sou desu that is right chigaimasu that is wrong sumimasen excuse me, I am sorry arigatou gozaimasu thank you dou itashimashite you are welcome mou ichido itte kudasai please say it one more time minna de itte kudasai please say it together douzo please, go ahead ohayou gozaimasu good morning...
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Brainteasers for ESL Classes
These are good to use as a warm up activity in ESL classes. (1) If you went to bed at 8pm and set the alarm to get up at 9am how many hours sleep would this permit you to have? (2) Why can’t a man living in Kingston, Ontario be...
Continue reading...Minute Mysteries for ESL Classes
You can use these as a warm up activity in ESL classes. This is fun to play with two people. One person looks at the answer. The other person tries to guess the situation by asking yes/no questions. (1) A man is lying face down in the desert with a...
Continue reading...Games and Activities for ESL Classes
Collected by Shaney Crawford, Former Participant of the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme (Fukushima) These games and activities have been collected from various sources: past issues of the Fukushima JET newsletter, games books, various CLAIR and AJET teaching resource guides, and stuff left over from my predecessor. I apologize...
Continue reading...Irregular Verbs in English
Here is a handy list of irregular verbs for ESL learners. Present Past Past Participle be was, were been become became become begin began begun blow blew blown break broke broken bring brought brought build built built burst burst burst buy bought bought catch caught caught choose chose chosen come...
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