Grammar
Brown's 14 Grammatical Morphemes
This Stage
That Stage
Which Stage?
100

What is 1 example of a subjective pronoun?

he, she, it

100

In and on are examples of what grammatical morpheme? 

Prepositions 

100

When do Brown's 14 grammatical morphemes start to really emerge? 

Late stage 1 through stage 2. 
100
Which type of pronouns emerge during stage 4 and stage 5? 

objective pronouns

100

At what stage are children using intonation to indicate a question? 

Late stage 1 into stage 2

200

"on the couch" is an example of what kind of phrase? 

Prepositional phrase

200

This sentence is an example of which grammatical morpheme?
"She running"

Present progressive

200

What are the 3 types of questions that children in late stage 2?

what, where, and why

200

What kind of requests start emerging during stage 4 and develop more during stage 5? 

Indirect requests

200

What stage do children start increasing their conversational turn taking from 2 turns to more than 2? 

Late stage 4 to Stage 5

300

What is the conjunction that is developed first with children? 

and

300

According to Brown, which is produced first? Irregular past tense or regular past tense? 

Irregular past tense (25-46 months) 

300

When a child says goed, eated, haved instead of went, ate, or had. 

overextended or overgeneralizing 

300

Clausal conjoining is primarily seen during which stage? 

Stage 5 with and!

300

At what stage do children start using the present progressive grammatical morpheme? 

Late stage 1 into stage 2

400

Can, could, will, must are example of what kind of verb? 

Modal verbs

400

"Doggy was bad." The word "was" is an example of what grammatical morpheme? 

Copula or uncontractable copula

400

In stages 2-3, how many turns does child generally take when having a conversation? 

Most exchanges are about 2 turns. 

400

By stage 5, how many of Brown's grammatical morphemes are mastered? 

Approximately 9 out of 14. The last 5 develop typically around 50 months. 

400

At what stage should you expect a child to start differentiate the different between short and long pauses in a conversation? 

End of stage 4 into stage 5.

500

Identify the word that is an initiator in the noun phrase of the sentence. 

"All the students studied for the test."

All (the initiator places a limit on the noun phrase: all, only, both, just). 

500
Give me an example of a sentence that includes contractable auxiliary verb. 

He's running, They'll dance, Sally's singing, etc. 

500

When do children start using the verb "to be" as both a auxiliary and a copula? 

Stage 3

500

This is an example of which of Brown's 14 grammatical morphemes that emerges during later stage 4-5?
"Doggy eats"

Regular third person singular 

500

At what stage do children typically start placing the negation "not" or "no" in between the subject and predicate? 

Stage 3

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