Name ________________________________________ Date _________________________ Class _____________________
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Listening Comprehension Activities Vocabulary and Grammar 2A: Commuting Commut ing 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.
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2.
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3.
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4.
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_____________________ _____________________ _____________________
5. _____________________
_____________________
_____________________ 6.
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_____________________ _____________________
_____________________
_____________________
B. Listen to the description of residence and commuting conditions of three people, and fill in the blanks in
the following chart. NAME/TYPE OF RESIDENCE
PLACE
PROXIMITY TO SCHOOL
Kawamura’s apartment
Shinjuku
(
Hayashi’s apartment
(
Prof. Yokoi’s house
Yokohama
)
TRANSPORTATION METHOD
TIME REQUIRED
)
subway
(
(
)
(
)
10 minutes
(
)
( (
) and )
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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. Yo Youu will hear descriptions of the cities of Kyoto and Sapporo. Choose the words that describe each city
from the list below below.. Useful Vocabulary:
mountains,
sea
1. Kyoto Kyoto:: _____ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _____ 2. Sappo Sapporo: ro: _____ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ ________ ___ a. b. c. d.
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a big big pop popul ulat atio ionn quiet lively oldd buil ol buildi ding ngss
i. famous j j.. cl clos osee to to the the se seaa and and mountains
Name ________________________________________ Date _________________________ Class _____________________
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. __ ____ ____ Co Coro rona nado do co come mess fro from m a sm smal alll tow townn nea nearr Mex Mexic icoo Cit Cityy. 2. __ ____ ____ Th Ther eree is a tra train in bet betwe ween en the the cap capit ital al and and Cor Coron onad ado’ o’ss home hometo town wn.. 3. __ ____ ____ Co Coro rona nado do li like kess his his tow townn bec becau ause se itit is qu quie iet. t. 4. __ ____ ____ He doe doess not not like like the the tow townn he liv lives es in in now now beca becaus usee it is is too too nois noisyy. 5. __ ____ ____ Th Thee town town Co Coro rona nado do li live vess in in is a col colle lege ge tow town. n. 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, summary, filling in the blanks. Linda is now in Paris which she thinks is _______________. The city is __________ but the air is __________. Yesterday Yesterday she had dinner at one of the restaurants on the Champs-Élysées, which was __________ but _______________ and had good service. In particular particular,, her waiter at the restaurant was _______________. Today 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 N eighborhood 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 ______________. nearby
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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:
_______
______________________________________
Jap J apan anes esee-st styl ylee eat eatin ingg pla place ce (“ (“sh shok okud udoo oo”) ”)::
____ __ ____ ____
____ __ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ __
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, below, write in how many there are of each. Useful Vocabulary: make/build
village,
people who are living (there),
to
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 floor.. Useful Vocabulary:
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underground, basement,
delicious
Name ________________________________________ Date _________________________ Class _____________________
Vocabulary and Grammar 2C: Buildings Build ings and Places Around Town; Town; Counting A. Listen to the definition of each building or place and circle the most appropriate word for the definition. Useful Vocabulary: can borrow,
food,
various,
a lot,
can
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. B. Listen to these five short conversations and choose the appropriate answer in the parentheses.
1. The There re is a (mo (movie vie thea theater ter / art art museu museum) m) over over there there.. 2. There is is a (restauran (restaurantt / restroom) restroom) in the the neighborh neighborhood, ood, but but it is (clean (clean / not not clean). clean). 3. There (is (is / is not) a Japanese Japanese (bank (bank / school) school) nearby nearby, but there there is an American American (bank (bank / school), school), where the service is (good / not good). 4. There is is a (hospital (hospital / museum) museum) in in Brown’s Brown’s town, town, where Brown (goes (goes / does does not go) go) often. often. 5. The hotel hotel is located located (5 minute minutess on foot foot / 15 minutes minutes by train) train) from from the place. place. And And the restaur restaurant ant 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 _____________________.
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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. Professor
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 fron frontt of the tra train in stat station ion:: _____ ________ _____ __ 2. A tal talll bui build ldin ing: g: __ ____ ____ ____ ____ __ 3. A smal smalll buil buildi ding ng:: ___ _____ ____ ____ ____ 4. bet betwee weenn a coffee coffee shop shop and and a books bookstor tore: e: _____ ________ _____ __ 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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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? ____ __ ____ bo book ok(s (s))
____ __ ____ pen pen(s (s))
____ __ ____ han handdke kerc rchhie ief( f(vves es))
____ __ ____ cre credi ditt ca card rd(s (s))
I. Listen as Heather Gibson talks about her roommate, Martha. Then list the things that each of them has.
Martha has: ____________________________ _________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ______________________ Heather has: 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. st stud udyy ha hard rd:: __ ____ ____ ____
5. li like ke ho home mewo work rk:: ____ ______ ____
2. don don’t ’t lik likee Prof Profess essor or Yoko Yokoi:i: ____ _______ ___
6. li like ke ka kanj nji:i: __ ____ ____ ____
3. don don’t ’t lik likee the the Japa Japanes nesee class class:: ____ _______ ___
7. do don’ n’tt li like ke su sush shi:i: __ ____ ____ ____
4. do don’ n’tt lik likee hom homew ewor ork: k: __ ____ ____ ____
8. lik likee temp tempura ura and suk sukiya iyaki: ki: ___ ______ _____
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Kanji Practice and Exercises
1
間
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.
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)
2
半
ハン、パン half, semi-; odd number なか-ば half, semi-; middle, halfway; partly
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)
3
上 本の上：ほんのうえ
4
下
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) (on the book)
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, to go / come down; to step back ／くだ-る to come / go / get / step down; to be given; to be less than ／くだ-る／くだ-さる to bestow etc.
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.)
5
分
フン、-プン (of time / arc) ブン portion ブ portion, 1 percent わ-ける／かつ divide, share, distinguish わ-かる understand
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)
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be separated
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小
ショウ、ちい-さい、こ-、お-
little, sm small
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)
7
好
コウ、この-む、す-く、す-き …ず-き lover / fan of...
good, favorite, all right; to like, be fond of
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)
8
町
チョウ
street, town; (unit of length, about 109 m); (unit of area, about 0.992
ha)
まち
street, town; quarter
わたしの町：わたしのまち (my town) (Mr./Ms.. Machida) 町田さん：まちださん (Mr./Ms
9
10
田
デン、た、-だ
山田さん：やまださん 町田さん：まちださん 田中さん：たなかさん
(Mr./Ms. Yamada) (Mr./Ms.. Machida) (Mr./Ms (Mr./Ms. Tanaka)
左
サ、ひだり
rice field, paddy
left
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)
11
右
ウ、ユウ、みぎ
右：みぎ (right) 山田さんの右：やまださんのみぎ
right
(the right of
Mr./Ms. Yamada)
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チュウ middle; China ／-チュウ、-ジュウ なか inside; midst
中
中ごく：ちゅうごく
中：なか (inside) 一日中：いちにちじゅう
13
throughout, during, within
(China)
(all day)
ガイ そと
outside, external, foreign ／ゲ outside, external outside, outdoor ／ほか other ／はず-す to take off, to remove, to disconnect, to miss, etc. ／はず-れる to come / slip off, to be / get out of place, to be disconnected, etc.
外
外：そと (outside) レストランの外：れすとらんのそと (outside the restaurant)
14
ゼン、まえ
前
before, front
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.)
15
ゴ、のち after, later ／コウ、うし-ろ あと afterward, subsequent, back retroおく-れる to be late, to lag behind
後
behind
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
16
(P.M.)
時
ジ、とき、-どき、と (as in とけい)
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)
17
山
サン、-ザン、やま
mountain
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)
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time, hour
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コウ、ク、くち、-ぐち
口
mouth
口：くち (mouth) 人口：じんこう (population) 山口さん：やまぐちさん (Mr./Ms. Yamaguchi)
19
セン、ゼン、ち
千
千：せん (one thousand) 二千二百：にせんにひゃく
thousand
(two thousand two
hundred)
三千：さんぜん
20
(three thousand)
万
マン ten thousand, myriad バン countless, myriad, all よろず ten thousand, all sorts of every every... ...
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)
21
方 この方：このかた あの方：あのかた
22
近
ホウ、-ボウ、-ポウ direction, side; way, square かた、-がた direction; person; method
(this person) (that person)
キン、ちか-い、-ぢか
near, close, recent, near future
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)
23
遠
エン、オン、とお-い、-どお-い
far, distant
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.
1.
_____
10.
_____
19.
_____
2.
_____
11.
_____
20.
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3.
_____
12.
_____
21.
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4.
_____
13.
_____
22.
_____
5.
_____
14.
_____
23.
6.
_____
15.
_____
24.
7.
_____
16.
_____
25.
8.
_____
17.
_____
26.
9.
_____
18.
a. h. q. y.
_____ _____ _____ _____
_____
two hours b. between/among c. half d. upper part e. lower part f. near g. five minutes small i. like j. town k. rice field l. left m. right n. inside o. outside p. front far r. behind s. time t. mountain u. mouth v. population w. thousand x. famous 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.
5. _____________________________________
2.
_____________________________________ 6.
_____________________________________ 3.
_____________________________________ 7.
_____________________________________ 4.
8. _____________________________________
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9.
15. _____________________________________
10.
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_____________________________________ 11.
_____________________________________ 17.
_____________________________________ 12.
_____________________________________ 18.
_____________________________________ 13.
_____________________________________ 19.
_____________________________________ 14.
_____________________________________ 20.
_____________________________________
that person
_____________________________________
C. Write the reading in hiragana in the blank boxes, using the number and the counters. GENERAL
(without (how many) *~
(no kanji)
is so some meti time mess wr writ itte tenn
PEOPLE
LONG, THIN ITEMS
MINUTES
HOURS
[
[
[
[
MONTHS
) ]
]
, wh whic ichh is st stil illl re read ad as
]
]
[
*]
.
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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.
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_____________________ _____________________
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_____________________ 8.
_______
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9.
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10.
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11.
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12.
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13.
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14.
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15.
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16. 17.
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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. Wri rite te fr from om to topp to bo bott ttom om.. three Related Principle: when a kanji consists of an upper and a lower part, the upper part is written first. now minute 2. Wri rite te fr from om le left ft to ri righ ght. t. 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 vertical and and a horizontal horizontal line line cross, the the horizontal horizontal line line is written written before before the vertical vertical line. line. ten seven large Exceptions: (1) and related kanji rice paddy town man (2) and related kanji king 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
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6. When two two diagonal diagonal lines lines cross, cross, the line line from from upper right to to lower left left is writte writtenn first. first. sentence person 7. Li Line ness th that at cr cros osss an an ent entir iree kanji or part of it from top to bottom are written last. middle to write 8. Li Line ness th that at cr cros osss an an ent entir iree 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 your host brother brother notice notice a note written written by your your host mother mother.. It is lying next next to some 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 schoo schools ls in your host famil family’s y’s neigh neighborho borhood. od. One of them is a a . Children of what age go to which school?
and the other is
_______________________________________________________ __________________________ __________________________________________________________ _______________________________ __ 3. It’s June now now.. The depar department tment store flyer you are looki looking ng 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 you think means? [Hint: means “for both”.]
. What do
_______________________________________________________ __________________________ __________________________________________________________ _______________________________ __ 5. Your Japanese Japanese teacher teacher gave you you this semester’s semester’s schedule schedule on the first first day. day. You You noticed you 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 Japan sponsored Japanese ese unive university rsity.. It says . What does mean? Is 4:00 a.m. or
4:00 p.m.? ______________________________________________________ _________________________ __________________________________________________________ ________________________________ ___
Writing Activities Vocabulary and Grammar 2A: Commuting Commut ing 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. ______________________________________________________ _________________________ __________________________________________________________ ________________________________ ___ ______________________________________________________ _________________________ __________________________________________________________ ________________________________ ___ ______________________________________________________ _________________________ __________________________________________________________ ________________________________ ___ Chapter Two
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6. No Now w tel telll abo about ut yo your ur ow ownn hom home: e: _______________________________________________________ __________________________ __________________________________________________________ _______________________________ __ _______________________________________________________ __________________________ __________________________________________________________ _______________________________ __ _______________________________________________________ __________________________ __________________________________________________________ _______________________________ __ B. Fill in the blanks to create a meaningful sentence or phrase. Write in X if no additional word is needed.
1.
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2.
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3.
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4.
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5.
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6.
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7.
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8.
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9.
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10.
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11.
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12.
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13.
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14.
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15.
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16.
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17.
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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 car or bicycl bicyclee (If you you don’t don’t have have one, write about the one one you would would like like to have. have.)) _____ __________ _______ ______________________________________________________ _________________________ __________________________________________________________ ________________________________ ___ 4. one of of your your family family members members _____ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _______ ______________________________________________________ _________________________ __________________________________________________________ ________________________________ ___ 5. your girlfrien girlfriend/boy d/boyfrien friendd (actual or ideal) ideal) _____ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _____ ______________________________________________________ _________________________ __________________________________________________________ ________________________________ ___
Vocabulary and Grammar 2B: Neighborhood N eighborhood 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:
1.
(but) _______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________ _________________________ __________________________________________________________ ________________________________ ___ 2.
_______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ _________________________ __________________________________________________________ ________________________________ ___
3.
_________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ _________________________ __________________________________________________________ ________________________________ ___
4.
_______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ _________________________ __________________________________________________________ ________________________________ ___
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B. Complete each sentence with either
or
.
1.
____________________________
2.
____________________________
3.
____________________________
4.
____________________________
5.
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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 :
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YOU:
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2. (
)
JAPANESE STUDENT :
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YOU:
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3. (
)
JAPANESE STUDENT :
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YOU:
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4. (
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JAPANESE STUDENT :
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YOU:
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Vocabulary and Grammar 2C: Buildings Build ings and Places Around Town; 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:
____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________
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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.
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1.
_____________________________________
2.
_____________________________________
3.
_____________________________________
4.
_____________________________________
5.
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6.
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7.
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8.
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9.
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10.
_____________________________________
11.
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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. 4.
( picture picture) (mouse)
5. 6.
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E. Complete the following dialogues according to the guidelines given in parentheses.
1. (A is lo look okin ingg for for th thee pos postt off offic ice, e, wh whic ichh isis a sm smal all,l, wh whit itee [
] bui build ldin ingg ac acro ross ss fr from om a ban bank. k.))
A:
____________________________________________________a
B:
____ __ ____ ______ ____ ______ ____ ____ ____ ______ ____ ______ ____ ______ ____ ______ ____ ______ ____ ____ ____ ______ ____ ______ ____ __b
A: B:
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A: B:
2. (A is lo look okin ingg for for a cer certa tain in co coff ffee ee sh shop op,, whi which ch is a pre prett ttyy, blu bluee [
] bui build ldin ingg nea nearr the the un univ iver ersi sity ty.) .)
A:
____________________________________________________a
B:
____ __ ____ ______ ____ ______ ____ ____ ____ ______ ____ ______ ____ ______ ____ ______ ____ ______ ____ ____ ____ ______ ____ ______ ____ __b
A: B:
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A: B:
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3. (A is lo look okin ingg for for th thee pol polic icee box box,, whi which ch is a sma small ll,, bla black ck [
] bui build ldin ingg in in fro front nt of th thee sta stati tion on.) .)
A:
___________________________________________________________________a
B:
____ __ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ __b
A: B: A:
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B:
F. Complete the following dialogues according to the guidelines given in parentheses
1. (A is looking looking for a good coffee coffee shop. shop. There There is one called called Kasaburan Kasaburanka ka near the the university university.) .) A: B: A:
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B:
__________________________________b
A: B:
2. (A is looking looking for for a large large department department store. store. There There is one one called called Daitoku Daitoku across across from from the subway subway station.) A:
__________________________________a
B: A: B:
______ ___ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ _____ __b
A:
______ ___ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ _____ __d
B:
___________________________________c
___________________________________e
3. (A is looking looking for for a cheap cheap parking parking lot. There There is one one south south of the hospit hospital, al, but B doesn doesn’t ’t know its its name.) A:
___________________________________a
B: A: B: A:
______ ___ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ _____ __b ___________________________________c ______ ___ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ _____ __d
B:
4. (A is looking looking for for the new new hotel. hotel. It’s east east of the restau restaurant, rant, and and it’s called the Hotel Hotel Miyako.) Miyako.) A:
___________________________________a
B: A: B: A:
______ ___ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ _____ __b ___________________________________c ______ ___ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ _____ __d
B:
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5. (A is looking looking for for a quiet quiet park. There There is one one called called Chuuoo Chuuoo Kooen Kooen behind behind the library library.) .) A:
___________________________________a
B: A:
______ ___ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ _____ __b
B:
______ ___ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ _____ __c
A:
______ ___ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ _____ __e
___________________________________d
___________________________________f
B:
G. Write dialogues in which you ask a Japanese person for directions. Follow the guidelines given in
parentheses. 1. (Y (You’d ou’d like like to know know where where the JR statio stationn is. It is is next to a large superm supermarket arket.) .) YOU:
__________ _____ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _____
JAPANESE:
__________ _____ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _____
2. (Y (You ou want want to know what what kind kind of building building the the post office office is. is. It’s a large large building building.) .) YOU:
__________ _____ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _____
JAPANESE:
__________ _____ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _____
3. (Y (You ou want want to know know what what that big, white white buildi building ng is. It’s a hotel hotel.) .) YOU:
__________ _____ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _____
JAPANESE:
__________ _____ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _____
4. (Y (You’d ou’d like like to find find out where where the big park park is. It’s It’s in front front of the univers university ity.) .) YOU:
__________ _____ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _____
JAPANESE:
__________ _____ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _____
5. (Y (You’d ou’d like like to know know what is is above above the station station buildin building. g. There’s There’s a departm department ent store.) store.) YOU:
__________ _____ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _____
JAPANESE:
__________ _____ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _____
6. (Y (You’d ou’d like like to know if there there is a convenien convenientt parking parking lot nearby nearby. It’s behind behind the movie movie theater theater.) .)
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YOU:
__________ _____ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _____
JAPANESE:
__________ _____ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _____
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7. (You (You want to find find out if there there is a big hospital hospital around around here. here. You You also want to to know its name. name. It’s between the park and the university, and it’s called Meeji Byooin.) YOU:
__________ _____ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _____
JAPANESE:
__________ _____ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _____
YOU:
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JAPANESE:
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H. Answer the following questions based on your actual situation.
(family)
1.
______________________________________________________ _________________________ __________________________________________________________ ________________________________ ___ 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.
____________________________
____________________________
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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. (Ther (Theree are three men and two two women women on the the basketb basketball all team. team.)) A: B: A: B:
______________
______________
2. (Ther (Theree are three three Japanese Japanese and and one Chinese Chinese mah-j mah-jongg ongg players players.. All of them them are studen students.) ts.) A: B:
______________ ____ __ ______ ____ ____ ____ ____
A: B:
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Name ________________________________________ Date _________________________ Class _____________________
3. (Ther (Theree are are five five teacher teacherss and and 35 stude students nts in in the the orchest orchestra.) ra.) A: B:
______________ ______ __ ____ ______ ____ _____
A: B:
______________
______________
L. Make up a statement based on the information given. EXAMPLE:
book bo oks/ s/in in my ro room om/5 /500
1. st stud uden ents ts / in in the the li libr brar aryy / 2 ______________________________________________________ _________________________ __________________________________________________________ ________________________________ ___ 2. ins instru tructo ctorr / in in front front of the the clas classro sroom om / 1 ______________________________________________________ _________________________ __________________________________________________________ ________________________________ ___ 3. ba bank nkss / in th this is to town wn / 4 ______________________________________________________ _________________________ __________________________________________________________ ________________________________ ___ 4. ca cafe fete teri rias as / at the the uni unive vers rsit ityy / 5 ______________________________________________________ _________________________ __________________________________________________________ ________________________________ ___ 5. ho hosp spit ital al / nex nextt to the the pos postt offi office ce / 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.
____________________________________________________
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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.
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6.
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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 many people people like ice ice cream? cream? How many many people people disli dislike ke it?
5 1. How many people like the current President ( the President?
) of the U.S.A.? How many dislike
_________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ 2. How many many people people like your your favorite favorite musical musical group? group? How How many people people dislike dislike them? ______________________________________________________ _________________________ __________________________________________________________ ________________________________ ___ ______________________________________________________ _________________________ __________________________________________________________ ________________________________ ___ 3. How many many peop people le like like brocc broccoli oli?? How man manyy dislik dislikee it? ______________________________________________________ _________________________ __________________________________________________________ ________________________________ ___ ______________________________________________________ _________________________ __________________________________________________________ ________________________________ ___ 4. How many many people people like like New York York as a place place to live? live? How How many dislik dislikee 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.
__________ _____ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _______ ______________________________________________________ _________________________ __________________________________________________________ ________________________________ ___
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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. necessary. EXAMPLE :
1.
_______
2.
_______
3. 4. 5. 6.
_______
7.
_______
8.
_______
9.
_______
10.
_______
11.
_______ _______ _______
_______
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. 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
EXAMPLE :
YOU: KAWAMURA : YOU:
1.
2.
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YOU:
__________ _____ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ ________ ___
KAWAMURA :
__________ _____ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ ________ ___
YOU:
__________ _____ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ ________ ___
YOU:
__________ _____ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ ________ ___
KAWAMURA :
__________ _____ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ ________ ___
YOU:
__________ _____ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ ________ ___
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3.
4.
5.
YOU:
__________ _____ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ ________ ___
KAWAMURA :
__________ _____ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ ________ ___
YOU:
__________ _____ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ ________ ___
YOU:
__________ _____ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ ________ ___
KAWAMURA :
__________ _____ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ ________ ___
YOU:
__________ _____ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ ________ ___
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. ( produce great art.
means “Please place/put it.”) Again, you don’t have to
EXAMPLE:
1. 2.
(lamp)
3. 4.
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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 X).
Y
(The X is in location Y) and Y
X
(In location Y there is an
1.
__________ _____ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _______
2.
__________ _____ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _______
3.
__________ _____ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _______
4.
__________ _____ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _______
5.
__________ _____ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _______
6.
__________ _____ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _______
E. Write as much as you can about each of the items below, following the example. EXAMPLE :
your yo ur fa favo vori rite te dr drin inkk
1. your favorite favorite food _____ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _____ _______________________________________________________ __________________________ __________________________________________________________ _______________________________ __ 2. yo your ur fav favor orit itee city city in the the U. U.S. S. _______________________________________________________ __________________________ __________________________________________________________ _______________________________ __ 3. your least least favorite favorite subjec subjectt at college college _____ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _____ _______________________________________________________ __________________________ __________________________________________________________ _______________________________ __ 4. your least least favorite favorite instruct instructor or _____ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _______ _______________________________________________________ __________________________ __________________________________________________________ _______________________________ __ 5. your favorit favoritee car _____ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _______ _______________________________________________________ __________________________ __________________________________________________________ _______________________________ __
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