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• VCEALL311

  Use common verb forms correctly

  Elaborations

  • using common simple past tense forms with the suffix ‘–ed’ consistently, though over-generalising rules for some less common irregular past tense verbs, such as ‘catched’, ‘freezed’, ‘waked’
  • using common irregular past tense verbs, such as ‘went’, ‘said’, ‘bought’
  • expressing simple negative constructions accurately, for example ‘I do not like …’

  VCEALL311 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B1 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL284

  Identify simple present and past tense verbs

  Elaborations

  • locating verbs in a text
  • matching pairs of simple present and past tense verbs together, for example ‘go’ and ‘went’

  VCEALL284 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B1 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL255

  Use a small range of basic verb forms accurately

  Elaborations

  • matching simple verb tense to time words, such as ‘Yesterday we went …’, ‘Now we can eat lunch’, ‘Tomorrow we will go …’
  • maintaining consistent tense when describing events in the past, present and future, for example ‘I walked to his house and we played games’
  • using ‘no’ or ‘not’ with verbs, adjectives and nouns to express negative forms, such as ‘Not play’, ‘I no sad’, ‘Me no’

  VCEALL255 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B1 | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL310

  Use simple sentences and phrases with correct subject–verb–object pattern

  Elaborations

  • writing with some errors with agreement, such as ‘I read book’, ‘She watch video’

  VCEALL310 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B1 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL283

  Read sentences that use basic subject, verb and object patterns, where content and vocabulary are familiar

  Elaborations

  • ordering jumbled sentences to create grammatical and logical sentences
  • answering simple questions about sentences, for example Teacher: ‘What did the dog eat?’, Student: ‘The dog ate the bone’

  VCEALL283 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B1 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL257

  Use the most basic forms of modality

  Elaborations

  • understanding basic expressions of modality, such as ‘want to’, ‘have to’, ‘should’
  • beginning to use basic modal verbs, such as ‘want to’, ‘have to’, ‘should’

  VCEALL257 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B1 | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALC244

  Understand the language of classroom routines

  Elaborations

  • understanding common classroom action verbs such as ‘sit’, ‘collect’, ‘pack up’
  • following simple task instructions by relying on key words or phrases in context
  • making simple requests and expressing needs, thoughts and opinions

  VCEALC244 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B1 | Speaking and Listening | Communication