Grammar worksheets - IF

Japanese grammar worksheets, lesson plans, games and useful links for expressing if - tara, eba, to, たら、えば、と、もし.

In class activities for IF

"If I were…chain”　Adapted from  www.eslcafe.com
The teacher writes on the board the beginning of a conditional sentence, i.e.「お金がたくさんあれば、…」 , so the first student has to finish it. Then, the next classmate has to begin a new sentence using the last part of his/her mate sentence. For example, if the first pupil said: 「お金がたくさんあれば、ロンドンに行くでしょう。」then the second one has to start by saying:「ロンドンに行けば、… 」 Students link one sentence with another, making any necessary changes.

"If I were…erase" F Mirtasari
Write down several interesting nouns on the whiteboard  (the same as number of students), such as　そうりだいじん、さる、くるま、ひこうき、りんご、か、etc. Then, Ss make sentences using one of the words. Eg.　もし、ひこうきだったら、アメリカにとびます。 After that, erase the word so the other students can’t use that word again. Once all the words are erased get Ss to write down as many sentences as they can remember.


Websites

Ba quiz
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072408162/student_view0/chapter6/grammar_1.html
Practice using 'ba'.  Fill in the missing conditional for each sentence.

If explained
http://www.guidetojapanese.org/conditional.html
Read the rules for Japanese 'if'.