Grammar Practices 1

Particles

Fill in the parenthesis with particles. If a particle is not necessary, write “X” in the parenthesis.

1.         Satoh-san goes to bed at 11.

Satoo- san（  wa）１１ji（ni    ）nemasu。

2.         Kato-san will watch sport on TV at 9 p.m.

Kato-san（wa ）yoru（no or X    ）９ji （ni    ）supootsu （o       ）terebi（de  ）mimasu。

3.         English teacher does not speak Japanese in the class.

Eego（no     ）sensee（wa ）kursu（de  ）nihongo（wa       ）hanashimasen。

4.         Yamamoto-san wakes up at 8.

Yamamoto-san（wa   ）８ji（ni     ）okimasu。

5.         I do not go to bed at 11

Watashi（wa  ）１１ji            （ni   ）nemasen。

6.         Takahashi-san leaves home at 9 a.m.

Takahashi-san（wa   ）asa（no or X     ）９ji（ni    ）uchi（o     ）desmasu。

Note: (place/activity) ni demasu = …attend (place/activity);   (place) o demasu = …leave (place).   Refer to #8 below.

7.         I will go home at 8 p.m.

Watashi（wa  ）yoru（no or X    ）８ji   （ni   ）uchi（      e or ni）kaerimasu。

8.         I do not attend Prof. Shumidt’s German language class.

Shumitto-sensei（no ）doitsugo（no       ）kurasu（ni ）demasen。

9.         Higashi-san will go to shopping with friend at 3 p.m .

Higashi-san（wa     ）tomodachi（to     ）gogo（ X ）３ji（ ni     ）kaimono（e or ni ）ikimasu。

10.       8a.m. is the time for breakfast.

Gozen（  X  ）８ji（wa    ）asagohan（no     ）jikandesu.

Note: In this sentence”8ji” is the topic/subject of the sentence.  It is not “”something is happening at 8 o’clock.”

11.       Tanaka-san does not listen to the music at home.

Tanaka-san（ wa    ）uchi（  de ）ongaku（wa ）kikimasen。

To speak Spanish = Supeingo o hanashimasu.  To speak in Spanish = supeingo de hanashimasu.
Note: The goal of our class is to get you speak in Japanese (thinking in Japanese by immersing yourself in a situation) instead of just speakingor saying Japanese words and sentences.  If you start dreaming in Japanese, let me (Kano-sensei) know .

13.       Sugiura-san will talk with her mother on the phone in the morning.

Sigiura-san（wa     ）asa（ X or ni    ）okaasan（ to      ）denwa（ de ）hanashimasu。

14.       I don’t go to school in the morning.

Asa(X or ni)watashi（wa   ）gakkoo（e or ni）ikimasen。

15.       I date with my boyfriend in the library.

Toshokan（ de      ）booifurendo（ to ）deeto （ o or X ）shimasu。

16.       Nakamura-san will write an English essay at school in the afternoon.

Nakamura-san（ wa ）hiru（ni or X     ）gakkooo（ de      ）eego（ no  ）essee（o    ）kakimasu。

17.       Noguchi-san listens to music on radio in the evening.

Noguchi-san（wa     ）yuugata（ni  or X ）rajio（de  ）ongaku（ o ）kikimasu。

18.       Hayashi-san does not watch TV in the morning.

Hayashi-san（wa    ）asa（ni or X     ）terebi（wa  ）mimasen。

19.       Tanaka-san will eat sushi with a friend in a Japanese restaurant at 4.

Tanaka-san（ wa    ）nihonryoori  （ no ）resutoran（ de     ）４ji（ ni ）tomodachi（ to ）

sushi（ o ）tabemasu.

20.       I do not drink green tea every morning.

Watashi（ wa ）maiasa （ X ）ocha（ wa ）nomimasen。

21.       Hayashi-san will meet his friend at café teria at night.

Hayashi-san（wa    ）ashita（no  ）yoru（ni or X    ）tomodachi（to     ）kafeteria（de      ）

aimasu。

22.       What time is lunch?

Hirugohan（wa      ）nanji desu ka。

23.       I do not eat Japanese food at the restaurant.

Watashi（ wa ）resutoran（ de ）nihon ryoori（ wa ）tabemasen。

24.       I read the magazine and newspaper at the library around 11 a.m.

Asa（ no or X ）１１ji（ni ）watashi（wa ）toshokan（de      ）zasshi（to ）shinbun

（o ）yomimasu。

25.       I do not speak French.

Watashi（wa ）Furansugo（wa ）hanashimasen。

26.       Yamaguchi-san drinks alcohol with her boyfriend at 5 p.m.

Yamaguchi-san（wa ）yuugata（no or X ）５ji（ni ）booihurendo（ to ）oaske（ o ）

nomimasu。

27.       Takahashi-san will talk with his girlfriend on the phone at 9 p.m.

Takahashi-san（wa ）yoru（no or X ）９ji（ni ）gaaruhurendo（to  ）denwa（de ）

hanashimasu。

28.       Suzuki-san will buy a magazine at a department store.

Suzuki-san（ wa ）depaato（ de ）zasshi（  o  ）kaimasu。

29. I do not read a magazine at the library.

Watashi（ wa ）toshokan（ de     ）zasshi（ wa ）yomimasen。

30. I drink black tea in the coffee shop in the library at school.

Gakkoo（no ）toshokan（ no ）koohiishoppu（de       ）koocha（  0       ）nomimasu。

31. Kato-san does not go to Italian restaurant with the girlfriend.

Kato-san（ wa       ）gaaruhurendo（  to      ）Itarian resutoran（ ni    ）ikimasen。

32. I do not study German with a friend.

Watashi（ wa ）tomodachi（to ）doitsugo（ wa   ）benkyoo shimasen。

Particles, Frequencies words, and verbs

Yoku, tokidoki, amari, zenzen

By referring to the English equivalent/translation, fill in the parenthesis with particles, write down the numbers (up to two best possibilities) of locations to add frequency words in the sentences, and . write verbs at the end of the sentences on the underlines.

1. Sato-san does not drink green tea much.

Sato-san①（  wa）②     ocha③（     wa）④            nomimasen 。 amariat #1 or 4.
It cannot come between noun and particle such as#1 and 3 since they are like a lovers.Nothing can come between them.

2. Tanaka-san sometimes watches a movie with his friend.

Tanaka-san①（      wa）②     tomodachi③（ to）④     eega⑤（     o）⑥       mimasu 。 tokidokiat # 4 and 6. Write it close to the verb.

3. Kato-san never studies at home.

Kato-san①（ wa）②     uchi③（      de）④     benkyoo⑤ （  wa or X）        shimasen。      zenzen at #2 and 4

4. I do not cook at home much.

Watashi①（wa    ）②   uchi③（de ）④   ryoori⑤（wa      ）shimasen      。amari at #2 and 4

5. Noguchi-san sometimes goes to Tokyo with her friend.

Noguchi-san①（     wa ）②  tomodachi③（to ）④    Tookyoo⑤（ni or e      ）⑥ ikimasu 。 tokidoki at #2 and 4 and 6

6. Moriyama-san does not eat fish at all.

Moriyama-san①（wa）② sakana③（wa     ）④   tabemasen      。zenzen at #2 and 4

7. I often write a letter to my friends.

Watashi ①（wa ）②     tomodachi ③（ni）④ tegami ⑤（      o）⑥  kakimasu 。yoku at #2 and 4 and 6

8. Sugimoto-san does not listen to music on radio much.

Sugimoto-san ①（wa     ）②rajio ③（de   ）④    ongaku ⑤（wa   ）⑥kikimasen  。amari at #2 and 4 and 6

9. I never read a book in the library.

Watashi ①（wa   ）② toshokan（de       ）③   hon ④（wa ）⑤   yomimasen      。zenzen at #2 and 3 and 5

10. The Japanese language teacher often goes for a drink (drinks alcohol) with her boyfriend at night at a bar in Shibuya.

①   Nihongo（no     ）②  sensee（wa ）③  yoru（ni or X    ）④ Shibuya（no ）⑤    baa（de   ）⑥ booihurendo（to   ）⑦  sake（o    ）⑧  nomimasu ⑨。yoku at # 4 and 7 and 8

11. Yamamoto-san sometimes watches French movie in the 2 o’clock-French class.

①  Yamamoto-san（wa ）② ２ji（no see the note below ）③  furansugo（no    ）④      kurasu（de ）⑤ furansu（no ）⑥  eega（o    ）⑦  mimasu     。tokidoki at #2 and 5 and 7
Note:  If you choose “ni” after 2ji , it means “..watches French movie at 2 o’clock in French class.”

12. I often speak in German with my classmates in German language class .

①  Watashi（wa      ）②  kurasumeeto（to  ）③  doitsugo（no     ）④ kurasu（ de）⑤ doitsugo（de     ）⑥  hanashimasu ⑦。yoku at #2 and 3 and 5 and 6

13. Kawamura-san often meets his girlfriend in the bar of a Japanese restaurant in downtown at 8.

①Kawamura-san（wa    ）②   dauntaun（no    ）③   nihonryoori     （no       ）④resutoran（no       ）⑤baa（de      ）⑥gaaruhurendo（to   ）⑦   ８ji goro（ni or X）⑧       aimasu 。yoku at #2 and 6 and 7 and 8

 

Grammar Practices 2

1.         Tanaka-san will eat lunch at cafeteria tomorrow. But Yamada-san will study in the library at 12.

Ashita ( X ) Tanaka-san (wa  ) 12ji (ni  ) cafeteria (de ) hirugohan (o ) __tabemasu_ ga, Yamada-san (wa  ) 12ji (ni ) toshokan (de  ) benkyoo (o or X  ) ___shimasu___.

2.         Kato-san sleeps at 9 every night. But Hayashi-san sleeps at 11.

Kato-san (wa ) maiban ( X ) yoru ( no or X ) 9ji (ni ) __ nemasu ____. Demo Hayashi-san (wa  ) yoru (  ) 11ji (ni ) __ nemasu __.

3.         My friend often go shopping. I go shopping often, too.

Watashi（no）tomodachi（wa）yoku (X  )kaimono（       ni）＿ikimasu＿＿。 Watashi （mo       ）yoku (X  ) kaimono（ni      ）＿ikimasu＿＿＿。

4.      Arai-san often listens to Japanese music. But Takahashi-san never listens to it.

 Arai-san ( wa ) nihon ( no ) ongaku ( o ) yoku ( X ) kikimasu.  (demo) Takahashi-san  (wa) nihon  (no)  ongaku (wa)  zenzen

 kikimasen.

5. Yoshida-san often watches an American movie. He sometimes watches a French movie as well.

Yoshida-san (wa) America (no) eega (o) yoku (X) mimasu.Huransu(no)eega(mo)tokidoki mimasu.

6. I often talk with a friend over the phone. But Yamada-san does not speak much with a friend on the phone. He does not use/do much e-mail,either.

Watashi(wa) yoku (X  ) tomodachi(to)denwa(de) hanashimasu.

 (demo) Yamada-san (wa) amari  (X  ) tomodachi(to) denwa(de) hanashimasen. E-meeru（mo）amari＿tsukaimasen

7. Yokota-san often drinks a Green tea.  So do I.   I drink alcohol also

Yokota-san（wa）yoku (X  )  ocha（o）＿nomimasu＿。    Watashi(mo)osake(o)yoku nomimas. Watashi (wa) osake (mo) yoku nomimasu

8. I often buy a book but Yamaguchi-san does not buy it much.

Watashi（wa      ）yoku (X  ) hon（o     ）kaimasu。       （demo  ）  Yamaguchi-san（ wa） amari (X  ) hon（wa）＿kaimasen＿。

9. Sato-san wakes up at 8 every morning. So do I. But Yamada-san wakes up at 6.

Sato-san（wa  ）maiasa (X  ) 8ji（ ni）＿okimasu＿。 Watashi（mo）maiasa (X  ) 8ji（ni  ）okimasu＿。     （Demo  ）Yamada-san（wa ）6ji（ni   ）okimasu＿。

 

10. Yamada-san goes to bed at 10 at night but I sleep at 9.

Yamada-san（wa  ）yoru（no or X ）10ji（ ni）＿nemasu＿。   （Demo  ） watashi（wa      ）yoru（no  or  X ）9ji（ni ）＿nemasu＿＿＿。

 11. Breakfast is at 6. Lunch is at 12:30.

Asagohan（wa  ）6ji（X ）＿desu＿。   Hirugohan（wa   ）12ji han（X）desu＿ 。

12. Yamamoto-san often writes a letter to a friend at home. So do I.   I also write essays.

Yamamoto-san（wa       ）yoku （X ） uchi（de  ）tegami（o ）tomodachi（ni  ）＿kakimasu＿。      Watashi（mo ）yoku tegami（o   ）kakimasu。 Essei（ mo） ＿kakimasu ＿。

 

13. I go to the Japanese class at 8 in the morning tomorrow, and so does Yamaguchi-san.  But Tanaka-san goes at 12.

Asatte  （X ） watashi（wa）asa（no or X  ）8ji（ni  ）nihongo（no）kurasu（ni ）__ ikimasu _。 yamaguchi-san （ mo）8ji（ni  ）ikimasu _。Demo Tanaka-san （wa） 12ji （ni  ）ikimasu _。

14. I will speak in English with a friend over the phone this weekend but Yamada-san will in Japanese via Skype.

Konshuu（no     ）shuumatsu（ni or X  ）watashi（wa    ）tomodachi（to  ）denwa（de      ）

eego（de   ）＿hanashimasu＿＿＿。     （Demo）Yamada-san（wa）sukaipu（de ）tomodachi to  ）nihongo（de    ）＿hanashimasu＿＿＿。

15. I will go to class tomorrow but I will not the day after tomorrow.

Ashita（wa ）kurasu（ni ）＿ikimasu＿。    （Demo ）asatte（wa  ＿＿ikimasen＿。

16. I will not study French language this weekend but I will with a friend next weekend.

Konshuu（no）shuumatsu（ wa）huransugo（o ）benkyoo ＿shimasen＿。（Demo  ）raishuu（no）shuumatsu（wa ）tomodachi（ to）＿shimasu.

17. The time for movie is at 12 but the strolling time is 3.

Eega （no） jikan （ wa） 12ji  desu.  Demo sanpo （no） jikan （ wa） 3ji desu.

18. It is at 7 in the morning in Japan now but it is 6 at night in America.

Nihon （wa ） ima asa （no）7ji  desu. Demo america（wa ） yoru （no） 6ji desu..

 

 

Grammar Practices 3

Conjunctive: sonoato(and after that), sorekara (and then),  soshite (and) , Demo(but) comes only at the beginning of a sentence,  –ga (but) comes only at the end of a sentence.   Particle “to”(and) only connects nous.

Fill in the blank with a particle or the conjunctives.  Fill the underlined blanks with appropriate ending of sentences.

1.	Higashi-san will go for a walk this afternoon but I won’t. Hiagashi-san（ wa  ）kyoo（   no ）gogo（ni or X ）sanpo（ e or ni ) _ikimasu     .
	watashi（  wa  ）    ikimasen     。
2.	Nakamura-san likes a green tea, and so do I. I also like coffee.
Nakamura -san（  wa  ）ocha（  ga  ）suki  desu      。Watashi（  mo ）ocha（ga or wa  ）
	suki   desu     。（ sorekara ）、koohii（mo ）  suki            desu             。
3.	I am going to school at 8 a.m., and after that I will study in the library. Asa（  no or X  ）hachiji（ni  ）gakkoo（ e or ni  ） ikimasu        。 （sonoato   ）、  toshokan（ de   ）（ benkyoo（o   ）    shimasu     。
4.	Yamada-san likes chocolate, and so do I. Also, I like cookies.

Yamada-san（ wa  ）chokoreeto（ ga  ）suki         desu                。  watashi（mo    ）chokoreeto

（  ga  ）suki       desu              。  （ sorekara   ）、kukkii（ mo  ）suki      desu                    。

5.   I will work on homework (shukudai) tomorrow night. After that, I will talk with a friend on the phone.

Ashita (    no     ）yoru（ni or X   ）uchi（ de  ）shukudai（  o ）    shimasu     。（sonoato   ）、

tomodachi（to   ）denwa (de         ）  hanashimasu       。

6.   I often eat meat. I often eat fruits, too. But I do not eat much vegetable.

Watashi（wa  ）yoku  niku（o   ） tabemasu        。  （ sorekara   ）、kudamono（ mo  ）

yoku              tabemasu              （ ga   ）、yasai（wa   ）amari（X      ）tabemasen         。

7.   I will read magazines in the library this afternoon, and then will cook supper at home.

Kyoo（ no or X  ）gogo（ni or X   ）toshokan（ de  ）zasshi（o   ） yomimasu        。（sorekara   ）、

uchi（ de  ）  bangohan（o   ）ryoori    shimasu                   。

8.   Although I do not eat a pie and a cake,  I often eat ice cream and oranges. Tanaka-san often eats oranges as well.

Pai（ to  ）keeki（ wa  ）  tabemasen       （  ga  ）、aisukuriimu（to   ）orenji（ wa  ）yoku

  tabemasu       。  Tanaka san（mo    ）orenji（o or wa   ）yoku tabemasu        。

9.   Watanabe-san likes chicken and so do I. But I do not like beef much.

Watanabe-san（  wa ）chikin (         ga）suki      desu                    。  watashi（mo   ）chikin（ ga or wa   ）

suki             desu              。  （ demo   ）、  biifu（wa   ）amari suki      jaa arimasen                  。

10. Tanaka-san will date with her boyfriend at night this weekend. She will eat at a Mexican restaurant.

Tanaka-san（wa   ）konshuu（no   ）shuumatsu (  no      ）yoru（ni or X   ）booifurendo（to  ）

deeto（o	）   shimasu      。  （soshite	）、 mekishiko（no	）resutoran（de	）
bangohan（o	）   tabemasu      。

11. Ito-san will meet a friend and go to a party at 6 in the evening the day after tomorrow. But Sato-san is not going.

Itoo-san（wa   ）asatte（no   ）yuugata（ no or X  ）6ji（ ni  ）tomodachi（ni   ）

      aimasu   。（ soshite  ）、  paatii（ ni   ） ikimasu        。  （Demo    ）、satoo-san（ wa  ）

    ikimasen     。

12. Yoshida-san often study math with a friend in the library, and also sometimes study Japanese.

However, she does not study French at all.

Yoshida-san（ wa   ）  toshokan（  de  ）tomodachi（ to  ）yoku suugaku（o   ）

benkyoo         shimasu               。  （ soshite   ）nihongo（ mo  ）tokidoki benkyoo（ o or X  ）

    shimasu     。  （ Demo   ）、furansugo（wa   ）zenzen benkyou   shimasen      。

13. Hayashi-san often watches movie with a friend and eats supper at the friend’s home.

Hayashi-san（wa   ）yoku  tomodachi（to   ）eega（o  ）   mimasu      。

（  soshite  ）、tomodachi（no   ）uchi（ de  ）yuugohan（o   ） tabemasu        。

14. Kato-san eats breakfast at 7 and then goes to work. I do not eat breakfast at all.

Katoo-san（ wa  ）7ji      (  ni    ）asagohan（ o  ）   tabemasu      。（ Soshite  ）、shigoto（ni   ）

   ikimasu      。  Watashi（ wa   ）zenzen asagohan（wa   ） tabemasen        。

15. I wake up at 8 every morning and go jogging but Kato-san does not jog.

Watashi（ wa  ）maiasa  8ji（ ni  ）   okimasu      。  （   soshite ）、jogingu（ni   ）

  ikimasu       （   ga ）、katoo-san (    wa    ）jogingu（wa   ） shimasen        。

16. I will attend a math class at 1 p.m. and leave the class at 2 tomorrow.

Ashita（no   ）gogo	1ji（ni	）suugaku（no	）kurasu（ni	）   demasu      。
（ Soshite   ）、  2ji（ni)	kurasu（o	）  demasu       。

17. I often drink am English tea and a green tea but do not drink wine and beer much.

koocha（ to  ）ocha（wa	）yoku   nomimasu      。      Demo    、wain（to	）
biiru（ wa  ）amari	nomimasen         。

18. I watch news on TV in the evening but Hayashi-san watches it on the internet.

watashi（wa   ）yuugata（ ni or X  ）nyuusu（ o  ）terebi（ de  ）  mimasu       。  （Demo    ）、

hayashi san（ wa  ）intaanetto（de   ） mimasu        。

19. Tanaka-san and I will go to Japan the week after next but Yamamoto-san and Yamashita-san

won’t. Sato-san won’t go, either.

Saraisyuu tanaka-san（ to  ）watashi（ wa   ）nihon（ ni   ）   ikimasu     （ ga   ）、

yamamoto-san（  to ）yamashita-san（ wa  ）   ikimasen      。  （ soshite   ）、satoo- san（mo   ）

ikimasen         。

20. I will meet my friend in the library today and tomorrow.  But I will meet the friend in the cafeteria the day after.

Kyoo（ to  ）ashita tomodachi（ to  ）toshokan（de   ）    aimasu     （  ga  ）、

asatte （  ni or X ） kafeteria（de   ）tomodachi (ni)  aimasu        。

21. The German class starts at 10. The Japanese class also starts at 10.

Doitsugo（no	）kurasu（ wa  ）10ji（kara	）   desu      。  Nihongo（no	）kurasu
（ mo   ）10ji（kara	）  desu       。

 

 

Grammar Practices 4

 Past: kinoo, ototoi,    senshuu,    sensenshuu、

Fill in the blank with a particle or conjunctives such as “demo”  “ga” “sorekara” “soshite” and “ sonoato.” By referring to the English equivalent/translation, write a verb at the end of the sentences .

１． I did not eat breakfast yesterday but I ate today.  I will eat it tomorrow, too.