Language Usage

Virginia SOL 6.LU.1

Use the conventions of Standard English grammar in speaking and writing.

What students need to be able to do

  • Construct simple, compound, and complex sentences to communicate ideas clearly.
  • Use pronoun-antecedent agreement, including indefinite and reflexive pronouns.
  • Use adverbs to modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs to express manner, place, time, frequency, degree, and level of certainty.
  • Use phrases and clauses within sentences and apply appropriate subject-verb agreement.
  • Form and use often confusing verbs (e.g., lie/lay, sit/set, rise/raise) correctly in sentences.