N4 Grammar · Test 1

120分

20分 means '20 minutes' with no particle. A bare time length cannot connect to 終わりました to show how long finishing took.

220分しか

20分しか means 'only 20 minutes' and しか must be used with a negative verb. 終わりました is affirmative, so this fails.

420分を

20分を uses を, which marks the direct object of a transitive verb. 終わる is intransitive and the time taken is marked by で, not を.

1や

や means 'and' to list examples, as in パンやご飯. It cannot mark the partner of 会話する.

2を

を marks the direct object of an action. 人を would make the person the object, but conversation is done と a person, not を.

3へ

へ marks direction of movement, as in 学校へ行く. 会話する is not movement, so direction makes no sense here.

1で

で marks a tool, method or place of an action. It cannot mark the person who is made to worry by a causative.

3の

の connects nouns or makes a noun modify another noun, as in 両親の心配. It cannot mark the object of させました.

4や

や joins nouns as in 父や母, meaning 'and'. It cannot mark the causee of a causative verb.

2に

に marks a time, destination or target. It has no emphasizing use after a counter and cannot show that eight is many.

3が

が marks the subject of a sentence. 八つ here is the amount eaten, not the subject doing 食べました.

4で

で marks a place, tool or amount needed to do something. It cannot add the 'as many as' surprise that も adds.

1から

から means 'from' for a starting point or source. It does not mark the creator in a formal passive sentence about making or writing.

2を

を marks the direct object of an active verb. In this passive sentence the dictionary is already the topic with は, so を cannot mark 外国人.

3について

について means 'about' or 'concerning', as in 日本語について書く. It introduces a topic, not the doer of 作られました.

1できた

できた means 'was built' in the ta-form of できる. It follows 場所に to describe what was built there, so it goes second, not at the end.

2りんごの　ケーキが

りんごのケーキが means 'apple cake' with subject が. It must sit directly before おいしいです to say what is delicious, so it goes last.

4場所に

場所に means 'in the place'. It gives the noun that あった modifies, so it goes first, right after あった.

1どこ

どこ means 'where'. It starts the embedded question and must join with に, so it goes first, not in the ★ position.

3に

に marks the place where something is put. It follows どこ and attaches to 置いた, so it goes second.

4か

か here is the marker that turns the question into a noun clause. It follows 置いた and comes before 覚えていません, so it goes last.

1ひくのが

ひくのが means 'playing' with の turning the verb into a noun and が marking the subject of liking. It follows ピアノを directly, so it goes first.

2ひく

ひく is the dictionary form of 'to play'. It modifies 時間 to mean time for playing, so it goes last, just before 時間がありません.

4好きですが

好きですが means 'like, but'. It follows ひくのが to complete the first clause, so it goes second.

2くれた

くれた means 'gave me'. It follows そふが to make a relative clause describing the camera, so it goes first.

3使って

使って is the te-form of 使う. It joins with います to mean 'am using', so it goes last, just before います.

4カメラを

カメラを is the object of using. It follows the relative clause そふがくれた, so it goes second.

1ぜひ　行きたい

ぜひ行きたい means 'really want to go'. It is the conclusion after the reason, so it goes last, before です.

2ことが　ない

ことがない means 'have never done' when it follows the ta-form. It attaches to 見に行った, so it goes second.

3見に行った

見に行った is the ta-form of 見に行く, to go to see. It starts the experience clause, so it goes first.