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 wont.

Hiagashi-san wa  kyoo   no gogoni 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 ochaga or wa 

 

suki   desu     。( sorekara koohiimo   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  hachijini  gakkoo e or ni  ikimasu         (sonoato   )、  toshokan de   ) benkyooo      shimasu    

4.

Yamada-san likes chocolate, and so do I. Also, I like cookies.

Yamada-san wa  chokoreeto ga  suki         desu                  watashimo    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     yoruni or X   uchi de  shukudai  o    shimasu     。(sonoato   )、

tomodachito   denwa (de          hanashimasu      

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

Watashiwa  yoku  nikuo   tabemasu          sorekara   kudamono mo 

yoku              tabemasu               ga   )、yasaiwa   amariX      tabemasen        

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

Kyoo no or X  gogoni or X   toshokan de  zasshio   yomimasu        sorekara   )、

uchi de    bangohano   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  aisukuriimuto   orenji wa  yoku

  tabemasu         Tanaka sanmo    orenjio or wa   yoku tabemasu       

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

Watanabe-san  wa chikin (         gasuki      desu                      watashimo   chikin ga or wa  

suki             desu                demo   )、  biifuwa   amari suki      jaa arimasen                 

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

Tanaka-sanwa   konshuuno   shuumatsu (  no      yoruni or X   booifurendoto 

deetoo

  shimasu        soshite

mekishikono

resutorande

bangohano

   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-sanwa   asatteno   yuugata no or X  6ji ni  tomodachini  

      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 suugakuo  

benkyoo         shimasu                 soshite   nihongo mo  tokidoki benkyoo o or X 

    shimasu       Demo   furansugowa   zenzen benkyou   shimasen     

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

Hayashi-sanwa   yoktomodachito   eegao    mimasu     

  soshite  tomodachino   uchi de  yuugohano   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  shigotoni  

   ikimasu        Watashi wa   zenzen asagohanwa   tabemasen       

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

Watashi wa  maias 8ji ni    okimasu           soshite )、joginguni  

  ikimasu          ga katoo-san (    wa    joginguwa   shimasen       

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

Ashitano   gogo

1jini

suugakuno

kurasuni

  demasu     

Soshite     2jini)

kurasuo

 demasu      

 

 

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

koocha to  ochawa

yoku   nomimasu            Demo    wainto

biiru wa  amari

nomimasen        

 

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

watashiwa   yuugata ni or X  nyuusu o  terebi de   mimasu         Demo    )、

hayashi san wa  intaanettode   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- sanmo  

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   wa or X tomodachi ni  toshokande      aimasu       ga  )、

asatte   wa or X kafeteriade   )tomodachi (ni)  aimasu       

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

Doitsugono

kurasu wa  10jikara

  desu        Nihongono

kurasu

mo   10jikara

  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.

Kinoo wa  asagohan wa      tabemasen deshita    ga   )、kyoo wa   tabemashita      

Ashita mo       tabemasu    

2. Ueda-san played baseball the day before yesterday but he did not play yesterday. He wont play today, either.

Ueda-san wa  ototoi wa   yakyuuwa    shimashita    ga    )、kinoowa  

   shimasen deshita      kyoo mo    shimasen     

3. Koizumi-san went to France last week and will go to Germany this week.

Koizumi-san wa  sensyuu wa or X  furansu e   ikimashita           soshite 

konshuu wa  doitsu e   ikimasu      

4. Noguchi-san ate supper with a friend and met her boyfriend two days ago.

Noguchi-san wa  ototoi tomodachito   resutoran  de yuugohan

o    tabemashita         Soshite    booifurendoni    aimashita      

5. I attended class at 4 two days ago and at 4 today.

Watashi wa   ototoi  no or X  yuugata  no  4ji ni   kurasu ni    demashita      

Soshite   kyoo no  4ji   (  ni mo     kurasuni   demashita       

6. I met my friend at a restaurant the day before yesterday, and after that we watched a

Japanese movie.

Watashi  wa ototoi X  resutorande   tomodachi ni    aimashita     

Sonoato   nihon no  eega  o mimashita       

7. I ate a birthday cake at the party yesterday but did not drink alcohol.

Kinoono or X   paatiide   baasudee  keekio      tabemashita     ga   osake wa 

  nomimasen deshita      

8. I dated with Moriyama-san and also dated with Tanaka-san two weeks ago.

Sensenshuu X  moriyama-san to  deetoo    shimashita         Soshite  

tanaka-san to mo  )deeto(o)    shimashita    

9. Tanaka-san did not watch sports on TV but watched it on line yesterday.

Tanaka-san wa  kinoo terebi  de wa supootsu wa  mimasen deshita          ga 

intaanetto de wa     mimashita    

10.   Nemoto-san drank alcohol with friends at friend’s home but did not drink at a bar.

Nemoto-san wa  tomodachi   no  uchi de wa  osake  o

   nomimashita        ga  baa de wa     nomimasen deshita    

11.   Suzuki-san talked with Tanaka-san on the phone but not with Yamamoto-san two weeks ago.

Suzuki-san wa  sensenshuuX   denwa  de tanaka-san to   hanashimashita      

  ga  yamamoto-san  to wa     hanashimasen deshita     

12.   I spoke Japanese in class yesterday and also spoke in Japanese at cafeteria.

Watashiwa   kinoo X  kurasu de  nihongo o   hanashimashita           Soshite  )、

kafeteriade mo   tomodachi  to nihongo  de hanashimashita