N2 Grammar · Test 1

2こそ

こそ emphasizes a specific item as exactly the one in question, as in これこそ. It does not create the 'not A, let alone B' escalation required by どころか with a negative.

3のみ

のみ means 'only, merely' and limits something to one item. That is the opposite of すら here, which adds an extreme case to show how bad the situation was.

4ほど

ほど means 'to the extent of' and is used for degree or comparison. It cannot mark an extreme example after a noun in a どころか sentence like this.

1ちっとも

ちっとも means '(not) at all' and must pair with a negative predicate, as in ちっとも分からない. Here 調子がおかしい is affirmative, so it cannot be used.

2いったい

いったい means 'what on earth' and strengthens a question word in an interrogative sentence. There is no question in this sentence, so it fails.

4まさか

まさか means 'surely not, no way' and expresses strong denial or disbelief about something unexpected. It does not describe a continuing vague problem.

1にあたって

にあたって means 'on the occasion of' an important formal act, as in 開業にあたって. It does not describe an unlucky coincidence in daily life.

3において

において means 'in, at' for a formal place, time or field, as in 会議において. It only locates an event and cannot express 'precisely when' with irony.

4に際して

に際して means 'on the occasion of' an important event, as in 卒業に際して. It is formal and neutral, not used for complaining about bad timing.

1からには

からには means 'given that, now that' and is followed by determination or obligation, as in やるからには. It cannot simply link a guessed cause to 体がだるい.

2わけか

わけか combines わけ, which gives an explanatory conclusion, with か, which questions or recalls. It does not function as a cause marker like 'because' before a symptom.

3あまりに

あまりに expresses 'due to excess', as in 心配のあまりに, and cannot follow the ta-form 眠れなかった directly here. It also states excess as a fact, not a guess with か.

2うえに

うえに means 'in addition, on top of that' and adds another fact in the same direction. It does not express surprise or emotion, so it cannot frame 気がする here.

3くせに

くせに means 'even though' with criticism or blame for a contradiction. There is no one to criticize here, only the speaker's strange feeling, so the blaming nuance fails.

4ものに

ものに alone is not a connector for surprise or contrast here. It imitates ものの ('although') or ものだから ('because'), but neither form nor meaning fits 不思議な plus a feeling.

1あと数週間

あと数週間 means 'a few more weeks'. It is a time phrase that goes second, directly before と思うと, and cannot be third because the third slot must link the thought to the main clause.

3のも

のも is の nominalizer plus も, meaning 'also doing'. It attaches directly to 過ごす and must be first, not third, because the verb before the blanks fixes it.

4寂しさが増してくる

寂しさが増してくる means 'loneliness grows'. It contains てくる for a change coming about and must be the final main clause, so it cannot sit in the middle.

1終わらないか

終わらないか is the negative second half of the か pair. It goes second and joins with か to connect to のうちに, not in another position.

2言い終わるか

言い終わるか means 'whether she finishes saying'. It follows the quote with と and starts the か pair, so it goes first.

3玄関を

玄関を means 'through the front door'. The particle を with a movement verb like 飛び出す marks the exit point, so it must sit just before 飛び出していった, in fourth place.

1理解した

理解した is the ta-form of 理解する, to understand. It really goes first, right after 完璧に, because only a verb can complete 完璧に and start the chunk ending in つもりでも.

3できない

できない means cannot do, here cannot solve. It really goes last, directly before ということ, because it is the result of the conditional 問題を解いてみると.

4つもりでも

つもりでも means even though one thinks, here even though one thinks one understood. It really goes second, right after 理解した, because つもり attaches to the ta-form to express that belief.

1ものもいる

ものもいる means there are also ones that, with もの nominalizing the verb before it and いる showing existence. It really goes last, before そうだ, because そうだ for hearsay follows the plain form いる.

2すむ

すむ is the dictionary form meaning to live or inhabit. It really goes first, after この池に, because it must form a relative clause modifying the noun 魚.

3魚のなかには

魚のなかには means among the fish, marking the group being described. It really goes second, after この池にすむ, to introduce the topic that ものもいる comments on.