Lesson test: The passive

4.[2p]
Which particle normally marks the actor in a passive sentence?

に

Correct

を

The answer is: に

が

The answer is: に

で

The answer is: に

5.[3p]
雨あめに降ふられました is impossible to translate literally into English because

降ふる is intransitive, and English cannot make a passive out of a verb with no object

Correct

Japanese has no word for rain as a subject

The answer is: [降]{ふ}る is intransitive, and English cannot make a passive out of a verb with no object

the passive of weather verbs is irregular

The answer is: [降]{ふ}る is intransitive, and English cannot make a passive out of a verb with no object

に cannot mark rain

The answer is: [降]{ふ}る is intransitive, and English cannot make a passive out of a verb with no object

6.[3p]
Which is right for "somebody trod on my foot"?

足あしを踏ふまれました

Correct

足あしが踏ふまれました

The answer is: [足]{あし}を[踏]{ふ}まれました

私わたしの足あしが踏ふまれました

The answer is: [足]{あし}を[踏]{ふ}まれました

足あしに踏ふまれました

The answer is: [足]{あし}を[踏]{ふ}まれました

7.[3p]
What does 友ともだちに来こられて、勉強べんきょうできませんでした convey that 友ともだちが来きました does not?

That the visit was an imposition on the speaker

Correct

That the friend was invited

The answer is: That the visit was an imposition on the speaker

That the friend arrived late

The answer is: That the visit was an imposition on the speaker

That the speaker was not at home

The answer is: That the visit was an imposition on the speaker

8.[3p]
Why does the passive with an inanimate subject sound like translated prose in conversation?

It grew mainly in the Meiji period under the pressure of translating European texts, where an intransitive verb was the older habit

Correct

It is grammatically incorrect in modern Japanese

The answer is: It grew mainly in the Meiji period under the pressure of translating European texts, where an intransitive verb was the older habit

It requires によって, which is a loan phrase

The answer is: It grew mainly in the Meiji period under the pressure of translating European texts, where an intransitive verb was the older habit

It cannot be used in the past tense

The answer is: It grew mainly in the Meiji period under the pressure of translating European texts, where an intransitive verb was the older habit

9.[2p]
For a group 1 verb, the potential and the passive are different forms, so 聞きける and 聞きかれる are never confused.

True

Correct

False

The answer is: True

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The passive

1.[2p]
Write the passive of 読よむ. Answer in kana.

2.[3p]
Write the passive of 使つかう. Answer in kana.

3.[2p]
Write the passive of する. Answer in kana.

4.[2p]
Which particle normally marks the actor in a passive sentence?

5.[3p]
雨あめに降ふられました is impossible to translate literally into English because

6.[3p]
Which is right for "somebody trod on my foot"?

7.[3p]
What does 友ともだちに来こられて、勉強べんきょうできませんでした convey that 友ともだちが来きました does not?

8.[3p]
Why does the passive with an inanimate subject sound like translated prose in conversation?

9.[2p]
For a group 1 verb, the potential and the passive are different forms, so 聞きける and 聞きかれる are never confused.

1.[2p] Write the passive of 読よむ. Answer in kana.

2.[3p] Write the passive of 使つかう. Answer in kana.

3.[2p] Write the passive of する. Answer in kana.

4.[2p] Which particle normally marks the actor in a passive sentence?

5.[3p] 雨あめに降ふられました is impossible to translate literally into English because

6.[3p] Which is right for "somebody trod on my foot"?

7.[3p] What does 友ともだちに来こられて、勉強べんきょうできませんでした convey that 友ともだちが来きました does not?

8.[3p] Why does the passive with an inanimate subject sound like translated prose in conversation?

9.[2p] For a group 1 verb, the potential and the passive are different forms, so 聞きける and 聞きかれる are never confused.

1.[2p]
Write the passive of 読よむ. Answer in kana.

2.[3p]
Write the passive of 使つかう. Answer in kana.

3.[2p]
Write the passive of する. Answer in kana.

4.[2p]
Which particle normally marks the actor in a passive sentence?

5.[3p]
雨あめに降ふられました is impossible to translate literally into English because

6.[3p]
Which is right for "somebody trod on my foot"?

7.[3p]
What does 友ともだちに来こられて、勉強べんきょうできませんでした convey that 友ともだちが来きました does not?

8.[3p]
Why does the passive with an inanimate subject sound like translated prose in conversation?

9.[2p]
For a group 1 verb, the potential and the passive are different forms, so 聞きける and 聞きかれる are never confused.