Systems of language
Recognise how loan English words are pronounced differently and are written using the Devanagari script; for example, अस्पताल, गिलास, बोतल, कप्तान, तकनीकी
Understand how the र sound can be written differently in different words; for example, वर्ष; प्रवीण; गृह
Continue to develop a bank of words related to the focus topic and practice writing them using different sentence structures
Generate language for a range of purposes in simple spoken and written texts by using context-related vocabulary and elements of the Hindi grammatical system, including:
- distinguishing between intonation patterns of statements, questions and exclamations
- distinguishing between questions and requests; for example, क्या मैं घर जा सकती हूँ?; कृपया मुझे घर जाने दीजिए।
- using different verb tenses such as past, present and future to demonstrate how actions completed at a particular time are described; for example,
मैं कल स्कूल गया था।; मैं स्कूल जाता हूँ।; मैं स्कूल जा रहा हूँ।; मैं कल स्कूल जाऊँगा। - using conjunctions to connect different parts of a sentence; for example, उसने खाना खाया और पढ़ने बैठ गई
- developing knowledge for 81 to 100, one thousand (हज़ार), hundred thousand (लाख) and one million (करोड़) and reading numbers like 1947 as उन्नीस सौ सैंतालीस।
Build a metalanguage in Hindi to describe patterns, grammatical rules and variations in language structures
Understand how Hindi texts use language in ways that create different effects and suit different audiences