Standard English Verbs
Use Standard English verb inflections in place of non-standard local forms
How to tell they’ve got it
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If your child sometimes says "we was" or "they done it" in conversation, do they know to write "we were" and "they did it" in their schoolwork — using standard written English?
Where this sits on the map
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Builds on
Past, Present and Progressive Tenseages 6–9Standard English verb inflections require understanding of past/present tense verb forms
Standard English Verbsthis skill · ages 8–9
Unlocks
Modal Verbs and Possibilityages 9–10Standard English verb inflections provide the base forms that modals modify
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Curriculum alignment
Candidate matches to official curriculum codes — machine-suggested, unreviewed (v0.1).
This skill sits outside the F–6 Australian Curriculum — no candidate code matched (v0.1). No NSW K–6 outcome code matched (v0.1). No Victorian Curriculum 2.0 code matched (v0.1).