Japanese Grammar
- TAI, TAGATTEIRU, TAKUTE TAMARANAI
Japanese grammar worksheets, lesson plans, games and useful links for expressing wants - tai, takunai, shitai, tagatteiru, takutetamaranai, たい、たくない、したい, たがっている、たくてたまらない etc.
Lesson plans
Birthday wants (たい、たくない、ほしい) |
PowerPoints
Tai form
PowerPoint introducing the tai form through the context of where do you want to go in Japan. Introduces how the tai form is created and includes various group activities, listening practise and other exercises. Donated by L Everingham.
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Tai - want to and don't want to
PowerPoint where students practise making the tai form and its negative by asking whether or not they want to do particular things. Donated by T Gibson
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Tai and hoshi
Students learn how to form the tai and hoshi forms and then use these forms to talk about wants and future plans. Donated by Dawn Soutar
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Tai n desu ga - seeking advice
PowerPoint introducing the 'tai' form and how to use it to seek advice. Created by I Foley.
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Videos
I want to (tai) |
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I want to (tai) |
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Worksheets
Conversation Tai
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Doko e ikitai desu ka?
Worksheet where students create a conversation using 'tai' form and describing where they want to go, why, and why this place is famous. Donated by S Greer
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Ikitai and ikimashita 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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Inviting using tai form |
Tai - I want to
Grammar worksheet introducing and practising the 'tai' form. Donated by L Takizawa
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Tai interview
Students mingle to find out what others want, using the 'tai' form. Then students write sentences talking about what they found out in the interview using 'tagatteiru' form. Donated by B Rankin
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Tagatteiru - He wants to do
Practice talking about what other people want to do using tagatteiru たがっている。 Created by I Foley
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Takute tamarimasen
Worksheet explaining how to change tai form to takute tamarimasen with practise exercises. Donated by A Yamaura
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