2 - 3 YEARS

RECEPTIVE LANGUAGE

• Following more complex two part commands, for example, "touch your nose and give me the apple"

• Understand simple 'wh' questions, including "what," "where" and "who"

• Points to a large number of noun and verb vocabulary images

• Understands adjectives such as same/different, big/little, wet/dry and open/close

• Understands spatial language concepts such as in/out, top/bottom, up/down, on/off and over/under

• Understands quantity language concepts such as more/less, one/many, empty/full, lots/none

• Sorts items into groups when requested, such as 'food' and 'clothes'

• Understands functions of objects, such as the car drives

• Recognises colours and understands genders

EXPRESSIVE LANGUAGE

• Produces two-four word sentences

• Answers yes/no questions

• Uses various words for names, actions, locations and descriptions

• Asks many 'wh' questions, including "what," "where," and "who"

• Names a large number of pictures and actions

• Refers to things in the past using '-ed' past tense, for example, "she swimmed"

• Produces present tense '-ing' when required, for example, "walking"

• Produces words such as "the," "is" and "a"

• Engages in conversation, but may not be able to stay on topic or turn-take effectively

• Speech is 75-100% intelligible by strangers