Transportation, Part 1: Practice

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

INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES

The directions for some of 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.

Nihon-de nani-o shimasu-ka?

Find a partner. Select a list of three or four places you are planning to go on a trip (be as imaginative as you like - pretend that money is no issue). Take turns asking and answering questions about what you are going to do in the various places you are going to next week. Remember to use the particle -de after each location since an activity occurs there. Respond with a different activity each time. With your partner read the following examples before you begin.

A: Nihon-de nani-o shimasu-ka?
B: Nihon-no eiga-o mimasu.
A: Toshokan-de nani-o shimasu-ka?
B: Hon-to zasshi-o yomimasu.
A: Resutoran-de nani-o shimasu-ka?
B: Oishii sakana-to gohan-to sarada-o tabemasu.

There are a few locations such as jinja and ginkoo for which you may find it challenging to think of an activity. If this is the case, tell your partner that you are not going to that place but rather to another. For example, if you cannot think of an activity you would do at a Japanese shrine, you can say this:

A: A, sumimasen kedo, jinja-ni ikimasen. Depaato-ni ikimasu.
B: A, depaato desu-ka? Ja, depaato-de nani-o shimasu-ka?
A: Kutsu-to seetaa-to handobaggu-o kaimasu.

SOME VERBS YOU CAN USE

みます
たべます
かいます
のみます
します
よみます
いきます
ききます
うたいます

Can you read it?

Write the following in roomaji as a single sentence. Leave spaces between the words, but affix the particles to the preceding nouns. Then write the sentence in English.

もくようびにとしょかんにくるまでいきました。

Practice Activities: Writing and Reading Practice

Complete the following activities to practice reading, writing and katakana.

There are special katakana combination words in modern Japanese mainly because of the influence from English words. Review the special characters using the following chart, then complete the practice activity.

**Special Katakana Characters**
Katakana	Roomaji
ウィ	wi
ウェ	we
ウォ	wo
シェ	she
チェ	che
ティ	ti
ファ	fa
フィ	fi
フェ	fe
フォ	fo
ジェ	je
ディ	di

Activity 1: Katakana Special Characters

Practice these new characters by completing the embedded activity.

Activity 2: Reading Practice

Practice reading the following lines until you can read them smoothly. Check your reading accuracy by clicking the audio icon. Previously introduced kanji will be included on the front of the card - if you are stuck on the characters, you can turn the card over to find the reading in hiragana. Attempt the practice activity below to check your understanding of the meaning for each phrase.

Activity 2: Reading Comprehension

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