1.1.6 My Summer Away

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) To Swim

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(b) Travel

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(c) Picture

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(d) Beach / Sea

• Oyogu / Oyogimasu

• 写真

• 旅行

• 泳ぐ

• 海

• Shashin

• Umi

• Ryokou

Answer explanation

To swim : oyogu 泳ぐ

Travel : ryokou 旅行

Picture : shashin 写真

Beach / sea : umi 海

*bolded character is the Japanese character called KANJI

Natsuyasumi ni dokoka ni ikimashita ka? (夏休みにどこかに行きましたか？)

choose the right answer for this questions

• Kazoku to natsuyasumi ni dokoka ni ikitai desu. (家族と夏休みにどこかに行きたいです。)

• Ryokou ni itte, takusan shashin o torimashita. (旅行に行って、たくさん写真をとりました。）

• Takusan hito ga imashita. (たくさん人がいました。)

• Natsu ni umi no keshiki o miru no ga suki desu. (夏に海のけしきを見るのが好きです。)

Answer explanation

Natsu yasumi ni dokoka ni ikimashita ka? (夏休みにどこかに行きましたか？)

This question means: Did you go anywhere during your summer vacation?

Natsu yasumi : summer vacation

Doko ka : anywhere (from word doko: where)

Ikimashita : went to (ikimashita is the past tense form of ikimasu : to go)

So, the correct answer for this questions is: Ryokou ni itte, takusan shashin o torimashita. (I went on a trip/travel and took a lot of pictures)

*itte : the te-form of "ikimasu". In this sentence, we use the te-form of the verb to say "and" or to list multiple activities you do/did in one sentence.

Match the picture with the correct Japanese words/sentences

• Furorida (フロリダ)

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• Shashin o torimashita. (写真をとりました。)

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• Kirei (きれい)

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• keshiki (けしき)

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• Nyujaji (ニュージャージー)

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Add the labels to the right picture

a

b

c

kumori (くもり)

ame (雨)

hare (はれ)

Japanese verb:
1. To go: ​ (a)   2. To take: ​ (b)   ​ 3. To swim: ​ (c)   4. To do: ​ (d)   ​ 5. Japanese past tense: ​ (e)  

• ikimasu (行きます)
• torimasu (撮ります)
• oyogimasu (泳ぎます)
• shimasu (します)
• OOMashita (OOました)

Reorder the following words to create a perfect sentence in Japanese

• nani (何)

• ni (に)

• Natsuyasumi (夏休み)

• wo (を)

• shimashita ka (しましたか)

Answer explanation

Natsu yasumi ni nani wo shimashita ka

Remember this grammar pattern rules:

Noun + particle + noun + particle + verb + particle (optional depends on the function of the particle)

nani is the interrogrative pronouns of "What".

you will always add a particle in the middle of noun and noun or noun and verb. However, you do not need to add particle in the middle adverb and noun or adverb and verb.

Example:

今日学校に行きます

kyou gakkou ni ikimasu

"I go to school today"

kyou is an adverb and gakkou is a noun, so you don't have to add a particle in the middle of "kyou" and "gakkou".

時々食べます

tokidoki tabemasu

"Sometimes I eat it"

tokidoki is an adverb of frequency and tabemasu is a verb, so you don't have to add a particle in the middle of "tokidoki" and "tabemasu".

Also time expressions that don't include a number may optionally take particle "ni" for emphasis.

Example:

今月東京に行きます

kongetsu tokyou ni ikimasu

I (will) go to tokyo this month

二月に東京に行きます

ni gatsu ni tokyou ni ikimasu

I (will) go to tokyo in February

Match the following pictures and Japanese vocabularies

• mizuumi (湖)

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• tomodachi (友達)

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• umi (海)

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• yuenchi (遊園地)

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• haikingu (ハイキング)

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Match the following pictures with the vocabularies

• sukii wo shimasu (スキーをします)

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• kyoudai (兄弟)

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• umi de oyogimasu (海で泳ぎます)

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• kazoku (家族)

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• tsuri wo shimasu (釣りをします)

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Add the right sentence based on the sesason.

a

b

c

d

Natsu wa atsui desu. (夏はあついです。)

Aki no kisetsu desu. (秋の季節です。)

Fuyu ni yuki ga furimasu. (冬に雪がふります。)

Haru wa atatakai desu. (春はあたたかいです。)

Answer explanation

Spring: Haru はる

Summer: Natsu なつ

Autumn/Fall: Aki あき

Winter: Fuyu ふゆ

Yukiko : Mei-chan, Natsuyasumi ni ​ (a)   ni ikimashita ka?

Mei : ​ (b)   ikimasen deshita. Yukiko-chan wa?

Yukiko : Watashi wa ​ tsuri wo ​ (c)  

• doko ka
• doko ni mo
• shimashita
• torimashita

• ikimashita
• nani mo
• nani ka