Table 9 The control group produced 120 sentences totally (each participant 20 sentences). In this paper, due to space lim- itations, some of them are presented and the necessary explanations are provided in Table 9. monkey) and 4 actions (eating, coddling, hugging, and killing) were used. The test was administered first to the control group in an appropriate time and place determined by the participants. The pictures were shown to each par- ticipant and they were asked to tell a simple declarative sentence about each picture. Their responses were record- ed in the answer sheet (Table 9). After 10 pictures, they had a 10-min break, and then the test was resumed.