Genki Lesson 9 Past Tense Short Forms (Gr.PT 1)

​REVIEW！from chapter 8

Drag and Drop

to buy in て form​

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to use in て form​

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to sing in て form (Please note: to sing also ends in う！）​

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Now, to smoke is すうin dictionary form. What is it in　て　form?​

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Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

かって

つかって

うたって

すって

すいて

つかて

かて

​If the verb ends in　　 Change the ending to Example
む んで やすんで
ぶ 　 んで　　　　　　　あそんで
ぬ んで しんで

​Godan verbs with endings other than　う

​REVIEW from Chapter 8

Match

Match the pairs.

• INCORRECT way to write to buy in て form

• CORRECT way to write "to say" (いいう is て form)

• CORRECT way to write to buy in て form

• INCORRECT way to write to say (いいう is dictionary form)

かて

いって

かって

いて

• かて

• いって

• かって

• いて

​The て form of る verbs is much less complicated. You simply remove the る from the dictionary form, and add て。There's never a small つ。

Match

These are all る verbs. Match the English with the correct て form.

• see

• sleep

• eat

• to leave

• wake up

みて

ねて

たべて

でて

おきて

• みて

• ねて

• たべて

• でて

• おきて

​New in Chapter 9

​ The short past tense (with is a less formal way to speak and therefore is very commonly heard), is easy to form when you know て form. You simply change て to た。

​Now on to adjectives and nouns. い adjectives are almost any adjective that ends in い。
(Careful! すき、きらい、and きれい are commonly mistaken for い adjectives, but they're exceptions to the general rule. They are な adjectives.)

Categorize

Options (15)

いじわる

きれい

しずか

げんき

しんせつ

たいせつ

ゆうめい

たかい

あたらしい

おもしろい

やさしい

さむい

暑い

速い

遅い

Organize these options into the right categories

な adjective

い adjective

​For い adjectives, you change the end to くない。

​たかい　becomes　たかくない

おもしろい　becomes　おもしろくない

​For な adjectives and nouns, you add じゃなかった to the word for the negative, past tense.

​しずか　becomes しずかじゃなかった

きれい　becomes きれいじゃなかった

げんき　becomes げんきじゃなかった