Japanese Grammar Worksheets - TE FORM

Japanese grammar worksheets, lesson plans, games and useful links for expressing ing (present progressive/continuous) - te imasu, te form, ています、ていました、てform.

Te form
Rules for changing verbs from masu form to te form.

Changing verbs
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Te form exercises
Students practice how to make the te form:
         Kana
         Romaji
         Answers

Te imasu
Students write sentences about what each person is doing. (Present progressive: I'm ~ing.)

Te Imasu
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Te kudasai
てください
Practice using te kudasai form to ask or request people to do things.
Te Kudasai
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Games

Nani o shiteimasu ka?
Practice the te form with this game of 'What are you doing?'

Nani o shiteimasu ka
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Doushi board game
Practice saying various te form verbs with this simple board game.

doushi board game
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Lesson plans

Daily activities (joining verbs with te)
Listening, reading, writing and speaking activities, as well as grammar worksheets and ICTs on daily activities and joining verbs with te.
Go to M13 Dairy 2 (Nikki 2)
http://www.jpf.org.uk/language/exercises/list.php

In class activities TE FORM

"Charades" R Schorr
Type a list of phrases using the present continuous such as:
「おとこのこは公園で歩いています。」「ねこはとりをみています。」「女はうみで泳いでいます。」 Cut these sentences into strips and place them in a bag. Each student takes a strip from the bag and attempts, in turn to act out or draw their sentence. The other students attempt to guess the sentence.

Videos

How to use the te form video
Learn how to make the te form and its different uses.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6_UHHo_HpA&feature=related

Te form しています
Pictures of people doing things.
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=HQD9c8W1afM&feature=related

Websites TE FORM

What are they doing? game
http://learningplace.eq.edu.au/cx/resources/items/97e49fb5-1b3d-3cbc-ce63-cbce88efce30/1/ViewIMS.jsp?backto=close
Explore the activities of children in a park. Listen to a question and answer about what each child is doing (using te iru). Build answers to respond to questions.

Test your te form online
http://www.mlcjapanese.co.jp/Download.htm
Online exercises to practice te form.  Listen, read, check English meaning.
Available in romaji and kana.