N4-N5 Grammar Quiz » Japanese Plain-form Quiz (4-1)

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🌱 4. Plain-form

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Change the following verbs and adjectives into the four types of Plain-form, as shown in the example.
You can see the answer by clicking on each word.

Example:

かきます, kaki-masu

⚫️ Verb Plain Form

The Plain-form has 4 patterns based on time and whether it is positive or negative.

• Present Affirmative (Dictionary-form)
• Present Negative (Nai-form)
• Past Affirmative (Ta-form)
• Past Negative

かいます

irregular

あります

⚫️ i-Adjective Plain Form

Just like verbs, Adjectives have 4 patterns based on time and whether they are positive or negative.

• Present Affirmative
• Present Negative
• Past Affirmative
• Past Negative

たかいです

irregular

いいです

“Verbたい( = want to do )” conjugates as i-Adjective.

たべたいです

⚫️ na-Adjective Plain Form

かんたんです

⚫️ Noun Plain Form

Na-adjectives and Nouns conjugate in the same way.

あめです

Sentence Patterns with the Plain-form

Now that you’ve mastered the Plain-form, let’s use it in these sentence patterns. Click the links below to start the next quizzes:

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