~Ed vs ~Ing Adjective Lists.....

Here are some of the -ed adjectives that came up in classes before Golden Week...

Try to study them if you have time...
We will see them again in upcoming lessons & games .....

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Golden Week Special....??

Well...I had some time during Golden Week to make some notes and so....

Here you go...a few pages ....

These notes are from "Lenny Week 7"....
Lenny's wife calls Kurt and they talk about

a) their hometown
b) the city vs the country...
c) used to

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Long time no Update....

Wow...I have been so, so, so busy recently that I haven't posted anything on the BLOG....
but...I tried to make some time and..... Voila....I made something....

There was a lot of review from past sections and some students forgot a couple of important points and so....

I made these pages...

Notes for Lenny Week 4....

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A new post....

Well...Here are some notes from a few weeks ago...

Some of the things that happened...

#1 ~ Tim was trying to find some lights on sale on the internet....
       Talked about sales and advertising

#2 ~ Tim's had to take his car into the shop ...
And we used patterns like....

     What will Tim get the car shop to do? (imagination)

Get + O (who) + to + doushi ~ kare wa dareka ni nantoka wo yatte morau

       *He will get the shop to repair his car.

       *He will get the shop to fix his car.

       *He will get the shop to change his tires.

*He will get the shop to change his tires from regular to snow tires.

#3 ~ We studied and reviewed how to ask questions using ...

Tim said to Rosy “chotto onegai shite mou ii desu ka?”…in English, please.... 

“Could you do me a favour?”

Alright....and then....

Tim said to Rosy “anata no kuruma wo kashite itadakemasen ka?” 

*Would you mind lending the car to me?

*Would you mind lending me your car?

Now…Just remember....There is a 1, 2 punch....

#1 ~ Could you do me a favour?

#2 ~ Would you mind + doushi + ing

Here are a few extra notes....

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Christmas Vacation.....

Well...

Today is December 31st....
Happy New Year to all my students and friends...

Good Luck in the new year and I hope you have all thought of some good "New Year's Resolutions"... because I am going to ask you about them when you get back.... Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha....

Here are some notes from before the break....Hope you guys have time to do some English studying....

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Tanaka....Week 3

Well...Here we go with another week of Tanaka....

This week we will:

    Review our 1st "kankei daimeishi" ~ in + the + meishi = wearing
    We will practice "~shite itadakemasen ka?" ~ Would you mind + doushi + ing
    We will do some more cooking practice....This week "GYOZA"
    And more...more...more....

See you soon....and...Here are some notes for you....

Week 36 Notes...Welcome to the Cooking Academy...

This week we start a new section.....

We will go back a few weeks...do some review and then we will meet Tanaka and go to a cooking school..

Some of the things we will practice:
#1~ Ending meetings
#2~ Invitations ~ Would you like to ....
#3 ~ Politely saying "No!" to invitations....
#4 ~ Directions
And more....

Good Luck this week....