Day N4 - 14 - Preparing for the School Festival
Visual exercise: Daily N4 - Day 14
What this practice will help you express
This practice will help you describe situations where someone makes another person do something, ask politely for permission to perform an action, talk about being made to do something, and compare options by saying which one stands out the most. These functions are used in school activities, clubs, presentations, and festival preparation.
You will work on the causative form to describe actions assigned or required by another person, such as distributing materials or joining an activity. The causative request pattern ～させていただけませんか lets you politely ask to be allowed to participate or carry out a task. You will also practice describing situations where someone is made to do something with the causative-passive form, and expressing preferences or rankings with ～が一番です.
The vocabulary focuses on school festivals, clubs, senior and junior students, printed materials, displays, broadcasts, school activities, and memories of past events. These ideas appear in preparing classrooms and presentations, distributing materials, choosing activities, and looking back at earlier festivals.
After completing this practice, you should be better able to explain assigned tasks, request permission to participate, describe being required to do something, and say which activity, event, or option you consider the best or most interesting.
Shadowing Exercise
Summary: Students are preparing for the school festival together. They work hard on activities and displays, enjoy looking at photos from past festivals, and hope to create good memories for future students as well.
This exercise complements the shadowing training in the YomiNihongo app.
Then, observe the images below and try to reconstruct what was said.
1. Look at the images.
2. Try to reconstruct the dialogue in the app
Now open the app and go to the Dynamic Text feature.
Look carefully at each scene and try to remember what the characters said.
Try to reconstruct the conversation in your own words while keeping the general meaning of the dialogue.
You do not need to use the exact same vocabulary, grammar, or sentence order as the original text.
Write
Write the Japanese sentences you remember.
Analyze
Check each word and its translation.
Ask AI
Use the AI Assistant to review your sentences.
Compare
Compare your version with the original text.
3. Listening Dictation
Listen carefully to each sentence and transcribe exactly what you hear. Repeat the audio if necessary and pay close attention to pronunciation, particles, and grammar. After finishing, compare your transcription with the original sentence and review any mistakes.
1: 先輩は私にプリントを配らせました。
2: 先輩、教室を飾らせていただけませんか。
3: 学園祭では、やはり後輩のダンスが一番人気でした。
4: 私たちは教室を海岸のように飾りました。
5: クラブの活動は大変ですが、みんな一生懸命頑張っています。
6: 放送でアナウンスを聞いて、すぐに体育館へ行きました。
7: 学園祭の写真を見ると、懐かしい気持ちになります。
8: 教室に海岸の飾りがたくさんあって、本当に海みたいでした。
9: 引き出しから昔のプリントを見つけて、懐かしい気持ちになりました。
4. Grammar & Vocabulary Output Practice
Answer the questions below out loud or write your answers in Dynamic Text in the app before checking the example answer. You can answer about your real life or make up a simple answer for practice.
Try to use the grammar: Causative form
Q1: 子どもの時、親はあなたをどんなクラブに参加させましたか。
Show example answer
1. 子どもの時、親は私をテニスクラブに参加させました。
2. 親は私を文化クラブに参加させました。
Q2: 家で、赤ちゃんや子どもを何時ごろ寝させますか。
Show example answer
1. 私は赤ちゃんを夕方に寝させます。
2. 家族は子どもを早く寝させます。
Try to use the grammar: Causative form［て-form］いただけませんか
Q3: 文化イベントに参加したい時、スタッフに何と言いますか。
Show example answer
1. このイベントに参加させていただけませんか。
2. 私も活動に参加させていただけませんか。
Q4: 工場を見学したい時、本社の人に何と言いますか。
Show example answer
1. 工場を見学させていただけませんか。
2. 本日、工場を見学させていただけませんか。
Try to use the grammar: 〜が一番です
Q5: 一年のイベントで、何が一番楽しいですか。
Show example answer
1. 私は花見が一番楽しいです。
2. 一年のイベントで、祭りが一番楽しいです。
Q6: あなたの近所で、どこが一番便利ですか。
Show example answer
1. 私の近所では、駅前が一番便利です。
2. 近所では、駅前の駐車場が一番便利です。
5. Visual Writing Exercise
If you finished the Text Recreation Exercise, try this additional Visual Writing Exercise. The picture shows the actions and situation only. There is no dialogue in the image. Use the scenes to imagine what the characters are saying.
Then, write your own short Japanese text or dialogue describing the situation.
Try to use the target vocabulary and grammar, but you may also use other words and grammar you know.
Theme: Preparation for Presenting the Tennis Club
Situation: A student and a classmate are preparing a presentation about the school tennis club. The teacher asked the student to hand out photographs and materials to the other students, even though he was tired. Afterwards, the student asks for permission to present the club’s activities and comments on which one he considers the most interesting.
Try to use some of these words in your text or dialogue.
Show example answer
A：先生は私と友達にテニスクラブの活動を紹介させました。
A：それから、写真も配らせました。
B：本当ですか。次の機会には、私も手伝わせていただけますか。
B：私はテニスクラブの活動を紹介するのが一番好きです。
Complete the shadowing practice first, then challenge yourself with:
👉 Grammar Practice: Daily N4 - Day 14
6. Grammars used
| Grammar | Link |
|---|---|
| Causative form | Explanation |
| Causative form［て-form］いただけませんか → could you let me? | n/a |
| Causative Passive form | Explanation |
| 〜が一番です → is the best | Explanation |
Go back to the app, listen again, and keep improving your Japanese.
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