Pupils who are secure will be able to:

• Identify rhyming words and the same phonemes in different words.
• Listen for specific words and phrases.
• Apply language detective strategies such as use of cognates to work out meaning.
• Understand how the gender and number of a noun modifies  adjectives.
• Explain where to place different types of adjectives in relation to the noun.
• Use familiar language to speak in sentences.
• Attempt to build accurate written sentences using a model.