Examen blanc JLPT N5 n° 3

Réponse: 2 にし

西 is read にし (west). ひがし is 東 (east), みなみ is 南 (south), and きた is 北 (north). The sentence means "There is a high mountain in the west of this town."

Réponse: 1 ごご

午後 is read ごご (afternoon, p.m.). Both sounds are ご, with no long vowel. The opposite is 午前 (ごぜん, a.m.). The sentence means "I will meet my friend at three in the afternoon."

Réponse: 3 ようか

As a date, 八日 is read ようか (the 8th). よっか is 四日 (the 4th), むいか is 六日 (the 6th), and ここのか is 九日 (the 9th). The sentence means "I will go back to my country on the 8th of next month."

Réponse: 4 ながい

長い is read ながい (long), with が, not か. たかい is written 高い (high). ひろい is a different word that means wide. The sentence means "This river is very long."

Réponse: 1 がいこく

外国 is read がいこく (foreign country). 外 is がい and 国 is こく. The first sound is voiced (が), but the third is not (こ). The sentence means "I often listen to foreign music."

Réponse: 3 やすみます

休みます is read やすみます (to take a day off, to rest). のみます is written 飲みます (to drink). すみます (to live) and たのみます (to ask for) are different words. The sentence means "I will be absent from school tomorrow."

Réponse: 2 でんしゃ

電車 is read でんしゃ (train). 電 is でん and 車 is しゃ. It is not てん, しゅ, or ちゃ. The sentence means "I wait for the train at the station."

Réponse: 4 レストラン

れすとらん is written レストラン in katakana (restaurant). Be careful with similar shapes: ン (n) and ソ (so), ス (su) and ヌ (nu), ラ (ra) and テ (te). The sentence means "I ate dinner at a restaurant yesterday."

Réponse: 2 古い

ふるい is written 古い (old). 右 (right), 石 (stone), and 台 (stand) look similar but are different kanji. 古 is 十 on top of 口. The sentence means "This old book is my father's."

Réponse: 1 男

おとこ is written 男 (man). The kanji 男 has 田 on top and 力 below. 女 is read おんな (woman). The sentence means "That man is my teacher."

Réponse: 3 読みます

よみます is written 読みます (to read). 語, 話, and 計 have the same left part 言, but they are different kanji. 話 is used in 話します (to speak). The sentence means "I read a book before going to bed."

Réponse: 4 会社

かいしゃ is written 会社 (company). 社会 has the two kanji in reverse order and is a different word, read しゃかい (society). 会者 and 合社 are not words. The sentence means "My father works at a company."

Réponse: 1 ストーブ

"It is cold, so let's turn on the heater." ストーブ is a heater, which you turn on (つける) when it is cold. スプーン is a spoon. スリッパ (slippers) and スカート (skirt) are things you wear with はく, not つける.

Réponse: 3 こうさてん

"This intersection has a lot of cars, so it is dangerous." こうさてん is a place where roads cross, so many cars pass there. かいだん (stairs), ろうか (hallway), and おふろ (bath) are inside a building, where there are no cars.

Réponse: 2 にぎやか

"The area in front of the station has many shops and people, so it is always lively." にぎやか describes a busy, lively place. じょうず (good at) and へた (bad at) describe skill, and じょうぶ means strong or sturdy. They do not describe a place.

Réponse: 4 かぶって

"It is hot, so I will put on a hat and go out." For a hat, use かぶる (to put on the head). はく is for shoes and trousers, きる is for shirts and coats, and かける is for glasses.

Réponse: 1 だい

"We have two cars at home." Cars and machines are counted with だい. まい is for thin, flat things such as paper and shirts, ひき is for small animals, and さつ is for books and notebooks.

Réponse: 3 まっすぐ

"Please go straight along this road. The station is on the right." まっすぐ means straight, without turning. ちょうど means exactly (for time or numbers), だんだん means gradually, and あまり is used with a negative verb.

Réponse: 2 二日 前に 友だちに 会いました。

"I met my friend the day before yesterday." おととい is the day before きのう (yesterday), so it is two days ago: 二日前 (ふつかまえ). One day ago is きのう.

Réponse: 4 この えいがは おもしろくないです。

"This movie is boring." つまらない means the same as おもしろくない (not interesting). 新しくない (not new), 長くない (not long), and むずかしくない (not difficult) do not say whether the movie is interesting.

Réponse: 3 きのう ふくを あらいました。

"I did the laundry yesterday." せんたく means washing clothes, so the answer is ふくを あらいました. Washing dishes (さら) and cleaning a room (そうじ) are not せんたく, and buying clothes is a different action.

Réponse: 3 を

The sentence means "I leave home at 7 every day and go to school." With 出ます, the place you leave takes を: うちを 出ます. に marks a place you enter or a destination, and で marks the place where an action happens, so they do not fit here.

Réponse: 1 買いに

The sentence means "Yesterday I went to the department store with a friend to buy shoes." To say the purpose of going, use the ます-stem + に 行きます: 買います becomes 買いに 行きます. The dictionary form, て-form and た-form cannot take に in this pattern.

Réponse: 2 や

The sentence means "There are books, notebooks and other things on the desk." A や B など lists some examples and suggests there are other things too. が, を and で cannot join two nouns in a list like this.

Réponse: 4 より

The sentence means "The new room is bigger than the old room." To compare two things, use A は B より + adjective. まで, から and を do not express comparison.

Réponse: 2 も

The sentence means "I had no time, so I did not eat anything this morning." A question word + も with a negative verb means "nothing / not ... anything": 何も 食べませんでした. 何を, 何が and 何か do not work in this negative statement.

Réponse: 1 から

The sentence means "I always watch TV after doing my homework." て-form + から shows that one action comes after another. あと needs the た-form (した あとで), まえ needs the dictionary form (する まえに), and とき cannot follow the て-form.

Réponse: 3 話さないで ください

In a library, A says "Excuse me. Please do not talk in a loud voice here," and B apologizes. ない-form + で ください asks someone not to do something. 1 asks B to talk loudly, and 2 and 4 invite B to talk together, so they do not fit the situation.

Réponse: 4 来る

The sentence means "Before I came to Japan, I studied Japanese in my country." The verb before まえに is always in the dictionary form, even when the sentence is about the past: 来る まえに. 来た, 来て and 来ます cannot come before まえに.

Réponse: 3 おもしろくないです

A asks "Is that book interesting?" and B answers "No, it is not very interesting." あまり is used with a negative form and means "not very." 1, 2 and 4 are not negative, so they cannot follow あまり here.

Réponse: 1 「いただきます」

The correct order is 4→2→1→3: 日本では、ごはんを 食べる とき 「いただきます」 と 言います. (In Japan, people say "itadakimasu" when they eat a meal.) The verb 食べる follows ごはんを, and dictionary form + とき means "when." The words that are said come before と 言います.

Réponse: 4 見て

The correct order is 3→2→4→1: テストの ときは じしょを 見て は いけません. (You must not look at a dictionary during a test.) て-form + は いけません means "must not." テストの is followed by とき, and じしょを is followed by the verb 見て.

Réponse: 2 書く

The correct order is 3→2→1→4: マリアさんは かんじで 名前を 書く こと が できます. (Maria can write her name in kanji.) Dictionary form + ことが できます means "can do." The object 名前を comes before the verb 書く.

Réponse: 1 が

The correct order is 3→4→1→2: リンさんは どんな おんがく が すきです か. (What kind of music do you like, Lin?) どんな comes directly before a noun and asks "what kind of." The thing you like is marked with が before すきです.

Réponse: 4 で

The sentence means "Every Saturday I learn from a teacher at a classroom in front of the station." The place where an action happens takes で. に does not mark the place of an action like ならいます, and を and が cannot mark that place either.

Réponse: 2 それから

Ali plays the guitar for about 30 minutes, and after that he takes a bath and goes to bed. それから (and then) shows the next action in order. でも and しかし mean "but," and では means "well then," so they do not fit.

Réponse: 1 が

The sentence means "I am not good at it yet, but the time I spend playing the guitar is a lot of fun." The two parts contrast, so が (but) joins them. から means "because," which does not make sense here, and か and と cannot join these sentences.

Réponse: 3 ひきたいです

Ali will go back to his country next March, so this sentence is about the future: "I want to play the guitar in front of my family." ます-stem + たいです shows what the writer wants to do. 1 and 4 are past forms, and 2 is a request to another person.

Réponse: 1 3時より 前に、小川さんに 電話を します。

The memo says Mr. Ogawa will leave his office at 3:00, so Tanaka should call him before that. その前に means before 3:00, so 1 is correct. After 3:00 Mr. Ogawa will not be at his office. The memo does not say to visit Mr. Ogawa's company or to talk with Lin.

Réponse: 3 母が つくる カレー

The text says いちばんすきなものは、国の母がつくるカレーです: the writer's favorite is the curry made by the writer's mother. The writer often eats sushi and ramen, but they are not the favorite. The writer also says the mother's curry is better than the curry the writer makes, so 4 is wrong.

Réponse: 2 いぬが 「わたし」の ところへ 来た 日

The text says that last Sunday the dog came over to the writer, and その日 (on that day) they talked slowly for the first time. So 2 is correct. At first they only exchanged greetings, so 1 is wrong. The old man was with his dog, and the dog does not belong to the writer.

Réponse: 4 おじいさんと いぬに 会いたいから

The last sentence says the writer now gets up early because the writer wants to see Mr. Yamashita and Shiro. Mr. Yamashita is the old man and Shiro is the dog, so 4 is correct. The text says getting up early used to be hard, not that the writer likes it. School hours and the number of people in the park are not mentioned.

Réponse: 2 ダンス

The classes on Saturday or Sunday are tennis (Saturday) and dance (Sunday). Tennis costs 4,000 yen a month, which is more than 3,000 yen. Dance costs 2,500 yen, so Maria goes to the dance class. Soccer and badminton are cheap, but they are on Wednesday and Friday, so they do not fit.