Scaffolded Japanese verbs for beginners

Japanese masu form verbs introduced to beginner students who have learnt some basic Japanese and hiragana.
Kanji and katakana have furigana provided.
Students match verbs to the pictures - first just the words then in a sentence. Then they progress, over a couple of lessons, to a diary gap fill exercise.
I usually use this once students have covered hiragana and learnt a few of the verbs orally - it secures and develops simple activity sentences and practices using hiragana.