Match each picture with the correct name - Japan Foundation

Tanabata worksheet (KS2)
●Characters in the story: Match each picture with the correct name.
①Orihime (
)
②Hikoboshi (
)
③Kamisama (God) (
A
B
)
C
●Words search(easy level): Find these words in the maze and colour them in.
Star festival
(tanabata)
Weaver princess
(Orihime)
Cowherd star
Good bye
(Hikoboshi)
(sayounara)
When you have found all of the words, you will find another Japanese word,
Hoshi (star) twice from the leftover letters.
ひ こ ぼ し さ
た ほ ★ お よ
な ★ し り う
ば ほ ★ ひ な
た ★ し め ら
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Tanabata worksheet (KS2)
●Words search (medium level): Find these words in the maze. They may be
written horizontally, Vertically or diagonally. Cross the words out as you find
them.
Star festival (tanabata)
Weaver princess (Orihime)
Cowherd star (Hikoboshi)
Good bye (sayounara)
To like (suki)
God( kamisama)
Star (hoshi)
Cow (ushi)
ひ こ ぼ し さ
た う し ★ よ
な お ★ す う
ば ほ り き な
た し ★ ひ ら
か み さ ま め
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Tanabata worksheet (KS2)
●Trace these Hiragana in the box.
たた た た な な な な
ばば ば ば
②
①
③
お
ひ
こ
し
④
⑥
⑧
⑩
お
ひ
こ
し
お
ひ
こ
し
お り り り り
ひ め め め め
こ ぼ ぼ ぼ ぼ
し
⑤
⑦
⑨
●Complete the following Hiragana
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Tanabata worksheet (KS2)
●Listen to the story again and rearrange the pictures to match the order of the
story.
(
A
)→(
)→(
)→(
A
C
)→(
)→(
B
D
F
)→(
E
G
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G )
Tanabata worksheet (KS2)
●Let’s try to write what you want to be on the tanzaku strip!
(Example)
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