1 - Little to no correct use of inflections; frequent tense shifts; little to no subject-verb agreement; many errors in word meaning; errors fully detract from meaning
2 - Some correct use of inflections; some consistency in tense and subject-verb agreement; several errors in word meaning; errors somewhat detract from meaning
3 - Mostly correct use of inflections; mostly consistent tense and subject-verb agreement; mostly standard word meaning; errors do not detract from meaning
4 - Correct use of inflection (e.g., verb conjugations, plurals, prefixes, suffixes, adverbs, etc.); consistent tense; consistent subject-verb agreement; standard word meaning