N5 grammar · Lesson 20

Linking two things: order, time, reasons and contrast

家いえに帰かえってから、晩ばんご飯はんを作つくります。

Say order and time with 「て」「てから」「まえに」「あとで」「とき」, reasons with 「から」, contrast with 「が」; link descriptions with 「くて」「で」.

Practise Paid

In this lesson

  1. 01「〜て、〜」 and 「〜てから」: one thing after another
  2. 02「まえに」 and 「あとで」
  3. 03「〜とき」: when …
  4. 04Reasons with 「から」 and contrasts with 「が」
  5. 05「〜くて」 and 「〜で」: linking descriptions

Practice

  • Match the Japanese to its meaning
  • Choose the correct form
  • Which happened first?
  • Choose the word for each blank
  • Join the two sentences into one
  • Put the pieces in order

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