Use these questions when playing the Typhoon Game. These questions are based on the New Horizon 3 textbook for junior high school third-graders. They were written to review material up to and including Unit 3. Also available as a pdf and a docx file in the attachments.
A
1. Have you ever seen the Paralympic Games?
2. Have you ever been to Hokkaido?
3. Is it easy for you to get up early?
4. What helps you learn English?
5. Have you taken high school entrance exams yet?
B
1. Finish the sentence: “My parents tell me that …”
2. Finish the sentence: “Studying English makes me …”
3. Finish the sentence: “I have lived in {city, town, village} since …”
4. Finish the sentence: “It is important for teachers to …”
5. Finish the sentence: “At home, my mother wants me to …”
C
1. How many languages are spoken in the world?
2. What keeps Kamiji Yui positive? Hint: she’s a wheelchair tennis player.
3. Why did Ishii Shigeyuki decide to design custom-made wheelchairs? {Because he was not satisfied with ordinary types.}
4. What is Japan’s famous poetry? Hint: it has 5-7-5 syllables.
5. Which animal is causing trouble in Japan? Hint: the number has been decreasing since 2014, but there are still problems.
D
1. How do you say “uncomfortable” in Japanese?
2. How do you say “opinion” in Japanese?
3. How do you say “syllable” in Japanese?
4. How do you say “extinction” in Japanese?
5. How do you say “environment” in Japanese?
E
1. How do you say “About 7000 languages are spoken in the world,” in Japanese?
2. How do you say “I have seen the Paralympic Games once,” in Japanese?
3. How do you say “Playing sports makes me happy,” in Japanese?
4. How do you say “Haiku have been an important part of Japanese culture since the Edo period,” in Japanese?
5. How do you say “People helped toki live safely,” in Japanese?