Grammar Notes:

■ With のが, the の makes the preceding phrase into a noun phrase and が sets that noun phrase as the subject.  

あなたは　え　を　かく　のが　上手(じょうず)　です。

[as for you – picture – (direct object marker) – drawing/painting – のが – good at]
You are good at drawing pictures.

Key Vocabulary:

• 今日(きょう) today [literally, "now day"]
• 学校(がっこう) school [学 (study; learning) + 校 (school)]
• ちこく　late; tardy [kanji: 遅刻(ちこく)l; 遅 (slow) + 刻 (cut; engrave)]
• あさ morning [kanji: 朝(あさ)]
• おきる to get up; wake up [kanji: 起(お)きる]
• すこし a little [kanji: 少(すこ)し]
• おそかった was late [past of 遅(おそ)く late]
• ので therefore; because of that
• バス bus [from the English]
• のれません　でした didn’t ride [from 乗(の)る (to ride (vehicle))]
• 先生(せんせい) teacher
• おこられました was scolded [passive form of 怒(おこ)る (to get angry; to be mad)]
• 明日 tomorrow
• めざまし時計(どけい) alarm clock [めざまし (waking up) + 時計(とけい) (watch; clock)]
• つかいます to use [kanji: 使(つか)う]
• どうして why

Answers:

1) B – He slept late.