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| 9. _____ | a. May I open? |
| 10. _____ | b. May I sit down? |
| 11. _____ | c. May I stand up? |
| 12. _____ | d. May I look/see? |
| e. May I write? |
| BEGINNING JAPANESE WORKBOOK | 1-4 Activities |
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一 Practice the kanji below, tracing the first stroke in the first box, the first and second in the second box, etc. Fill in the other boxes with the complete kanji.
二 Fill in each blank with the correct Japanese word.
1. my mother _____________________
2. Tokyo _____________________
3. Japan _____________________
4. How do you do? _____________________
三 Fill in each blank with the correct Japanese word.
5. _____________________
6. _____________________
7. _____________________
8. _____________________
9. _____________________
10. _____________________
四 You will soon be introducing yourself and your family to your new Japanese friend. To help yourself remember what to say, write down each sentence here in Japanese.
11. How do you do? _____________________
12. This is my father. _____________________
13. This is my mother. _____________________
14. I am (insert your own name). _____________________
15. Very pleased to meet you. _____________________
五 Make the following statements into questions. Then answer each question using the negative, ではありません pattern. Remember to use a suffix indicating respect when talking about another person.
六 Jumble: The words in the sentences below are out of order. Re-order them to make grammatically-correct sentences in Japanese.
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七 Write the kanji stroke order below with the first stroke in the first box, the first and second stroke in the second box, etc. In the last row, write kanji that you feel you need to practice.
| BEGINNING JAPANESE WORKBOOK | 1-5 Activities |
| 名前： | 日付： 月 日 |
一 Practice the kanji below, tracing the first stroke in the first box, the first and second in the second box, etc. Fill in the other boxes with the complete kanji.
二 Write the following words in Japanese using hiragana and kanji where you have been taught them.
1. I, me _____________________
2. my mother _____________________
3. meal _____________________
4. Good evening _____________________
三 Fill in each blank with the correct Japanese word.
5. good morning (polite) _____________________
6. good morning (casual) _____________________
7. I’m fine/energetic. _____________________
8. good night (polite) _____________________
9. good afternoon _____________________
10. How are you? _____________________
11. room _____________________
12. I’m home! _____________________
13. this _____________________
14. that _____________________
15. that over there _____________________
16. which _____________________
四 Respond with the appropriate Japanese word or expression to each situation below.
17. Greet your teacher before school.
_______________________________________________
18. When someone returns home you say:
_______________________________________________
19. When you return home, you say:
_______________________________________________
20. You are eating a Japanese meal. You point to a small jar near you and ask if this is soy sauce.
_______________________________________________
21. Your friend is holding up a hiragana flash card. You ask if that is the hiragana “ka.”
_______________________________________________
22. Someone away from you in the cafeteria has taken a suspicious white block-like piece of food and soy sauce out of her lunch bag. You ask your friend next to you if that over there is tofu.
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23. It’s three p.m. and you are shopping at the mall. You see a friend from your Japanese class. Greet your friend.
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24. It is midnight and you have just finished working hard on your homework. You say good night to your parents.
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25. Your host father is offering you two food choices. You think they might be sushi, but you want to make certain. Ask him what they are, remembering to use the polite word for sushi.
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五 Write the kanji stroke order below with the first stroke in the first box, the first and second stroke in the second box, etc. In the last row, write kanji that you feel you need to practice.
| BEGINNING JAPANESE WORKBOOK | 1-5 Listening Practice |
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