For this question, we need to answer whether or not it is true that our roommate asked us to open the window.

The key to answering these questions is to listen for the subject of each sentence and the verb that accompanies them. As you will quickly learn, nearly all sentences in this listening exercise are ‘てください’ sentences, so we mostly just need to listen for the words proceeding the construction. This might help you parse out the information that you don’t actively need.

The first line of this exercise is our roommate instructing us to enter her room in the morning and open the window, ‘朝、私の部屋に入って、窓を開けてください（あさ、私のへやにはいって、まどをあけてください）.’ In this line, we can actually hear two uses of the て-form that we learned in Chapter 6.

As our roommate requested us to open the window in her room, we answer 〇（まる）.

For this question, we need to answer whether or not it is true that our roommate asked us to water the plants.

The key to answering these questions is to listen for the subject of each sentence and the verb that accompanies them. As you will quickly learn, nearly all sentences in this listening exercise are ‘てください’ sentences, so we mostly just need to listen for the words proceeding the construction. This might help you parse out the information that you don’t actively need.

Throughout the exercise, our roommate never uses any phrases related to watering the plants, such as ‘植物に水をやります。（しょくぶつに水をやります。）’ Thus, we answer ×（ばつ）.

For this question, we need to answer whether or not it is true that our roommate asked us to drink milk.

The key to answering these questions is to listen for the subject of each sentence and the verb that accompanies them. As you will quickly learn, nearly all sentences in this listening exercise are ‘てください’ sentences, so we mostly just need to listen for the words proceeding the construction. This might help you parse out the information that you don’t actively need.

After asking us to open her window, our roommate tells us to drink the milk in the fridge, ‘冷蔵庫にミルクがあります。飲んでください。（れいぞうこにミルクがあります。飲んでください。）’ Though ‘てください’ is most often used to make polite requests, here it is used to mean something more like, ‘you can drink the milk.’

As our roommate asked us to drink the milk, we answer 〇（まる）.

For this question, we need to answer whether or not it is true that our roommate asked us to return a book to Mary.

The key to answering these questions is to listen for the subject of each sentence and the verb that accompanies them. As you will quickly learn, nearly all sentences in this listening exercise are ‘てください’ sentences, so we mostly just need to listen for the words proceeding the construction. This might help you parse out the information that you don’t actively need.

After our roommate tells us that we can eat any food in the fridge, they tell us to that Mary’s book is on the table, ‘メアリーさんの本が机の上にあります。（メアリーさんの本がつくえの上にあります。）’ Then, our roommate asks us to return it to Mary, ‘メアリーさんに返してください。（メアリーさんにかえしてください。）Here the word ‘本’ is omitted in the second sentence, as it is implied from context.

As our roommate asked us to return Mary’s book to her, we answer 〇（まる）.

For this question, we need to answer whether or not it is true that our roommate asked us to borrow a notebook from Robert.

The key to answering these questions is to listen for the subject of each sentence and the verb that accompanies them. As you will quickly learn, nearly all sentences in this listening exercise are ‘てください’ sentences, so we mostly just need to listen for the words proceeding the construction. This might help you parse out the information that you don’t actively need.

After our roommate tells us to return the book to Mary, they tell us, because they are having a party on Saturday, to call Robert and borrow a camera from him, ‘土曜日にパーティーをしますから、ロバートさんに電話をかけて、カメラを借りてください。（ロバートさんにでんわをかけて、土曜日にパーティーをしますから、カメラをかりてください。）’ Here it is important to track not only who the request applies to (Robert), but also what specifically is being asked.

Later, we will learn the particle ‘から’ (different from the ‘から’ learned in Chapter 6), which indicates that something is ‘from’ something else. ‘に’ can often also be used, but it is less precise.

As our roommate asked us to borrow a camera from Robert, and not to borrow a notebook from him, we answer ×（ばつ）.

For this question, we need to answer whether or not it is true that our roommate asked us to do some shopping for a party.

The key to answering these questions is to listen for the subject of each sentence and the verb that accompanies them. As you will quickly learn, nearly all sentences in this listening exercise are ‘てください’ sentences, so we mostly just need to listen for the words proceeding the construction. This might help you parse out the information that you don’t actively need.

After our roommate tells us to borrow the camera from Robert, they tell us to do some shopping for a party on Friday, ‘金曜日にパーティーの買い物をしてください。（金曜日にパーティーのかいものをしてください。）’ Thus, we answer 〇（まる）.