Name ________________________________________ Date _________________________ Class _____________________
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C H A P T E R 2MY TOWN
Listening Comprehension Activities
Vocabulary and Grammar 2A: Commuting
A. Listen to the statements on the tape and fill in the blanks with the words stated. Then write the meaning of
the word in English in the blanks at the end of each sentence.
1. _____________________ _____________________
2. _____________________ _____________________
3. _____________________ _____________________
4. _____________________ _____________________
5. _____________________ _____________________
_____________________ _____________________
6. _____________________
_____________________ _____________________ _____________________
B. Listen to the description of residence and commuting conditions of three people, and fill in the blanks in
the following chart.
NAME/TYPE PLACE PROXIMITY TRANSPORTATION TIME REQUIRED
OF RESIDENCE TO SCHOOL METHOD
Kawamura’s Shinjuku ( ) subway ( )
apartment
Hayashi’s ( ) ( ) ( ) 10 minutes
apartment
Prof. Yokoi’s Yokohama ( ) ( ) and ( ) and
house ( ) ( )
C. John Kawamura is considering moving to a new apartment, so he goes to look at several apartments now
available. Listen to the conversation he has with the manager of one apartment building. Then complete the
English summary by filling in the blanks.
Useful Vocabulary: various, store
Kawamura wonders whether the apartment is ____________________________. The manager tells him
that it is _____ minutes by __________ and _______ minutes on foot. The next thing Kawamura asks is
whether there is a _______________ nearby. There is, and it is only _____ minutes away on foot. The
_______________, which is only _____ minutes away, is even closer. The manager tells Kawamura that the
apartment is really very convenient, because it is also very close to a _______________ and a
_______________.
D. Listen to the questions about your living environment, teachers, and friends on the tape and circle the
most appropriate adjective(s).
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
E. You will hear descriptions of the cities of Kyoto and Sapporo. Choose the words that describe each city
from the list below.
Useful Vocabulary: mountains, sea
1. Kyoto: ________________________________________________________________________________
2. Sapporo: ______________________________________________________________________________
a. big
b. old
c. new
d. beautiful
e. a big population
f. quiet
g. lively
h. old buildings
i. famous
j. close to the sea and
mountains
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F. Listen as Masao Hayashi asks Antonio Coronado about his home in Mexico. Then mark each statement
either true (T) or false (F).
Useful Vocabulary: why, because
1. _____ Coronado comes from a small town near Mexico City.
2. _____ There is a train between the capital and Coronado’s hometown.
3. _____ Coronado likes his town because it is quiet.
4. _____ He does not like the town he lives in now because it is too noisy.
5. _____ The town Coronado lives in is a college town.
G. Linda Brown is enjoying her vacation in Paris. She called her friend from Paris but her friend was not
home. So she left a voice mail message. Listen to her message and complete the summary, filling in the blanks.
Linda is now in Paris which she thinks is _______________. The city is __________ but the air is
__________. Yesterday she had dinner at one of the restaurants on the Champs-Élysées, which was
__________ but _______________ and had good service. In particular, her waiter at the restaurant was
_______________. Today she is going to the Louvre. It is _____ minutes by subway from her hotel. She
thinks the subway system in Paris is ____________________.
Vocabulary and Grammar 2B: Neighborhood
A. Linda Brown is asking her classmates, Takeshi Mimura, Henry Curtis, and John Kawamura, what kind of
places are near their houses. Listen to the conversation, and indicate whose houses are close to the following
places. Write the initials of their names. (M: Mimura, C: Curtis, K: Kawamura)
school _____ convenience store _____
bookstore _____ shops _____
bank _____ restaurants _____
park _____
B. Listen to the conversation between Linda Brown and Hitomi Machida about Machida’s neighborhood,
and fill in the blanks to complete the summary.
Machida’s house is _______ minutes on foot to ______________ station. It is close to a school and a
______________. Also, there are _____________________, supermarket, and _____________________
nearby. So it is a little ______________.
Name ________________________________________ Date _________________________ Class _____________________
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C. John Kawamura is at a realtor looking for a new apartment. Listen to the conversation between John and
the realtor, and fill in the chart below about the apartment mentioned:
exist? where?/proximity
Train station: _______ ______________________________________
Convenience store: _______ ______________________________________
Supermarket: _______ ______________________________________
Laundromat: _______ ______________________________________
Japanese-style eating place (“shokudoo”): _______ ______________________________________
Coffee shop: _______ ______________________________________
Family restaurant: _______ ______________________________________
D. Masao Hayashi is from a small town. Listen to Masao’s monologue and indicate what are in his village. If
there is/are any of the facilities listed below, write in how many there are of each.
Useful Vocabulary: village, people who are living (there), to
make/build
Department store _______ Convenience store _______
Shops _______ Japanese-style eating place (“shokudoo”) _______
Restaurant _______ Game center _______
Movie theater _______ Golf course _______
Elementary school (“shoogakkoo”) _______ Junior high school (“chuugakkoo”) _______
High-rise building (“koosoo biru”) _______ Highway (“koosoku dooro”) _______
E. Listen to the following description of the Green Building, and then indicate on the drawing what is
located on each floor.
Useful Vocabulary: underground, basement, delicious
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5
4
3
2
1
B1
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Vocabulary and Grammar 2C: Buildings and Places Around Town; Counting
A. Listen to the definition of each building or place and circle the most appropriate word for the definition.
Useful Vocabulary: food, various, a lot,
can borrow, can
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
B. Listen to these five short conversations and choose the appropriate answer in the parentheses.
1. There is a (movie theater / art museum) over there.
2. There is a (restaurant / restroom) in the neighborhood, but it is (clean / not clean).
3. There (is / is not) a Japanese (bank / school) nearby, but there is an American (bank / school), where
the service is (good / not good).
4. There is a (hospital / museum) in Brown’s town, where Brown (goes / does not go) often.
5. The hotel is located (5 minutes on foot / 15 minutes by train) from the place. And the restaurant in
the hotel serves (inexpensive and tasty / expensive but not tasty) food.
C. Listen to the conversation between Takeshi Mimura and Linda Brown. Then complete the English
summary by filling in the blanks.
Useful Vocabulary: theater
Mimura and Brown are looking at a _____________________, which is a splendid-looking building. It is a
_____________________. _____________________ often goes there. There will be an
_____________________ held at the place next week. Brown seems a little worried about the price of the
_____________________, but Mimura offers to _______ it for her. So they decide to go there next
_____________________.
Name ________________________________________ Date _________________________ Class _____________________
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D. Listen as Professor Yokoi tells her students where to sit. Then write each name in the appropriate position
on the seating chart. The top of the chart corresponds to the front of the room. NOTE: There will be three
empty seats for three absent students.
E. Listen as a passerby asks Hitomi Machida for directions to the department store and the bank. Then write
D after the phrases that describe the department store, and B after the phrases that describe the bank.
1. In front of the train station: __________
2. A tall building: __________
3. A small building: __________
4. between a coffee shop and a bookstore: __________
F. Listen to Henry Curtis describing his neighborhood. Then show the location of each building listed by
writing its number in the appropriate blank space on the map.
1. my house 2. coffee shop 3. game center 4. supermarket 5. post office 6. sushi shop
G. Count the following items up to 10, counting on where the tape leaves off.
1. pieces of paper 2. pencils 3. oranges 4. books 5. shops
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Professor
H. Hitomi Machida is stopped in front of a department store by a strange man who pretends to be a
policeman. Listen as the man orders her to show him the contents of her backpack. Then indicate the quantity
of each item he finds in her backpack.
Useful Vocabulary: wallet, policeman, Please show me.,
Please open.
How many of these items did Machida have in her backpack?
_____ book(s) _____ pen(s) _____ handkerchief(ves) _____ credit card(s)
I. Listen as Heather Gibson talks about her roommate, Martha. Then list the things that each of them has.
Martha has: _______________________________________________________________________________
Heather has: ______________________________________________________________________________
J. Listen as Masaru Honda interviews the entertainer, Himiko. Then complete the English summary by filling
in the blanks.
Himiko has _______ houses, and the closest one from here is in ______________. In that house, there are
_______ rooms and _______ bathrooms. There are also _______ restaurants in which there are _______
cooks and _______ waiters. But after all, Himiko’s favorite food is ______________ and ______________.
K. Listen as Linda Brown talks about the students in Professor Yokoi’s class and write down the number of
the students who best fit the following descriptions:
1. study hard: _______
2. don’t like Professor Yokoi: _______
3. don’t like the Japanese class: _______
4. don’t like homework: _______
5. like homework: _______
6. like kanji: _______
7. don’t like sushi: _______
8. like tempura and sukiyaki: _______
Name ________________________________________ Date _________________________ Class _____________________
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2
3
4
5
間
半
上
下
分
カン interval; space; between; (as suffix) between, amongあいだ interval (of space or time); between, amongま space, room; pause; a rest (in music); time; leisure; luck etc.
ハン、パン half, semi-; odd numberなか-ば half, semi-; middle, halfway; partly
ジョウ upper, top, above, first volume / part (of a series); top-grade, etc.うえ up, upper part, top, above, over, besides, on top of, upon, etc.あげ-る to raise, to lift up, give あが-る to rise; to go / come etc.上:うえ (upper part)
カ、ゲ low, lower, below, under/した lower part, below, under さ-げる to hang, to suspend, to lower/さ-がる to hand down, to fall, togo / come down; to step back/くだ-る to come / go / get / step down; to begiven; to be less than/くだ-る/くだ-さる to bestow etc.
フン、-プン (of time / arc)ブン portion ブ portion, 1 percentわ-ける/かつ divide, share, distinguish わ-かれる be separatedわ-かる understand
一時間:いちじかん (one hour)AとBの間:AとBのあいだ (between A and B)
一時間半:いちじかんはん (one hour and a half)四時間半:よじかんはん (four hours and a half)九時半:くじはん (9:30)
本の上:ほんのうえ (on the book)
下:した (lower part)テレビの下:てれびのした (under the TV)ち下てつ:ちかてつ (subway)かいて下さい:かいてください (Please write.)
一分:いっぷん (one minute)五分:ごふん (five minutes)十分:じゅっぷん/じっぷん (ten minutes)分かります:わかります (understand)
Kanji Practice and Exercises
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6
7
8
9
10
11
小
好
町
田
左
右
ショウ、ちい-さい、こ-、お- little, small
コウ、この-む、す-く、す-き good, favorite, all right; to like, be fond of…ず-き lover / fan of...
チョウ street, town; (unit of length, about 109 m); (unit of area, about 0.992ha)
まち street, town; quarter
デン、た、-だ rice field, paddy
サ、ひだり left
ウ、ユウ、みぎ right
小さい:ちいさい (small)小さくありません:ちいさくありません (is not
small)
好きです:すきです ((I) like (it))大好きです:だいすきです ((I) like (it) very
much)
わたしの町:わたしのまち (my town)町田さん:まちださん (Mr./Ms. Machida)
山田さん:やまださん (Mr./Ms. Yamada)町田さん:まちださん (Mr./Ms. Machida)田中さん:たなかさん (Mr./Ms. Tanaka)
左:ひだり (left)山田さんの左:やまださんのひだり (the left of
Mr./Ms. Yamada)
右:みぎ (right)山田さんの右:やまださんのみぎ (the right of
Mr./Ms. Yamada)
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13
14
15
16
17
中
外
前
後
時
山
チュウ middle; China/-チュウ、-ジュウ throughout, during, withinなか inside; midst
中ごく:ちゅうごく (China)
ガイ outside, external, foreign/ゲ outside, externalそと outside, outdoor/ほか other/はず-す to take off, to remove, todisconnect, to miss, etc./はず-れる to come / slip off, to be / get out ofplace, to be disconnected, etc.
ゼン、まえ before, front
ゴ、のち after, later/コウ、うし-ろ behindあと afterward, subsequent, back retro-おく-れる to be late, to lag behind
ジ、とき、-どき、と (as in とけい) time, hour
サン、-ザン、やま mountain
中:なか (inside)一日中:いちにちじゅう (all day)
外:そと (outside)レストランの外:れすとらんのそと (outside
the restaurant)
前:まえ (front / before)名前:なまえ (name)大学の前:だいがくのまえ (in front of the
university) ご前:ごぜん (A.M.)
後ろ:うしろ (behind)たてものの後ろ:たてもののうしろ (behind the
buildingご後:ごご (P.M.)
一時間:いちじかん (one hour)何時ですか:なんじですか (What time is it?)時けい:とけい (clock / watch)
山:やま山田さん:やまださん (Mr./Ms. Yamada)山本さん:やまもとさん (Mr./Ms. Yamamoto)
Name ________________________________________ Date _________________________ Class _____________________
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19
20
21
22
23
口
千
万
方
近
遠
コウ、ク、くち、-ぐち mouth
セン、ゼン、ち thousand
マン ten thousand, myriadバン countless, myriad, allよろず ten thousand, all sorts of every...
ホウ、-ボウ、-ポウ direction, side; way, squareかた、-がた direction; person; method
キン、ちか-い、-ぢか near, close, recent, near future
エン、オン、とお-い、-どお-い far, distant
口:くち (mouth)人口:じんこう (population)山口さん:やまぐちさん (Mr./Ms. Yamaguchi)
千:せん (one thousand)二千二百:にせんにひゃく (two thousand two
hundred)三千:さんぜん (three thousand)
一万:いちまん (ten thousand)二千二百万:にせんにひゃくまん (twenty-two
million)
この方:このかた (this person)あの方:あのかた (that person)
近い:ちかい (close)近じょ:きんじょ (neighborhood)近くの:ちかくの (nearby)近くに:ちかくに (in the neighborhood)
遠い:とおい (far)遠くに:とおくに (in the distance)
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有ユウ、ウ、あ-る be, exist, have
有名:ゆうめい (famous)有名な人:ゆうめいなひと (famous person)
Kanji Exercises
A. Match each kanji or kanji compound with the letter of its closest English equivalent.
a. two hours b. between/among c. half d. upper part e. lower part f. near g. five minutes
h. small i. like j. town k. rice field l. left m. right n. inside o. outside p. front
q. far r. behind s. time t. mountain u. mouth v. population w. thousand x. famous
y. one million z. direction/person
B. Write hurigana for each kanji or kanji compound. Pay special attention to the changes in pronunciation
that may occur when kanji are compounded.
1.
_____________________________________
2.
_____________________________________
3.
_____________________________________
4.
_____________________________________
5.
_____________________________________
6.
_____________________________________
7.
_____________________________________
8.
_____________________________________
1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____
5. _____
6. _____
7. _____
8. _____
9. _____
10. _____
11. _____
12. _____
13. _____
14. _____
15. _____
16. _____
17. _____
18. _____
19. _____
20. _____
21. _____
22. _____
23. _____
24. _____
25. _____
26. _____
C. Write the reading in hiragana in the blank boxes, using the number and the counters.
GENERAL PEOPLE LONG, MINUTES HOURS MONTHS
THIN ITEMS
(without )
(how (no kanji) [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ *]
many)
*~ is sometimes written , which is still read as .
9.
_____________________________________
10.
_____________________________________
11.
_____________________________________
12.
_____________________________________
13.
_____________________________________
14.
_____________________________________
15.
_____________________________________
16.
_____________________________________
17.
_____________________________________
18.
_____________________________________
19.
_____________________________________
20. that person
_____________________________________
Name ________________________________________ Date _________________________ Class _____________________
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D. Fill in the blanks with the kanji for the words or phrases that are spelled out in hiragana below the lines.
1. _____________________ _____________________
2. _____________________
3. _____________________ _____________________ _____________________
4. _______ _____________________
5. _____________________ _____________________
6. _____________________
7. _____________________ _____________________
_____________________
8. _______ _____________________
9. _____________________
10. _____________________
11. _____________________ _____________________
12. _____________________
13. _____________________ _____________________
14. _____________________ _____________________
15. _____________________ _____________________
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16. _____________________
17. _____________________
KANJI NOTE
Stroke Order
It is important that you write kanji following the prescribed stroke order. There are three reasons for this:
your handwriting will look better, the shape of the kanji will not be distorted when you write fast, and if you
practice the correct order enough to make it automatic, you will not accidentally leave strokes out when you
write. Here are the basic rules of stroke order.
1. Write from top to bottom.
three
Related Principle: when a kanji consists of an upper and a lower part, the upper part is written first.
now
minute
2. Write from left to right.
river
Related Principle: when a kanji consists of a left and a right part, or a left, a middle, and a right part,
write in the order of left, middle, right.
woods
language
to work
3. When a vertical and a horizontal line cross, the horizontal line is written before the vertical line.
ten
seven
large
Exceptions:
(1) and related kanjirice paddy
town
man
(2) and related kanjiking
life
4. When a kanji consists of a left, a middle, and a right part and the left and right parts consist of one or
two strokes each, the middle part is written first.
small
Exception:
fire
5. When a kanji has an enclosure, it is written first.
day
country
Name ________________________________________ Date _________________________ Class _____________________
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6. When two diagonal lines cross, the line from upper right to lower left is written first.
sentence
person
7. Lines that cross an entire kanji or part of it from top to bottom are written last.
middle
to write
8. Lines that cross an entire kanji from left to right are written last.
child
woman
Exception:
generation
9. In kanji including the radical shinnyuu, that radical is written last.
street
Exceptions:
to get up
to study
10. In kanji including the radical tare, that radical is written first.
shop
garden
Kanji in Everyday life
1. You and your host brother notice a note written by your host mother. It is lying next to some
assorted candies on the table. It says . How much of each of
them is it all right for you to eat?
______________________________________________________________________________________
2. There are two schools in your host family’s neighborhood. One of them is a and the other is
a . Children of what age go to which school?
______________________________________________________________________________________
3. It’s June now. The department store flyer you are looking at says ,
and the prices look much lower than during regular sales. How often do you think this department
store has a big sale?
______________________________________________________________________________________
4. You saw an advertisement for eyeglasses ( ). Some of them are . What do
you think means? [Hint: means “for both”.]
______________________________________________________________________________________
5. Your Japanese teacher gave you this semester’s schedule on the first day. You noticed you are going
to have a after several weeks. What is ?
______________________________________________________________________________________
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6. You saw a flyer about a sponsored by your Japanese university. It says
. What does mean? Is 4:00 a.m. or
4:00 p.m.?
______________________________________________________________________________________
Writing Activities
Vocabulary and Grammar 2A: Commuting
A. Using the information in the chart on p. 128 in your main textbook, write a series of statements about the
location, distance from school, and convenience of the homes of each of the following people. Activity 2 on
p. 128 provides examples of the types of statements you could write.
1.
______________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
2.
______________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
3.
______________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
4.
______________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
5.
______________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
Name ________________________________________ Date _________________________ Class _____________________
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6. Now tell about your own home:
______________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
B. Fill in the blanks to create a meaningful sentence or phrase. Write in X if no additional word is needed.
1. ______________
2. ______________
3. ______________
4. ______________
5. ______________
6. ______________
7. ______________
8. ______________
9. ______________
10. ______________
11. ______________
12. ______________
13. ______________
14. ______________
15. ______________
16. ______________
17. ______________
18. ______________
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C. Describe the following in at least three sentences. You may use either affirmative or negative statements,
and you are encouraged to use adverbs such as and , if you can.
1. your room ____________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
2. your advisor ___________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
3. your car or bicycle (If you don’t have one, write about the one you would like to have.) ___________
______________________________________________________________________________________
4. one of your family members _____________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
5. your girlfriend/boyfriend (actual or ideal) __________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
Vocabulary and Grammar 2B: Neighborhood
A. Imagine that a Japanese student is asking you for information about various places in the United States.
Tell this student at least three things about each place, making an effort to use the adjectives you have learned
in this chapter.
EXAMPLE: JAPANESE STUDENT:
YOU: (but)
1. _______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
2. _______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
3. _________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
4. _______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
Name ________________________________________ Date _________________________ Class _____________________
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B. Complete each sentence with either or .
1. ____________________________
2. ____________________________
3. ____________________________
4. ____________________________
5. ____________________________
C. A Japanese student wants to know where the following places are. Tell him or her which city or state they
are located in.
EXAMPLE: JAPANESE STUDENT:
YOU:
1. ( )
JAPANESE STUDENT: __________________________________________________________________
YOU: __________________________________________________________________
2. ( )
JAPANESE STUDENT: __________________________________________________________________
YOU: __________________________________________________________________
3. ( )
JAPANESE STUDENT: __________________________________________________________________
YOU: __________________________________________________________________
4. ( )
JAPANESE STUDENT: __________________________________________________________________
YOU: __________________________________________________________________
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Vocabulary and Grammar 2C: Buildings and Places Around Town; Counting
A. Complete the following dialogues, using the information on the company message board pictured on
p. 143 in your main textbook.
1. A:
B: ____________________________
A:
B: ___________________________________
2. A:
B: ______________
A: ______________
B: ______________
3. A: ______________
B: ______________
A:
B: _____________________
4. A: _____________________ ______________
_____________________
B: ____________________________
A: ______________
B: _____________________
5. A: ____________________________
____________________________
B: ____________________________
A: ____________________________
B: ____________________________
Name ________________________________________ Date _________________________ Class _____________________
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B. The following is the seating chart for Professor Arai’s classroom for the second term of the school year.
Use it to figure out who the following five people are based on their descriptions of where they are. The top
of the diagram corresponds to the front of the classroom.
1.
______________________________________________________________________________________
2.
______________________________________________________________________________________
3.
______________________________________________________________________________________
4.
______________________________________________________________________________________
5.
______________________________________________________________________________________
C. Answer the questions about the following drawing. Choose your answers from among the options listed.
1. _____________________________________
2. _____________________________________
3. _____________________________________
4. _____________________________________
5. _____________________________________
6. _____________________________________
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7. _____________________________________
8. _____________________________________
9. _____________________________________
10. _____________________________________
11. _____________________________________
D. Add the following items to the drawing to match the descriptive sentences below. Don’t worry about
creating great art. A rough sketch will be sufficient.
1.
2.
3. (picture)
4. (mouse)
5.
6.
Name ________________________________________ Date _________________________ Class _____________________
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E. Complete the following dialogues according to the guidelines given in parentheses.
1. (A is looking for the post office, which is a small, white [ ] building across from a bank.)
A: ____________________________________________________a
B: ___________________________________________________________b
A:
B: __________________________________________________________________c
A:
B:
2. (A is looking for a certain coffee shop, which is a pretty, blue [ ] building near the university.)
A: ____________________________________________________a
B: ___________________________________________________________b
A:
B: __________________________________________________________________c
A:
B: ________________________________________________________________________________d
3. (A is looking for the police box, which is a small, black [ ] building in front of the station.)
A: ___________________________________________________________________a
B: __________________________________________________________________________b
A:
B: __________________________________________________________________c
A: ________________________________________________________________________________d
B:
F. Complete the following dialogues according to the guidelines given in parentheses
1. (A is looking for a good coffee shop. There is one called Kasaburanka near the university.)
A:
B:
A: ___________________________________a
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B: __________________________________b
A:
B:
2. (A is looking for a large department store. There is one called Daitoku across from the subway
station.)
A: __________________________________a
B:
A:
B: ___________________________________b ___________________________________c
A: ___________________________________d
B: ___________________________________e
3. (A is looking for a cheap parking lot. There is one south of the hospital, but B doesn’t know its
name.)
A: ___________________________________a
B:
A: ___________________________________b
B: ___________________________________c
A: ___________________________________d
B:
4. (A is looking for the new hotel. It’s east of the restaurant, and it’s called the Hotel Miyako.)
A: ___________________________________a
B:
A: ___________________________________b
B: ___________________________________c
A: ___________________________________d
B:
Name ________________________________________ Date _________________________ Class _____________________
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5. (A is looking for a quiet park. There is one called Chuuoo Kooen behind the library.)
A: ___________________________________a
B:
A: ___________________________________b
B: ___________________________________c ___________________________________d
A: ___________________________________e
B: ___________________________________f
G. Write dialogues in which you ask a Japanese person for directions. Follow the guidelines given in
parentheses.
1. (You’d like to know where the JR station is. It is next to a large supermarket.)
YOU: ___________________________________________________________________________
JAPANESE: ___________________________________________________________________________
2. (You want to know what kind of building the post office is. It’s a large building.)
YOU: ___________________________________________________________________________
JAPANESE: ___________________________________________________________________________
3. (You want to know what that big, white building is. It’s a hotel.)
YOU: ___________________________________________________________________________
JAPANESE: ___________________________________________________________________________
4. (You’d like to find out where the big park is. It’s in front of the university.)
YOU: ___________________________________________________________________________
JAPANESE: ___________________________________________________________________________
5. (You’d like to know what is above the station building. There’s a department store.)
YOU: ___________________________________________________________________________
JAPANESE: ___________________________________________________________________________
6. (You’d like to know if there is a convenient parking lot nearby. It’s behind the movie theater.)
YOU: ___________________________________________________________________________
JAPANESE: ___________________________________________________________________________
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7. (You want to find out if there is a big hospital around here. You also want to know its name. It’s
between the park and the university, and it’s called Meeji Byooin.)
YOU: ___________________________________________________________________________
JAPANESE: ___________________________________________________________________________
YOU: ___________________________________________________________________________
JAPANESE: ___________________________________________________________________________
H. Answer the following questions based on your actual situation.
1. (family)
______________________________________________________________________________________
2.
______________________________________________________________________________________
3.
______________________________________________________________________________________
4. (Guess if you don’t know.)
______________________________________________________________________________________
5. (or or ) (or or
) (or or )
( ) ____________________________________________________________
( ) _________________________________________________________________________________
( ) __________________________________________________________________________________
I. How many people do you need to play the following games? Answer in hiragana. Then see if you can
write the answer in kanji.
HIRAGANA KANJI
EXAMPLE:
1. ____________________________ ____________________________
2. ____________________________ ____________________________
3. ____________________________ ____________________________
4. ____________________________ ____________________________
Name ________________________________________ Date _________________________ Class _____________________
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5. ____________________________ ____________________________
6. ____________________________ ____________________________
7. ____________________________ ____________________________
8. ____________________________ ____________________________
9. ____________________________ ____________________________
J. Answer the following questions about your home.
1. ________________________________________
2. _________________________________________________________
3. ______________________________________________________
4. ________________________________________________________________
5. (If you don’t know, guess.) ____________________________________
6. _________________________________________________________
K. Complete the following dialogues according to the guidelines given in parentheses.
1. (There are three men and two women on the basketball team.)
A:
B:
A:
B: ______________ ______________
2. (There are three Japanese and one Chinese mah-jongg players. All of them are students.)
A: ______________
B: ______________
A:
B: ______________ ______________
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3. (There are five teachers and 35 students in the orchestra.)
A: ______________
B: ______________
A:
B: ______________ ______________
L. Make up a statement based on the information given.
EXAMPLE: books/in my room/50
1. students / in the library / 2
______________________________________________________________________________________
2. instructor / in front of the classroom / 1
______________________________________________________________________________________
3. banks / in this town / 4
______________________________________________________________________________________
4. cafeterias / at the university / 5
______________________________________________________________________________________
5. hospital / next to the post office / 1
______________________________________________________________________________________
M. Using your local telephone book, answer the following questions about the people and businesses in your
community.
1. ____________________________________________________
2. _____________________________________
3. ______________________________________________________
4. _____________________________________________
5. _________________________________________________________
6. ____________________________________________________
Name ________________________________________ Date _________________________ Class _____________________
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N. Answer the following questions, giving as many details as possible.
EXAMPLE:
1. ________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________
3. _____________________________________________________________
4. __________________________________________________________
O. Brown polled her classmates and instructor on their likes and dislikes and wrote up the results on the
following chart. Answer the questions using the information presented on the chart.
1. ______________________________________________
2. ______________________________________________
3. _________________________________________________
4. ______________________________________________
5. ______________________________________________
Now write two statements based on the information on the chart.
6. ______________________________________________________________________________________
7. ______________________________________________________________________________________
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P. Form a study group of five people (or call up five of your classmates on the phone if you can’t get
together), and report on the following after asking the members of your group appropriate questions in
Japanese.
EXAMPLE: How many people like ice cream? How many people dislike it?
5
1. How many people like the current President ( ) of the U.S.A.? How many dislike
the President?
_________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
2. How many people like your favorite musical group? How many people dislike them?
______________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
3. How many people like broccoli? How many dislike it?
______________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
4. How many people like New York as a place to live? How many dislike it?
______________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
Now make up four similar questions of your own, ask the members of your group, and write up the results.
5. ______________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
6. ______________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
7. ______________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
8. ______________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
Name ________________________________________ Date _________________________ Class _____________________
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Chapter 2 Review
A. Fill in each blank with a hiragana to make a phrase. Write X if nothing is necessary.
EXAMPLE:
B. Write dialogues in which you ask Kawamura whether his home is near various places. After he answers,
add a comment on whether the distance is convenient or inconvenient. Use the information in the following
chart.
EXAMPLE: YOU:
KAWAMURA: 6
YOU:
1. YOU: _________________________________________________________________________
KAWAMURA: _________________________________________________________________________
YOU: _________________________________________________________________________
2. YOU: _________________________________________________________________________
KAWAMURA: _________________________________________________________________________
YOU: _________________________________________________________________________
PLACES TRANSPORTATION TIME
station on foot six minutes
supermarket on foot fifteen minutes
movie theater bus thirty minutes
bus stop on foot one minute
bank electric train fifteen minutes
post office bus one hour
1. _______
2. _______
3. _______
4. _______
5. _______
6. _______
7. _______
8. _______
9. _______
10. _______
11. _______
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3. YOU: _________________________________________________________________________
KAWAMURA: _________________________________________________________________________
YOU: _________________________________________________________________________
4. YOU: _________________________________________________________________________
KAWAMURA: _________________________________________________________________________
YOU: _________________________________________________________________________
5. YOU: _________________________________________________________________________
KAWAMURA: _________________________________________________________________________
YOU: _________________________________________________________________________
C. John Kawamura is moving into his new room. He would like to have certain furniture and other things
placed according to his directions. Please help him move in by drawing pictures of the various items in the
appropriate places on the drawing. ( means “Please place/put it.”) Again, you don’t have to
produce great art.
EXAMPLE:
1.
2. (lamp)
3.
4.
Name ________________________________________ Date _________________________ Class _____________________
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D. Now draw a diagram of your room. Describe the locations of at least six items. Remember the difference
between X Y (The X is in location Y) and Y X (In location Y there is an
X).
1. ______________________________________________________________________________________
2. ______________________________________________________________________________________
3. ______________________________________________________________________________________
4. ______________________________________________________________________________________
5. ______________________________________________________________________________________
6. ______________________________________________________________________________________
E. Write as much as you can about each of the items below, following the example.
EXAMPLE: your favorite drink
1. your favorite food ______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
2. your favorite city in the U.S.
______________________________________________________________________________________
3. your least favorite subject at college _______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
4. your least favorite instructor _____________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
5. your favorite car _______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
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