Sample Answer Key for
AS/JP1000 6.0 Interactive Exercise 09
Note: Other variations in spacing or in phrasing are possible. Only the “type in”
portion is provided in blue.
I. Answer the following questions.
1. Sumimasen ga, ima nan-ji desu ka?

gozen kuji nijuppun desu
I. Transform the following according to the instruction.
1. Chotto shigoto o tetsudaimasu. [Shall I .... for you?]

Chotto shigoto o tetsudaimashoo ka
2. Taitee nan-ji goro kaerimasu ka? [polite]

Taitee nan-ji goro okaeri ni narimasu ka
3. Konban wa toshokan ni ikimasu. Kanji o benkyoo-shimasu. [combine into one]

Konban wa toshokan ni itte, Kanji o benkyoo-shimasu
4. Asa wa nan-ji goro made ni daigaku ni kimasu ka? [answer]

Should be “ku-ji han made ni kimasu”
5. Nihongo no koogi wa nan-ji kara nan-ji made desu ka? [answer]

Should be “juu-ichi-ji han kara juu-ni-ji han made desu”
6. Kono rappu-toppu wa nedan mo yasui desu. Supiido mo hayai desu. [combine into one]

Kono rappu-toppu wa nedan mo yasukute, supiido mo hayai desu
7. Kodomo wa yoku nemurimasu. [be ~ing]Should be “Kodomo wa yoku nemutte imasu”
8. Kurasu wa mada 'yet' hajimarimasen. [has not ~ed]

Should be “Kurasu wa mada hajimatteimasen”
9. Sukoshi okane o kashimasu. [please .....]

Should be “Sukoshi okane o kashitekudasai”
10.Yoku konpyuutaa o tsukaimasu ka? [polite]

Yoku konpyuutaa o otsukai ni narimasu ka
II. What would you say when:
1. you volunteer to cook dinner because you are free this evening ?

Should be something like “konban wa jikan ga arimasu kara watashi ga bangohano tsukurimashoo ka”
2. someone offers to help you out?

onegaishimasu
3. you want to buy one, but you don't have money this month?

Should be something like “hitotsu kaitaindesu ga, kongetsu wa okanega arimasen”
4. you ask someone to have dinner and (go to) see a movie with you on the way home?

Should be “kaeri ni shokuji o shite, eiga o mimasen ka”
5. someone asks you how long you have been studying Japanese?

Should be something like “han-toshi shika benkyoo shite imasen”
6. you want to say that you are working from Monday to Friday every week?

Should be “maishuu getsuyoobi kara kinyoobi made hataraiteimasu”
III. Insert the most appropriate particles.
1. Mainichi gozenchuu ni arubaito o shite, juu-ichi-ji-han made ni kurasu _ni ikimasu.
2. Kyoo no gogo essee o kaite, yo-ji-han made ni dashite, yoru wa toshokan debenkyoo-shimasu.
3. Kyonen daigaku odete, ima Toronto no ookii ginkoo de hataraite imasu.
4. Shuumatsu made ni kono hookokusho odashi-tai n desu ga, hoka ni mo shigoto ga
arimasu kara dekimasnen.

IV. Give the Japanese equivalent.
1. My car is in a very good condition and does not break down at all.

Should be something like “watashi no kuruma wa totemo chooshi ga yoku tezenzen koshoo shimasen”
2. I will make up to you sometime.

itsuka umeawase o shimasu
3. In the Japanese course, there are both lectures and tutorial classes.

nihongo no koosu ni wa koogi mo enshuu mo arimasu
4. What time are you going home today?

Should be “kyoo wa nanji goro okaeri ni narimasu ka”
5. I work on Saturday and Sunday too.

Watashi wa do-nichi mo hatarakimasu
6. I am free today, so it's alright.

Should be “watashi wa kyoo hima desu kara daijoobu desu”
7. This digital camera 'dejikame' is cheap in price and new in design. [lit.]

Should be something like “Kono dejikame wa yasukute dezain mo atarashii desu”
8. I am doing three part-time jobs, so I am very busy.

Should be something like “arubaito ga mittsu arimasu kara totemo isogashii desu”“should be ”がたくさんあって、すみません！
Keys: Provided by the 2007 JP1000 Teaching Team
Exercises: © Norio Ota 2004
Last modified: November 2007