Preview（腕試し）

Kiyoko: I plan to challenge skiing sometime soon.

Greg: Challenge it? Challenge it to a fight?

Kiyoko: No. I mean I've never tried it before, so I want to go skiing.

Kiyoko wants to:

A. try skiing

B. have more challenges

C. fight a skier

D. improve her skiing

Quick Glossary （用語辞典）

noun = 名詞

verb = 動詞

present participle = 現在分詞

Examples（例文）

I often hear this word used in place of the verb "try." Challenge is usually used as a noun in English. It can be used as a verb, but its usage is limited to a few situations.

Noun:

Keishi likes challenges: He is always trying to learn something new.

Adjective (present participle):

The test was quite challenging.

Verb:

Joe challenged Henry to a fight.

The kanji test challenged my memory.

Other ways to say "try":

If you want to say that you are going to try something new and difficult, you can use the following phrases:

give (something) a try

I've never sung karaoke before, but I want to give it a try.

try one's hand at ~

Sumiko tried her hand at snowboarding last week. She did very well.

Finally, you can just use the word try when talking about a new experience.

I'd love to try paragliding someday.

Exercises （練習）Choose the word that best completes the sentence.

1. I really want to ____________ snowboarding someday.

A. fight

B. try

C. play

D. challenge

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2. Learning a second language is very ___________ .

A. try

B. challenging

C. challenge

D. challenged