AC9LH8U02 Years 7 to 8 Languages

Content descriptor apply understanding of grammatical structures and expressions to compose and respond to texts

Elaborations

• • Elaboration understanding and applying punctuation in writing, or adhering to punctuation conventions in reading, for example, full stop, comma, exclamation mark, brackets, apostrophe, speech marks and question marks
• • Elaboration understanding phonic and grammatical changes to the spelling, writing and basic joining (सन्धि) rules of unfamiliar words to achieve text cohesion, for example, महा + उत्सव = महोत्सव and इ+आ = ए
• • Elaboration using a range of verb tenses to describe routines and actions, for example, मैं दिल्ली जा रहा हूँ। मैं दिल्ली गया था। मैं दिल्ली जाऊँगा।
• • Elaboration using adverbs of time, place and frequency in a variety of sentences, such as आज, ऊपर, हमेशा
• • Elaboration using the active and passive voice according to context, for example, मैंने आपको बुलाया है। आपको बुलाया गया है।
• • Elaboration using adjectives in comparative structures such as राम थोड़ा लम्बा है। राधा हेमा से अधिक चतुर है।
• • Elaboration creating compound and complex sentences by using conjunctions such as मैं अभी लिखूँगा ताकि समय पूरा होने से पहले लेख खत्म कर लूँ।

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• • Elaboration developing text cohesion using paragraphing or conjunctions to sequence and link ideas and to maintain the flow of expression, for example, यदि आप चाहें तो...
• • Elaboration using numbers and numerical expressions for a range of purposes such as आधा, चौथाई, एक तिहाई, सैंकड़ों, हज़ारों, तीन गुणा
• • Elaboration recognising the function and form of commonly used suffixes and prefixes, for example, by collecting groups of words that share a base word, such as बुद्धि, सुबुद्धि, बुद्धिमान, बुद्धिमती
• • Elaboration recognising and using idiomatic expressions such as आँख का तारा