Monday, December 04, 2006

Exercises for Lesson 2

This post contains some exercises to help you practice conjugating verbs into the the polite present tense.

The first group of exercises will let you practice conjugating Group 1 verbs, Group 2 verbs, and the irregular verbs into the polite present tense. The second group of exercises will have you conjugating verbs back from the polite present tense into the dictionary form. For all of the verbs in the exercises, I will list the verbs in this order: # of the question, Kanji, Kana, English, Verb Group. The answers for all of the exercises will be at the bottom of the post.

In this first set of verbs, you will conjugate the verbs into their ます-stem then into to their polite present tense. If a verb does not have a ます-stem, just conjugate it into it's polite present tense.

1. 買う かう To buy Group 1
2. -- する To do Irregular
3. 消す けす To delete Group 1
4. 始める はじめる To begin Group 2
5. 続く  つづく To continue Group 1
6. 捨てる すてる To discard Group 2
7. 呼ぶ よぶ To call Group 1
8. 来る くる To come Irregular
9. 立つ たつ To stand Group 1
10. 泳ぐ およぐ To swim Group 1
11. -- やめる To stop Group 2
12. 売る うる To sell Group 1
13. 死ぬ しぬ To die Group 1
14. -- だ To be Irregular
15. 盗む ぬすむ To steal Group 1

In this next set of verbs, I will list the verbs in the same way as above, but instead of listing the verbs in their dictionary forms I will list them in their polite present tense because you will be conjugating the verbs back into their dictionary forms.

1. 使います つかいます To use Group 1
2. 写します うつします To copy Group 1
3. 行きます いきます To go Group 1
4. します します To do Irregular
5. 開けます あけます To open Group 2
6. 来ます きます To come Irregular
7. 寝ます ねます To come Group 2
8. 光ります ひかります To shine Group 1
9. 待ちます まちます To wait Group 1
10. 選びます えらびます To choose Group 1
11. -- です To be Irregular

This is the end of the exercises. The answers to all of these exercise problems are below.

John

Answers for the first set of verbs (highlight to see):

1. 買い(かい)→買います(かいます)
2. し→します
3. 消し(けし)→消します(けします)
4. 始め(はじめ)→始めます(はじめます)
5. 続き(つづき)→続きます(つづきます)
6. 捨て(すて)→捨てます(すてます)
7. 呼び(よび)→呼びます(よびます)
8. 来(き)→来ます(きます)
9. 立ち(たち)→立ちます(たちます)
10. 泳ぎ(およぎ)→泳ぎます(およぎます)
11. やめ→やめます
12. 売り(うり)→売ります(うります)
13. 死に(しに)→死にます(しにます)
14. です
15. 盗み(ぬすみ)→盗みます(ぬすみます)

Answer to the second set of verbs (highlight to see):

1. 使う(つかう)
2. 写す(うつす)
3. 行く(いく)

4. する
5. 開ける(あける
6. 来る(くる)
7. 寝る(ねる)

8. 光る(ひかる)
9. 待つ(まつ)
10. 選ぶ(えらぶ)
11.

1 comment:

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