N4 Grammar · Test 10

The correct answer is 2 (入っては). The pattern 〜てはいけません means 'must not do ~.' 入ってはいけません = 'You must not enter.' The verb is 入る (to enter); its て-form is 入って, followed by はいけません.

• 1入るは is ungrammatical. The prohibition pattern requires て-form + は, not dictionary form + は.
• 3入りますは is ungrammatical. ます-form cannot be followed by は in this pattern; you need the て-form (入って).
• 4入らないは is ungrammatical. Negative form + は does not form the prohibition pattern.

• 入はいる — to enter
• 〜てはいけません — must not do ~ (prohibition)

The correct answer is 3 (歩き). なさい attaches to the ます-stem (conjunctive stem) of a verb. The verb 歩く (to walk) has the stem 歩き, so 歩きなさい = 'Walk!' (a mild command). The sentence means 'Follow the person in front and walk straight.'

• 1歩いた is the past tense (plain). なさい cannot attach to the past form; *歩いたなさい is ungrammatical.
• 2歩く is the dictionary form. なさい cannot attach directly to the dictionary form; *歩くなさい is ungrammatical.
• 4歩け is the imperative (命令形). なさい is a separate command suffix that attaches to the stem, not the imperative form; *歩けなさい is ungrammatical.

• 歩あるく — to walk
• 〜なさい — do ~ (mild command, attaches to verb stem)
• まっすぐ — straight ahead

The correct answer is 2 (見て). This tests the grammar pattern 〜てみる ('to try doing something'). The full sentence is 一度見て見てください (一度見てみてください) = 'Please try watching it once.' The first 見て is the main verb ('watch'), and みてください ('please try') is the pattern 〜てみる in the て-form + ください. The sentence means 'That movie is very interesting, so please try watching it at least once.'

• 1見た is the past tense. 一度見た見てください is ungrammatical; the past form cannot connect to 見てください this way.
• 3見ていて is the て-form of 見ている (to be watching / continuous state). 一度見ていて見てください is ungrammatical and does not form the 〜てみる pattern.
• 4見る is the dictionary form. 一度見る見てください is ungrammatical; the dictionary form cannot connect to 見てください in this way.

• 〜てみる — to try doing something (to see what it's like)
• 一度いちど — once / one time
• 見みる — to watch / to see

The correct answer is 3 (きれいだ). The sentence uses the 〜し pattern to list multiple characteristics. For な-adjectives used predicatively (not modifying a noun), you attach し to だ: きれいだ + し = きれいだし. The sentence means 'Yamada's apartment is clean, spacious, and close to the station.'

• 1きれいな is used when a な-adjective modifies a noun (e.g., きれいな部屋). Here きれい is used predicatively after は, so な is incorrect before し.
• 2きれい alone is incomplete — a な-adjective needs だ (or な before a noun) before し. Bare きれいし is ungrammatical.
• 4きれいの is wrong; の is not used to connect a な-adjective to し. な-adjectives use だ or な, never の, in this pattern.

• きれい（綺麗） — pretty, clean (な-adjective)
• 〜し — and also; used to list multiple reasons or characteristics

The correct answer is 2 (に). The pattern 〜に〜ように言う means 'tell (someone) to do something.' Here, 田中さんにあした10時に来るように言ってください = 'Please tell Tanaka-san to come at 10 tomorrow.' The person being told is marked by に.

• 1を marks the direct object of a verb. 言う can take を only in specific expressions like 詩を言う, but when telling someone to do something, the listener is marked by に, not を.
• 3や means 'and' (non-exhaustive list of nouns). 田中さんや would start a list, which makes no sense before 来るように言ってください.
• 4の is the possessive/linking particle. 田中さんの来るように言ってください is ungrammatical in this context.

• 〜ように言う（〜ようにいう） — to tell someone to do something
• 来くる — to come

The correct answer is 4 (に). いらっしゃる is the respectful (尊敬語) form of いる ('to be/exist'). For verbs of existence (いる/ある), the location is marked by に. 研究室にいらっしゃる = 'be in the research room.' The sentence means 'I hear that the teacher will be in the research room all this Saturday.'

• 1は is a topic marker. While は can sometimes replace に for contrast, 研究室はいらっしゃる sounds unnatural and would imply contrast ('as for the research room, the teacher will be there'), which is not the intended meaning.
• 2が marks the subject. 研究室がいらっしゃる would make 研究室 the subject of いらっしゃる, meaning 'the research room exists/is present,' which is nonsensical.
• 3を marks a direct object, typically for transitive verbs of motion (を歩く, を通る). いらっしゃる as 'to be (somewhere)' is intransitive and takes に, not を.

• いらっしゃる — respectful form of いる/行く/来る (to be / to go / to come)
• 研究室けんきゅうしつ — research room / laboratory
• ずっと — all the time / throughout

The correct answer is 2 (入っては). The pattern 〜てはいけません means 'must not do ~.' 入ってはいけません = 'You must not enter.' The verb is 入る (to enter); its て-form is 入って, followed by はいけません.

• 1入るは is ungrammatical. The prohibition pattern requires て-form + は, not dictionary form + は.
• 3入りますは is ungrammatical. ます-form cannot be followed by は in this pattern; you need the て-form (入って).
• 4入らないは is ungrammatical. Negative form + は does not form the prohibition pattern.

• 入はいる — to enter
• 〜てはいけません — must not do ~ (prohibition)

The correct answer is 3 (歩き). なさい attaches to the ます-stem (conjunctive stem) of a verb. The verb 歩く (to walk) has the stem 歩き, so 歩きなさい = 'Walk!' (a mild command). The sentence means 'Follow the person in front and walk straight.'

• 1歩いた is the past tense (plain). なさい cannot attach to the past form; *歩いたなさい is ungrammatical.
• 2歩く is the dictionary form. なさい cannot attach directly to the dictionary form; *歩くなさい is ungrammatical.
• 4歩け is the imperative (命令形). なさい is a separate command suffix that attaches to the stem, not the imperative form; *歩けなさい is ungrammatical.

• 歩あるく — to walk
• 〜なさい — do ~ (mild command, attaches to verb stem)
• まっすぐ — straight ahead

The correct answer is 2 (見て). This tests the grammar pattern 〜てみる ('to try doing something'). The full sentence is 一度見て見てください (一度見てみてください) = 'Please try watching it once.' The first 見て is the main verb ('watch'), and みてください ('please try') is the pattern 〜てみる in the て-form + ください. The sentence means 'That movie is very interesting, so please try watching it at least once.'

• 1見た is the past tense. 一度見た見てください is ungrammatical; the past form cannot connect to 見てください this way.
• 3見ていて is the て-form of 見ている (to be watching / continuous state). 一度見ていて見てください is ungrammatical and does not form the 〜てみる pattern.
• 4見る is the dictionary form. 一度見る見てください is ungrammatical; the dictionary form cannot connect to 見てください in this way.

• 〜てみる — to try doing something (to see what it's like)
• 一度いちど — once / one time
• 見みる — to watch / to see