Apply basic knowledge of grammatical components in short sentences, including:

• word order in sentence structure;
• negation in regular verb tenses in the present tense (p. ej., “No me gusta la película.”);
• common and proper nouns;
• feminine and masculine nouns;
• singular and plural nouns;
• personal subject pronouns (p. ej., yo, tú, el, ella, usted, nosotros, vosotros, ustedes, ellos, ellas);
• indefinite and definite articles (p. ej., el, la, los, las, un, una, uno, unos, unas);
• conjunctions (p. ej., así que, aunque, pues, pero, y, ni, sino);
• punctuation, accents and spelling (p. ej., signos de exclamación [¡!], signos de interrogación [¿?], punto [.]);
• abbreviations (p. ej., Señor [Sr.], Señora [Sra.], Señorita [Srta.]); and,
• prefixes (p. ej., bi-, multi-, co-, super-, mini-, des-).

Employ context-specific and common vocabulary such as:

• vocabulary in context (p. ej., los hispanohablantes en Saskatchewan, español, la comunidad, el clima, la preferencia, las vacaciones, danza y comida tradicional, el actor, la actriz principal, los juegos, el juego de cartas);
• adjectives (p. ej., una hermosa provincia, una celebración cultural, un juego divertido);
• adverbs (p. ej., mucho, muy rápido);
• useful phrases for various contexts (p. ej., “Me llamo…”, “Ella tiene el cabello negro.”, “No me gustan las cebollas.”, “Hoy hace sol.”);
• the interrogative form (p. ej., “¿tienes un bolígrafo?”); and,
• expressions (p. ej., “me gusta”, “no me gusta”).

Conjugate the following commonly used Spanish verbs in familiar contexts:

• present tense, regular (ar) (er) (ir) verbs (p. ej., cantar and escribir);
• present tense, irregular verbs in common and in context (p. ej., ser, ver, jugar, estar, haber, tener, poder, hacer, ir, poner); and,
• present tense, imperative regular verbs (p. ej., dibujar, escuchar, terminar).

Experiment with the use of the following verb tenses:

• the present tense with pronominal and reflexive verbs (p. ej., “Yo me maquillo todas las mañanas.”); and,
• the past tense with irregular and regular verbs (p. ej., dibujar, escuchar, terminar, hacer, ir, ir, tener) and familiar verbs.

Apply the use of linguistic conventions such as:

• structure of text;
• choice of words;
• placement of adjectives;
• the comparative and superlative of adjectives (p. ej., “la ciudad más bonita”);
• direct object pronouns (p. ej., me, te, lo, nos, os, los);
• indirect object pronouns (p. ej., me, te, le, nos, os, los); and,
• simple prepositions (p. ej., por, para, desde, sobre, hasta).

Communicate using appropriate conventions of informal and formal language:

• informal (e.g., use informal language and tone with familiar expressions and use words like “tú, vosotros”); and,
• formal (e.g., use formal language and tone with formal expressions and use words like “usted”).