Most 8-year-olds continue to develop their vocabulary rapidly, with an estimated 3,000 new words learned in a year.

Children are also beginning to show their ability to play on words. They should start using a word to convey the opposite of its literal meaning.

At this age, your child should be able to:

• Use more complex sentences
• Use correctly the majority of English pronouns
• Be able to talk and write about what people are doing using present continuous
• Be able to talk about what they are good or not good at doing
• Be able to talk and write about what they like
• Be able to read about their childhood memories and write their own using the verb “to be” in past simple
• Be able to compare things that are alike and different using comparative and superlative adjectives
• Be able to describe people
• Be able to talk and write about daily routines using present simple
• Be able to use past simple with regular verbs
• Be proficient at using must/ mustn’t to express obligation
• Have more fluency reading age-appropriate texts in this language
• Use correct pronunciation when speaking in English

These milestones will help you choose content from eKids that your child finds engaging and that can also help improve their English skills.

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