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  • Verb Ta-form + り、Verb Ta-form + りします

Grammar Note

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1. 
ハワイでは ビーチに (   ) ドライブを (   )。

In Hawaii, I went to the beach, went for a drive and so on.

2. 
にちようびの あさは そうじを (   ) せんたくを (   )。

On Sunday morning, I clean my room, do the laundry and so on.

3. 
きょうは あめが (   ) (   ) しています。

It's raining on and off today.

4. 
わたしたちは みちに まよって、(   ) (   )。

We got lost, so we went back and forth.

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Grammar Note

⚫️ Verb Ta-form り、Verb Ta-form りします

meaning : I do … , do … and so on.

This sentence pattern is used when you show a few examples from several things what you did or what happened.

にちようびは えいがを みたり、さんぽを したりします
nichiyōbi [wa] eiga [o] mita-ri, sanpo [o] shita-ri shi-masu.
( On Sunday I watch movies, take a walk … and so on. )

Tense is determined by the end of the sentence.

わたしは きのう ぎんざで かいものを したり、カフェで おちゃを のんだりしました
watashi [wa] kinō ginza [de] kaimono [o] shi-tari, kafe [de] ocha [o] nonda-ri shi-mashita.
( I enjoyed shopping, had coffee at cafe … at Ginza yesterday. )

Antonym is often used. It means you do something again and again.

でたりはいったりします
deta-ri, haitta-ri shi-masu
( to go out and go in again and again )

いったりきたりします
itta-ri kita-ri shi-masu
( to go back and forth repeatedly )

あがったりさがったりします
agatta-ri, sagatta-ri shi-masu
( to go up and go down repeatedly )
pattern
Verb Ta-formり、Verb Ta-formりします

のみます・たべます
nomi-masu・tabe-masu
のんだり、たべたりします
nonda-ri, tabeta-ri shi-masu
えいがを みます・さんぽを します
eiga o mi-masu・sanpo o shi-masu
えいがを みたり、さんぽを したりします
eiga [o] mita-ri, sanpo [o] shita-ri shi-masu
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On the weekend I play with my son at a park, watch a baseball game … and so on.
しゅうまつは むすこと こうえんで (    )、やきゅうを (    )。

answer
あそんだり・みたりします
shūmatsu [wa] musuko [to] kōen [de] asonda-ri, yakyū [o] mita-ri shi-masu.

When I was a child, I swam in the river, caught a fish … and so on.
こどものとき かわで (    )、さかなを (    )。

さかなを つります : to fish

answer
およいだり・つったりしました
kodomo [no] toki kawa [de] oyoida-ri, sakana [o] tsutta-ri shi-mashita.

The light is on and off.
でんきが (    ) (    )しています。

answer
ついたり・きえたり
denki [ga] tsuita-ri kieta-ri shite-imasu.

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