Japanese Grammar Worksheets - PAST TENSE
Japanese grammar worksheets, lesson plans, games and useful links for expressing past tense - ta form, しました、しませんでした、した、しなかった etc.
Board games
Nani o shimashita ka?
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Games in class
Round Robin Actions L Ford
Introduce the game by saying a target structure with an action. (Eg. 日本へ行きました。うちわを買いました。 Moving your hand like a fan.) The next Ss has to repeat the structure but add one more item and action. (Eg.日本へ行きました。うちわを買いました。そして、 おはしを買いました。Moving your hand like a fan and then like chopsticks). Continue around the class.
Party Mingle J Webster
Each student is given a small piece of paper with a sentence on it, describing what they did last weekend. 「東京に行って、すもうを見ました。」「ハワイに行って、さめと泳ぎました。」 etc. The more outrageous the sentence the better. Once students have read their sentence and the teacher makes sure that they understand their sentences, students are instructed to stand up and mingle as if they were at a party asking 「来週何をしましたか。」After everyone has had a chance to mingle, the class sits down again and the teacher asks 「トムさんは何をしましたか。」 and the class reconstructs what everyone did. You can also have students practicing little phrases like 「すみません」 if they bump into people, or opening lines like 「ひさしぶりですね。」Teachers can add in props like empty glasses, or ask students to dress like they were going to a party.
Lesson plans
Diary (past tense) lesson plan |
PowerPoints
Past tense masu form verbs
PowerPoint introducing the past present and negative tense of the masu form. Includes practise speaking exercises. Based on Obento Deluxe textbook Unit 12. Created by I Foley
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Past tense mashita and masendeshita
PowerPoint introducing past tense positive and negative forms of various verbs. Includes practise exercises. Based on Genki Textbook Unit 4. Created by I Foley
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Ta form explained
PowerPoint introducing the ta form including ichidan, godan and irregular verb group rules. Formal mashita verses informal ta verbs. Includes exercises and practical activities. Created by I Foley
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Websites
Ta form interactive activity
Several quizzes for practising the ta form. To access scroll down for "Ta-form FLASH material" http://www.mlcjapanese.co.jp/Download.htm |
Worksheets
Change verbs to 'Ta form'
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Ikimashita and ikitai renshuu page
Reading and writing exercises on ikimasuいきます, ikitai いきたいand ikimashita いきました. Donated by E Payne
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Reading - Diary with ta form
This worksheet can be used to introduce plain past form for the first time, based on the students' knowledge of TE form. Students read and identify the verbs within the diary entry, and then work out how to form the plain past form by recognising that it follows the same pattern as TE form. Donated by Jeni
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Reading - Diary with ta form 1
Student read the diary entries written in the plain past tense form and figure out what happened each day. Donated by A Yamaura.
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Reading - I went to the Jazz club
Read about someone's weekend. Then work through past tense exercises. Students then create their own past tense composition. Created by I Foley
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Ta ato de
Practice using the ta form and ato de to state what you will do next. Donated by M Kahabka
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Ta form explained |
What did you do? なにをしましたか
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What did you do survey
Survey your partner about what they did today. Created by I Foley.
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Whodunit? Past tense practise
Ss practise the past tense, time, 'with' particle to, likes ~が好きです. How to play: Tell the students that there has been a murder. 7 students become ‘suspects’, and the rest of the group are required to interview them in order to try and find out the killer. The aim of the game is for students to find the person who does not have an alibi. The innocent suspects have someone who matches their alibis for where they have been, but the killer’s alibi will be inconsistent! Donated by: B Gibb.
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