Table 1. Text of Focus Stimuli Sentences.
| # | Start | Focused
Word 1 |
Focused
Word 2 |
Middle | Ending 1 | Ending 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary likes to | read | books | but she doesn’t like to | WRITE books | read MAGAZINES |
| 2 | Alice sometimes | pets | dogs | but she won’t | WASH dogs | pet CATS |
| 5 | Dave likes to | study | music | but he doesn’t like to | PLAY music | study HISTORY |
| 6 | Sally has a | Windows | computer | but she really wants | an APPLE computer | a Windows TABLET |
| 7 | George asked for a | white | Americano | but the barista gave him a | BLACK Americano | white filter COFFEE |
| 8 | Fiona was eating | strawberry | yoghurt | but she really wanted some | BLUEBERRY yoghurt | strawberry ICECREAM |
| 9 | Tom likes | barbecue | chicken | but not as much as | ROAST chicken | barbecue PORK |
| 10 | Sophie likes to | paint | landscapes | but she doesn’t like to | DRAW landscapes | paint PORTRAITS |
| 11 | John can’t | run | a marathon | but he could | WALK a marathon | run a MILE |
| 12 | Matt is good at | flying | planes | but he isn’t good at | LANDING planes | flying HELICOPTERS |
| 13 | Pippa found a | jam | jar | but she couldn’t find a | JELLY jar | jam KNIFE |
| 14 | Sam has a | fish | knife | but he doesn’t have a | BUTTER knife | fish FORK |
| 15 | Rachel likes | French | food | but she doesn’t like | ITALIAN food | French WINE |
| 16 | The woman likes | white | pearls | but not | BLACK pearls | white DIAMONDS |
| 17 | Ken won’t buy | Sainsbury’s | pizza | but he will buy | TESCO’S pizza | Sainsbury’s CHICKEN |
| 18 | Sarah has a | Barclay’s | card | but she doesn’t have a | LLOYDS card | Barclay’s MORTGAGE |
| 19 | Neil won’t support | Oxford’s | fencing
team |
but he will support | CAMBRIDGE’S fencing
team |
Oxford’s ROWING team |
| 20 | Carolyn likes | Scottish | pubs | but she doesn’t like | ENGLISH pubs | Scottish RESTAURANTS |
| 21 | Micah has been to | Regent’s | park | but he hasn’t been to | HYDE Park | Regent’s STREET |
| 22 | Rosalyn likes to | drink | beer | but she doesn’t like to | BREW beer | drink LIQUOR |
| 23 | Veronica has visited | America | for holiday | but she hasn’t visited | CANADA for holiday | America FOR WORK |
| 24 | Tim has an | electric | piano | but he really wants an | ACOUSTIC piano | electric GUITAR |
| 25 | Ben has ridden a | UK | train | but he has never ridden a | AMERICAN train | UK BUS |
| 26 | Nancy has a | small | flat | but she would really like a | LARGE flat | small HOUSE |
| 27 | Paul’s house has a | brown | sofa | but it doesn’t have a | BLACK sofa | brown CHAIR |
| 28 | Robert doesn’t like | Dutch | cinema | but he does like | GERMAN cinema | Dutch THEATRE |
| 29 | Jenny doesn’t have any | ginger | friends | but she does have several | BLONDE friends | ginger COLLEAGUES |
| 30 | You shouldn’t open the | red | suitcase | but you can open the | GREEN suitcase | red CHEST |
| 31 | Emma doesn’t | speak | well | but she does | DRESS well | speak OFTEN |
| 32 | Rose has visited | southern | Greece | but she has not visited | NORTHERN Greece | southern ITALY |
| 33 | Jane can speak | modern | Greek | but she can’t speak | ANCIENT Greek | modern EGYPTIAN |
| 34 | Jim likes | Boots’ | shampoo | but he doesn’t like | SUPERDRUG shampoo | Boots’ BODYWASH |
| 35 | Cameron will
sometimes |
watch | basketball | but he will never | PLAY basketball | watch CRICKET |
| 36 | Terry buys | sparkling | water | but not | STILL water | sparkling WINE |
| 37 | Richard said to buy | red | cups | but not | BLUE cups | red PLATES |
| 38 | Harriet can | speak | Mandarin | but she can’t | READ Mandarin | speak CANTONESE |
| 39 | Olivia was looking for | wooden | boats | but she only found | PLASTIC boats | wooden PLANES |
| 40 | Michael likes to | plant | flowers | but he hates to | PICK flowers | plant POTATOES |
| 41 | Cathy likes to | observe | children | but she doesn’t like to | TALK to children | observe ADULTS |
| 42 | Lily likes to | buy | stocks | but she doesn’t like to | SELL stocks | buy BONDS |
| 43 | Alex likes to | collect | dolls | but he doesn’t like to | PLAY with dolls | collect STAMPS |
| 44 | Frank has a | toy | dog | but he would really like a | REAL dog | toy BIRD |
| 46 | Bonnie has an | American | visa | but she really wants a | BRITISH visa | American PASSPORT |
| 47 | Patsy likes | Starbucks | coffee | but her friends like | COSTA coffee | Starbucks TEA |
| 48 | Timothy bought a | leather | jacket | because he couldn’t find | a CLOTH jacket | leather SHOES |
| 49 | Carrie likes | Star Trek | films | but she can’t stand | Star WARS films | Star TREK cartoons |
| 50 | Daniel enjoys | Chicago | pizza | but he doesn’t care for | NEW YORK pizza | Chicago BEER |