Lesson test: Reasons and contrast

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Reasons and contrast

1.[3p]
Complete: 学生がくせい＿ので、お金かねがありません. Write the missing kana.

CorrectNot quite: な

2.[3p]
Which connective cannot be followed by a request or a command?

のに

Correct

から

The answer is: のに

ので

The answer is: のに

ても

The answer is: のに

3.[3p]
Why is のに barred from taking a request in its main clause?

It reports an outcome that already turned out contrary to expectation, so nothing is left open

Correct

It is too informal to appear with polite verbs

The answer is: It reports an outcome that already turned out contrary to expectation, so nothing is left open

It can only attach to past forms

The answer is: It reports an outcome that already turned out contrary to expectation, so nothing is left open

It already contains the particle に, which blocks another one

The answer is: It reports an outcome that already turned out contrary to expectation, so nothing is left open

4.[3p]
すみませんが、今いま時間じかんがありますか. What is が doing here?

Prefacing the request, with no contrast at all

Correct

Contrasting the apology with the question

The answer is: Prefacing the request, with no contrast at all

Marking 時間じかん as the subject

The answer is: Prefacing the request, with no contrast at all

Making the sentence more formal than けど would

The answer is: Prefacing the request, with no contrast at all

5.[2p]
Which fits: 毎日まいにち練習れんしゅうした＿、試合しあいに負まけた?

のに

Correct

ても

The answer is: のに

ので

The answer is: のに

し

The answer is: のに

6.[2p]
What does a single trailing し add, as in 今日きょうはちょっと。忙いそがしいし。?

That there are further reasons the speaker is not giving

Correct

That the reason is the only one there is

The answer is: That there are further reasons the speaker is not giving

That the speaker is annoyed

The answer is: That there are further reasons the speaker is not giving

That the reason is hypothetical

The answer is: That there are further reasons the speaker is not giving

7.[2p]
Which is the natural way to answer どうして行いかないんですか in full?

お金かねがないからです

Correct

お金かねがないのでです

The answer is: お[金]{かね}がないからです

お金かねがないですから

The answer is: お[金]{かね}がないからです

お金かねがないのにです

The answer is: お[金]{かね}がないからです

8.[4p]
Match each connective to what it signals.

から
ので
のに
ても

a reason presented as a circumstance, so it sounds softer
a condition that would not change the outcome
an outcome contrary to expectation, with dissatisfaction
a reason put forward as the speaker's own claim

Show the answer

から: a reason put forward as the speaker's own claim ので: a reason presented as a circumstance, so it sounds softer のに: an outcome contrary to expectation, with dissatisfaction ても: a condition that would not change the outcome

9.[2p]
ので never attaches to the polite form, so ですので and ますので are mistakes.

True

The answer is: False

False

Correct

1.[3p] Complete: 学生がくせい＿ので、お金かねがありません. Write the missing kana.

2.[3p] Which connective cannot be followed by a request or a command?

3.[3p] Why is のに barred from taking a request in its main clause?

4.[3p] すみませんが、今いま時間じかんがありますか. What is が doing here?

5.[2p] Which fits: 毎日まいにち練習れんしゅうした＿、試合しあいに負まけた?

6.[2p] What does a single trailing し add, as in 今日きょうはちょっと。忙いそがしいし。?

7.[2p] Which is the natural way to answer どうして行いかないんですか in full?

8.[4p] Match each connective to what it signals.

9.[2p] ので never attaches to the polite form, so ですので and ますので are mistakes.

1.[3p]
Complete: 学生がくせい＿ので、お金かねがありません. Write the missing kana.

2.[3p]
Which connective cannot be followed by a request or a command?

3.[3p]
Why is のに barred from taking a request in its main clause?

4.[3p]
すみませんが、今いま時間じかんがありますか. What is が doing here?

5.[2p]
Which fits: 毎日まいにち練習れんしゅうした＿、試合しあいに負まけた?

6.[2p]
What does a single trailing し add, as in 今日きょうはちょっと。忙いそがしいし。?

7.[2p]
Which is the natural way to answer どうして行いかないんですか in full?

8.[4p]
Match each connective to what it signals.

9.[2p]
ので never attaches to the polite form, so ですので and ますので are mistakes.