Sample Answer Key for
AS/JP1000 6.0 Interactive Exercise 10
Note: Other variations in spacing or in phrasing are possible. Only the “type in”
portion is provided in blue.

I. Give the TE-form of each verb.
1. wakaru [wakatte]

2. hanasu [hanashite]

3. miseru [misete]

4. matsu [matte]

5. yomu [yonde]

6. kau [katte]

7. noru [notte]

8. kiku [kiite]

9. taberu [tabete]

10. iku [itte]

11. kuru [kite]

12. oyogu [oyoide]

13. suru [shite]

14. nomu [nonde]

15. kaku [kaite]

16. au [atte]

17. kaeru [kaette]

18. aruku [aruite]

19. tobu [tonde]

20. shinu [shinde]

II. Answer the following questions.
1. Ima donna koosu o totte imasu ka?
Should be “nihongo to shinrigaku to gengogaku o totte imasu”
2. Shitsuree desu ga, nani-jin de irasshaimasu ka?
itaria-jin de gozaimasu
3. Nihongo no kurasu ni wa doko no gakusee ga ooi desu ka?
Ajia kara no gakusee ga ooi desu
4. Shoorai 'in the future' nani ni nari-tai desu ka?
gakkoo no sensee ni nari-tai desu
5. Donna Nihon-jin no namae o shitte imasu ka?
morita ya yoshida ya kubota desu
6. Kyoodai wa nan-nin arimasu ka?
otooto ga futari to imooto ga hitori arimasu
7. Ima doko-ka 'somewhere' ni tsutomete imasu ka?
yuubinkyoku ni tsutomete imasu

8. Kanada ni wa donna jinshu ga sunde imasu ka?
Should be “afurika-jin, ajia-jin, yooroppa-jin nado ga sunde imasu”
III. Give the Japanese equivalent.
1. Canadian [kanada-jin]2. French [furansu-jin]3. English [igirisu-jin] 4.
German [doitsu-jin]5. Korean [kankoku-jin]
6. Chinese [chuugoku-jin] 7. American [amerika-jin] 8. Vietnamese[betonamu-jin]9. Russian [roshia-jin]10. Filipino [firipin-jin]
11. two persons [futari]12. at last [tootoo] 13. pronunciation [hatsuon]14.
history [rekishi] 15. city office [shiyakusho]
16. economics [keezaigaku]17. four persons [yonin]18. by the way[tokorode]19. music [ongaku]20. various [iroirona]
IV. Insert the most appropriate particle.
1. Chichi wa mae (wa ) ryoojikan (ni ) tsutomete imashita (ga ), ima (wa )hoteru (de ) hataraite imasu.
2. Chuugoku-jin (no ) naka (ni ) wa donna namae (ga ) ooi n desu ka?
3. Kotoshi (wa ) seijigaku (to ) gengogaku (o ) totte imasu (ga ), rekishi wa )torimasen deshita.
4. Rekoodo (ya ) shii-dii (wa ) doko (de ) utte imasu ka?
5. Watashi (no ) kookoo (de ) wa gakusee (no ) hanbun (ga ) Itaria-jin
deshita.
V. Transform the following into the polite equivalent.
1. Kodomo ga imasu ka?
o-ko-san ga irasshaimasu ka
2. Doko ni tsutomete imasu ka?
dochira ni o-tsutome desu ka
3. Shitsuree desu ga, ikutsu desu ka?
shitsuree desu ga, o-ikutsu de irasshaimasu ka
4. Sono kuruma wa watashi no ja arimasen.

sono kuruma wa watashi no de wa gozaimasen
5. Ano hito ga tomodachi desu ka?
Ano kata ga o-tomodachi de irasshaimasu ka
VI. Translate into Japanese.
1. Mathematics was easy at the beginning, but gradually it is getting harder.
Should be “suugaku wa hajime wa yasashikatta n desu ga, dandan
muzukashiku natte imasu”
2. Are there many Japanese-Canadian students in the Japanese class?
Should be “nihongo no kurasu ni wa nikkee-kanada-jin no gakusee ga ooi
desu ka”
3. It is confusing, since there are three Suzukis in the consulate.
Ryoojikan ni wa Suzuki-san ga san-nin mo ite, komarimasu nee
4. As his French pronunciation is slightly different, he is probably a FrenchCanadian.
Should be “Furansu-go no hatsuon ga sukoshi chigaimasu kara tabun
furansu-kee kanada-jin deshoo”
5. The sales counter for cameras is on the sixth floor.
Should be “kamera no uriba wa rok-kai de gozaimasu”“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 2002
Last modified: December 2007