Students sentences use nouns, verbs and pronouns correctly and show elementary subject–verb agreement, singular/plural agreement for nouns; and elementary verb tense agreement.
Students use punctuation marks such as capital letters and full stops and may also experiment with the use of question marks and exclamation marks.
Students use some features of explanatory language such as verbs denoting a specific action, the simple present tense, and the passive voice.
Students use some features of the language of persuasive writing such as modal verbs (for example, should, can, must) and emotive words.
Students show an awareness of the differences between spoken and written texts.