Recognise, reproduce and pronounce the Tamil consonants with short and long vowel sounds, such as இ, ஈ, உ, ஊ, ஐ, on their own and when combined with consonants; for example, கி, கீ, கு, கூ, கை

Understand the hard consonants and their conjunctions with soft consonants (இன எழுத்துகள்); for example, (ங்-க்) (ஞ்-ச்) (ண்-ட்) (ந்-த்) (ம்-ப்) (ன்-ற்)