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About the Book, Student Book 1 |
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Written by Keith J. Eldridge
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This book has no age limit. Learning anything in patterns is quicker and less stressful than learning random sentences. This book gives you that freedom to decide what you, the student want to say. This book teaches grammar without using the difficult terminology. If you will be taking any type of English test to see what your English level is please do not use the three slang words (wanna, gotta and gonna) until you master the proper English words first. Those words are often heard in conversations between Americans but will be marked wrong on tests.
This book is divided into two sections. First is the Basic Patterns on pages 10 - 35. Next is the Extended Patterns on pages 36 - 44. You can start with any Basic Pattern, then add Extended Patterns, but never change the order. The Basic Pattern pages are broken into 3 groups; top, middle and bottom.
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The patterns on the top of the page are for statements.
Example: We want to study English.
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The patterns in the middle of the page are for questions beginning with interrogative words: What, Where, When, Why, Who, How, Which or Whose
Example: What do you want to study?
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The patterns on the bottom of the page are also for questions, with the interrogative words removed. (Just remove the first word.)
Example: Do you want to study?
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Choosing a pattern is simple. All you need to do is choose a verb based on one of the Basic Patterns, then write a sentence in Japanese.
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Anata wa doko ni itteiru?
Kare wa itsu eigo wo naratta?
Kanojo wa nani wo nondeita?
Yuki wa douyatte gakkou ni iku?
Satoshi wa kyou doko de asobu?
Watashi wa nattou wo taberu koto ga dekiru?
Watashi wa nattou wo tabereru.
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shiteiru (ima) pattern
shita pattern
shiteita pattern
suru (itsumo) pattern
suru (tsumori) pattern
dekiru pattern
dekiru pattern
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| ★ hoshii and suki only fit into the suru (itsumo) or shita Basic Patterns. |
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Example: Anata wa nani wo kaitai? The verb kaitai goes into the Basic Pattern "shitai" (Turn to pages 12 and 13 titled "shitai.") You will begin with "What" and work to the right. Next you will choose a person to be put in the orange outlined box, for this example the word will be “you” (anata). Turn to the Basic Pattern titled "Nani." "kaitai" will not be in the list so you will need to change it to its regular form “kau.” Add the punctuation and you are finished.
★ In the beginning, we recommend making general sentences to learn the Basic Patterns on pages 10 - 35. Gradually add on to the sentences with the Extended Patterns to make them fuller and more complete.
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