Tasks
Asking Questions
- Question intonation 1-10 (BTS 19)
- か (2-1 BTS 3; questions without か 4-4 BTS 15)
- Questions with falling intonation (2-5 BTS 21)
- [Noun + Phrase Particle] as a question (4-2 BTS 7)
- Questions without か 4-4 BTS 15
- Embedded yes/no questions (12-2 BTS 4)
- Embedded information questions (12-3 BTS 6)
Assumption
- Adjective んです (6-5 BTS 19)
- More on んです (7-1 BTS 4)
- つもり to indicate assumption (15-5 BTS 11)
Expressing opinions
- Sentence + でしょうか (4-1 BTS 2)
- Sentence でしょう? (5-2 BTS 2)
- Sentenceと思う (7-4 BTS 12)
- 優しそう Appearance (8-5 BTS 12)
- だろう (8-5 BTS 13)
- Advice and suggestions: 〜た方がいい (13-1)
- Agreeing and disagreeing: Sentence + 通り(に)/その通り(に)(13-3 BTS 9)
- Sentence + かと思う:無理かと思う (14-1 BTS 2)
- Sentence + かと思った (14-5 BTS 16)
- Sentence + じゃない(いいじゃない)(14-5 BTS 17)
- Non-past affirmative Sentence + べき (16-1 BTS 1)
- Expressing an opinion: Sentence + ように思う (16-6 BTS 11)
- Sentence + はず (17-2 BTS 3)
Comparison
- Contrast/Background information (2-4 BTS 16)
- Contrast (2-6 BTS 22)
- Comparison: Noun + と + Sentence (6-6 BTS 25)
- Comparison of two items より and ほど(6-6 BTS 24)
- Comparison of three or more things: 一番 (9-4 BTS 10)
- Comparison of two activities (10-6 BTS 12)
Giving a self-introduction
- 自己紹介 (1-4 BTS 7, 8, 9)
- Repeating your name in a self-introduction (1-10 BTS 20)
- 自己紹介 (6-1 BTS 4)
- Name + といいます・おっしゃいます・申します (6-2 BTS 8)
- Workplace self-introduction (discourse structure) (24-5 BTS 10)
Giving a speech
- Structure of a simple gratitude speech (24-1 BTS 1)
- Leading a toast (discourse structure) (24-2 BTS 2)
- Formal speech when moving on (discourse structure) (24-3 BTS 5)
- Impromptu farewell speech structure (24-4 BTS 7)
Giving explanations
- 〜から Reasons (5-5 BTS 12)
- Adjective んです (6-5 BTS 19)
- Giving an explanation: Sentence ので (10-1 BTS 3)
- どうして・なぜ〜んですか・なんで〜んですか (9-3 BTS 8)
- だって(さ) + Sentence (9-5 BTS 13)
- Giving personal reasons: もん・もの (9-5 BTS 14)
Giving advice
- Advice and suggestions: 〜た方がいい (13-1)
- Prohibition: affirmative Verb 〜ては・ちゃ+いけない・ダメ・よくない・まずい (13-2 BTS 7)
- Requirement or necessity: negative 〜なくては・なくちゃ+いけない・ダメ・ならない・よくない・まずい (14-6 BTS 18)
- Non-past affirmative Sentence + べき (16-1 BTS 1)
- Negative Imperative (23-2 BTS 2)
- Affirmative Imperative (23-2 BTS 3)
Hypothesizing
- Conditional〜たら + non-past Sentence (11-1 BTS 1)
- Conditional〜たら+past Sentence 知っていたら (11-4 BTS 9)
- Affirmative non-past Sentence1とSentence2 (12-4 BTS 13)
- もしかしたら・もしかすると (12-6 BTS 20)
- Hypothetical statements: 〜としたら
- Provisional form: 〜ば (16-2 BTS 4)
- たとえ……〜ても (18-6 BTS 13)
- 〜れば……ほど (20-5 BTS 7)
- Noun + さえ〜ば (22-3 BTS 8)
Inviting
- Negative Questions as Invitations (2-3 BTS 11)
- Declining invitations (16-1 BTS 2)
Listing
- あと+ Noun (4-2 BTS 11)
- Noun, Noun, それから Noun (7-2 BTS 5)
- 例のNoun (13-3 BTS 8)
- 〜たり〜たり (13-6 BTS 16)
- XかY (21-4 BTS 10)
- など (22-2 BTS 5)
- Listing Things: XにYに (24-2 BTS 2)
- Xはもとより、Y、Z (24-2 BTS 5)
- X始め、Y、Z (24-3 BTS 7)
- X、またはY (24-4 BTS 12)
Reporting
- Quotation with と・(っ)て (7-3 BTS 9)
- Hearsay: Sentence + そう (14-2 BTS 4)
- Relaying information: Sentence + とのことです (15-3 BTS 5)
- Noun + によると (17-4 BTS 8)
- Sentence + らしい (18-2 BTS 6)
Requesting
- お願いします (1-3 BTS 6)
- Request (5-1 BTS 2)
- Polite requests 持ってきていただけますか (5-3BTS 5-3)
- Thanking 呼んでくださってありがとうございます (5-5 BTS 11)
- Negative commands and requests: 急がないで (8-2)
- Verb 〜てほしい (12-17 BTS 17)
Planning
- つもり to indicate intention (15-1 BTS 2)
- Collaborative planning (15-6 BTS 12)