私（わたし）はチェスをする____だ。

彼（かれ）は運転（うんてん）する____です。

私（わたし）は漢字（かんじ）を教（おし）える____。

カタカナを覚（おぼ）える____。

サッカーをする____です。

彼女（かのじょ）は勉強（べんきょう）する____。

彼（かれ）は漢字（かんじ）を書（か）く____。

私（わたし）はパンを作（つく）る____すぎる。

私（わたし）は、掃除（そうじ）をする____です。

彼（かれ）は外国人（がいこくじん）だから、お箸（はし）を使（つか）う____です。

君（きみ）は、泳（およ）ぐ____ですね。

あの子（こ）は料理（りょうり）する____。

彼（かれ）は、自転車（じてんしゃ）を乗（の）る____だろう。

～のが下手（へた） is a phrase that behaves in almost exactly the same way as ～のが上手（じょうず）, but rather than meaning 'to be good at (A)', it means 'to be bad at (A)', (which is a much more handy expression, if you are like me!). This particular expression is used with the plain (dictionary) form of verbs only.

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In these examples, we can see that there is no difference between Ichidan verbs and Godan verbs. Both will appear in their plain form. In this expression, のが is performing the same function as in the regular のは, and のが constructions. This function is nominalization (turning a phrase into a noun). However, のは cannot be used with this phrase, as が is always required with adjectives.

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If you want to express that you were bad at something (in the past), the verb will still remain in the plain form, but 下手（へた） will change to the past tense.

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<div class='writeup-example--japanese'>去年（きょねん）まで料理（りょうり）をするのが下手（へた）だった。</div>
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With “I’m not good at remembering katakana”, why is のがへただ not a correct answer? It only accepts のがへた, but I thought へた is a な-adjective and therefore だ can be used in casual sentences?

<a class="mention" href="/u/Melanthe">@Melanthe</a> Sorry about that! Looks like we were missing the alternative answer for this review question. Thank you for drawing this to our attention so that we could get it fixed. Cheers!

<ruby>彼<rt>かれ</rt></ruby>は、<ruby>自転車<rt>じてんしゃ</rt></ruby>を<ruby>乗<rt>の</rt></ruby>るのがへただろう。
I think it should be 自転車に乗る? Or is this a recent development where both を and に are starting to get feasible for 乗る.

のが下手(へた)To be bad at, Poor at, Unskillful

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