JHS_Grammar_Pronouns

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Pronouns 代名詞 (Definition)

...this Pronouns page is related to the Demonstrative Pronouns (this/that) & Verbs - Present Tense Plural (likeS)pages

1st person: I, we, our, etc. (I am Emi.)

3rd person: singular - he, him, his, she, her, she, him, it (She is Emi.) plural - they, them, theirs (They are Emi's friends.)

Fun Fact: "At 45 letters, 'pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis', which refers to a lung disease, is often considered the longest word in English."

10 Questions

While asking yes/no questions, students must guess who you are within 10 questions.

Bimyo Photos (3rd person - singular)

Parts of pictures are shown to students and they try must form questions in order to guess at the complete pictures.

Daimeshi Relay (all of them)

Daimeshi means pronoun. Groups race to place their pronoun cards in the correct place on their invisible grid located on the chalkboard.

Double D (it)

Double D stands for 'Devastating Demonstratives'. Students draw pictures based upon a secret demonstrative pronoun sentences and post them around the class The name of this activity contains the word 'devastating' because if you're like me, you find it difficult just to draw a stick figure.

Gap It

This is a pair work, information gap activity to practice "What is this?" and the difference between "It's a ~ ." and "It's ~ ."

Hands of Who

Students draw, cut out and color their hands on piece of paper. Finally, they write three about themselves.

Hands Up (various)

Students play Karuta while practicing pronouns.

He/She Guessing (3rd person)

Students guess who their partner is by asking simple yes/no questions.

I Am Game

Kids in the class think of other classmates who they know and then write down certain characteristics of them. Then, they stand up at the front of class and see if their classmates can guess who they are talking about.

Is This Real?

This is a 'guess what' game where students practice the grammar and have fun playing Janken.

Know Your Friend (3rd person)

Students show off their artistic skill and practice speaking.

Let's Sign

Students present a mini-speech to their partner and play Janken to hopefully receive a signature.

My Crazy Family (3rd person)

This information gap activity is fairly self-explanatory. Students work in pairs to complete the worksheet. This activity also includes 3rd person pronouns but can easily be removed from the activity.

Native Language (3rd person)

This is a jazz chant to the melody of Frere Jacques. The melody is catchy and known among Japanese students so it is a good and short activity to introduce or review the third-person verb tense.

Speaking Test Grade 1

This is a speaking test that reviews Grade 1's Unit1-2.

Triple D

Because the original title of this activity was too long, I shortened the name from 'Demonstrative Daimeishi Dice' to 'Triple D'. Daimeishi is Japanese for pronoun. In this simple, fun yet educational dice game, students learn to string multiple sentences together using demonstrative pronouns alongside third person pronouns.

VerbS (3rd person)

Students learn how to read their teachers’ names in English and practice using verb plurals.

Who Is Famous

A simple but fun reading and writing worksheet that practices the 'who' question and using famous caricatures.

Who Is Celeb

In groups students write the description of a famous person/character and the class has to guess who it is.

Who Is This

Students draw a picture of their classmate/teacher and ask their friends, "Who is this?"

Who Is Your Classmate

Students fill out a worksheet about themselves, and then do an activity where they try to guess who their friends are based upon the hints they wrote on their worksheets.

Worksheets w/out Explanations
*Daimeishi Practice*	*3rd Person Battleship*	*Ms. Green Likes...*

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