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Meeting Before the Bus Leaves
Distinguish the meeting deadline, departure and arrival times.
An original fictional learning text by LavaJapanese. Places, prices and rules in the passage are invented for practice.
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- 1
でへ
- 2
土曜日の朝、の前で会います。
- 3
八時五十分までに来てください。
- 4
バスは九時にします。
- 5
博物館には九時半に着きます。
- 6
は私が買います。
- 7
のでが待っています。
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Three times have three jobs: meeting, departure and arrival. Read the verb beside each.
私が identifies the person buying tickets; it does not ask everyone to buy one.
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1. Where is the first meeting?
駅の前
The first meeting is in front of the station. Evidence: 土曜日の朝、駅の前で会います。
3. Where is the teacher waiting?
入口の左
The teacher is on the left of the entrance. Evidence: 入口の左で先生が待っています。
4. Copy the meeting deadline.
八時五十分
The meeting deadline is ten minutes before departure. Evidence: 八時五十分までに来てください。
5. Copy the museum arrival time.
九時半
Arrival at the museum is at half past nine. Evidence: 博物館には九時半に着きます。
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