Recognise that the 12 vowels and the 18 consonants combine to make vowel-consonant sounds that follow the pattern of sounds for all consonants of the Tamil alphabet; for example, கெ, கே, கொ, கோ, கௌ

Recognise the specific sound difference between consonants and the correct pronunciation of the same to avoid distorting the meaning of the word (மயங்கொலிகள்); for example, வாணம், வானம், பணி, பனி

Understand that vowels and consonants combine to make composite letters; for example, கெ, கே, கொ, கோ, கௌ

அடுத்த ஐந்து உயிரெழுத்துகளுடன் (எ, ஏ, ஒ, ஓ, ஒள) மெய் எழுத்துகளை இணைத்தல்

Recognise and identify that the 18 consonants combined with the 12 vowels and an Ayutha or soul letter (ஃ ) combine to make the 247 characters in the Tamil language

Form words using syllables of vowels and consonants; for example, எட்டு, பெயர், கொக்கு, கோழி, ஒளவையார்

Generate language for a range of purposes in simple spoken and written texts by recognising and using context‑related vocabulary and elements of the Tamil grammatical system, including:

• describing objects in the noun groups (common, specific and collective); for example, கிழமை, புதன்கிழமை, கூட்டம்
• describing people/objects in the domain (rational, irrational); for example, நண்பன், பூனை
• referring to people and things using pronouns such as personal, proximate, remote, possessive; for example, நான், எனது, அந்த, இங்கே, நாங்கள்
• using masculine, feminine, common, neuter singular and neuter plural forms of nouns; for example, சகோதரன், சகோதரி, சகோதரர், முயல், முயல்கள்
• observing the relationship between gender and verb endings; for example, அவன் எழுதுகிறான், அவள் எழுதுகிறாள், நாங்கள் எழுதுகிறோம்.
• seeking information and explanation indicating location using prepositions to expand on spoken or written interactions; for example, மேலே, உள்ளே, அங்கிருந்து, அங்கே
• creating cohesion using prepositions; for example, பிறகு, முன்பு; நான் காலை உணவுக்குப் பிறகு என் தங்கையோடு பள்ளிக்குச் செல்வேன்.
• using antonyms, such as உள்ளே - வெளியேமேலே - கீழே
• using question words, such as யாருடன்? எதற்கு? எதில்?
• developing number knowledge for 61 to 80, and using a dozen, a decade, and a century

Build a metalanguage in Tamil to comment on vocabulary and grammar, and describe patterns, grammatical rules and variations in language structures

Recognise that spoken, written and multimodal Tamil texts have certain conventions and can take different forms depending on the context in which they are produced

Understand that there are variations in Tamil as it is used in different contexts by different people; for example,formal/informal register and regional variations

Understand that there are different forms of spoken and written Tamil used in different contexts within Tamil Nadu and in other regions of the world

Reflect on how their own and others’ language use is shaped by and reflects communities’ ways of thinking and behaving and may be differently interpreted by others