The Applied Learning Principles System (A.L.P.S.) –
Frank J Marone, PhD, BCBA (© 1989, revised 1999)
1. ABSOLUTELY!
2. Absolutely . . . Perfect!
3. Absolutely . . . Right!
4. ABSOLUTELY SPLENDID!
5. Absolutely . . . __________ !
6. ALL RIGHT!
7. Attaboy!
8. ATTAGIRL!
9. Awesome!
10. AWRIGHT!
11. Bad!
12. BANG UP JOB!
13. Beautiful!
14. BEAUTY!
15. Better!
16. BETTER THAN EVER!
17. Better than I could have done it myself!
18. BETTER THAN I HAVE EVER SEEN ANYONE DO IT!
19. Better than . . . __________ !
20. Beyond compare!
21. BINGO!
22. Boffo!
23. BRAVO!
24. Breathtaking!
25. CAPITAL!
26. Captivating!
27. CHARMING!
28. Classy!
29. CONGRATULATIONS!
30. Cool!
31. COWABUNGA!
32. Da bomb!
33. Dedicated!
34. DEF!
35. Delicious!
36. DELIGHTFUL!
37. Determined!
38. Do it again!
39. DONE!
40. Done already?!
41. Dude!
42. DYNAMITE!
43. Dy - No - Mite!
44. ENCORE!
45. Everything just the way it should be!
46. EXACTLY!
47. Exactly . . . It!
48. EXACTLY . . . PERFECT!
49. Exactly . . . Right! . . .
50. EXACTLY . . . __________ !
51. EXCELLENT!
52. Excellent . . . Performance!
53. Excellent. . . Progress!
54. EXCELLENT. . . WORK!
55. Excellent . . . __________!
56. EXCITING!
57. Exemplary!
58. FABULOUS!
59. Fantastic!
60. FAR OUT!
61. Fast Work!
62. FINE!
63. Fine . . . Job!
64. FINE . . . WORK!
65. Fine . . . __________!
66. First time!
67. FOR SURE!
68. Fresh!
69. GNARLY!
70. Good!
71. GOOD . . . JOB!
72. Good . . . work!
73. GOOD . . . GOING!
74. Good . . . __________!
75. Goodness!
76. GORGEOUS!
77. Got It!
78. GREAT!
79. Groovy!
80. HEAVENLY!
81. Heavens!
82. Hi de ho!
83. HOT!
84. Hot darn!
85. HOT DANG!
86. Hot d__n!
87. Hoo ha!
88. Hooray!
89. HOW ABOUT THAT!
90. How did you ever . . . get done so quickly?!
91. HOW DID YOU EVER . . GET THAT DONE SO WELL?!
92. How did you ever . . . get that so neat?!
93. HOW DID YOU EVER . . GET THAT SO PERFECT?!
94. How did you ever . . . __________?!
95. HOW COME I NEVER KNEW . . . YOU COULD DO THAT SO WELL?!
96. How come I never knew you could . . . __________ like that?!
97. HOW COME I NEVER KNEW YOU WERE SUCH AN EXPERT AT __________?!
98. How come I never knew . . . __________?!
99. I appreciate that!
100. I APPRECIATE IT WHEN YOU . . . _________?!
101. I have never seen anyone do it that well!
102. I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYONE __________ AS WELL AS THAT!
103. I knew you could do it!
104. I LIKE HOW YOU . . . __________ !
105. I like it when you do that!
106. I LIKE IT WHEN YOU . . . __________ !
107. I like that!
108. I like the way you . . . !
109. I'LL DEFINITELY HAVE TO TELL (SOMEONE IMPORTANT TO THE LEARNER, E.G.,
MOM, DAD, YOUR TEACHER) ABOUT THIS!
110. I love how you . . . __________!
111. I love that!
112. I LOVE THE WAY YOU . . . __________!
113. I'm impressed!
114. I'M IMPRESSED BY . . . __________!
115. Impeccable!
116. IMPRESSIVE!
117. I'm so proud . . . of you!
118. I'm so proud. . . of that!
119. I'M SO PROUD . . . OF WHAT YOU'VE DONE!
120. I'm so proud . . . __________ !
121. I MUST BE DREAMING!
122. I must have died and gone to heaven!
123. INCOMPARABLE!
124. Interesting!
125. IS THAT . . . GREAT OR WHAT?!
126. Is that . . . grown up or what?!
127. IS THAT . . . WELL DONE OR WHAT?
128. Isn't that the best?!
129. It does my heart good to see you . . . __________!
130. IT LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF WORK WENT INTO THIS!
131. It's a pleasure . . . working with you!
132. IT'S A PLEASURE . . . TEACHING YOU!
133. It's a pleasure . . . __________!
134. JACKPOT!
135. Just . . . beautiful!
136. JUST . . . SPLENDID!
137. Just . . . great!
138. JUST. . . RIGHT!
139. Just . . . __________!
140. KEEP AT IT!
141. Keep it up!
142. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!
143. Killer!
144. LET ME BE THE FIRST TO . . . CONGRATULATE YOU!
145. Let me be the first to . . . compliment you!
146. LET ME BE THE FIRST TO . . . __________!
147. Let me (May I?) give you a big hug for that!
148. LET ME SHAKE YOUR HAND!
149. Love how you do/did that!
150. LOVELY!
151. Luscious!
152. Magical!
153. MARVELOUS!
154. Maximum!
155. MOST . . . BEAUTIFUL!
156. Most . . . splendid!
157. MOST. . . WELL DONE!
158. Most . . . __________!
159. Much better!
160. MUCH IMPROVED!
161. Neat!
162. NEAT - O!
163. Next time someone needs to know how to __________, I'll just send them to you!
164. NICE!
165. Nice. . . going!
166. Nice . . . work!
167. NICE . . . __________!
168. NO ONE EVER DID IT BETTER!
169. No problem!
170. NO QUESTION!
171. Now you have the hang of it!
172. NOW YOU'VE FIGURED IT OUT!
173. Now you've got it!
174. OH BABY!
175. Okay!
176. O - Kay!
177. OH WOW!
178. Oo la la!
179. OPTIMUM!
180. Out of sight!
181. OUTSTANDING!
182. Outtasight!
183. PARTY TIME!
184. Perfect!
185. Phat!!
186. PRETTY DARN GOOD!
187. Quite nice!
188. RAD!
189. Radical!
190. RAGING!
191. Really . . . good!
192. REALLY GREAT!
193. Really . . . neat!
194. Really . . . well done!
195. REALLY . . . __________!
196. Right!
197. Righteous!
198. RIGHT ON!
199. Sensational!
200. SHARP!
201. Sheer magic!
202. SHEER PERFECTION!
203. Smooth!
204. SPECIAL!
205. Spectacular!
206. SPLENDID!
207. Splendiferous!
208. STUPENDOUS!
209. Suave!
210. SUCCESS!
211. Super!
212. SUPERB!
213. Supercalifragilisticexpialodocious!
214. SUPERIOR!
215. Terrific!
216. THANK YOU!
217. That deserves . . . a handshake!
218. THAT DESERVES . . . A HUG!
219. That deserves. . . a pat on the back!
220. THAT DESERVES . . . A REWARD!
221. That deserves . . . __________!
222. THAT REALLY MAKES ME FEEL GOOD!
223. That really makes me happy!
224. THAT'S . . . GOOD!
225. That's . . . it!
226. THAT'S . . . PERFECT!
227. That's . . . right!
228. THAT'S . . . BETTER!
229. That's . . . __________ !
230. THAT'S SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF!
231. There's a lot to be said for that!
232. TOO MUCH!
233. Top drawer!
234. TREMENDOUS!
235. Unbelievable!
236. UNMATCHED!
237. Unparalleled!
238. UNSURPASSED!
239. Utter perfection!
240. UTTERLY . . . BEAUTIFUL!
241. Utterly . . . splendid!
242. UTTERLY . . . WONDERFUL!
243. Va Va Va Voom!
244. VERY . . . GOOD!
245. Very . . . interesting!
246. VERY . . . NICE!
247. Very . . . well done!
248. VERY . . . __________ !
249. Way to go!
250. WELL DONE!
251. What a . . . smart . . . careful . . . grown up . . . etc. person . . . girl . . . young man . . . etc. you are!
252. WHAT CAN I SAY?
253. Wonderful!
254. WOO - EEE!
255. Words fail me!
256. WOW!
257. Yeehaw!
258. YIPPEE!
259. You did it!
260. YOU DID IT . . . ALL BY YOURSELF!
261. You did it . . . without any help!
262. YOU DID IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH!
263. You did it . . . __________ !
264. YOU CERTAINLY DON'T NEED MY (ANYONE'S) HELP ANYMORE!
265. You should be (have every right to be) proud!
266. YOU'RE BECOMING AN EXPERT!
267. You're getting it!
268. You're learning!
269. YOU'RE REALLY GOING TO TOWN!
270. You got it!
271. YOU MADE SHORT WORK OF THAT!
272. You make it look so easy!
273. YOU REALLY OUTDID YOURSELF!
274. Yowzah! Yowzah! Yowzah!
275. ZOUNDS!
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