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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 May 14.
Published in final edited form as: Cogn Psychol. 2015 Mar 16;78:1–27. doi: 10.1016/j.cogpsych.2015.02.002
Location noun High probability for progressive form, low probability for past perfect form High probability for past perfect form, low probability for progressive form Unrelated (low probability for both forms)
Airport Arriving/arrived Scheduling/scheduled Burying/buried
Apartment Moving/moved Arranging/arranged Drowning/drowned
Ballroom Singing/sung Recording/recorded Recuperating/recuperated
Bank Advising/advised Depositing/deposited Cheering/cheered
Bar Drinking/drunk Serving/served Marrying/married
Base Operating/operated Deploying/deployed Educating/educated
Beach Swimming/swum Drowning/drowned Stealing/stolen
Cell Hanging/hung Imprisoning/imprisoned Auditioning/auditioned
Cemetery Praying/prayed Burying/buried Anchoring/anchored
Church Preaching/preached Marrying/married Raiding/raided
Clinic Recovering/recovered Visiting/visited Racing/raced
Club Performing/performed Hosting/hosted Graduating/graduated
College Teaching/taught Enrolling/enrolled Paying/paid
Court Prosecuting/prosecuted Testifying/testified Camping/camped
Forest Hunting/hunted Blossoming/blossomed Prosecuting/prosecuted
Highway Driving/driven Turning/turned Hanging/hung
Mountain Training/trained Sliding/slid Arriving/arrived
Museum Showing/shown Displaying/displayed Drifting/drifted
Nightclub Dancing/danced Assaulting/assaulted Stowing/stowed
Ocean Drifting/drifted Sinking/sunk Assaulting/assaulted
Park Pitching/pitched Camping/camped Experimenting/experimented
Port Shipping/shipped Docking/docked Hosting/hosted
Prison Awaiting/awaited Escaping/escaped Docking/docked
River Fishing/fished Anchoring/anchored Drinking/drunk
School Learning/learned Educating/educated Losing/lost
Street Racing/raced Running/ran Enrolling/enrolled
Studio Rehearsing/rehearsed Mixing/mixed Journeying/journeyed
Supermarket Buying/bought Paying/paid Cleaning/cleaned
Theatre Auditioning/auditioned Staging/staged Advising/advised
Vault Stealing/stolen Storing/stored Perishing/perished

Note, in all experiments, the stimulus verbs were presented with the grammatically appropriate auxiliary (was for past progressive verbs, had for past perfect verbs).