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L1-EXS-01 · Existence and location

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L1-EXS-01Level 1 RefresherLevel 1 Place

Level 1 refresher: saying what exists, where it is, and where people or things are

This lesson refreshes います, あります, and the location expressions you need for place descriptions.

noun が います / あります / place に noun が います / あります

Warm-up

Read and notice

  1. こうえん に こども が います。There are children in the park.
  2. つくえ の 上 に ほん が あります。There is a book on the desk.

Structure drill

Rebuild the pattern

  1. Pick います or ありますUse います for living things and あります for non-living things.
  2. Say the placeUse に to show where something is.
  3. Add position wordsUse 上, 下, まえ, うしろ, なか and others for detail.

Controlled practice

Use the lesson frames

  1. Rewrite this frame with your own class topic: There are children in the park.こうえん に こども が います。
  2. Underline the grammar chunk you must keep unchanged in this pattern, then adapt the rest.つくえ の 上 に ほん が あります。

Comic strip response

Explain the conversation

  1. Classroom map先生 は どこ に いますか。きょうしつ の まえ に います。
  2. Bedroom searchかばん は どこ ですか。ベッド の 下 に あります。

Independent output

Make it your own

  1. Write one sentence about your own life using L1-EXS-01.
  2. Write one sentence linked to class topic work.
  3. Circle the watch-out you need to check most carefully.
    • Do not mix up います and あります.
    • に shows location here, but で shows the place where an action happens.

Success check

Mastery tick-off