い ADJECTIVES - “is” and “is not”

Instructions:

1. Underline the hiragana character to be dropped in the left column, highlight the
hiragana characters added to adjective on the right hand column.
2. Complete the following table.

Positive adjective Negative adjective

おいしい delicious おいしくない not delicious
おお
大きい

ちい
小さい

きたない

かわいい

こわい

うるさい

すごい

おかしい

Now that you know the pattern, you can even convert unknown adjectives to their
negative! Try these ones below, use a dictionary to find out the meaning.

きいろい

しろい

くろい

あかい

あおい

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A. Your friend is talking to you about other people’s pets. However, you are feeling
rather negative today so you decide to disagree with everything your friend says.
Write what you would say in the space provided.

　　Example: せんせいの　すしは　おいしいです。

 せんせいの　すしは　おいしくないです。

ゆきさんの　うまは　うるさいです。

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へびは　すごいです。

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なかたさんの　あひるは　おかしいです。

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やまもとの　とりは　大きいです。

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B. Provide the Japanese for the following English sentences. Make sure you read the
adjectives properly to decide whether to translate it as “is…” or “is not …”.

Example: The cake isn’t big. It is small.  KEEKI は　大きくないです。ちいさいです。

The goldfish isn’t small. It is big.

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The dog isn’t dirty. It is noisy.

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The teacher’s turtle is not scary. It is cute.

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Riku’s snake is cute. It’s not scary.

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Ninjas are black. They are not white.

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