Stages of spoken development

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Across
  1. 1. A child's first words consist mainly of this word class
  2. 4. The word class of words such as 'a', 'the', 'some' and 'my'
  3. 6. Children are able to use this tense confidently at the post-telegraphic stage
  4. 8. How many words a child can use in an utterance between the ages of 18 months and 24 months
  5. 9. Verbs omitted at the stage where children are able to speak in utterances that consist of at least three words, particularly at the beginning of this stage
  6. 10. Stage where children speak in one word utterances
  7. 12. Children use these to make utterances longer and more complex at the post-telegraphic stage
Down
  1. 2. The over-application of a grammatical rule such as 'goed' and 'mouses'
  2. 3. The stage where children are able to speak in utterances that consist of at least three words
  3. 5. The word class of words such as 'to', 'from', 'on' and 'in'
  4. 7. The general term used for words such as prepositions, determiners and conjunctions
  5. 11. The general term used for words such as nouns and verbs that add meaning to an utterance
  6. 13. The age (in months) when the average child says their first word