Orange Band stories are longer than previous bands, featuring more events and greater complexity.Illustrations offer support for just one aspect of the story for that page and text is given more space. Sentences structures become more complex, with some use of the conditional tense. Children will recognise a large number of the high-frequency words used in this band, helping them to become fluent and develop their understanding. High-frequency words in each book are no longer specified from Orange Band onwords.