8/10/2019 Writing Practice 3 Hometown With Comments
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Please translate into Japanese the following text about your
home town and
your house. There are some Japanese words and phrases in
brackets to helpyou with your composition. Try to introduce several
Kanji into your essaywriting. Write them accurately and neatly.
Write the title of your essay one square in.
Remember to use the grid correctly. Have 3 paragraphs: one for
sentences 1and 2, a second for 3,4 and 5, and a third paragraph for
the remainingsentences.
Leave a line blank under each sentence you write so there are
spaces forcorrections.
Essay title: Hometown & my house(HL)
Sentence Japanese word hints
1 I live in
(live in)
2 Its close to Dublin. Its a small, quiet town.
(be close to)3 is a place with various shops and facilities.
For
instance, there are schools, chemists, a post officeand a
cinema.(various)
(place)
such asetc.
4 However, it doesnt have a train station or adepartment
store.
(neitheror)
5 I like my hometown because its a safe place to live.And all my
friends are there.
(safe area)
(All my friends)
5 I live in a house with my family aboutminutes walk
from my school.
(minutes walk from school)
6 My house is not so big. Its a medium sized house. Adj (not so
Adj)
size
(medium size)
7 Downstairs hasrooms. A,and a.
Upstairs there arebedrooms. All the rooms are
western style.
(downstairs)
(all the rooms)8 I have my own room too.
(my own)
9 I love my room. Its cramped but its my favouriteplace.
(but)
8/10/2019 Writing Practice 3 Hometown With Comments
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[DM1]:here is translated as
thein English.
[DM2]: This sentence uses the TEform of an adjective to join 2
sentencestogether. The TE form here means and.
[DM3]: This entire phrase in red is
describing the word(tokoro) at the end of
the sentence. Notice the verbat the end
of the phrase is in its Dictionary form.
[DM4]: The TE form of a VERB isbeing used here to link 2
sentences. Ittranslates as and.
[DM5]: You can replace the final
of and Iadjective with. This changes the
adjective to a noun. Here the adjective bighas been changed to
the noun size.
8/10/2019 Writing Practice 3 Hometown With Comments
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Essay title: Hometown & my house(OL)
[DM11]: I live in Ashbourne.
[DM12]: Its small. And its quiet.
[DM13]: There are schools,supermarkets and newsagents etc.
[DM14]: Yes, I really like it.
[DM15]: Because the town is fun.And my friends are there.
