This slideshow is about Japanese Katakana Quiz to practice basic skills of katakana.

1. Katakana Drills 1
I. Memorizing shapes and sounds
1. Connecting a katakana and its sound
a) Listen to the CD and circle a or b for a correct katakana on each.
b) Lesten to the CD and fill each katakana in the chart below. CD reads each
sound not so slow, so just try to keep it up!

2. Katakana Drills 1
2. Looks similar in hiragana and katakana
Some of katakana look similar to hiragana in the same sound.
For example, ri in katakana and hiragana look almost same, however, there
should be a different part as below;
The left one is hiragana and right is katakana, then look closer in the circles.
In the hiragana ri at the end of the first stroke reversed as in the circle, on the
other hand, the end in the katakana ri it stops as in the circle.
Lesten to the CD and fill each hiragana and katakana in the boxes below.

3. Katakana Drills 1
a) roundish a) acute a) sticks out a) no stick out
curved turn b) roundish b) stops sideway
curved to up
a) small a) stops a) roundish a) touch down
return curved b) acute turn
a) stops a) clear return a) roundish a) clear return
curved

4. Katakana Drills 1
3. Look-a-like katakana
Some of katakana look alike as the example below. Can you guess it s ア or マ？
Write down each word in katakana below

5. Katakana Drills 1
(2) extend enough (2) short from right to
slightly to left down 45 degrees
angle and stops
(2) straight downward (2) short and slightly
downward to right
(1) (2) (3) align on the (1) (2) (3) align on the
same line on left side top line
(1) (2) from left to right (1) (2) from top to down
but slightly downward but slightly to right +
+ short short
(3) upward from left to (3) downward from right
right to left
(1) (2) (3) align on the (1) (2) (3) align on the
same line on left side top line
(2) upward from left to (2) upward from right to
right left
(1) straight from left to (1) downward from right
right to left
(2) extend enough (1) from top to down but
slightly to left slightly to right +
short

6. Katakana Drills 1
* wide enough * narrow
* almost in center * acute turn
* does not stick out * sticks out
* does not stick out * sticks out a lot
* almost in center