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Language Milestones
Follows 2‐step direc ves Answers simple “WH”
ques ons
Responds to Yes/No ques ons
Engages in episodic play Follows 3‐step direc ons
2 - 3 Years 3 - 4 Years 4 - 5 Years
Regular past tense and simple Combines 4+ words Uses adjec ves
preterit emerging
Uses possessives
Uses the same grammar as
Produces speech that is o en family/home environment
Irregular past tense, imper‐
easy to understand
fect, and preterit emerging
Produces most consonant
Emerging use of plural form Shares personal experiences sounds present in language
(school, friends) in short
Present progressive verb
personal narra ves
forms emerging Tells a story related to a topic
Begins to describe object use
Combines 2‐3 words to
comment and inquire
Produces speech that is usu‐
ally easy to understand
Correct ar cle gender use
Generally speaks easily with‐
emerging
out effort in ini a ng sounds
Emerging use of indefinite/ Uses nega ves
definite ar cles
Emerging use of indefinite/
definite ar cles
Paul, 2001; Rose , 2006; Typical Speech and Language Development, 1997‐2011; Zimmerman, et al., 2002;
(Published in Prath, 2015)
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