U^bA^cf Hira9ana
&> a	\ ^	•> ^) u		IS 0
'J ka	$ ki	^\ ku	it*	^— /,:o
H v. sa	\mS shi	-f 7 su		v» so
f-I s ta		•**T tew	te	y to
ft CN na	i Mi		we	<D no
		V»^N fu	^ fa?	
i	mi			t W wo
X ya				d% 3>o
h> ra	(J -		fore	
wa				
kj n				
(Refer to "Japanese Writing System" on pages 18-22 for more details.)
u) Hiragana Practice
A. Choose the correct hiragana.
I- y<>    i    X 2. &0
4. SB     |£     -f 5. Id
7. /«     7c 8. to
B. Match the words.
3. we 6. c/w 9. e
	Person's name			Place name	
1.		• Akai	9.		• Gifu
2.	i   S •	• Nakamura	10.	| X 1 K •	• Beppu
3.		• Takahashi	11.		• Sapporo
1.	li 11 n •	* Tanaka	12.		• Osaka
5.	£sH2 L •	• Morikawa	13.		• Kyoto
6.	b •	• Sakuma	14.		• Kanazawa
7.		• Yamamoto	15.		• Nagasaki
8.	^ < ^ ■	• Hashimoto	16.		* Chiba
C. What's wrong with the hiragana below? Rewrite the correct hiragana. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
8
D. Write as many hiragana as possible which contain the following parts.
(1)
(4)
7
1
(2)
(5)
t
(3)
(6)
E. Put the hiragana in the right order to make sense. Example:   tz        %    -*■ Z&fz%
1. hh^___ 2. z*\^z.
3. /oiilZ 4.
5. X/-tH£VN 6. **fc*V^ <
0 Reading Practice
Read what the following people are saying and answer the questions.
(i b 7C     f) J; T
sti at«
(25
Is i £  i - £
1. Who is an office worker?
2. Whose major is Japanese?
3. Who is a high school student?
4. What is Ilarada's major?
11; writing Kractice
You received a letter from a Japanese friend. Read it and write a letter introducing yourself.
itAskAsitz.^ rrt.
to rib U< *5jfa/iHNLit«
i   I < fcteA'^Li-f is
more polite than tf *j ■Fi % L { .
m2i® LESS
till   IS tt
jj^jj-j" Katakana
N
T a				
ka	ki	/ ku	^y^" Ice	
/ sa	s shi		► S<?	y y so
la	^-/ chi			h to
-y / na	' ni	S nu	^> 1 we	
^ ^ ha	h <— hi	7 &	> he	'"h ho
ma	^> mi	A-	*r me	
» _Vrt				J'O
7^ ra	y n			
7				
n	(Refer to	"Japanese Writing S	ystcm" on pases 22-24 for more details.)	
0 Katakana Practice
A. Choose the correct katakana.
1. 0	*	T	2. nn	%		3. ,v«
4. shi		y	5. ku	7		6. »z«
7. rn		IV	8. ho		*	9. 3'?/
T -9"
x a.
B. Match the following words and pictures.
1. ( ) ^"l/>yya-X
2. ( ) 77^ K*°T h
3. ( ) *r-5r
4. ( ) f7/
5. ( ) f 3 3|/ — (• a°7x
6. ( ) a —t —
7. ( ) -9- > KM -y f-
8. ( ) 7f — #
9. ( ) X^Y-y f A
10. ( ) t°if
n. ( ) b —X h
12. ( ) U^>T A -
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(E)
(h)
U)
(k)
(0
Match each country with its capital city.
Capital Cities
7 v > Y > DC -a_r y_
7* ;x7^ x
Countries
1. Yl/-y7
2. t 7 > /
3. 'J #
t. x J?*/ h
5. t—% h 7 'J 7
6. X7i-f>
8. r;nf'>f->
9.
x b 7 7 * ;p a
D. Word Search—Find the following country names in the box of katakana.
«* 1» -f- A (Vietnam)
•/ >7^*/"K — (Singapore) __
fi3 (Czech) T / 'J # (America) X *7 ri — f* > (Sweden) X 7 T K ;U (Ecuador) 7    v 3 (Mexico) 7*7 V)V (Brazil) ,t*X — T (Bosnia) t 7 > 7* (Holland) 4 }<K4>S'T (Indonesia) £ -f 7* (Canada) ;l-7/ / (Rwanda)
>f > k t> •> r A ;v v > r
rr v -t 'J r 7 a 7 -7 f- n
7 i- P T J % P
> >? i ^ ;v t 'j X' =
7-      1 ? ;i/ 77 i- y 7 h
77 ^ f V t* # X - T 7 7~
7 i/ > 7? -t" — ?fc f« y y u
f >f zf 'J 7 x 7 T K )V *
■•_____/1
E. Put the katakana in the right order to make sense. Example:           ~    ~> 4 1. h / —___2. £ It M —
>*<___ 4. yi/—x
5. 7f-___6. b -
0 Name Tags
Write your name in the box below and make your own name tag.
Example:
® Reading Practice
!l
3 1
9'
Mary wrote about the things below. Find out which item she wrote about.
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2. (
3. (
4. (
X-M sZ'cd L- L 1 L* f * 0 i -8/4,,, ■i 7 *) Tcd < o-Cto
(G)
(d)
(f)
(8)
(h)
¥50,000
Y8,000
(w)Writing Practice
Write about the things you or your classmates own. Use Mary's sentences in HI as a model.