September 25, 2013 -- Wednesday
平成二十五年九月二十五日ーー水曜日


Handout for practicing affirmative and negative past tense verbs.

""Write the following ROMAji sentences in hiragana and kanji twice, changing the the verbs to past tense,  both affirmative and negative.

1.      Hachi-ji ni okimasu

a.      Hachi-ji ni okimashita.

b.      Hachi ji ni okimasendeshita.

2.      Hon wo kaimasu.

a.      Hon wo___________

b.      Hon wo________

3.      Gohan wo tabemasu.

a.      Gohan wo _______________

b.      Gohan wo__________________

4.      Shinbun wo yomimasu.

a.      ______________________________

b.      ______________________________

5.      Uchi ni kaerimasu

a.      ________________________________

b.      ________________________________

6.      Ongaku wo kikimasu.

a.      ________________________________

b.      ________________________________

Write the following English adjectives in Japanese, in both present and past tense.

1.      (It) is big.

a.      Ookii desu.

b.      Ookikatta desu.

2.      (It) is interesting.

a.      ________________________

b.      ________________________

3.      (It) is fun.

a.      _______________________

b.      _______________________

4.      (It) is difficult.

a.      _______________________

b.      _______________________

5.      (It) is quiet.

a.      _______________________

b.      _______________________ "

In order to do the exercise, the students had to consult the "new" adjective list on page 163 of the text.
They also listed the adjectives they learned last year --

kiiroi             chairoi          akai
shiroi            shiroi            kuroi
aoi               midori           murasaki
momoiro       pinku(no)      chiisai
ookii             yuumei(na)   kirei(na)
rippa(na)      ssuteki(na)    akarui
semai           hiroi


Homework:
Write 5 sentence pairs as follows:
1.  I did something.
          It was ________________.
Example:
1. Watashi wa hon wo kaimashita.
          Omoshirokatta desu.