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    • KAZOKU - FAMILY >
      • TANGO - VOCABULARY
      • NAN NIN? - HOW MANY PEOPLE?
      • DARE GA IMASU KA -WHO IS THERE?
      • DESCRIBING APPEARANCE
      • SHUMI - HOBBIES
      • SHIGOTO - JOBS
    • KAIMONO - SHOPPING 1 >
      • SHOPPING CONVERSATIONS >
        • ONIGIRI SAN KO - THREE ONIGIRI
      • COUNTERS
      • NANI IRO - WHAT COLOUR?
      • AKAI NO GA HOSHII - I WANT THE RED ONE
      • IKURA - HOW MUCH?
      • SORE WO KUDASAI - THAT ONE PLEASE
      • FUNNY JAPANESE COMMERCIALS
    • HOUSING >
      • AROUND HOME - VOCABULARY
      • WHAT'S IT LIKE? - DOU DESU KA?
      • ARIMASU-THERE IS/THERE ARE
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      • IN/ON/UNDER - PREPOSITIONS
      • DESCRIBING WHERE THINGS ARE
      • KORE/SORE/ARE - THIS/THAT
    • SEIKATSU - DAILY LIFE >
      • VERBS - DAILY ACTIVITIES
      • HOW OFTEN?
      • TOMORROW - FUTURE TIME WORDS
      • PAST ACTIVITIES
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      • JIKAN - TIME
      • YOUBI - DAYS OF THE WEEK
    • YEAR 10 GAKKOU >
      • KYOUKA - SUBJECTS
      • SCHOOL VOCABULARY
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      • STORIES AND SONGS >
        • Zou no hana - The Elephant's Nose
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      • THINGS AROUND TOWN
      • NANI GA ARU? - WHAT IS THERE?
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      • ADJECTIVES - REVIEW
      • CHIISAKUTE, FURUI - Small and old - Joining adjectives
      • EKI GA ATTE, BENRI DESU - Forming compound sentences
      • IROIRONA MACHI - Descriptions of various towns
      • TARI-TARI - Do things like...
      • KARA - from, because, after >
        • KARA = FROM
        • KARA = BECAUSE/SO
        • KARA = AFTER
      • DOU YATTE IKU? - Giving Directions
      • NANI GA DEKIRU? - WHAT CAN WE DO THERE?
      • ASOBI NI KITE - COME AND VISIT
      • MACHI KANJI
      • MACHI ONLINE READING LINKS
    • KURISUMASU - CHRISTMAS >
      • NANI GA II - WHAT WOULD BE GOOD?
      • NI SHIMASU - EXPRESSING A DECISION
      • TO OMOU - I THINK
      • SHUMI - HOBBIES
      • GIVING & RECEIVING - AGERU KURERU MORAU
      • OISHISOU - LOOKS DELICIOUS
      • TABETAI - WANT TO EAT
      • DESCRIBING PEOPLE
      • CHRISTMAS KANJI
    • KISETSU TO TENKI - SEASONS & WEATHER >
      • KISETSU - SEASONS
      • NARIMASU -BECOME
      • USING と FOR IF/WHEN
      • NO - NOMINALISING ADJECTIVES
      • TENKI - WEATHER
      • AME GA FUTTE IMASU - IT'S RAINING
    • Y11 LANGUAGE NOTES >
      • SUGIRU - Too much
      • NAGARA - While doing
      • TE MO II - PERMISSION
      • PRESENTATIONS - Oral language features
      • VERBS >
        • 1 Dan Verbs
        • 5 Dan Verbs
        • Common Irregular Verbs
      • CONNECTIVES - Joining words
    • Y11 LANGUAGE INDEX
  • YEAR 12
    • YEAR 12 LANGUAGE NOTES >
      • ~NO HOU GA - COMPARISONS/ MORE ~ THAN
      • ICHIBAN~ - COMPARISONS/THE MOST
      • HODO. . . NAI - COMPARISONS/ NOT AS~AS
      • ONAJI GURAI - COMPARISONS/ SAME AS
      • DOUSHI - VERBS
      • KOTO GA DEKIRU - CAN DO
      • KOTO NI SURU - DECIDE TO DO
      • -TA ATODE - AFTER WE'VE DONE
      • CHIISAI TOKI - WHEN I WAS LITTLE
      • -TE MIRU - TRY SOMETHING AND SEE
      • NOMINALISERS - NO/KOTO
      • RELATIVE CLAUSES
      • DOU YATTE - HOW TO
      • YARIKATA - HOW TO
      • KOTO GA ARIMASU KA - HAVE YOU EVER...
      • TARA - IF
      • TABETE SHIMAIMASHITA - ENDED UP EATING
      • NANI KA/DARE KA - SOMETHING/ SOMEBODY
      • NANI MO/DARE MO - SOMETHING/ NOTHING
    • YEAR 12 KANJI >
      • HOMESTAY KANJI
    • ONLINE READING LINKS
    • YEAR 12 VOCABULARY >
      • HOMESTAY UNIT VOCABULARY
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VERBS
​なに  を  しますか

What do you do?

YEAR 10 LANDING PAGE
SEIKATSU PAGE
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まいにち なに を しますか? - What do you do every day?


It's useful to remember that these verb forms refer both to present activities (something I do regularly) and to future activities (something I will do). We can usually tell the difference from the context: まいにち がっこうに いきます (I go to school every day) or あした がっこうに いきます (I will go to school tomorrow).
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VERBS ON QUIZLET

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おきます
​get up
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かお を
あらいます

wash (my) face
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みず を のみます
drink water
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​あさごはん を
たべます

eat breakfast​
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バス に のります
take/ride the bus

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がっこう に
きます

come to school
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ともだちの いえに いきます
go to to a friend's house
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あるきます
walk
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じゅぎょう を
うけます

have lessons
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あそびます
play/hang out

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ひるごはん を
たべます

eat lunch
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​うち に 
​かえります

return home
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ばんごはん を
たべます

eat dinner
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ゲームを します
do gaming
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しゅくだい を
します

​do homework

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テレビ を
みます

watch TV
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​シャワー を 
​あびます

take a shower
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​おふろ に
はいります

get in the bath
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​スポーツ を 
​します

do sports
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およぎます
swim

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​​ほん を 
​よみます

read books
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アルバイトを します
do a part-time job
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インターネットを します
do/go on the internet
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おんがく を
ききます

listen to music
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はしります
run

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そうじを します
do the cleaning
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ゆっくり します
relax
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べんきょう します
study
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がんばります
do one's best/ try hard
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ねます
sleep

Putting verbs in the negative - how we say that we do not do something

SIMPLY CHANGE THE ~ます ENDING TO ~ません

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いきます - いきません
  • ​I go - I don't/won't go
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します - しません
  • ​I do - I don't/won't ​do

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あそびます - あそびません
  • ​I hang out - I don't/won't ​hang out
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のみます - のみません
  • ​I drink - I don't/won't ​drink

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たべます - たべません
  • ​I eat - I don't/won't ​eat
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ねます - ねません
  • ​I sleep - I don't/won't ​sleep

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  • CLASSROOM LANGUAGE
    • REI - STARTING THE LESSON
    • THINGS STUDENTS SAY
    • THINGS TEACHERS SAY
    • CLASSROOM OBJECTS
  • YEARS 7 & 8
    • WEATHER AND FEELINGS >
      • KIMOCHI - FEELINGS
      • TENKI - WEATHER
      • LANGUAGE REFERENCE - WEATHER AND FEELINGS
  • YEAR 9
    • AISATSU - GREETINGS
    • GREETINGS ANIME
    • JIKO SHOUKAI - SELF INTRODUCTION
    • NAMAE - NAMES
    • BANGOU - NUMBERS
    • NAN SAI? - HOW OLD ARE YOU?
    • KUNI - COUNTRIES
    • WHERE WE LIVE
    • LIKES AND DISLIKES
    • KAZOKU - FAMILY
    • TABEMONO - FOOD
    • TENKI - WEATHER
    • KYOUKA - SUBJECTS
    • SUBEJECT LIKES AND DISLIKES
    • GAKKOU - SCHOOL
    • HIRAGANA
    • YEAR 9 STUDENTS
  • YEAR 10
    • KAZOKU - FAMILY >
      • TANGO - VOCABULARY
      • NAN NIN? - HOW MANY PEOPLE?
      • DARE GA IMASU KA -WHO IS THERE?
      • DESCRIBING APPEARANCE
      • SHUMI - HOBBIES
      • SHIGOTO - JOBS
    • KAIMONO - SHOPPING 1 >
      • SHOPPING CONVERSATIONS >
        • ONIGIRI SAN KO - THREE ONIGIRI
      • COUNTERS
      • NANI IRO - WHAT COLOUR?
      • AKAI NO GA HOSHII - I WANT THE RED ONE
      • IKURA - HOW MUCH?
      • SORE WO KUDASAI - THAT ONE PLEASE
      • FUNNY JAPANESE COMMERCIALS
    • HOUSING >
      • AROUND HOME - VOCABULARY
      • WHAT'S IT LIKE? - DOU DESU KA?
      • ARIMASU-THERE IS/THERE ARE
      • HITOTSU ARIMASU-THERE IS ONE
      • IN/ON/UNDER - PREPOSITIONS
      • DESCRIBING WHERE THINGS ARE
      • KORE/SORE/ARE - THIS/THAT
    • SEIKATSU - DAILY LIFE >
      • VERBS - DAILY ACTIVITIES
      • HOW OFTEN?
      • TOMORROW - FUTURE TIME WORDS
      • PAST ACTIVITIES
      • YESTERDAY - PAST TIME WORDS
      • JIKAN - TIME
      • YOUBI - DAYS OF THE WEEK
    • YEAR 10 GAKKOU >
      • KYOUKA - SUBJECTS
      • SCHOOL VOCABULARY
    • DOUBUTSU - ANIMALS >
      • STORIES AND SONGS >
        • Zou no hana - The Elephant's Nose
        • Kobutanukitsuneko
    • YEAR 10 KANJI
  • YEAR 11
    • WATASHI-TACHI NO MACHI - OUR TOWN >
      • THINGS AROUND TOWN
      • NANI GA ARU? - WHAT IS THERE?
      • MAE / YOKO / USHIRO - Locations
      • ADJECTIVES - REVIEW
      • CHIISAKUTE, FURUI - Small and old - Joining adjectives
      • EKI GA ATTE, BENRI DESU - Forming compound sentences
      • IROIRONA MACHI - Descriptions of various towns
      • TARI-TARI - Do things like...
      • KARA - from, because, after >
        • KARA = FROM
        • KARA = BECAUSE/SO
        • KARA = AFTER
      • DOU YATTE IKU? - Giving Directions
      • NANI GA DEKIRU? - WHAT CAN WE DO THERE?
      • ASOBI NI KITE - COME AND VISIT
      • MACHI KANJI
      • MACHI ONLINE READING LINKS
    • KURISUMASU - CHRISTMAS >
      • NANI GA II - WHAT WOULD BE GOOD?
      • NI SHIMASU - EXPRESSING A DECISION
      • TO OMOU - I THINK
      • SHUMI - HOBBIES
      • GIVING & RECEIVING - AGERU KURERU MORAU
      • OISHISOU - LOOKS DELICIOUS
      • TABETAI - WANT TO EAT
      • DESCRIBING PEOPLE
      • CHRISTMAS KANJI
    • KISETSU TO TENKI - SEASONS & WEATHER >
      • KISETSU - SEASONS
      • NARIMASU -BECOME
      • USING と FOR IF/WHEN
      • NO - NOMINALISING ADJECTIVES
      • TENKI - WEATHER
      • AME GA FUTTE IMASU - IT'S RAINING
    • Y11 LANGUAGE NOTES >
      • SUGIRU - Too much
      • NAGARA - While doing
      • TE MO II - PERMISSION
      • PRESENTATIONS - Oral language features
      • VERBS >
        • 1 Dan Verbs
        • 5 Dan Verbs
        • Common Irregular Verbs
      • CONNECTIVES - Joining words
    • Y11 LANGUAGE INDEX
  • YEAR 12
    • YEAR 12 LANGUAGE NOTES >
      • ~NO HOU GA - COMPARISONS/ MORE ~ THAN
      • ICHIBAN~ - COMPARISONS/THE MOST
      • HODO. . . NAI - COMPARISONS/ NOT AS~AS
      • ONAJI GURAI - COMPARISONS/ SAME AS
      • DOUSHI - VERBS
      • KOTO GA DEKIRU - CAN DO
      • KOTO NI SURU - DECIDE TO DO
      • -TA ATODE - AFTER WE'VE DONE
      • CHIISAI TOKI - WHEN I WAS LITTLE
      • -TE MIRU - TRY SOMETHING AND SEE
      • NOMINALISERS - NO/KOTO
      • RELATIVE CLAUSES
      • DOU YATTE - HOW TO
      • YARIKATA - HOW TO
      • KOTO GA ARIMASU KA - HAVE YOU EVER...
      • TARA - IF
      • TABETE SHIMAIMASHITA - ENDED UP EATING
      • NANI KA/DARE KA - SOMETHING/ SOMEBODY
      • NANI MO/DARE MO - SOMETHING/ NOTHING
    • YEAR 12 KANJI >
      • HOMESTAY KANJI
    • ONLINE READING LINKS
    • YEAR 12 VOCABULARY >
      • HOMESTAY UNIT VOCABULARY
  • STUDENT BLOGS
    • YEAR 9 BLOGS >
      • ALBAN
      • AUSTIN
      • JAMIE
      • JANE
      • JASON
      • JORDAN
      • KOUSHI
      • MIA
      • OLIVIA
      • PAIGE
      • TANE
      • TEAGUE
    • YEAR 10 BLOGS >
      • エイデン
      • エリース
      • オスティン
      • カーラ
      • コーバン
      • コナーF.
      • コナーT.
      • サム
      • シャンテル
      • ニック
      • ハナ H.
      • ハナ M.
      • パトリック
      • マギー
    • YEAR 11 BLOGS >
      • トム
    • YEAR 12 BLOGS >
      • ホリー
  • LINKS AND RESOURCES
    • VIDEO RESOURCES
    • LISTENING RESOURCES
    • ONLINE COURSES