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Follow past actions and distinguish what the writer did from what they did not do.
An original fictional learning text by LavaJapanese. Places, prices and rules in the passage are invented for practice.
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の日記
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午前中は家でを勉強しました。
- 3
新しいをに書きました。
- 4
はに行きました。
- 5
と本を読みました。
- 6
映画は見ませんでした。
- 7
夜九時に家に。
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ました marks past polite actions; ませんでした marks a past negative.
The place changes after 午後. Do not move the morning study into the library.
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1. Where did the writer study in the morning?
家
The morning study took place at home. Evidence: 午前中は家で日本語を勉強しました。
2. What did the writer put in the notebook?
新しい言葉
The notebook contains new words. Evidence: 新しい言葉をノートに書きました。
3. What did the writer not do?
映画を見る
The film-watching action is negated by 見ませんでした. Evidence: 映画は見ませんでした。
4. Copy the time of returning home, without 夜.
九時
The return was at nine at night. Evidence: 夜九時に家に帰りました。
5. Copy the complete past-negative verb for not watching.
見ませんでした
見ませんでした is the polite past negative. Evidence: 映画は見ませんでした。
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