Table of Contents - Beginner Lessons: Season 1 

A.

• Basic Greetings! [7]
• Self-Introduction (X はYです) [2]
• Pick-up Lines! (X はYです) [8]
• Asking Questions (か and using もin PDF) [4]

B.

• Likes and Dislikes (好き) [12]
• Like This, Hate That (そ,こ,あ) [13]
• Mine and Yours (の) [18]

Chapter 2 Verbs and Adjectives
A.

• Do you have. . . ? (ある) [29]
• Eating (class 2) [32]
• Describing Family (adj, くて) [22]
• Describing Movies (adj, くて) [35]
• Movie Invitation (ませんか) [36]

B.

• Last Train (来る) [40]
• Playing Tennis (する) [41]
• Where is Sakura (いる) [30]
• Quite Night (i-adj) [37]
• Going Shopping (na-adj) [38]

C. Negatives

• Baseball (negative form) [48]
• Amusement Park (negative review) [49]
• Cold or Not (adj-negative) [34]

Chapter 3 Volitional・でしょう
A. ましょう

• Teacher’s Pet (から) [44]
• Rainy Day (ましょう) [52]
• Shibuya Arrival (ましょう) [55]

B. でしょう

• I Have Plans (ある) [45]
• Mountain Climbing (でしょう) [60] (Tag Question)
• Weather Girl (でしょう) [59]

***Volitional lessons (123 and 136) have corresponding plain form***

Chapter 4 Frequency/ Past Tense
A. Frequency (adverbs)

• World’s Oldest Woman I [61]
• World’s Oldest Woman II [62]
• Date (part 3) (ぜんぜん) [63]
• Where to Eat (あまり) [27]

B. Past Tense

• Curfew [64]
• Rome Trip [65]
• Test Taking [67]

Chapter 5 より・のほう・たい・できる
A. Comparative

• Class Room: Cities (より) [73]
• Class Room: Buildings (のほう,より) [75]

B. Potential Introduction

• Omelet (できる) [76]
• Cute Baby (ことができる) [77]
• Pizza Order (review) [78]

C. Want

• Take a Trip on Rainy Day I (たい) [79]
• Take a Trip on a Rainy Day II (たい) [80]
• Reunion I (たい) [81]

Chapter 6 て-Formation and ください
A. Te-Form and Please

• Reunion II (ください) [84]
• Amazing Robot (Class 1 and Class 2) [82]
• Buying Stocks (ください) [83]
• Summer Day (Verb conjunction) [85]
• Rough Weekend (Verb conjunction む, ぶ) [86]
• Don’t Ask About My Date (ないでください) [99]

The corresponding plain form:
o Sisters (ないで) [117]

Chapter 7 ている・てもいい・てはいけない
A. Progressive

• Babysitter I (ている) [88]
• Babysitter II (ている) [89]

B. Permission

• Asking Permission on a Train (てもいい) [95]
• Husband is Not Allowed (てはいけません) [143]

C. Too Much

• Reunion III (すぎる) [87]
• Meeting Someone (すぎる) [93]

Chapter 8 Giving and Receiving: あげる・もらう・くれる
A. Objects

• Boss’s Birthday I (あげる) [103]
• Boss’s Birthday II (もらう) [105]
• Summers Cards (くれる) [107]

B. Actions

• Help at Work (てあげる) [104]
• Pencil Giving (てもらう) [106]
• After Date Email (てくれる) [108]

****Plain Form and Quoting****
A. Plain Form Coverage

• Looks of Disbelief (PDF explains copula だ) [20]
• Reunion I (PDF explains だった) [81]
• Taking Pictures (Class 1 Verbs) [96]
• Work and Snow Day (Male and female versions) [114]
• Dog Lesson (Quoting) [102]
• Lesson-137 (Volitional quoting)

B. More Review

• Security (だろう,とか) [151]
• Cooking Dinner (Male and Female) (ない) [113]

Chapter 9 のだ・前に・ことがある・なる・時
A. Giving Reason

• Golf I (のだ) [100]

B. Various Grammar

• Golf II (Plain form sentences –> Long form) [101]
• Have You Been to Morioka (ことがある) [109]
• Vacation Preparations (前に) [110]
• Superstar Interview (なる) [112]
• Going to the Gym (時) [116]
• Security (しまう) [152]

Chapter 10 Orders
A. Imperatives

• Brothers (な-negative imperative) [118]
• Baseball Batter [119]
• Brothers II [120]
• Elevator (Inner thoughts) [121]
• Dog’s Life (来い) [124]

Chapter 11 Potential
A. Potential Forms

• Neighbor I (class I) [129]
• Neighbor II (class II) [132]
• Movie Night (class II) [127]

B. Neighbor Story

• Turn of Events [138]
• Making Amends [141]

Chapter 12 の・方・にいく・ほうがいい・んだ・かた
A. Nominalizing Verbs

• What Do You Like? (の) [137]
• Office Trouble (の) [160]

B. Masu-stem Grammar

• Sushi Eating (方) [125]
• Going to Meet Someone (に行く) [91]

C. Plain Past Grammar

• Dating Advice (ほうがいい) [145]
• Dating Advice (ほうがいい)[146]
• Phone Date (たら) [153]

Chapter 13 Passive
A. Passive Verbs

• Bad Day (Class 1) [155]
• Biker Gang (Class 1) [156]
• Scare Crow (Class 2) [157]
• Submarine (Class 2) [158]