- Hearing the differences between common sounds
- Identifying important words in what someone has just said
- Understanding and responding to simple instructions and commands
- Recognising basic differences in information (e.g. commands vs questions)
- Following a simple narrative spoken by the teacher with the help of pictures
- Recognising the sound patterns of simple rhyming words
- Understanding the development of simple stories
- Understanding and responding to simple requests and classroom instructions
- Identifying main ideas