Language Usage

Virginia SOL 1.LU.1

Use conventions of Standard English grammar in speaking and writing.

What students need to be able to do

  • Produce and expand simple sentences, including a noun, verb, and adjective.
  • Form regular plural nouns orally by adding 's' or 'es' sound.
  • Use personal and possessive pronouns to represent nouns.
  • Use frequently occurring adjectives to describe specific objects (quantity, size, age, shape, color, or location).
  • Form and use simple verb tenses (past, present, and future) for regular verbs.
  • Use proper verb tense and correct subject-verb agreement.
  • Use articles correctly (e.g., a, an, the).
  • Use interrogatives to ask questions in complete sentences (e.g., who, what, where, when, why, how).