SAP Oracy

Use common prepositions (in, at, on, near).

• Yes

• No

Make simple statements and exclamations

('Him hit me!').

• Yes

• No

Regularly use pronouns (I/me, he/him, she/he).

• Yes

• No

Use verb and noun endings with some

consistency (-ing, -ed, -s).

• Yes

• No

Use a number of explicit time markers in

speech (yesterday, last week, on the weekend).

• Yes

• No

Consistently use some common irregular past tenses (went, saw, came).

• Yes

• No

Answer explanation

This descriptor is from ESL Scales level 4

Use compound sentences ('We went on an

excursion and it rained and we came back to

school').

• Yes

• No

Give some relevant detail when recounting

stories or events, expressing opinions or contributing information.

• Yes

• No

Use subject specific vocabulary necessary

for a familiar topic or theme (mathematical

terms).

• Yes

• No

Express simple relationships through

comparisons and contrasts (bigger than, like,

only).

• Yes

• No