Past Verb Practice 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. 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

This page has last been revised on 2006/4/28