English Grammar & Punctuationusually ages 5–6

Basic Nouns & Verbs

Use frequently occurring nouns (people, places, things) and verbs (action words) appropriately in speech and writing

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Use common nouns accurately in sentences (e.g. 'dog', 'school', 'book')
Use action verbs appropriately (e.g. 'run', 'eat', 'play')
Identify nouns and verbs in simple sentences when prompted

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When your child talks or writes about everyday things — like "the dog runs" or "Mum cooks dinner" — do they use the right kind of words for things (nouns) and actions (verbs) without mixing them up?

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Basic Nouns & Verbsthis skill · ages 5–6

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Determiners and articlesages 6–7Must know what nouns are before learning words that precede them

Expanded noun phrasesages 6–7Must know what nouns are before expanding noun phrases

Past, Present and Progressive Tenseages 6–9Must identify verbs before applying tense

Pronounsages 6–7Must know what nouns are before replacing them with pronouns

Subject-verb agreementages 6–7Must know nouns and verbs before learning agreement

Abstract nounsages 8–9Abstract nouns build on concrete noun knowledge

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Curriculum alignment

Candidate matches to official curriculum codes — machine-suggested, unreviewed (v0.1).

Show candidate curriculum codes · 3 ACARA · 2 NSW · 3 VIC

Australian Curriculum v9 candidate

AC9E1LA07medium confidenceYear 1 · Language

understand that words can represent people, places and things (nouns, including pronouns), happenings and states (verbs), qualities (adjectives) and details such as when, where and how (adverbs)

AC9E2LA07medium confidenceYear 2 · Language

understand that in sentences nouns may be extended into noun groups using articles and adjectives, and verbs may be expressed as verb groups

AC9E1LA10low confidenceYear 1 · Language

understand that written language uses punctuation such as full stops, question marks and exclamation marks, and uses capital letters for familiar proper nouns

NSW syllabus codes & stages only

ENE-SPELL-01low confidenceEnglish K-10 · Early Stage 1

EN1-SPELL-01low confidenceEnglish K-10 · Stage 1

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2E2LA07medium confidenceEnglish · Level 2 · Language strand

VC2E1LA07medium confidenceEnglish · Level 1 · Language strand

VC2E1LA10low confidenceEnglish · Level 1 · Language strand

These are candidate alignments generated by semantic matching — machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1), not official or verified mappings. For official curriculum content see australiancurriculum.edu.au, curriculum.nsw.edu.au and f10.vcaa.vic.edu.au. Don’t rely on them for registration or compliance purposes.

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