Japanese grammar worksheets
Select a grammar point below to access free downloadable Japanese grammar worksheets and activities.
- ability できます、~ことができる
- about について
- adjectives けいようし、どれがいちばんADJですか、
- adverbs of frequency ときどき、いつも、みいにち、たいてい、よく、ぜんぜん
- arimasu/imasu (existence) あります、います
- causative させる
- common and basic verbs どうし
- comparisons (as~as) ほどない, のほうが, より
- commands and imperatives (please do) てください
- conditionals (if) ば、たら、と
- conjunctions せつぞくし
- decisions ことにします、ことになります
- describing things というのは
- demo (anything/one/where) でも
- embedded questions (kadouka, ka) かどうか、か
- favourite いちばんすき
- giving and receiving もらいます、あげます、くれます
- giving advice ~たほうがいい
- have you ever ~たことがありますか
- hazu (expect, should be) はず
- hoshii (I want to) ほしい
- how often よく、ときどき、あまり、ぜんぜん、まいにちetc.
- ichiban suki (いちばんすき)my favourite
- if / when たら、ば、と
- ka (someone/where/thing) か
- kadouka (whether or not) かどうか
- kara (because/so) から
- kata (the way to do something) かた
- kamoshiremasen (might/may be)かもしれません
- keigo (sonkeigo, teineigo, kenjyougo) けいご
- kore, sore, are(this, that, those)これ、それ、あれ
- koto ga arimasu (experiences/have you ever?) ことがあります
- kudasai (commands and imperatives) をください、てください
- motte ikimasu motte kimasu (bring, take) もっていきます、もってきます
- mou and mada (already, not yet, still, no longer) もう、まだ
- masu form (present and future tense) ます
- nagara (while) ながら
- nakerebanaranai (must/have to) なければならない
- nakutemoii (don't have to) なくてもいい
- narimasu (describing changes) く/になります
- ndesu んです
- negatives ないで
- node (because) ので
- noni (although, despite) のに
- ni tsuite について
- particles は、が、を、に、で、へ、の etc
- passives られる
- past tense (ta form)~ました
- plain verb form
- possessive no わたしの
- prepositions (on, in, next to, under, at, うえ、した、となりetc)
- questions (nani, itsu, doko, doushite, dare, donogurai, 何、どこ、いつetc.)
- regret てしまう てしまいます
- relative clauses(who, what, where, that, which)
- rules してはいけません、しないで、だめです
- sentence order (particles)
- shimau (regret) てしまう、てしまいます
- sou desu (I heard) そうです
- sugiru (too much) すぎる
- suki すき (like) いちばんすき (favourite)
- ta hou ga ii ~たほうがいい (giving advice)
- ta koto ga arimasu ka? ~たことがありますか。(have you ever?)
- tai (want to) たい
- tame ni (in order to) ために
- tari tari (and/etc) たり、たりします
- te form (present continuous) ~ています
- te oku (beforehand) ~ておく、~ておいてください、etc
- tokoro (state of actions) ところ
- to omoimasu (I think) とおもいます
- try something てみる
- tsumori つもり (intentions)
- verb conjugations (how verbs change in various ways - tenses)
- while ながら
- word order (particles)
- you desu (predictions, it is like, it seems like) ようです
Functional Grammar
A basic explanation for teaching Japanese using functional grammar. Donated by L Morris.
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Grammar summary sheet
Encourage students to remember taught grammar points by using this grammar summary sheet regularly. Donated by S Buck.
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Hiragana grammar chart
This chart shows how the five sounds in the hiragana lines are used to conjugate verbs and below the table how the various consonant and vowel combinations change into te form and ta form. Donated by A Yamaura
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Level check test
New students? Not sure how much previous knowledge students have obtained? Test your students Japanese general knowledge, including kana and grammar, with this level check placement test. Donated by L Avila
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Traffic lights - understanding tool
Give each Ss a set of traffic light cards. When teaching a new topic, grammar point, giving instructions etc Ss put on their desk the card corresponding to their level of understanding. Ss withgreen on their desks maybe able to help those with red on their desks. Donated by: R Davey
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