1. What is the question being asked?
a. Are you a student?
b. Are you Japanese?
c. Are you American?
d. Are you a teacher?
2. What is the answer?
a. Yes, that’s right.
b. No, that’s wrong.
c. I do not know.
d. Please speak English.
3. What is the answer given to the question?
a. Yes, that’s right.
b. No, that’s not right.
c. I do not know.
d. Please speak English.
4. What is the question that is asked?
a. Is this egg?
b. Is that near you an egg?
c. Is this soy sauce?
d. Is that near you soy sauce?
5. What is the question that is asked?
a. Is that near you an egg?
b. Is that over there an egg?
c. Is this an egg?
d. Is that over there soy sauce?
6. What is the question that is being asked?
a. Is this Japanese?
b. Is that Japanese?
c. Is this Chinese?
d. Is that Chinese?
When do these conversations probably take place?
| 7. _____ | a. morning |
| 8. _____ | b. afternoon |
| 9. _____ | c. evening |
| 10. _____ | d. before sleeping. |
| e. none of the above |
Where do these conversations probably take place?
| 11. _____ | a. in a store |
| 12. _____ | b. in a house |
| c. in an airplane | |
| d. in a school |
| BEGINNING JAPANESE WORKBOOK | 1-6 Activities |
| 名前： | 日付： 月 日 |
一 Translate the following words in Japanese.
1. How are you?
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2. good night
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3. chopsticks
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4. east
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二 Fill in each blank with the correct Japanese word or phrase.
5. please stand up
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6. well done, good job
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7. I understand.
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8. No, that’s wrong.
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9. please repeat
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10. May I go to the bathroom?
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11. please be quiet
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12. May I get a drink?
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13. Please listen
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三 You want to borrow several things from your Japanese friend. Ask each phrase in Japanese. Use hiragana and remember to use the honorific お prefix when appropriate.
14. Please loan me the soy sauce.
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15. Please loan me a pencil.
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16. Please loan me some chopsticks.
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17. Please loan me an egg.
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18. Good job!
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四 Write the kanji, then the hiragana or romaji pronunciation for the word.
19. I/me
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20. Japan
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21. mother
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22. father
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23. healthy, energetic
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24. Japanese person
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25. (to) rest
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五 Below is a short e-mail from a student, Satoshi. First, try to read the entire message. You may not understand every word, but do your best to comprehend the general idea. On the lines on the following page, write out as much of the message in hiragana as you can. For the underlined words, use kanji. Answer the questions at the end, in English.
KONNICHIwa。OGENKI DESUka. WATASHIwa TAKEDA SATOSHI DESU。 CHICHIto HAHAto TOUKYOUni SUNDEIMASU。 WATASHIwa NIHONJIN DESU。WATASHIno EIGOno SENSEIno NAMAEwa SUZUKI SENSEI DESU。SUZUKI SENSEIwa TOTEMO II SENSEI DESU。DEMO, SHUKUDAIo TAKUSAN DASHIMASU。IMAwa MOU GOZEN JUUNI JI DESU。OSOI DESU。OYASUMINASAI。
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26. What is Satoshi about to do?
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27. What does Mrs. Suzuki teach?
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| BEGINNING JAPANESE WORKBOOK | 1-6 Listening Practice |
| 名前： | 日付： 月 日 |
Choose the letter for the English that matches the spoken Japanese.
| 1. _____ | a.
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