English Grammar & Punctuationusually ages 8–9

Grammar Terms: Pronouns and Determiners

Know and use Year 4 grammar terminology including determiner, pronoun, possessive pronoun, and adverbial

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Label the determiner, pronoun, and adverbial in 'She quickly opened her present on the table'
Explain the difference between a possessive pronoun ('mine', 'theirs') and other pronouns ('I', 'they')
Use the terms 'determiner' and 'adverbial' accurately when discussing a classmate's writing

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If you ask your child to find a "determiner" or a "possessive pronoun" in a sentence, can they point one out and explain what job it does?

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Builds on

Grammar Terms: Nouns, Verbs and Tenseages 6–7Y4 terminology builds on Y2 terminology knowledge

Grammar Terms: Clauses and Conjunctionsages 7–9Y4 terminology builds directly on Y3 terminology knowledge

Grammar Terms: Pronouns and Determinersthis skill · ages 8–9

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Grammar Terms: Modal Verbs and Clausesages 9–10Y5 grammar terminology builds directly on Y4 terminology; learners must know determiner, pronoun, adverbial before adding modal verb, relative clause, parenthesis, cohesion, ambiguity

solid = must come firstdashed = helps

Curriculum alignment

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

Show candidate curriculum codes · 2 ACARA · 1 VIC

Australian Curriculum v9 candidate

AC9E2LA04medium confidenceYear 2 · Language

understand how texts are made cohesive by using personal and possessive pronouns and by omitting words that can be inferred

AC9E3LA11low confidenceYear 3 · Language

understand that apostrophes signal missing letters in contractions, and apostrophes are used to show singular and plural possession

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2E2LA04medium confidenceEnglish · Level 2 · 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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Abstract nounsages 8–9 Agreement in sentencesages 8–10 Comparatives & Superlativesages 8–9 Expanded noun phrases (age 8+)ages 8–10

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