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て-Form Conjugation

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

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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.

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Vています (Resultant State)

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

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けっこんしています

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

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Pair Work

Let's interview your classmates about their hometown (ごしゅっしん). After the interview, you will be asked to report your findings. (FYI: さい is the age counter: X years old)
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Vて~ Vて~

Create sentences listing two separate actions using the V form. For example, ごはんを たべました + おふろに はいりました → ごはんを たべて、おふろに はいりました。

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~とき

Create sentences to describe "when/time..." Pictures are just suggestions. You can use your own real life answers.

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form of noun and adjective sentences

Connect each pair of sentences using the -form adjectives. Make sure to combine adjectives of similar values (all positives or all negatives).

 

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Connecting sentences

Choose two adjectives of similar values (both positives or both negatives) and combine them with the -forms to describe something. Or, combine adjectives of opposite values using けど or .

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People in the library

Describe two people in this picture in one sentence with ています. For example,
Aさんはプールでおよいでいます。 + Bさんはコンピュータをつかっています。
→ Aさんはプールでおよいでいて、Bさんはコンピュータをつかっています。
(A is swimming in the swimming pool, and B is using a computer.)

People in the dorm