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 Grammar

'Be' verbs - is, am, are

 

Fun Fact: "Japan's highway speeds are 80kph (48mph)."

This is a short (and hopefully fun) speaking activity that practices the grammar point "Are you ~ ?"
 
This activity consists of two smaller activities: guessing and interview game.

 

Play a Japanese favorite Fruit Basket game using the ‘be’ verb.
 
The students might be in junior high school but they still like to play Fruit Basket. This is an activity for brand new students. It should make them more confident with their speaking.
 
Students aim to collect as many points as they can by asking questions to discover the object the teacher secretly chose.
 
Students use the grammar and information cards to make pairs and find their pet or owner.
 

Surprise Origin

Students run around the classroom playing janken and discover where their classmates are from.

 Worksheets Without Explanations

 

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