Japanese-1 Final Exam Study Guide

Study Notes

Translate sentences: Pay close attention to verb tenses when translating sentences to Japanese. Review section on Robert talking about his Okinawa trip (p. 140). Include details like whether Okinawa was hot or cold, and if the trip was interesting, boring, or fun, and so on.

Mr. Yamashita: Use the provided information to describe Mr. Yamashita as a teacher at Sakura University. Consider different student perspectives and his personality traits. Assess his daily schedule and interests. Determine his personality as a child.
Review Lessons: Review Lesson 4, "Professor Yamashita 25 years ago" (p. 118). Then review pages 140 A & B, and the "Like/Dislike" section (p. 142). Don't forget the "どんな" questions on page 143. Practice using past tense forms of "すきです" and "きらいです".

Making Suggestions: Translate phrases with suggestion expressions from Lesson 5 (p. 143). Provide examples suggesting activities like watching a movie, studying together at the library, eating lunch, or similar options. Use suggestions for different scenarios given in the text (e.g., tomorrow is Sunday, homework is difficult, it's 12 o'clock now, there's a test tomorrow.)

Translate the article: Translate the provided Japanese text into detailed English.
Change Kanji to Hiragana: Convert all kanji characters in the article to hiragana.
Change Hiragana Back to Kanji: Reconvert the hiragana back to kanji characters.

Translate Exam Questions: Translate each question of Lessons 3, 4, and 5 from Japanese to English.
Answer in Japanese: Provide Japanese answers to the questions, then translate those answers to English.
Frequency Expressions: Practice using frequency expressions in your answers (e.g., sometimes, often, usually, never). This is important for question types 6, 9 and 10 in page 2.