JLPT N5 Practice Test 2

Answer: 3 きた

北 is read きた (north). にし is 西 (west), みなみ is 南 (south), and ひがし is 東 (east). The sentence means "There is a park to the north of the station."

Answer: 1 てんき

天気 is read てんき (weather). Neither て nor き is voiced. でんき is a different word, 電気 (electricity). The sentence means "The weather is nice today."

Answer: 2 ろっぴゃく

六百 is read ろっぴゃく (600). ろく becomes ろっ and ひゃく becomes ぴゃく. Only 三百 (さんびゃく) uses びゃく. The sentence means "This notebook is 600 yen."

Answer: 4 たかい

高い is read たかい (expensive; high). やすい is 安い (cheap), ふるい is 古い (old), and ひくい is 低い (low). The sentence means "This fruit is very expensive."

Answer: 2 らいしゅう

来週 is read らいしゅう (next week). The last sound is long: しゅう, not しゅ. こんしゅう is 今週 (this week) and せんしゅう is 先週 (last week). The sentence means "I will see a movie with a friend next week."

Answer: 1 でます

出ます is read でます (to leave, to go out). だします is a different word and is written 出します. The sentence means "I leave home at seven every morning."

Answer: 3 はは

母 is read はは (my mother). ちち is 父 (my father), あね is 姉 (my older sister), and あに is 兄 (my older brother). The sentence means "My mother is good at cooking."

Answer: 4 シャツ

しゃつ is written シャツ (shirt) in katakana. シ (shi) and ツ (tsu) look very similar, so be careful. The sentence means "I bought a new shirt yesterday."

Answer: 2 大きい

おおきい is written 大きい (big). 太 and 犬 have an extra dot, and 天 has an extra line on top; they are different kanji. The sentence means "There is a big window in the room."

Answer: 1 川

かわ is written 川 (river). 三 is さん (three), 山 is やま (mountain), and 小 is the kanji in 小さい (small). The sentence means "The water of this river is clean."

Answer: 3 聞きます

ききます is written 聞きます (to listen). The kanji has 耳 (ear) inside 門 (gate). 間 has 日 inside, and 開 and 問 are also different kanji. The sentence means "I listen to the news on the radio at night."

Answer: 2 金よう日

きんようび is written 金よう日 (Friday). 全 and 会 look similar but are different kanji. 木よう日 is read もくようび (Thursday). The sentence means "There is a kanji test on Friday."

Answer: 1 ポケット

"I put the key in my jacket pocket." ポケット is the part of a jacket where you put things. ボタン is a button, スプーン is a spoon, and ポスト is a mailbox, so they do not fit.

Answer: 3 ふうとう

"I put the letter in an envelope and put a stamp on it." ふうとう is an envelope. You cannot put a letter inside はがき (a postcard), きっぷ (a ticket), or えんぴつ (a pencil).

Answer: 4 おもい

"This luggage is very heavy, so let's carry it together." おもい means heavy. ひろい (wide) is for rooms or roads, わかい (young) is for people, and あまい (sweet) is for taste, so they cannot describe luggage.

Answer: 2 はいて

"I put on my new shoes and went out." はく is used for things worn on the legs and feet, such as shoes, socks, and trousers. きる is for jackets and similar clothes, かぶる is for hats, and かける is for glasses.

Answer: 3 三さつ

"I bought three magazines at the bookstore." Books, magazines, and notebooks are counted with さつ. まい is for thin flat things like paper, だい is for cars and machines, and ほん (ぼん) is for long thin things like pencils.

Answer: 4 ときどき

"I usually eat dinner at home, but I sometimes go to a restaurant." ときどき means sometimes. あまり is used with a negative verb. だんだん means gradually, and とても means very, so they do not fit here.

Answer: 4 きのうの よる しゅくだいを しました。

"I did my homework last night." ゆうべ means the same as きのうの よる (yesterday night). おととい is the day before yesterday, and あさ is morning, so the other sentences have different meanings.

Answer: 2 リンさんは きょう いそがしくないです。

"Lin is free today." ひま means having free time, so it is the same as いそがしくない (not busy). 1 is the opposite. げんき is about health and energy, not about having time.

Answer: 1 なつやすみに 父と 母と りょこうを しました。

"I took a trip with my parents during the summer vacation." りょうしん means parents, that is, 父と母 (father and mother). あに (older brother) and あね (older sister) are siblings, so they are not included in りょうしん.

Answer: 2 で

The particle で marks the means of transportation: バスで 行きます means "go by bus." The sentence means "I go to school by bus every day." を, に and が cannot show the means.

Answer: 1 に

A place where something exists takes に: place に thing が あります. The sentence means "There is a new hotel in front of the station." で marks where an action happens and へ marks a direction, so they do not fit あります.

Answer: 4 が

The thing you like is marked with が before すきです: X は Y が すきです. The sentence means "I like Japanese music." すき is not a verb, so を is not used here.

Answer: 3 から

から marks the starting time and まで marks the ending time. The sentence means "This shop is open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m." に, へ and を cannot make a time range together with まで.

Answer: 3 いくら

B answers with a price (1500 yen), so A asks いくら (how much). A says "Excuse me, how much is this umbrella?" いくつ asks about a number of things, いつ asks when, and どれ asks which one.

Answer: 1 見ましょう

When you accept an invitation made with 〜ませんか, you answer with 〜ましょう (let's ~). A says "Shall we see a movie together tomorrow?" and B says "Sounds good. Let's see one." 見ました is past, 見ません is negative, and 見て います means "am watching now."

Answer: 4 飲みたい

To say what you want to do, use the verb ます-stem + たいです: 飲みます becomes 飲みたいです. The sentence means "It's hot today. I want to drink cold water." 飲み, 飲む and 飲みましょう cannot be followed by です.

Answer: 2 読んで います

A asks "What are you doing now?", so B answers with 〜て います, which shows an action in progress: "I am reading a book in my room." 読みました is past, 読みましょう means "let's read," and 読んで ください means "please read."

Answer: 2 むずかしかったです

The past form of an い-adjective changes い to かった: むずかしい becomes むずかしかったです. The sentence means "Yesterday's test was very difficult." でした and だった are not attached to い-adjectives; でした is used with な-adjectives and nouns, as in しずかでした.

Answer: 4 ほうが

The correct order is 3→1→4→2: わたしの へやより あねの へやの ほうが ひろいです (My older sister's room is bigger than my room). To compare two things, use A より B の ほうが ~ です.

Answer: 1 も

The correct order is 3→4→1→2: 先生、ここで おべんとうを 食べても いいですか (Teacher, may I eat my boxed lunch here?). Verb て-form + も いいですか is used to ask for permission.

Answer: 3 あかい

The correct order is 4→3→1→2: きのう デパートで 大きくて あかい かばんを 買いました (Yesterday I bought a big red bag at the department store). When two い-adjectives are joined, the first one takes the 〜くて form. A noun cannot come right after 大きくて.

Answer: 1 ほしい

The correct order is 2→4→1→3: リンさんは たんじょうびに 何が ほしいですか (Lin, what do you want for your birthday?). The thing you want is marked with が: ~ が ほしいです.

Answer: 3 そこ

The blank refers to the bakery はな mentioned just before, so そこ (that place) is correct: "I buy bread there every Saturday." それ refers to a thing, その must be followed by a noun, and どこ is a question word.

Answer: 2 でも

The sentence before says the bread is not very cheap, and the next says it is very delicious. These ideas contrast, so でも (but) is correct. そして and それから add similar information, and では is used to change the topic.

Answer: 4 たのしかったです

The writer is talking about last week (その 日は), so the past form たのしかったです is needed: "The weather was nice that day, and it was a lot of fun." たのしいです and たのしくないです are not past, and たのしくなかったです (was not fun) does not fit the good weather or とても.

Answer: 1 行きませんか

The writer is inviting the classmates: "Won't you all go to はな with me next time?" 〜ませんか is used for invitations. こんど means "next time," so the past forms 行きました and 行きませんでした and the ongoing form 行って います do not fit.

Answer: 3 1時に えいがかんの 前

Maria writes 1時に えいがかんの 前で 会いませんか (Shall we meet at 1:00 in front of the movie theater?). 10:00 in front of the station was the first plan, but she has a test in the morning. 2:00 is when the movie starts, not the meeting time.

Answer: 1 月よう日は、本を はこに 入れて かえします。

The staff member says the library is closed on Mondays, and on that day books should be returned to the box next to the entrance. Each person can borrow up to 3 books for 2 weeks, so 2 and 4 are wrong. Magazines cannot be borrowed, so you cannot read them at home.

Answer: 4 たまごの スープ

Ali writes that the meat at the supermarket was expensive, so Ali made egg soup (たまごの スープ). Ali wanted to make a meat dish but did not make it. Lin made the fish dish and Maria made the cake.

Answer: 2 みんなの 国の 話を 聞いた こと

The text says いちばん たのしかったのは、みんなの 国の 話です (The most fun thing was the stories about everyone's countries). The food was delicious, but でも (but) shows that the stories were more fun. The soup is one that Ali's mother often makes; Ali did not make it with her.

Answer: 3 ③

Route ③ arrives at 9:45 and costs 550 yen, so it fits both the time and the price. Route ① costs 800 yen, which is too expensive. Route ② arrives at 10:15, after 10:00. Bus ④ does not run on Saturdays and Sundays, so Maria cannot take it on Sunday.