Past Verb Practice Exercises

Vocabulary used in this section

This is the same list of verbs from the previous practice exercise with a couple additions. We will use mostly the same verbs from the last exercise to practice conjugating to the past and the past negative tense.

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.   話 - story

2.   見 - see

3.   来 - come; next

4.   行 - go; conduct

5.   帰 - go home

6.   食 - eat; food

7.   飲 - drink

8.   買 - buy

9.   売 - sell

10.   持 - hold

11.   待 - wait

12.   読 - read

13.   歩 - walk

14.   走 - run

15.   遊 - play

16.   泳 - swim

17.   死 - death

Vocabulary

Here is a list of some common verbs you will definitely want to learn at some point.

1.   する - to do

2.   しゃべる - to talk; to chat

3.   話す【はなす】 - to talk

4.   見る【みる】 - to see

5.   来る【くる】 - to come

6.   行く【いく】 - to go

7.   帰る 【かえる】 - to go home

8.   食べる 【たべる】 - to eat

9.   飲む 【のむ】 - to drink

10.   買う 【かう】 - to buy

11.   売る 【うる】 - to sell

12.   切る 【きる】 - to cut

13.   入る 【はいる】 - to enter

14.   出る 【でる】 - to come out

15.   持つ 【もつ】 - to hold

16.   待つ 【まつ】 - to wait

17.   書く【かく】 - to write

18.   読む 【よむ】 - to read

19.   歩く 【あるく】 - to walk

20.   走る 【はしる】 - to run

21.   遊ぶ 【あそぶ】 - to play

22.   泳ぐ 【およぐ】 - to swim

23.   死ぬ 【しぬ】 - to die

Practice with Past Verb Conjugations

We learned how to classify the following verbs in the first verb practice exercise. Now, we are going to put that knowledge to use by conjugating the same verbs into the past tense depending on which type of verb it is. The first answer has been given as an example.

Practice with Past Negative Verb Conjugations

Now, we are going to do the same thing for the past negative verb conjugations.