Activities: What are the verb groups in Japanese?

Exercise 1: Ru or U or Irregular?

Sort the verbs into the appropriate categories.

帰る (kaeru, “to return”)

食べる (taberu, “to eat”)

行く (iku, “to go”)

する (suru, “to do”)

書く(kaku, “to write”)

買う (kau, “to buy”)

話す (hanasu, “to speak”)

寝る (neru, “to sleep”)

見る (miru, “to see”)

U

Ru

Irregular

Identify which group the verb belongs to and provide the negative form.

Plain/casual to masu:

Plain/casual affirmative to plain/casual negative:

Match each stem (the unchanged part) with the right suffix! (There is only one possible suffix for each.)