Grammar

Question 1

Morphology

Answer 1

This involves

Plurals - s “watches” “biscuits”
Regular past tense - ed
Present progressive - ing “washing”
Negatives - no, not

Question 2

Nouns (grammatical markers)
(Object words)
At what age?

Answer 2

We expect nouns at age
2-2.5
Years

Like?

Plurals - s = dogs
Possessives ‘s = girl’s

(Caroline Bowen)

Question 3

Verbs - (action words) Which grammatical markers are required?

At age 2.5 to 3?

Answer 3

Present progressive (ing)

• she is washing

Auxiliary (He’s tired) (She’s eating) - auxiliaries

Auxiliary (copula) contracted - he’s eating

Regular past tense - she washed the dishes

VERBS at 3-3.5?
Future tense - “he is going to” “he will write a letter”