Speaking & Listening Classroom Session 1
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1
 　て-Form Review ▲　

 

Let's work on the Ｖています ("be V-ing") structures. The following are て-form conjugation rules for う-verbs:

 

If the plain form
ends with		 do this Examples
…く
…ぐ
 …いて
…いで		 かく arrow かいて (write)
およぐ arrow およいで (swim)
Exception: いく arrow いって (go)
…す …して はなす arrow はなして (speak)
…む
…ぶ
…ぬ		 …んで よむ arrow よんで (read)
よぶ arrow よんで (call)
しぬ arrow しんで (die)
…る
…う
…つ		 …って はいる arrowはいって (enter)
つかう arrow つかって (use)
もつ arrow もって (hold/have)

Ex. to live (すむ) lives/is living すんでいます lived/was living すんでいました
1. to exercise (うんどうする) is exercising was exercising
2. to use (つかう) is using was using
3. to have/own (もつ) has had
4. to read (よむ) is reading was reading
5. to drink (のむ) is drinking was drinking
6. to eat (たべる) is eating was eating
7. to marry (けっこんする) is married was married
8.

to come (くる)

 has come had come

 

 
2
 　On-Going/Repeated Actions: Vて + います ▲　

 

Create sentences to describe actions in progress or repeated actions (Someone is V-ing) based on the pictures below.

 

Example: 田中
listen
now		 田中さんは今、コンピュータをつかっています。
1. 山田
listen
now		 2. はやし
read
now		 3. ブラウン
watch
every day
4. スミス
drink
every day		 5. はやし
Singing
now		 6. キム
Swimming
now
7. 田中
go to sleep; go to bed
11 p.m./every day		 8. よしだ
eat
12 noon/every day		 9. すずき
study
3 hours/every day
10. キム
work
1 hour/every week		 11. 田中
Doing part-time
Saturday/every week		 12. スミス
Cooking
weekend/every week

 

 
3
 　Vています (Resultant State) ▲　

 

Create sentences to describe resultant states (Someone has V-ed) based on the pictures below.

 

Example
dog outside

いぬが そとに でました。 right arrow いぬが そとに でています。

1. 山田 (...are married)


Propose 　right arrow　Family


けっこんしました

2. だれか (...is in [there])


toilet occupied


だれかが トイレに はいりました

3. すずき (...lost weight/is skinny)
fat1right arrowfat2
やせました

4. おおかわ (...gained weight/is fat)
fat1right arrowfat2
ふとりました
5. よしだ (is awake)
get up; wake upright arrowread
おきました。いま…		 6. スミス (has returned/has been at home)
go back homeright arrowwatch
かえりました。うちに…

 

 
4
 　けっこんしています ▲　

 

Let's practice the expressions of marital status of the following celebrities.

 

a. けっこんします I am going to get married.
けっこんしません I am not going to get married.
b. けっこんしました I got married.
けっこんしませんでした I did not get married.
c. けっこんしています I am married to someone.
けっこんしていません I am not married to anybody.
d. けっこんしていました I was married.
けっこんしていませんでした I was not married.

1.
Jennifer Lopez Ben Afflect
Jennifer Lopez Ben Affleck
They were not married.
They did not get married.
2.
Jennifer Lopez Marc Anthony
Jennifer Lopez Marc Anthony
They got married.
They are married now.
3.
Jennifer Aniston Brad Pitt
Jennifer Aniston Brad Pitt
They were married.
They are not married now.