N2 grammar · Lesson 28

Sentence endings: 「までもない」「までだ」「ないものか」

この程度ていどの雨あめなら、わざわざタクシーを呼よぶまでもない。

「までもない」: no need; 「までだ」: I’ll just …, or I only …; 「ないものか」: a wish for something hard. Review 「わけにはいかない」 and its formal form.

Practise Paid

In this lesson

  1. 01「〜までもない」: no need to …
  2. 02「〜までだ」 and 「〜までのことだ」: I’ll just …; I only …
  3. 03「〜ないものか」: is there really no way to …?
  4. 04Review of 「〜わけにはいかない」: can’t, because it wouldn’t be right
  5. 05Compared with similar expressions
  6. 06Dialogue and short text: talking price with a client, library opening hours

Practice

  • What does this sentence mean?
  • Which sentence uses it correctly?
  • Choose the phrase for each blank
  • Rewrite as asked
  • Put the pieces in order
  • Read the passage and answer the questions

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