Notice and use context-related vocabulary and apply elements of grammar in simple spoken and written texts to generate language for a range of purposes, including:
- using gender, singular and plural nouns in the regular form
- using subject pronouns in context, for example, Chi ha finito? Io!
- learning to conjugate common regular and irregular verbs in the singular (io/tu/lui/lei) in the present tense, for example, Io gioco a calcio; Maria gioca a cricket, Anna va al parco con Alberto; Io vado a Albany il weekend
- expressing preferences and reasons for preferences, for example, Mi piace ... perché…; Preferisco...
- using cardinal numbers to tell the time and for dates and ages; using ordinal numbers such as primo; secondo; la prima classe
- using simple prepositions to indicate location or direction such as a, in, a sinistra, a destra, sopra, sotto, dietro, for example, a casa; in città; a sinistra; sopra il tavolo
- using suffixes to add nuance, for example, -ino (fratellino, piccolino) or -etto (poveretto, casetta)
- using regular and reflexive verbs as formulaic expressions in the past tense, for example, Mi alzo alle sette; Sono andato/a al cinema alle nove e mezzo
- using simple conjunctions such as e, poi and ma
- recognising and using the names for the days of the week
Begin to develop a metalanguage in Italian for talking about language, using terms similar to those used in English
(ACLITU033)
Notice and use context-related vocabulary and apply elements of grammar in simple spoken and written texts to generate language for a range of purposes, including:
- using gender, singular and plural nouns in the regular form
- using subject pronouns in context, for example, Chi ha finito? Io!
- learning to conjugate common regular and irregular verbs in the singular (io/tu/lui/lei) in the present tense, for example, Io gioco a calcio; Maria gioca a cricket, Anna va al parco con Alberto; Io vado a Albany il weekend
- expressing preferences and reasons for preferences, for example, Mi piace ... perché…; Preferisco...
- using cardinal numbers to tell the time and for dates and ages; using ordinal numbers such as primo; secondo; la prima classe
- using simple prepositions to indicate location or direction such as a, in, a sinistra, a destra, sopra, sotto, dietro, for example, a casa; in città; a sinistra; sopra il tavolo
- using suffixes to add nuance, for example, -ino (fratellino, piccolino) or -etto (poveretto, casetta)
- using regular and reflexive verbs as formulaic expressions in the past tense, for example, Mi alzo alle sette; Sono andato/a al cinema alle nove e mezzo
- using simple conjunctions such as e, poi and ma
- recognising and using the names for the days of the week
Begin to develop a metalanguage in Italian for talking about language, using terms similar to those used in English
(ACLITU033)