Recognise differences in tone and rhythm between statements and questions, exclamations and commands, when speaking, interacting and expressing emotion, for example, Vai a casa?; Va’ a casa!; Oh!; E?; Che disastro!
(ACLITU070)

Continue to extend knowledge of context-related vocabulary and additional elements of grammar, including:

• beginning to use suffixes such as –etto/a, for example, casa-casetta
• recognising the use of direct object pronouns
• using articulated prepositions a, di, da, in, su plus article and prepositions that do not combine, for example, tra and per
• using adverbs to qualify verbs, for example, proprio, troppo, abbastanza, specialmente, spesso, nemmeno, purtroppo
• using negative constructions including the double negative, for example, Non c’è niente/nessuno...
• using verbs to express action in time
• using a range of regular and some irregular verbs in the present, perfect and imperfect tenses
• using modal verbs to express ability, possibility, likelihood and permission

Continue to build a metalanguage to describe grammatical concepts and to organise learning resources
(ACLITU071)

Apply the structures and conventions associated with a range of text types and identify key features and functions of the different genres
(ACLITU072)