Listening Practice Listen to the speaker. Decide what is being said. Write the table below in your notes. When you listen to the recording, mark which item you believe is being said. When you finish, you can check your answers by clicking on the answer buttons.
She knows the answers.
She doesn't know the answers.
X
Tanaka san knows.
Tanaka san doesn't know, either.
X
Her house has two rooms.
Her house has three rooms.
X
Yamamoto san's house is clean.
Yamamoto san's house is small.
X
There is one bathroom.
There are two bathrooms.
X
I go to school by train.
I walk to school.
X
She has an English test today.
She has a Japanese test today.
X
Her father helps clean the house.
Her father doesn't help clean the house.
X
Her sister watches TV a lot.
Her sister uses a computer a lot.
X
There is a futon in the closet.
There is a futon on the bed.
X
Other Vocabulary
In order to talk about out houses, we might want to say other things about them. You might want to talk about "upstairs" or "downstairs."
かいだんを 下(お)りています。
かいだんを 上(あ)がっています。
Useful expressions:
かいだん
かいだんを 下りる
かいだんを 上がる
二かい (the second floor: かい is a counter for the floors.)
Writing Practice Talk about going up or down the stairs. If you want to say that something is “upstairs” or “downstairs,” you could simply say, 二かいに あります or 一かいに あります. Say which floor these rooms are. A response is given when you click on the question.
Discussion Board Go to the Discussion Board and submit a post talking about a house that you know of. Talk about where the rooms are located. Write at least five sentences in Japanese. This assignment is worth 12 points.
You may now go to take the Section Two Quiz. Then continue to work in Section Three.
Listening Practice 
Other Vocabulary
かいだんを 上(あ)がっています。 
Writing Practice 
Discussion Board 
You may now go to take the Section Two Quiz. Then continue to work in