Yookoso Workbook Sample - Chapter 2

Name ________________________________________ Date _________________________ Class _____________________

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MY 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.

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2.

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3.

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4.

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5.

_____________________ _____________________ _____________________

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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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) 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. You will hear descriptions of the cities of Kyoto and Sapporo. Choose the words that describe each city from the list below. Useful Vocabulary:

sea

1.

Kyoto: ________________________________________________________________________________

2.

Sapporo: ______________________________________________________________________________ a. b. c. d.

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mountains,

big old new beautiful

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e. f. g. h.

a big population quiet lively old buildings

i. famous j. close to the sea 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.

_____

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 ______________.

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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:

_______

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Japanese-style eating place (“shokudoo”):

_______

______________________________________

Coffee shop:

_______

______________________________________

Family restaurant:

_______

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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: 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. Useful Vocabulary: 6 5 4 3 2 1 B1

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underground, basement,

delicious

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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: 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.

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 _____________________.

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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 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

G. Count the following items up to 10, counting on where the tape leaves off. 1. pieces of paper

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2. pencils

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3. oranges

4. books

5. shops

6. sushi shop

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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? _____ 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: _______

5.

like homework: _______

2.

don’t like Professor Yokoi: _______

6.

like kanji: _______

3.

don’t like the Japanese class: _______

7.

don’t like sushi: _______

4.

don’t like homework: _______

8.

like tempura and sukiyaki: _______

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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-かれる 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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小

ショウ、ちい-さい、こ-、お- little, 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 small)

7

好

(is not

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) 町田さん：まちださん (Mr./Ms. Machida)

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. Tanaka)

左

サ、ひだり

left

左：ひだり (left) 山田さんの左：やまださんのひだり Mr./Ms. Yamada)

11

右

(the left of

ウ、ユウ、みぎ

右：みぎ (right) 山田さんの右：やまださんのみぎ Mr./Ms. Yamada)

rice field, paddy

right

(the right of

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中

チュウ middle; China ／-チュウ、-ジュウ なか inside; midst 中ごく：ちゅうごく

中：なか (inside) 一日中：いちにちじゅう

13

外 前

(China)

(all day)

ガイ outside, external, foreign ／ゲ outside, external そと 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：そと (outside) レストランの外：れすとらんのそと the restaurant)

14

throughout, during, within

ゼン、まえ

(outside

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

後

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

後ろ：うしろ (behind) たてものの後ろ：たてもののうしろ building ご後：ごご (P.M.)

16

時

(behind the

ジ、とき、-どき、と (as in とけい) time, hour

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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口

コウ、ク、くち、-ぐち

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

千

セン、ゼン、ち

thousand

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)

20

万

マン ten thousand, myriad バン countless, myriad, all よろず ten thousand, all sorts of every...

一万：いちまん (ten thousand) 二千二百万：にせんにひゃくまん million)

21

方 この方：このかた あの方：あのかた

22

近

(twenty-two

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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24

有

ユウ、ウ、あ-る

有名：ゆうめい (famous) 有名な人：ゆうめいなひと

be, exist, have

(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.

_____

3.

_____

12.

_____

21.

_____

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. 5.

1. _____________________________________ 2.

_____________________________________ 6.

_____________________________________ 3.

_____________________________________ 7.

_____________________________________ 4.

8. _____________________________________

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Name ________________________________________ Date _________________________ Class _____________________

9.

15. _____________________________________

10.

_____________________________________ 16.

_____________________________________ 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 sometimes written

PEOPLE

LONG, THIN ITEMS

MINUTES

HOURS

[

[

[

[

MONTHS

) ]

]

, which is still read 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.

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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.

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.

_____________________

_____________________

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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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.

2.

3.

4.

5.

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 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 When a vertical and a horizontal line cross, the horizontal line is written before the vertical line. ten seven large Exceptions: and related kanji (1) rice paddy town man (2) and related kanji king life 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 When a kanji has an enclosure, it is written first. day country

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6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

When two diagonal lines cross, the line from upper right to lower left is written first. sentence person Lines that cross an entire kanji or part of it from top to bottom are written last. middle to write Lines that cross an entire kanji from left to right are written last. child woman Exception: generation In kanji including the radical shinnyuu, that radical is written last. street Exceptions: to get up to study 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 a . Children of what age go to which school?

and the other is

______________________________________________________________________________________ 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 means? [Hint: means “for both”.] you think

. What do

______________________________________________________________________________________ 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. ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ Chapter Two

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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:

1.

(but)

_______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________

2.

_______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________

3.

_________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________

4.

_______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________

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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.

2.

3.

4.

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(

)

JAPANESE STUDENT:

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YOU:

__________________________________________________________________

(

)

JAPANESE STUDENT:

__________________________________________________________________

YOU:

__________________________________________________________________

(

)

JAPANESE STUDENT:

__________________________________________________________________

YOU:

__________________________________________________________________

(

)

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:

____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________

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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.

_____________________________________

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. 4.

(picture) (mouse)

5. 6.

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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:

3.

________________________________________________________________________________d

(A is looking for the police box, which is a small, black [

] building in front of the station.)

A:

___________________________________________________________________a

B:

__________________________________________________________________________b

A: B: A:

__________________________________________________________________c ________________________________________________________________________________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:

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B:

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A: B:

2.

(A is looking for a large department store. There is one called Daitoku across from the subway station.) A:

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B: A: B:

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A:

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B:

3.

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___________________________________e

(A is looking for a cheap parking lot. There is one south of the hospital, but B doesn’t know its name.) A:

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B: A: B: A:

___________________________________b ___________________________________c ___________________________________d

B:

4.

(A is looking for the new hotel. It’s east of the restaurant, and it’s called the Hotel Miyako.) A:

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B: A: B: A:

___________________________________b ___________________________________c ___________________________________d

B:

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5.

(A is looking for a quiet park. There is one called Chuuoo Kooen behind the library.) A:

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B: A:

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B:

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A:

___________________________________e

___________________________________d

___________________________________f

B:

G. Write dialogues in which you ask a Japanese person for directions. Follow the guidelines given in parentheses. 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

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(You’d like to know where the JR station is. It is next to a large supermarket.) YOU:

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JAPANESE:

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(You want to know what kind of building the post office is. It’s a large building.) YOU:

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JAPANESE:

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(You want to know what that big, white building is. It’s a hotel.) YOU:

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JAPANESE:

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(You’d like to find out where the big park is. It’s in front of the university.) YOU:

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JAPANESE:

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(You’d like to know what is above the station building. There’s a department store.) YOU:

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JAPANESE:

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(You’d like to know if there is a convenient parking lot nearby. It’s behind the movie theater.) YOU:

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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:

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JAPANESE:

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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.

(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:

1.

books/in my room/50

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.

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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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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 ( the President?

) of the U.S.A.? How many dislike

_________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ 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.

______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________

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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:

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:

6

YOU:

1.

2.

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KAWAMURA:

_________________________________________________________________________

YOU:

_________________________________________________________________________

YOU:

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KAWAMURA:

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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 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:

1.

your favorite drink

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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