VC2E3LA09
Parents start here
Your child is learning to use words like might, must and could to show how sure they are.
- Select a modal verb to express certainty, probability, or possibility in a sentence, e.g. 'It will rain' vs 'It might rain' vs 'It could rain'
- Replace a modal verb with a modal adverb to achieve a similar effect, e.g. 'He might come' → 'Perhaps he will come'
One skill from the map, ages 9–10 — its page has the rest of the checklist and what comes next. Candidate alignment, machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1).
A Victorian Curriculum F–10 Version 2.0 content description in English, Level 3. The description text is © VCAA and not reproduced here — read the official wording at the VCAA site.
Official source: Victorian Curriculum F–10 V2.0 — English ↗ · content © VCAA (CC-BY-NC) · codes shown as reference labels only
Closest Australian Curriculum v9 codes
The national codes this Victorian code most closely corresponds to — machine-suggested candidates, unreviewed (v0.1).
understand how the language of evaluation and emotion, such as modal verbs, can be varied to be more or less forceful
Alignments generated 9 July 2026, unreviewed.
Nearby in the Language strand (Level 3):
VC2E3LA01VC2E3LA02VC2E3LA03VC2E3LA04VC2E3LA05VC2E3LA06VC2E3LA07VC2E3LA08
Teaching this? Learning Map for teachers has the sequencing view and copy-paste words to send home.