.	modal can	4
38	That was my horse.	copula was	2
39	Did you see that movie?	obligatory did	6
40	She’s gonna be this for Halloween.	auxiliary is	1
41	We played that game already.	past tense -ed	2
42	It’s not a real horse.	copula is	1
43	I made a shark right now.	irregular past	2
44	It’s my brother’s shirt.	copula is	1
45	I got them because of my costume.	irregular past	2
46	I also saw those two foxes.	irregular past	2
47	Will she go too?	modal will	4
48	He likes snacks.	third person singular -s	2
49	This snake is coiling up.	auxiliary is	1
50	It is the green one.	copula is	1
	Mean tense/agreement developmental score:		2.64
	Mean of the five highest tense/agreement scores:			6.80