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The plain form

1.[3p]
Write the dictionary form of 借かります, a group 2 verb. Answer in kana.

CorrectNot quite: かりる

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

CorrectNot quite: つかわない

3.[2p]
Write the plain past of 急いそぐ. Answer in kana.

CorrectNot quite: いそいだ

4.[3p]
Write the plain negative past of 行いく. Answer in kana.

CorrectNot quite: いかなかった

5.[2p]
Why is 「買かいました本ほん」 wrong for "the book I bought"?

ます marks politeness towards the listener, and Japanese attaches it only to the last verb of a sentence

Correct

The past tense cannot modify a noun in Japanese

The answer is: ます marks politeness towards the listener, and Japanese attaches it only to the last verb of a sentence

本ほん must come before the verb that describes it

The answer is: ます marks politeness towards the listener, and Japanese attaches it only to the last verb of a sentence

A verb needs a particle before it can touch a noun

The answer is: ます marks politeness towards the listener, and Japanese attaches it only to the last verb of a sentence

6.[2p]
What is the plain negative of ある?

ない

Correct

あらない

The answer is: ない

あるない

The answer is: ない

ありない

The answer is: ない

7.[4p]
Match each group 1 dictionary ending to the て form row it takes.

いて
いで
して
って
んで

Show the answer

う: ってむ: んでく: いてぐ: いです: して

8.[1p]
Novels, newspapers and academic papers in Japanese normally end their sentences in the plain form.

True

Correct

False

The answer is: True

9.[3p]
Which of these are group 1 verbs, despite ending in る after an い or え sound?

Select all that apply

帰かえる

Correct

走はしる

Correct

食たべる

The answer is: [帰]{かえ}る, [走]{はし}る

借かりる

The answer is: [帰]{かえ}る, [走]{はし}る

1.[3p] Write the dictionary form of 借かります, a group 2 verb. Answer in kana.

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

3.[2p] Write the plain past of 急いそぐ. Answer in kana.

4.[3p] Write the plain negative past of 行いく. Answer in kana.

5.[2p] Why is 「買かいました本ほん」 wrong for "the book I bought"?

6.[2p] What is the plain negative of ある?

7.[4p] Match each group 1 dictionary ending to the て form row it takes.

8.[1p] Novels, newspapers and academic papers in Japanese normally end their sentences in the plain form.

9.[3p] Which of these are group 1 verbs, despite ending in る after an い or え sound?

1.[3p]
Write the dictionary form of 借かります, a group 2 verb. Answer in kana.

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

3.[2p]
Write the plain past of 急いそぐ. Answer in kana.

4.[3p]
Write the plain negative past of 行いく. Answer in kana.

5.[2p]
Why is 「買かいました本ほん」 wrong for "the book I bought"?

6.[2p]
What is the plain negative of ある?

7.[4p]
Match each group 1 dictionary ending to the て form row it takes.

8.[1p]
Novels, newspapers and academic papers in Japanese normally end their sentences in the plain form.

9.[3p]
Which of these are group 1 verbs, despite ending in る after an い or え sound?