Chapter 21: Opinions, Events, and Social Topics
Learn to express opinions, talk about events and politics, and discuss social topics with appropriate vocabulary
In this chapter, you will learn how to express thoughts and opinions, talk about events and competitions, discuss politics and news, and use vocabulary related to social issues and everyday inconveniences.

Key topics:
- ・Expressing thoughts and opinions
- ・Talking about events and competitions
- ・Politics and government vocabulary
- ・News, media, and speeches
- ・Social issues and inconveniences
- ・Adverbs of probability and emphasis
Vocabulary
Conversation
Grammar Rules
Rule 1: Expressing thoughts with おもいます
Use おもいます to express your thoughts, opinions, or beliefs, similar to
Rule 2: Saying and reporting with いいます
Use いいます to report what someone said or to name something. The particle と marks the quoted content, just like in おもいます. This pattern means
Rule 3: Talking about topics with について
Use について to specify the topic you are discussing, thinking about, or researching. It means
Rule 4: Expressing inevitability
Use しかたがありません (polite) or しょうがない (casual) to express that a situation is unavoidable, beyond your control, or that there is no choice. It means
Exercises
Question 1
Choose the correct form to complete
あしたは あめが ______ と おもいます。
Question 2
Complete the sentence meaning
このカメラは ______ と おもいます。
Question 3
How do you say
Question 4
Complete the sentence meaning
せんせいは あした テストが ______ と いいました。
Question 5
How do you say
Question 6
Complete the sentence meaning
せいじ ______ はなします。
Question 7
How do you ask
Question 8
Complete the sentence meaning
あめが ふっている から、えいがは やめる ______。
Question 9
What does
Question 10
Complete the sentence meaning
さむい ______ おもいました。
Question 11
How do you say
Question 12
Complete the sentence meaning
かれは あした ______ と いいました。
Question 13
What is the difference between について and によって?
Question 14
Complete the sentence meaning
みらい ______ かんがえています。
Question 15
How do you say
Question 16
Complete the sentence meaning
かれは せんせい ______ と おもいます。
Question 17
In casual speech, what often replaces と in といいました?
Question 18
Complete the phrase meaning
せいじ ______ の ほん
Question 19
What is the difference between しかたがない and しなければならない?
Question 20
Complete the sentence meaning
まちがえた ______ おもいます。