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Grammar 1B Section I Answers

  1. It's expensive/interesting. → Takai desu/omosiroi desu.
  2. Is it new/big? → Atarasii desu ka/ookii desu ka.
  3. It's very old/small, isn't it? → Totemo hurui desu ne/totemo tiisai desu ne.
  4. A: Is it interesting?
    A: Omosiroi desu ka..

    B: Yes, it's very interesting (I assure you).
    B: Ee, totemo omosiroi desu yo.

  5. It's not expensive/big/good. → Takakunai desu/ookikunai desu/yokunai desu.
  6. It was cheap/small. → Yasukatta desu/tiisakatta desu.
  7. It was good/boring, wasn't it? → Yokatta desu ne/tumaranakatta desu ne.
  8. It wasn't very big/good. → Amari ookikunakatta desu/amari yokunakatta desu.
  9. A: Was it interesting?
    A: Omosirokatta desu ka.

    B: No, it wasn't very interesting.
    B: Iie, amari omosirokunakatta desu.


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