Transcript Order of Grammar Acquisition For English Language Learners

Order of Grammar Acquisition
For English Language Learners
Aligned to Common Core State Standards
Grammar Targets for Level 1
Grammar Skill
Description
Alignment to CCSS
Nouns
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Plural –s nouns
Plural –es nouns
L.K.1c
Pronouns
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Possessive adjectives (My, your, his, her, its,
our, their)
Possessive Pronouns (Mine, yours, his, hers, its,
ours, theirs)
L.1.1d
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Verb to be

Verb to be, past
L.1.1e
Present Tense
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
Present tense
Present tense, 3rd person singular
L.1.1e
Adjectives and Adverbs
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
Adjective: feelings and character
Adverbs: frequency, time, place, degree
L.1.1f
Prepositions
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Prepositions: location (It's IN the box.),
movement (He's going TO the shops.), time (He
left AFTER the lesson had finished.)
L.K.1e
Present and Past
Continuous
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
Present continuous (is walking)
Past continuous (was walking)
L.1.1e
This/That/These/Those
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This/That/These/Those
L.1.1d
There is/There are

There is/There are
L.1.1d
Past Tense

Past tense, regular verbs
L.1.1e
L.1.1d
Future
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Future: going to and will
L.1.1e
L.3.1d
Modals

can
L.1.1e
L.3.1e
Question Forms
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Simple Questions (who, what, when, where,
why, how)
L.K.1d
Level 1 Students
Grammar Targets for Level 2
Grammar Skill
Description
Alignment to CCSS
Nouns
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Irregular plural nouns
L.2.1b
L.3.1b
Adjectives and Adverbs
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
Adjectives: -ing and –ed
Adverbs: -ly
2.L.1e
Sentence Types
Compound Sentences: A compound sentence contains two
independent clauses joined by a coordinator. The
coordinators are as follows: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so.
(Helpful hint: The first letter of each of the coordinators spells
FANBOYS.) Except for very short sentences, coordinators are
always preceded by a comma. In the following compound
sentences, subjects are in yellow, verbs are in green, and the
coordinators and the commas that precede them are in red.
L.1.1j
L.2.1f
I tried to speak Spanish, and my friend tried to speak English.
Past Tense

Past tense: irregular verbs
L.2.1c
Modals
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Modals: should, must, may, might, can
L.4.1c
Question Forms
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Verb to be
Present tense
Past tense
Future
L.1.1j
Possessives

Possessive ‘s
L.1.1b
Two-part Verbs
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Two-part verbs (phrasal verbs)
L.3.1d
Comparatives and
Superlatives
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
Comparatives (ex. better)
Superlatives (best)
L.3.1g
Gerunds and Infinitives
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
Gerunds (She likes swimming in the lake.)
Infinitives (She like to go to the lake.)
L.8.1a
Relative Clauses
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Relative clauses: that, who, where, when
L.4.1b
Conditionals
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Conditionals: will and would
L.4.1c
L.5.1c
Level 2 Students
Grammar Targets for Level 3
Grammar Skill
Description
Alignment to CCSS
Sentence Types
Complex Sentences: A complex sentence has an
independent clause joined by one or more
dependent clauses. A complex sentence always
has a subordinator such as because, since, after,
although, or when or a relative pronoun such as
that, who, or which. In the following complex
sentences, subjects are in yellow, verbs are in
green, and the subordinators and their commas
(when required) are in red.
When he handed in his homework, he forgot to
give the teacher the last page.
L.3.1i
L.4.1f
Future

Future Perfect (ex. She'll have finished it
by next week.) will have + past participle
Future Continuous (ex. This time next
month, I'll have been living here for three
years.)
will + have+been+present participle
L.5.1b
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Modals

Modals: should have, could have, must
have, can’t have, might have
L.4.1c
Question Forms

Present Perfect
L.5.1b
Conditionals

Conditionals: would have
L.5.1c
Present Perfect and
Past Perfect


Present perfect
Past perfect
L.5.1b
Passive
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Passive
L.8.1b
Level 3 Students
Grammar Targets Level 4
Grammar Skill
Description
Alignment to CCSS
Sentence Types
Complex Sentences: A complex sentence has an
independent clause joined by one or more
dependent clauses. A complex sentence always has
a subordinator such as because, since, after,
although, or when or a relative pronoun such as
that, who, or which. In the following complex
sentences, subjects are in yellow, verbs are in green,
and the subordinators and their commas (when
required) are in red.
When he handed in his homework, he forgot to give
the teacher the last page.
L.3.1i
L.4.1f
Future

Future Perfect (ex. She'll have finished it by
next week.) will have + past participle
Future Continuous (ex. This time next month,
I'll have been living here for three years.)
will + have+been+present participle
L.5.1b
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Modals

Modals: should have, could have, must have,
can’t have, might have
L.4.1c
Conditionals
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Conditionals: would have
L.5.1b
Passive

Passive
L.5.1c
Level 4 Students
Grammar Targets Level 5
Grammar Skill
Description
Alignment to CCSS
Sentence Types
Complex Sentences: A complex sentence has an
independent clause joined by one or more
dependent clauses. A complex sentence always
has a subordinator such as because, since, after,
although, or when or a relative pronoun such as
that, who, or which. In the following complex
sentences, subjects are in yellow, verbs are in
green, and the subordinators and their commas
(when required) are in red.
When he handed in his homework, he forgot to
give the teacher the last page.
L.3.1i
L.4.1f
Future

Future Perfect (ex. She'll have finished it by
next week.) will have + past participle
Future Continuous (ex. This time next
month, I'll have been living here for three
years.)
will + have+been+present participle
L.5.1b
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Modals

Modals: should have, could have, must
have, can’t have, might have
L.4.1c
Conditionals

Conditionals: would have
L.5.1b
Passive

Passive
L.5.1c
Level 5 Students