**①Improvement of Writing and Speaking**
こんにちは。I am Japanese. To study English, I am teaching Japanese in English. In this series, I will share my way of practicing N5 to Beginner and Intermediate level learners who want to review grammar by writing sentences.
This series also contains Speaking exercises for Beginner level. Usually, beginners have difficulty judging which topic is more important. From Japanese speaker’s viewpoint, I will choose the more important and skip the less important grammar topics. This way, you can save time. This could be considered a shortcut.
If you try to write your answer in accordance with the “②Instruction of Exercise” below and post them within “48 hours” from posting this thread, I will try to comment on and check your sentences. Although I cannot respond to all (Especially, off topic) because I have limited time, I will try to comment. Also, I welcome you to follow my SNS and Reddit account.
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**②Instruction of Exercise**
If you are N5 Beginner level, start from “**Procedure 1”**. If you are intermediate level learner, see **“Procedure 2”**.
**“Procedure１ for Beginner Level”**
(Step1): Check “Vocabulary” meaning in the list from the below link.
(Step2): Check and understand “Grammar” from the below link.
(Step3)：You can check “Speaking Practice Video” in the below link and get used to how to use appropriately this time grammar topic to make sentence. You can also check “Practice Sheet”. You can use it for your speaking practice.
[→The Link for Vocabulary, Grammar and Speaking Practice Sheet](https://japaneselearningscript.blogspot.com/2021/09/21-2-japanese-speaking-and-writing-from.html)
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[→Speaking Practice Video](https://youtu.be/Xy6yVFKRNTU)
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(Step4): Writing Exercise:
(W1) Read “☆Basic Example Dialogue” between Person A&B below. The Dialogue contains Grammar Topic “Verb Plain style, Past Affirmative or Negative とおもいます”.
(W2) Try to make your dialogue between Person A&B like “☆Basic Example Dialogue”. In your dialogue, please try to use this time grammar topic “Verb Plain style, Past Affirmative or Negative とおもいます” appropriately. Millions of mistakes are necessary for improvement, so you do not have to hesitate.
N5 level learner, if you have difficulty to write Dialogue style sentence, it is OK to write single sentences with grammar topic and also OK to use only Hiragana. (It is easy-to-read to make space between word and word).
(W3) Post and share your dialogues in 48 hours from posting this thread.
**“Procedure 2 for Intermediate Level”**
(W4) Like below “☆Advanced Example Dialogue”, try to use this time Grammar topic **“**Verb Plain style, Past Affirmative or Negative とおもいます**”** **at least once** and make your original Dialogue. In other words, if you just use the topic at least once, you do not have to use the topic anymore and you can make your dialogue freely. It is also OK to add more Person A&B part to make longer Dialogue.
(W5) Post your Dialogue in 48 hours from posting this thread.
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**③Example Dialogues**
While I referred to “テレーザちゃんは もう寝たと思います。” on Page 134 in Minna No Nihongo Second Edition Elementary Japanese 1, Translation & Grammar Notes – English, I used same grammar pattern and wrote another sentence by combining other words like below \[\*1\]. To make dialogue structure, based on \[\*1\] sentence, I wrote \[\*2\] sentences as Person A’s & B’s lines. I added “\[ \] My grammar interpretation”.
**“☆Basic Example Dialogue”**
A: チンさんは がっこうへ いきましたか。\[\*2\]
chinsan wa gakkoue ikimasitaka
Did Mr. Chin go to school?
B: チンさんは がっこうへ いった（PS, Taform）とおもいます。 \[\*1\]
chinsan wa gakkouhe itta to omoimasu
I think he went to school.
\[チンさんは がっこうへ いきました is a sentence that we have already learned. When we want to put it before“とおもいますSubject think-”, we can use “Plain Style, Ta form” to express Past Affirmative. Finally we can get ―いった とおもいます。In this situation, subject for おもいますis “I”=person B. Person B just omitted わたしは.\]
B: チンさんは がっこうへ いかなかった(Nai+なかった) とおもいます。 \[\*2\]
chinsan wa gakkouhe ikanakatta to omoimasu
I think he did not go to school.
\[チンさんは がっこうへ いきませんでした is a sentence that we have already learned. When we want to put it into “とおもいますSubject think-”, we can use “Plain Style, Nai form＋なかった” to express Past Negative. Finally we can get ―いかなかった とおもいます。\]
**“☆Advanced Example”**
A: 田中さんはチンさんに会ったと思いますか。
B: うーん、会わなかったと思いますよ。田中さんは今月、凄く（すごく）忙しくて、時間がなかったと思います。
A: そうですね。田中さんは、来月からアメリカに出張（しゅっちょう）するので、その準備（じゅんび）で忙しいですよね。
B: まあ、でも、アメリカに行く前に、みんなで一回飲みに行けるといいですね。
So, like this, if you add \[ \] explanation and English translation, it will be helpful to understand and check your sentences more accurately.
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**⑤Reference**
3A Corporation 2012, *Minna No Nihongo Second Edition – Elementary Japanese1 Translation & Grammar Notes – English*, 3A Corporation, Tokyo.
ISBN-10: 4883196046
スリーエーネットワーク（2012）, 「みんなの日本語 初級I 第版 本冊」, スリーエーネットワーク.
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**⑥Question and Comment**
If you have some questions about topic, ask me on the comment section. Although I cannot respond to all (Especially, off topic) because I have limited time, I try to comment back.
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[Grammar Topic List for JLPT N5](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YOjKcx4E9WwCacV0gUcEcKGlwaBFlKCHiRecSpvpIgY/edit#gid=0)