develop knowledge of, and use structures and features of, the Italian grammatical and writing systems, to understand and create spoken, written and multimodal texts (AC9LIT8EU02)
developing awareness of various categories of nouns with common endings such as ‘-ista’, ‘-zione’, ‘-tore’ and ‘-trice’, for example, il/la dentista, la stazione, il vincitore/la vincitrice, and comparing them to their English equivalents
using indefinite and definite articles (un, una, un’; il, la, l’, lo, i, le, gli)
understanding that adjectives agree in number and gender with the noun, including possessive adjectives (my, your, his/her), for example, il mio libro, mia sorella, il mio papà, il tuo compleanno, la sua penna
recognising that demonstratives also agree in number and gender to the noun, for example, Questa è la classe d’Italiano; Quella è la mia penna; Questo è lo zaino; Non mi piace quello
asking questions using appropriate interrogatives, for example, Chi? Che? Cosa? Quale? Come?
using prepositions of time, manner and place, to describe where and when, for example, alle 9, con mamma, a scuola, in bagno
understanding that some prepositions (a, da, in, di, su) are articulated and combine with the article, for example, al telefono, alla television, dal dentista, sullo scaffale, nell’armadio
using verbs describing state (essere), possession (avere), for example, Sto bene; Ho dodici anni; Non ho una penna.
conjugating regular verbs describing actions in the present tense, for example, parlare, vedere, dormire cantare; Parlo inglese a casa; Vedi il libro? Dormi abbastanza? Pranziamo a scuola. Ceniamo insieme.
recognising and using irregular verbs in formulaic expressions, for example, Vado a mangiare; Vengo a scuola a piedi; Faccio i compiti.
using high frequency reflexive verbs, for example, mi alzo; mi diverto
constructing simple sentences in Italian subject+verb+object; making statements, asking questions and giving/receiving instructions verb+object, for example, Chiudi il libro!
using common conjunctions such as e, ma, perché, così, però, siccome
forming negative statements and questions, for example, Non mi piace il gelato; Non mi piacciono gli spaghetti; Non ti piace sciare?
using temporal markers such as Prima … poi … dopo … alla fine/ la mattina, il pomeriggio, la sera to sequence events or actions
applying appropriate punctuation conventions, noting differences between Italian and English use of capital letters and using rules of capitalisation when creating their own texts, for example, omission of capitals with weekdays, months of the year and nationalities; different conventions with numbers: commas instead of full stops and colons, for example, alle 9,15 (at 9.15am); il 10,8% (10.8%)
Articles (Grammar), Gender (Grammar), Tense (Grammar), Grammatical agreement