Use these questions when playing the Typhoon Game. These questions are based on the New Horizon 1 textbook for junior high school first-graders. Also available as a pdf and a docx file.
A
1. What do you have for breakfast?
2. What were you doing last night?
3. What time do you get up?
4. What do you want for your birthday?
5. Can you play the piano?
B
1. Do you like {your prefecture’s iconic food}?
2. Finish the sentence: “I’m good at …”
3. How many brothers do you have?
4. Which do you like, pizza or okonomiyaki?
5. What was your favourite {school} event this year?
C
1. What’s “morning tea”? Hint: David eats some fruit or snacks.
2. What sport does Emma like? Hint: she’s from New Zealand.
3. In Australia, when is summer? Hint: Meg enjoyed two summer festivals this year.
4. Where does Takuya live? Hint: he is Asami’s brother.
5. Who is the rakugo performer from the UK? She usually speaks English, but she sometimes speaks Japanese.
D
1. How do you spell “badminton”?
2. How do you say “popular” in Japanese?
3. How do you spell “yesterday”?
4. How do you say “Happy Birthday” in Japanese?
5. How do you say “information” in Japanese?
E
1. How do you say “Whose pen is this?” in Japanese?
2. How do you say “You practice soccer very hard,” in Japanese?
3. How do you say “Takuya usually posts pictures on his blog,” in Japanese?
4. How do you say “I am watching TV now,” in Japanese?
5. How do you say “She wants to help people in need,” in Japanese?