Chapter 18: Skills, Abilities, and Daily Activities
Learn to express abilities, skills, and daily activities including household chores, hobbies, and workplace vocabulary
In this chapter, you will learn how to express abilities and skills, describe daily activities and hobbies, and use vocabulary related to household chores, music, work positions, and international contexts.

Key topics:
- ・Expressing abilities and skills
- ・Household chores and daily activities
- ・Music and entertainment vocabulary
- ・Workplace positions and hierarchy
- ・International contexts and currency
- ・Hobbies and personal activities
Vocabulary
Conversation
Grammar Rules
Rule 1: Potential form with できます
Use できます to express ability or possibility, meaning
Rule 2: Verb groups and conjugations
Japanese verbs are divided into three groups based on how they conjugate. Group I (う-verbs) have a stem ending in a consonant; Group II (る-verbs) end in 〜える or 〜いる in dictionary form; Group III has only two irregular verbs: する (do) and くる (come). For potential form (can do), each group follows a different pattern.
Rule 3: Expressing measurements
Use measurement units like メートル (meters), センチ (centimeters), キロ (kilograms), or リットル (liters) after a number to express size, length, weight, or volume. To say that something has a certain measurement, use です. To modify a noun with a measurement, use の between the measurement and the noun.
Rule 4: Using ことがあります
Use 〜たことがあります to express that you have had the experience of doing something at some point in the past. It means
Exercises
Question 1
Choose the correct sentence meaning
Question 2
Complete the sentence meaning
ピアノをひく ______ が できます。
Question 3
Which verb belongs to Group I (う-verb)?
Question 4
Change たべます (to eat) to potential form meaning
たべます → ______
Question 5
How do you say
Question 6
Complete the phrase meaning
50メートル ______ たてもの
Question 7
What does
Question 8
Complete the sentence meaning
すしを たべた ______ が ありません。
Question 9
What is the potential form of します (to do)?
Question 10
Complete the question meaning
すしを たべた ______ が ありますか。
Question 11
Change かきます (to write) to potential form.
Question 12
Complete the sentence meaning
ろくじゅう ______ です。
Question 13
What is the difference between ピアノができます and ピアノがわかります?
Question 14
Change よみます (to read) to potential form.
よみます → ______
Question 15
How do you say
Question 16
Complete the sentence meaning
ごじゅうメートル ______ です。
Question 17
How do you say
Question 18
Identify the group of みます (to see/watch).
みますは ______ です。
Question 19
What is the potential form of きます (to come)?
Question 20
Complete the sentence meaning
にほんに ______ ことがあります。