
Activities: State of being: How to form sentences with “is” or “to be” in Japanese?
Exercise 1: Translate English to Japanese
Choose the correct answer that corresponds with the English translation provided.
This is a book store.
Ms. Tanaka is not a freshman. (She) is a third-year.
When (I was) in college, (my) major was economics.
The meeting wasn’t from 1:00.
We were not bad students.
Exercise 2: Past tense
Change the underlined phrases into past tense. If it is in polite form, change it into polite form, past tense. If it is in plain/casual form, change it into plain/casual form, past tense.
クリスマスプレゼントは自転車です。
Kurisumasu purezento wa jitensha desu.
The Christmas present is a bicycle.クリスマスプレゼントは 。
Kurisumasu purezento wa jitensha ...
The Christmas present was a bicycle.山口さんはいい学生じゃないです。
Yamaguchi-san wa ii gakusei ja arimasen.
Mr/Ms. Yamaguchi is not a good student.山口さんはいい 。
Yamaguchi-san wa ii ...
Mr/Ms. Yamaguchi was not a good student.あの時計は3,000円だよ。
Ano tokei wa sanzen en da yo.
That clock is 3,000 yen.あの時計は 。
Ano tokei wa ...
That clock was 3,000 yen.晩ご飯はピザじゃない。
Bangohan wa piza ja nai.
The dinner is not pizza.晩ご飯は 。
Bangohan wa...
The dinner was not pizza.コンサートは日曜日?
Konsāto wa nichiyōbi?
Is the concert on Sunday?コンサートは?
Konsāto wa ... ?
Was the concert on Sunday?
