English Grammar & Punctuation Procedural 8–9 yrs

Standard English Verbs

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Description

Use Standard English verb inflections in place of non-standard local forms

Mastery Evidence

✓ Correct 'we was playing' to 'we were playing' and explain why the standard form is needed in writing
✓ Choose the standard form in pairs such as 'I did / I done', 'she has / she have', 'they were / they was'
✓ Rewrite a short passage replacing three non-standard verb forms with their Standard English equivalents

Assessment Prompt

If your child sometimes says "we was" or "they done it" in conversation, do they know to write "we were" and "they did it" in their schoolwork — using standard written English?