Language Session Topic 6-7

Student’s Exercise Sheet Language Session for Topic 6-7

Objectives of this session

❑ Can use the sentence pattern “ (Noun-Subject) wa (Place) ni imasu” to ask or
describe where is the location of a certain person.
❑ Can engage in simple conversation about some personal information such as number
of the family member(s), date of birth, age, occupation.

I．Kikimashou：Listen to the audio file and identify the meaning of the

expressions． Track 1 Script
Watashi no kazoku wa yonin desu．
Otousan to okaasan to otouto to watashi desu．
Otousan no shigoto wa keisatsukan desu．
Okaasan no shigoto wa su-pa-no ten’in desu．

Track 2 Script
Kim：Kore, kazoku no shashin．
N i： Hee. Kazoku wa nan’nin?

Kim：3nin. Otousan to okaasan to watashi．

N i： Sounanda. Kim kun no otousan, nansai?

Kim：40sai．
N i： Hee, boku no otousan to onaji! Kim kun no otusan no shigoto wa nani? Kim：

Boku no otousan no shigoto wa isha. Kyou, otousan wa byouin ni iru． Ni kun no

otousan no shigoto wa?
Ni： Boku no otousan no shigoto wa nouka. Otousan wa hatake ni iru． Kim：
Sounanda!

Track 3 Script
Tanaka：Lex kun no tanjoubi wa?
Lex： 8gatsu 31nichi．
Tanaka：Hee, mousugu dane．
Lex： Tanaka san no tanjoubi wa itsu?
Tanaka：12gastu 19nichi．
Lex： Hee, sounanda．
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II．Renshuu shimashou：Writing exercises

Renshuu 1：(Noun-Subject) wa (Noun-Age) desu
Write a sentence as shown in the example based on the information given in cue cards． Ex.

15 sai
John kun wa juugo sai .

30 sai 2 sai 8 sai Oniisan wa . Imooto wa . Otouto wa .

27 sai 38 sai Oneesan wa . Otousan wa .

Renshuu 2： (Noun) wa (Noun-date) desu. Ex.

Tanjoubi wa 2008 nen 10 gatsu 17 nichi desu．

2010 nen 1 gatsu 29 nichi 2019 nen 7 gatsu 11 nichi 2015nen . . .

4 gatsu 24 nichi

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Renshuu 3：(Noun) no kazoku wa (Noun-number of people) desu.

Kyoudai wa (Noun-number of people) desu．
Kazoku Kyoudai

Ex. Rey kun 7 5

Min san 10 8

Kou kun 5 3

Yamada san 4 2
 Ex. Rey kun no kazoku wa shichi nin desu. Kyoudai wa go nin desu．

Min san . Kou kun . Yamada san .

Renshuu 4：(Noun) no shigoto wa (Noun-occupation) desu．

(Noun) wa (Noun-place) ni imasu．
FAMILY MEMBER OCCUPATION PLACE OF
EXISTENCE

Ex. Oneesan kyoushi gakkou

Okaasan kangoshi byouin

Otousan keisatsukan police station

Oniisan kaishain Nihon

Ex. Oneesan no shigoto wa kyoushi desu.

Oneesan wa gakkou ni imasu．

Okaasan . . Otousan . .

Oniisan . .

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Renshuu 5：(Noun) no (Noun) Language Session Topic 6-7

Complete the sentences

below by filling in the blanks the appropriate term and particle as shown in
the illustration. If you do not know the Nihongo term, you may just use an English term．

This is Jessa
san’s pet．

(Kore wa) __________ __________ __________.

 Tom：Yonin. Otousan to Okaasan to Otouto to boku．

Fred：Otousan no tanjoubi wa itsu?

Tom：Shi gatu itsuka．

Fred：Okaasan no tanjoubi wa?

Tom：Ichi gatsu juugonichi．

Fred：Otousan no shigoto wa nani?

Tom：Sensei.

Fred：Sounanda. Okaasan wa?

Tom：Nurse.
Questions Your partner name：

How many members are there in the

family?

The birthday of her/his mother and father

The job of her/his mother and father

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IV. Reflection
Color the number of ☆s that describe your level of mastery based on our Can Do’s for this topic ．

★Wakaranakatta/Dekinakatta (I ★★Wakatta/Dekita (I got it/ I could ★★★Yoku wakatta/Yoku dekita (I

could not get it/ I could not do it) do it) got it very well/ I could do it well)

Can Do

Can use the sentence pattern “ (Noun-Subject) wa (Place) ni imasu” to ask ☆☆☆
or describe where is the location of a certain person.

Can engage in simple conversation about some personal information such as ☆☆☆
number of the family member(s), date of birth, age, occupation.

Write down your comments on what you learned in this language session．

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