Lesson test: Clauses inside sentences

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Clauses inside sentences

1.[2p]
Which is "the letter Tanaka wrote"?

田中たなかさんが書かいた手紙てがみ

Correct

田中たなかさんは書かいた手紙てがみ

The answer is: [田中]{たなか}さんが[書]{か}いた[手紙]{てがみ}

手紙てがみが田中たなかさんを書かいた

The answer is: [田中]{たなか}さんが[書]{か}いた[手紙]{てがみ}

田中たなかさんが書かきました手紙てがみ

The answer is: [田中]{たなか}さんが[書]{か}いた[手紙]{てがみ}

2.[3p]
Why does は become が inside a noun-modifying clause?

は marks the topic of a sentence, and a modifying clause is not a sentence and has no topic

Correct

が is more polite than は inside a clause

The answer is: は marks the topic of a sentence, and a modifying clause is not a sentence and has no topic

は cannot appear before a verb in the plain form

The answer is: は marks the topic of a sentence, and a modifying clause is not a sentence and has no topic

The clause has no subject, so a different particle is needed

The answer is: は marks the topic of a sentence, and a modifying clause is not a sentence and has no topic

3.[3p]
In 電車でんしゃが遅おくれた理由りゆう, what role does 理由りゆう play inside the clause?

None, since the clause is complete without it and no particle has been deleted

Correct

It is the subject, and が has been deleted

The answer is: None, since the clause is complete without it and no particle has been deleted

It is the object, and を has been deleted

The answer is: None, since the clause is complete without it and no particle has been deleted

It is a place, and で has been deleted

The answer is: None, since the clause is complete without it and no particle has been deleted

4.[2p]
Complete: 子こどもが道みちを渡わたる＿＿を見みた. Write the missing nominaliser in kana.

CorrectNot quite: の

5.[2p]
Which is right for "my hobby is reading books"?

趣味しゅみは本ほんを読よむことです

Correct

趣味しゅみは本ほんを読よむのです

The answer is: [趣味]{しゅみ}は[本]{ほん}を[読]{よ}むことです

趣味しゅみは本ほんを読よみますです

The answer is: [趣味]{しゅみ}は[本]{ほん}を[読]{よ}むことです

趣味しゅみは本ほんが読よむことです

The answer is: [趣味]{しゅみ}は[本]{ほん}を[読]{よ}むことです

6.[3p]
Complete the explanation "I'm a student, that's why": 学生がくせい＿んです. Write the missing kana.

CorrectNot quite: な

7.[3p]
Your friend is holding a suitcase. Which question fits the situation?

どこかへ行いくんですか

Correct

どこかへ行いきますか

The answer is: どこかへ[行]{い}くんですか

どこかへ行いくことですか

The answer is: どこかへ[行]{い}くんですか

どこかへ行いくのは何なんですか

The answer is: どこかへ[行]{い}くんですか

8.[4p]
Match each Japanese noun phrase to its English.

本ほんを買かった人ひと
本ほんを買かった店みせ
私わたしが買かった本ほん
本ほんを買かった日ひ

the book I bought
the person who bought the book
the shop where I bought the book
the day I bought the book

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本ほんを買かった人ひと: the person who bought the book 本ほんを買かった店みせ: the shop where I bought the book 私わたしが買かった本ほん: the book I bought 本ほんを買かった日ひ: the day I bought the book

9.[1p]
In a short modifying clause, が may be replaced by の without changing the meaning.

True

Correct

False

The answer is: True

1.[2p] Which is "the letter Tanaka wrote"?

2.[3p] Why does は become が inside a noun-modifying clause?

3.[3p] In 電車でんしゃが遅おくれた理由りゆう, what role does 理由りゆう play inside the clause?

4.[2p] Complete: 子こどもが道みちを渡わたる＿＿を見みた. Write the missing nominaliser in kana.

5.[2p] Which is right for "my hobby is reading books"?

6.[3p] Complete the explanation "I'm a student, that's why": 学生がくせい＿んです. Write the missing kana.

7.[3p] Your friend is holding a suitcase. Which question fits the situation?

8.[4p] Match each Japanese noun phrase to its English.

9.[1p] In a short modifying clause, が may be replaced by の without changing the meaning.

1.[2p]
Which is "the letter Tanaka wrote"?

2.[3p]
Why does は become が inside a noun-modifying clause?

3.[3p]
In 電車でんしゃが遅おくれた理由りゆう, what role does 理由りゆう play inside the clause?

4.[2p]
Complete: 子こどもが道みちを渡わたる＿＿を見みた. Write the missing nominaliser in kana.

5.[2p]
Which is right for "my hobby is reading books"?

6.[3p]
Complete the explanation "I'm a student, that's why": 学生がくせい＿んです. Write the missing kana.

7.[3p]
Your friend is holding a suitcase. Which question fits the situation?

8.[4p]
Match each Japanese noun phrase to its English.

9.[1p]
In a short modifying clause, が may be replaced by の without changing the meaning.