Adjective Practice Exercises

Vocabulary used in this section

In the following exercises, we will practice the conjugations for adjectives. But first, you might want to learn or review the following useful adjectives that will be used in the exercises.

Kanji
I have listed the kanji you will need for the vocabulary for your convenience. The link will take you to a diagram of the stroke order. However, it doesn't clearly show the direction (though you can kind of tell by the animation) so you should check with a kanji dictionary if you're not sure. I recommend practicing the kanji in the context of real words (such as the ones below).

1.  面 - mask; face

2.  白 - white

3.  有 - exist

4.  名 - name

5.  嫌 - hate

6.  好 - like

7.  静 - quiet

8.  楽 - music; comfort

9.  切 - cut

10.  辛 - spicy; bitter

11.  料 - materials

12.  理 - reason

Vocabulary

Here is a list of some simple adjectives (and one noun) that might be used in the exercises.

1.  きれい - pretty; neat

2.  いい - good

3.  かっこいい - cool; good-looking

4.  面白い 【おもしろい】 - interesting

5.  有名 【ゆうめい】 - famous

6.  嫌い 【きらい】 - dislike; hate

7.  好き 【すき】 - like

8.  大きい 【おおきい】 - big

9.  小さい 【ちいさい】 - small

10.  静か 【しずか】 - quiet

11.  高い 【たかい】 - high; expensive

12.  楽しい 【たのしい】 - fun

13.  大切 【たいせつ】 - important

14.  辛い 【からい】 - spicy

15.  料理 【りょうり】 - cuisine

Conjugation Exercise

We are now going to practice the adjectives conjugations in order. Take each adjective and conjugate it to the following forms: the declarative (when applicable), negative, past, and negative past. In order to emphasize the fact that you can't use the declarative 「だ」 with i-adjectives, you should just write "n/a" (or just leave it blank) when a conjugation does not apply.

Sentence completion exercise

Now that we've practiced the basic conjugations for adjectives, we are going to practice using them in actual sentences using the particles covered in the last section.

Fill in the blank with the appropriate adjective or particle

Sample:

Ｑ）　学生？

Ａ）　ううん、学生じゃない。