Grammar Notes:

■ The adverbs はやく (early) and おそく (late) can be added to time nouns. You will often hear these:

• あさ　はやく early in the morning
• よる　おそく late at night
• 毎(まい)あさ　はやく early every morning
• 毎(まい)ばん　おそく late every evening

Key Vocabulary:

• 今日(きょう) today [literally, "now day"]
• と and
• 明日(あした) tomorrow [明 (bright; light) + 日 (day; sun)]
• 学校(がっこう) school [学 (study; learning) + 校 (school)]
• 休(やす)み break (from school); rest; vacation [from 休(やす)む (rest; day off)]
• 友(とも)だち friend
• こうえん (public) park [kanji: 公園(こうえん)]
• 行(い)きます to go [dictionary form: 行(い)く (to go)]
• 山(やま) mountain
• あさ morning
• はやく early; soon [this also can mean “quickly” or “fast”]
• あさ　はやく early in the morning
• おきて wake up and [from 起(お)きる (to get up); the て form makes it into a conjunction]
• といっしょに together with [the person you are together with (in this case, a friend) is placed before the と]
• のぼります climb (mountain) [kanji: 登(のぼ)る (to climb; to ascend; to hike)]
• 今夜(こんや) this evening [今 (now) + 夜 (evening; night)]
• ねます sleep [kanji: 寝(ね)る (to sleep)]

Answers:

1) A – John's day off is today and tomorrow.

2) C – He will climb a mountain tomorrow.