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Post by raindrop on May 1, 2008 22:45:04 GMT 8
I've been teaching my senior group students "the third person singular" and they are so confused... I guess they understand in their heads, but when they make sentences it gets all messed up.
Any games or drill exercise you can suggest would be much appreciated. - Thank you.
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Post by jed on May 2, 2008 12:45:19 GMT 8
its sounds a low level group? good olde "Battleships" is good for a simple game with lots of using the target structure.
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Post by Otaku on May 2, 2008 13:02:44 GMT 8
Do a third person 'present continuous' exercise. Give students verbs that they have to act out. Make the class put their heads down on their desks and the student(s) start the action. When you say "STOP", the 'action student' must freeze and the class wakes up, guess what the student(s) is/are doing, keeping in mind the pronoun.
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Post by jed on May 2, 2008 13:37:21 GMT 8
I just found a good battleships game and modified it.
It should be posted on the site soon
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Post by raindrop on May 2, 2008 14:09:40 GMT 8
> jed
Thanks! I totally forgot about "Battleships". Yeah, it'll work well, I'm sure!
> Otaku
That sounds like a fun game. I'll get those bunch of elderly people do some action!
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Post by Otaku on May 2, 2008 16:00:04 GMT 8
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Post by junkdna on May 7, 2008 8:00:19 GMT 8
what's third-person singular? someone's name?
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Post by junkdna on May 7, 2008 8:03:53 GMT 8
Uh, all the verbs on this game are incorrect. "Kate have a car"
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Post by Otaku on May 7, 2008 8:55:14 GMT 8
First question: "What's third-person singular, someone's name?" I didn't create this activity but I would assume, like the example on the worksheet says, the one student would say a sentence: "Kate has a car." Then, the other student, based upon whether they have a ship on that square, would substitute the proper noun (Kate) with the correct pronoun and answer: "Yes, she has a car," or "No, she does not."
Second question: "All the verbs on this game are incorrect." Once again, I didn't create the activity but I would assume the verbs were purposely typed like that to make the game a little more challenging for the students and force them to change the verbs on-the-fly. However, the great thing about having all the worksheets open up in Microsoft Word is that you can change them to fit the needs of your class.
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Post by raindrop on May 7, 2008 11:42:45 GMT 8
what's third-person singular? someone's name? I just translated '‚RlÌ’P”f... is that how you call it? I'm not even sure myself. Thanks a lot Jed and Otaku. I'll use that in the class this week!!
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Post by Otaku on May 7, 2008 12:00:59 GMT 8
While the page doesn't specifically have '3rd person singular pronoun' in Japanese, this Japanese/English grammar page does contain the majority of grammar names in both languages: CLICK HERE
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Post by junkdna on May 7, 2008 13:35:40 GMT 8
wow, that just hurts my eyes. useful though. not that i ever understood it in language arts class though.
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