Language Stage Five


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Stage Overview

The person at Stage 5 learns to use the articles a and the. The concept of past tense becomes more refined. They learn that some verbs are irregular and don’t use -ed as a past tense ending. All this happens by listening, experimenting, and attending to good models. The person begins to use verbs that end in -s for third person regular present tense.


Approx. Vocab. Size
Utterance Length in Morphenes
Examples
2,000 to 3,000 words
Range: 3.75 to 4.5 Mean: 4.0
Mom is coming in. Dad will help me. Look at it go. Those are my cars.

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Language Objectives
  • Simple Complete Sentences
  • Add More Words
  • Articles
  • Past Tense Linking Verbs
  • Use Past Tense Verbs Ending in "-ED"
  • Use Verbs Ending in "S"
  • Possession
  • Future Actions