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Getting the Classroom Ready

Follow three instructions and identify the object that should stay where it is.

An original fictional learning text by LavaJapanese. Places, prices and rules in the passage are invented for practice.

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  1. 1

    の前(まえ)に

  2. 2

    を開(あ)けてください。

  3. 3

    の上(うえ)のをに入(い)れてください。

  4. 4

    は動(うご)かさないでください。

  5. 5

    先生(せんせい)の本(ほん)はにあります。

  6. 6

    九時(くじ)までにに来(き)てください。

  7. 7

    みんなで日本語(にほんご)を勉強(べんきょう)します。

Vocabulary for this text

WordReadingMeaning here
授業じゅぎょうclass; lesson
窓まどwindow
机つくえdesk
紙かみpaper
箱はこbox
椅子いすchair
受付うけつけreception; acceptance
教室きょうしつclassroom

How to find the information

Track the object before を: window, papers and chairs each receive a different instruction.

ないでください asks someone not to act. It reverses the instruction for the chairs.

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1. What should be opened?

窓

The request asks for the window to be opened. Evidence: 窓を開けてください。

2. Where should the papers go?

箱

The box is the destination for the papers. Evidence: 机の上の紙を箱に入れてください。

3. What should not be moved?

椅子

The negative request concerns the chairs. Evidence: 椅子は動かさないでください。

4. Copy the deadline for coming to the classroom.

九時

までに gives nine as the deadline. Evidence: 九時までに教室に来てください。

5. Copy the place where the teacher’s book is.

受付

The book is at reception, not on the classroom desk. Evidence: 先生の本は受付にあります。

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