N3 grammar · Lesson 10

「〜ものだ」「〜ことがある」「〜ことになっている」

子こどものころは、暗くらくなるまで外そとで遊あそんだものだ。

「ものだ」: truths, feelings, memories; 「ものではない」: one shouldn’t; 「ことがある」: sometimes; 「ことになっている」: rules. 「もの」 vs 「こと」.

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In this lesson

  1. 01「〜ものだ」: that’s how things are
  2. 02「〜たものだ」: used to …
  3. 03「〜ものではない」: one shouldn’t
  4. 04「〜ことがある」: sometimes …
  5. 05「〜ことになっている」: rules and arrangements
  6. 06Compared with similar expressions

Practice

  • Match the phrases to their meanings
  • What would you say?
  • Choose the natural sentence
  • Choose the phrase for each blank
  • Rewrite as asked
  • Put the pieces in order

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