N3 Grammar · Test 26

Option 2 「話し合ってみるつもりです」is correct. The speaker says his wife also likes animals, so when he gets home today, he plans to try discussing it with her. 話し合ってみる = 'try discussing' (Vて + みる = 'try doing ~'), and つもりです = 'I plan to ~'. This fits the first-person statement of intent perfectly.

• 1話し合いたがっています means '(someone) wants to discuss' using たがる (third-person desire). But the subject here is the speaker himself (今日帰ったら、妻と〜), so you wouldn't use たがる for your own desire.
• 3話し合いたい一違いありません appears to contain a transcription error (一 should likely be に), but even as 「話し合いたいに違いありません」('there is no doubt (he) wants to discuss'), it would describe a third party's desire with certainty, not the speaker's own plan — and it's too strong/awkward for this conversational context.
• 4話し合っておけばいいんです means 'it would be fine if (I) discuss it in advance' — this uses 〜ておく ('do in advance/preparation') + ばいい ('it's fine if ~'), which sounds like giving advice rather than stating one's own intention.

• 話し合う（はなしあう） — to discuss with each other
• 〜てみる — to try doing something (to see what happens)
• 〜つもりだ — intend to, plan to

Option 4 「信じてしまいそうだ」is correct. The sentence says his paintings look like photographs, so if someone showed one to you and said 'this is a photograph,' you would probably end up believing it. 〜てしまう expresses an unintended/completed action, and 〜そうだ (after a verb stem) expresses 'look like ~ is about to happen' / 'probably would ~'. 信じてしまいそうだ = 'I'd probably end up believing it.' This fits the hypothetical 〜たら condition perfectly.

• 1信じられそうにない means 'seems unlikely to be believable' — this is the opposite of what the sentence implies. The paintings are so realistic that you WOULD believe it's a photo, not that you couldn't believe it.
• 2信じられなかったらしい means 'apparently (someone) couldn't believe it' — this uses らしい (hearsay/conjecture about the past), which doesn't fit the hypothetical 〜たら 'if someone showed you' context.
• 3信じてきてしまった is ungrammatical/unnatural. 〜てくる expresses a change coming toward the speaker, but combined with 〜てしまう here it doesn't form a coherent expression for this context.

• 〜てしまう — to do something completely/unintentionally (often conveys a sense of regret or inevitability)
• 〜そうだ（様態） — looks like ~, seems like ~ is about to happen (attached to verb stem)

手伝わされる is the causative-passive form of 手伝う (てつだう, 'to help'). 親に手伝わされる = 'to be made to help by one's parents.' The speaker was forced by their parents to help with cleaning, etc. The causative-passive (させられる/わされる) expresses being compelled to do something by someone, which fits perfectly: 親に店の掃除などを手伝わされることが多く = 'I was often made to help with cleaning the shop, etc. by my parents.'

• 1手伝える is the potential form ('can help'). 親に手伝える would mean 'can help my parents,' which reverses the direction and expresses ability, not compulsion. The sentence requires the speaker being forced to help.
• 2手伝われる is the plain passive ('is helped'). 親に手伝われる = 'my parents are helped (by someone),' which is the wrong direction entirely — it would mean the parents receive help, not that the speaker is made to help.
• 3手伝わせる is the causative form ('make (someone) help'). 親に手伝わせる = 'make my parents help,' which reverses the roles — the speaker would be making the parents help, not the other way around.

• 手伝てつだわされる — causative-passive of 手伝う: to be made to help (by someone)
• 手伝てつだう — to help, to assist
• causative-passive（させられる/わされる） — being made/forced to do something by someone (e.g., 親に～される)

なくてもよければ is the conditional (ば-form) of なくてもいい ('it is okay even if it is not ~'). In context, A asks for a 'good hotel' (いいホテル). B replies: 駅の近くで、[よく]なくてもよければ、一つ知ってるよ = 'If you're okay with one that's not (particularly) good, I know one near the station.' The adjective よい is implied from A's question. The ば conditional properly connects to the main clause 一つ知ってるよ.

• 1よくないと = 'if it is not good' (using と conditional). This would mean 'if it's not good, I know one,' which is illogical — why would B recommend a hotel only if it's not good?
• 2なくてもいいと uses と instead of ば. なくてもいいと would function as a quote ('that it's okay even if not ~'), but there is no quoting verb. The sentence needs a conditional (ば) to connect to the main clause, not a quotative と.
• 3よくなければ = 'if it is not good.' This simply states a negative condition without the nuance of 'it's okay even if ~.' It would mean 'if it's not good, I know one,' which is illogical in context.

• なくてもよければ — if it is okay even if it is not ~ (conditional form of なくてもいい)
• なくてもいい — it is okay even without ~; it does not have to be ~

The correct answer is 3. The sentence means: 'Since we have a 3-year-old daughter, we put medicine out of her reach so that she doesn't accidentally drink it.' The grammar point being tested is 〜ように (so that / in order to), which expresses a purpose or desired outcome. The verb before it must be 飲んでしまわない (the negative potential form of 飲んでしまう, meaning 'to not end up drinking it completely/unintentionally'). 〜てしまう implies an action is completed, often with a sense of regret or an unintended negative result, which fits perfectly here since a child accidentally drinking medicine is a bad outcome we want to avoid.

• 1飲み終わらないように means 'so that she doesn't finish drinking'. This implies she starts drinking the medicine but doesn't finish it, which is not the intended meaning. The parents want to prevent the child from drinking it at all, not just prevent her from finishing it.
• 2飲み終わらないようで uses the wrong verb (飲み終わる instead of 飲んでしまう) and the wrong grammar form (ようで instead of ように). ようで cannot be used to express purpose.
• 4飲んでしまわないようで uses the correct verb but the wrong grammar form. ようで is used to express a state or appearance (e.g., 'it seems that...'), not a purpose. To express 'so that...', you must use 〜ように.

• 間違まちがって — by mistake, accidentally
• 飲のんでしまう — to drink completely, to drink unintentionally (often with a sense of regret)
• 〜ように — so that, in order to (expresses purpose or desired outcome)
• 飲み終わる（のみおわる） — to finish drinking
• 手の届かない（てのとどかない） — out of reach