School: Practice

Let's take some time to practice what we've learned in this lesson.

Interactive Activities

The directions for the activities below are written with the idea of you working with a partner. If you do not have a partner available, complete the practice on your own, completing both parts of the activity as well as you can.

Vocabulary check

Silently review the vocabulary for Lessons 50 and 51. Then have a kurasumeeto orally test your knowledge of the new Japanese words, phrases, and expressions. Your partner says the えいご and you give the にほんご . Switch and test your partner.

Rekishi-wa nan-yoobi desu-ka?

Use the completed sukejuuru from the Daily Activities: Practice lesson. Alternate with your kurasumeeto, asking and answering しつもん about which days and at which times Tom has certain subjects. Here are some sample しつもん and こたえ .

Rekishi-wa nan-yoobi desu-ka? Getsu-yoobi-to sui-yoobi-to kin-yoobi desu.
Rekishi-wa nan-ji-kara nan-ji-made desu-ka? Getsu-yoobi-wa hachi-ji-kara ku-ji-made desu.

Tsugi-no katakana-o yonde kudasai.

Do this activity with a partner. Partner A reads aloud any set of 3 katakana in order. Both Partner A and partner B write the roomaji for the three katakana in their notes. Then Partner A says, “Tsugi-no katakana-o yonde kudasai.” Partner B selects another set, says, “Ni-ban,” and reads the 3 katakana in order. Both partners write the katakana in their notes. Be careful in reading the long vowels. If you need to have your partner repeat a line, say, “Moo ichi-do yonde kudasai.” Continue taking turns until you have finished. Then compare your answers.

ア、イ、ウ
オ、エ、イー
アー、イ、ウ
エ、ウ、オ
イ、ウー、オ
オ、エー、イ
オ、エ、イ
ア、エー、オ
アー、エ、オ
ア、エ、オ
エ、ウ、オー
イ、ウ、オ
ウ、オ、ア
オ、ア、ウ
エ、ア、オ

Watashi-no kamoku

Write the names of your school subjects in roomaji or in ひらがな in your notes. Show them to your partner who will ask you five しつもん about your subjects. Then change roles. Some sample しつもん are provided for you, but do not limit yourself to these. Refer to the previous lesson (Daily Activities) if you need to see a list of かもく.

Kyoo-wa suugaku-ga arimasu-ka? Hai, arimasu.
Suugaku-wa nan-ji-kara desu-ka? Hachi-ji-han-kara desu.
(Suugaku-wa) nan-ji-made desu-ka? Ku-ji ni-juu-go-fun-made desu.
Muzukashii desu-ka? Kantan desu-ka? Kantan desu.
Omoshiroi desu-ka? Tsumaranai desu-ka? Omoshiroi desu.
Suugaku-no sensei-wa dare desu-ka? Fujita-sensei desu.
きょうはえいごがありますか。いいえ、ありません。あしたあります。
れきしはなんようびですか。げつようびとすいようびです。
にほんごのじゅぎょうははい、とてもおもしろいです。おもしろいですか。
きょうのにほんごのじゅぎょうはじゅうじじゅうごふんまでです。なんじまでですか。

Non-stop talking exercise

Without looking at any materials, try to speak in にほんご non-stop for 2 minutes! Do your best to avoid saying “uhh,” “well,” and other English fillers. If you get stuck, just repeat the same sentence until you can continue with something different. If you are not satisfied with your performance, repeat this exercise once or twice.

Nihongo-de kakimashoo!

Write each of the following sentences in Japanese, using hiragana. When you finish, find the identical sentences in this lesson.

Is math easy?
Is the Japanese lesson interesting?
Is it easy or hard?
Do you have English today?
What day is history?

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