Tas Curriculum K-10 - Languages - Italian - Department of Education

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Adjectives
Rehearsed use of some
common, regular forms
with gender awareness
e.g. bravo / brava, bello
/ bella, grande, bene,
male, blu, rosso / rossa
Adjectives
Initial awareness of
regular forms and
initial awareness of
gender and number e.g.
bambino / a, bambini /
e, azzurro / i, alto / a / i
/ e, fantastico / a,
ottimo, felice
Initial awareness of
position e.g. la
bicicletta rossa
Initial awareness of
possessives e.g. il mio
libro, la mia famiglia
Awareness of
interrogative adjectives
e.g. che? chi? come?
dove? perche? quando?
quanti? com’è?
Adjectives
Recognition of an
increasing range of
adjectives and
developing
understanding of
gender and number
agreement e.g. felice,
triste, stanco,
simpatico, gentile,
brutto, italiano / a,
sudanese
Recognition of
possessives e.g. il mio,
la tua, i miei, le tue, i
tuoi
Awareness of position
of regular adjectives
after the noun and
agreement with the
noun e.g. un ragazzo / a
alto / a, due ragazzi / e
alti / e
Awareness of
interrogative adjectives
+ verb e.g. che cosa è?
che dici? chi viene?
quanto costa?
Awareness of common
adjectives that precede
the noun e.g. bello,
buono, bravo, brutto
Adjectives
Agreement of number
and gender with noun
Common adjectives
that precede the noun
and their forms e.g.
buon, buono, buon’,
buona, buone, bel, bell’,
bello, bella, bei, belle,
begli
Forming the plural of
adjectives that end in
–ca, –ga, –go, –io e.g.
simpatico / ci, bianca /
che, larga / ghe, largo /
ghi, vecchio / vecchi,
grigio / grigi
Possessive adjectives
e.g. il suo, la sua, i suoi,
le sue
Interrogative adjectives
e.g. come? dove?
perche? quando?
com’è?
Variable interrogatives
e.g. quale? quanto?
Possessives when
talking about family e.g.
la mamma, il papa, mia
sorella, mio fratello, il
mio caro padre
Adjectives
All forms of possessives e.g. il vostro,
il loro
Demonstrative e.g. questo, quello
Recognition of comparative e.g.
piu’ buono, meno di, uguale a,
meglio di, un migliore studente,
peggiore, maggiore, minore
Recognition of superlative e.g. il /
la migliore, il / la peggiore, il / la
minore
Variable interrogatives e.g. quale
/ i? quanto / a / i / e? + noun
Adjectives ending in -ista and
their plurals e.g. ottimista
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