The document provides a detailed guide for describing Mr. Takahashi's weekly activities using Japanese time expressions, focusing on regular verb conjugation for past and future actions. Each day's activity is illustrated with examples, demonstrating how to convert day expressions to relevant temporal phrases, from 'the day before yesterday' to 'two days after tomorrow.' The document serves as a drill for practicing sentence construction and verb conjugation in context.

1. Guidance for Drill 5
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
kazoku bijutsukan
tomodachi
matsumoto
san
suupaa
maria san
Kobe Tokyo Today
れい） （げつようび）: たかはしさんは おととい しんかんせんで とうきょうに いきました。
1)（かようび）: たかはしさんは 。
2)（すいようび）: たかはしさんは 。
3)（もくようび、pm）: たかはしさんは 。
4)（きんようび）: たかはしさんは 。
5)（にちようび）: たかはしさんは 。
6)（どようび）: たかはしさんは 。
Complete sentences as the example.
rei getsuyoubi Takahashisan wa ototoi shinkansen de toukyou ni ikimashita
kayoubi Takahashisan wa
suiyoubi Takahashisan wa
mokuyoubi Takahashisan wa
kinyoubi Takahashisan wa
nichiyoubi Takahashisan wa
doyoubi Takahashisan wa

2. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
kazoku bijutsukan
tomodachi
matsumoto
san
suupaa
maria san
Kobe Tokyo Today
れい） （げつようび） たかはしさんは おととい しんかんせんで とうきょうに いきました。
rei getsuyoubi Takahashisan wa ototoi shinkansen de toukyou ni ikimashita
The chart below shows Mr. Takahashi s activities for a week. This drill is to practice to describe his
activities by using information given for each day. Please note that we set Wednesday as today and we
need to convert each day of the week to a different time expression as in the example below.
Here in the example describes his activity on Monday (getsuyoubi). What you have in the chart on Monday
is a bullet train (shinkansen) heading to Tokyo. Please make sure that the time expression in the sentence
has been replaced from げつようび (getsuyoubi / Monday) to おととい (ototoi / the day before
yesterday) . Therefore the translation of the answer sentence in Japanese becomes as below.
Mr. Takahashi went to Tokyo by Shinkansen the day before yesterday.
Note that you also have to conjugate the verb to an appropriate tense. In the case of the example, the
activity took place prior to Wednesday, so the verb should be in past tense.

3. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
kazoku bijutsukan
tomodachi
matsumoto
san
suupaa
maria san
Kobe Tokyo Today
1） （かようび）: たかはしさんは 。
kayoubi Takahashisan wa
Here in #1 describes his activity on Tuesday (kayoubi). What you have in the chart on Tuesday is a clock
which shows 9 o clock, and Mr. Takahashi goes back to his house. The time expression in the sentence
should be replaced from かようび (kayoubi / Tuesday) to yesterday. Therefore the translation of the
answer sentence in Japanese becomes as below.
Mr. Takahashi went home at 9pm yesterday.
Note that you also have to conjugate the verb to the past tense because the activity took place prior to
Wednesday.

4. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
kazoku bijutsukan
tomodachi
matsumoto
san
suupaa
maria san
Kobe Tokyo Today
2） （すいようび）: たかはしさんは 。
suiyoubi Takahashisan wa
Here in #2 describes his activity on Wednesday (suiyoubi). What you have in the chart on Wednesday is
that Mr. Takahashi stays home. That means he will/did not go anywhere. The time expression in the
sentence should be replaced from すいようび (suiyoubi / Wednesday) to today. Therefore the translation
of the answer sentence in Japanese becomes as below.
Mr. Takahashi will/did not go anywhere today.
Since his activity is not designated on any particular time of the day, we can either describe it as his plan
(future) or as his completed activity (past) for the day. Also when you describe that a person does/will/did
not make any action to make travel, you use どこも + verb in negative.

5. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
kazoku bijutsukan
tomodachi
matsumoto
san
suupaa
maria san
Kobe Tokyo Today
3） （もくようび）: たかはしさんは 。
mokuyoubi Takahashisan wa
Here in #3 describes his activity on Thursday (mokuyoubi). What you have in the chart on Thursday is
that Mr. Takahashi and his friend as a companion heading to an art museum. The time expression in the
sentence should be replaced from もくようび (mokuyoubi / Thursday) to tomorrow. Therefore the
translation of the answer sentence in Japanese becomes as below.
Mr. Takahashi will go to the art museum with a friend tomorrow.
Note that you also have to conjugate the verb to the present tense because the activity will take place in the
future from Wednesday.

6. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
kazoku bijutsukan
tomodachi
matsumoto
san
suupaa
maria san
Kobe Tokyo Today
4） （きんようび）: たかはしさんは 。
kinyoubi Takahashisan wa
Here in #4 describes his activity on Friday (kinyoubi). What you have in the chart on Friday is that Mr.
Takahashi heading to Mr. Matsumoto s house. The time expression in the sentence should be replaced from
きんようび (kinyoubi / Friday) to the day after tomorrow. Therefore the translation of the answer
sentence in Japanese becomes as below.
Mr. Takahashi will go to Mr. Matsumoto s house the day after tomorrow.
Note that you also have to conjugate the verb to the present tense because the activity will take place in the
future from Wednesday.

7. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
kazoku bijutsukan
tomodachi
matsumoto
san
suupaa
maria san
Kobe Tokyo Today
5） （にちようび）: たかはしさんは 。
nichiyoubi Takahashisan wa
Here in #5 describes his activity on Sunday (nichiyoubi). What you have in the chart on Sunday is that Mr.
Takahashi heading to Kobe with his family by car. The time expression in the sentence should be replaced
from にちようび (nichiyoubi / Sunday) to two days before yesterday. Therefore the translation of the
answer sentence in Japanese becomes as below.
Mr. Takahashi went to Kobe with his family by car two days before yesterday.
Note that you also have to conjugate the verb to the past tense because the activity took place prior to
Wednesday.
You can also replace the time expression to こんしゅうの にちようび/konshuu no nichiyoube/ this
Sunday instead of さきおととい（two days before yesterday).
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8. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
kazoku bijutsukan
tomodachi
matsumoto
san
suupaa
maria san
Kobe Tokyo Today
Here in #6 describes his activity on Saturday (doyoubi). What you have in the chart on Saturday is that Mr.
Takahashi and his friend as a companion heading to an art museum. The time expression in the sentence
should be replaced from どようび (doyoubi / Saturday) to two days after tomorrow. Therefore the
translation of the answer sentence in Japanese becomes as below.
Mr. Takahashi will go to the supermarket with Maria two days after tomorrow.
Note that you also have to conjugate the verb to the present tense because the activity will take place in the
future from Wednesday.
6） （どようび）: たかはしさんは 。
doyoubi Takahashisan wa
You can also replace the time expression to こんしゅうの どようび/konshuu no doyoube/ this
Saturday instead of しあさって（two days after tomorrow).
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