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Language Reference Chart – ELD Level 1
Nouns
count: singular and plural (e.g., chair/chairs; bus/buses) articles a, an, the
Numbers
cardinal numbers (e.g., 1–100)
Pronouns
subject: I, you, he, she, it, we, they object: me, you, him, her, it, us, them demonstrative: this/these, that/those
Verbs
be (e.g., I am a student.)
there is/are
have (e.g., I have a sister.)
can: for ability and permission (e.g., I can dance. I can go to the dance.) simple present (e.g., I live in Canada.)
present progressive (e.g., She is sitting.)
contractions with be, do (e.g., She’s sitting. They don’t like coffee.) imperative forms (e.g., Sit down. Don’t sit down.)
let’s (e.g., Let’s ask the teacher.)
Adjectives
high-frequency (e.g., red, big, round)
following It + be (e.g., It’s hot.)
possessive: my, your, his, her, its, our, their (e.g., That’s my book.)
Adverbs
high-frequency (e.g., slowly, fast, quickly)
some adverbs of frequency and time (e.g., then, always, never, sometimes) too
Transition words and phrases
conjunctions: and, but, or, because
Question forms
yes/no (e.g., Do you see that stop sign? Yes, I do. No, I don’t.)
Negation
be, do in simple present (e.g., He is not here / He isn’t here. We don’t like that.)
Prepositions
of location (e.g., in, on, at, under, beside, on the right/left) of direction (e.g., to, from)
of time (e.g., at, before, after, on, in)
Sentences
simple sentence: subject + verb + object (e.g., I eat cookies. I watch a movie every weekend.)
This chart shows the structures students are expected to learn through work done in all four strands. These structures should be taught in context rather than in isolation (e.g., as part of a procedural writing activity, such as writing a recipe, students practise using the imperative form of verbs).
I. Grammatical Structures
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