N4 Grammar · Test 3

に is correct. The phrase 料理に使う (りょうりにつかう) means 'used for/in cooking'. Here, に marks the purpose for which the vegetables are used. The full clause 料理に使う野菜 modifies 野菜 (やさい, vegetables): 'vegetables used in cooking'. The sentence means 'At this restaurant, they grow in their garden the vegetables they use in their cooking.'

• 1は (topic marker) cannot connect 料理 and 使う here. It would break the modifier clause structure; you cannot say 料理は使う野菜.
• 3や (meaning 'and/things like') is used to list nouns (e.g., 料理や野菜). It cannot link 料理 to the verb 使う.
• 4の (possessive/linking particle) would give 料理の使う野菜, which is ungrammatical. の links nouns to nouns, not a noun to a verb in this way.

• 料理りょうり — cooking; dish
• 使つかう — to use
• 野菜やさい — vegetable
• 育そだてる — to raise, to grow
• 〜に使う（〜につかう） — used for/in (purpose)

ずつ is correct. ずつ is attached to a quantity or number to mean 'each' or 'apiece'. 二つずつ (ふたつずつ) means 'two each'. The customer is ordering two strawberry cakes and two chocolate cakes, so 二つずつください means 'two of each, please.'

• 1と (and) would give 二つとください, which is ungrammatical. と connects nouns, not a number to a verb.
• 2が (subject marker) would give 二つがください, which is ungrammatical and meaningless here.
• 4など (etc./things like) would give 二つなどください, which is unnatural. など is used to give non-exhaustive examples of nouns, not quantities.

• いちご — strawberry
• チョコレート（ちょこれーと） — chocolate
• 〜ずつ — each, apiece (distributed equally)

と is correct. The pattern 〜と違って (〜とちがって) means 'unlike ～' or 'different from ～'. きのうと違って (きのうとちがって) means 'unlike yesterday'. The sentence means 'Unlike yesterday, today is good weather.'

• 2の would give きのうの違って, which is ungrammatical. の links nouns, but 違う is a verb and requires と to mark what something differs from.
• 3に would give きのうに違って. The verb 違う takes と, not に, to mark the thing being compared/differed from.
• 4まで (until/even) would give きのうまで違って, which is ungrammatical and makes no sense in this context.

• 違ちがう — to differ, to be different
• 〜と違って（〜とちがって） — unlike ～, different from ～
• 天気てんき — weather

には is correct. 私には (わたしには) means 'to me' or 'for me', marking a perspective or standpoint. 私にはからくないですよ means 'To me, it's not spicy.' Speaker B is expressing that from their own perspective/taste, the curry does not seem spicy, even though A finds it spicy.

• 1では would give 私ではからくないですよ. では can mean 'if it were me' or 'in the case of me', but it does not express the perspective 'to me / for me' that is needed here. It would sound like 'If I were the one (making/judging)...', which is unnatural.
• 3と would give 私とからくないですよ, which is ungrammatical. と cannot mark a person's perspective in this way.
• 4へ (direction particle) would give 私へからくないですよ, which is ungrammatical and meaningless here.

• からい — spicy, hot
• 私わたしには — to me, for me (perspective marker)

が is correct. The pattern 〜がする is used for sensory perceptions—smells, sounds, tastes, feelings. いいにおいがします (いいにおいがします) means 'there is a good smell' or 'I smell something good'. The particle が is fixed in this expression.

• 1で would give いいにおいでします, which is ungrammatical. で marks means/tools or location, but the verb する in the sense of 'perceiving a smell' requires が.
• 2に would give いいにおいにします, which is ungrammatical. にする means 'to decide on / make something into', which does not fit.
• 3を would give いいにおいをします. While some learners might think を marks the object, the fixed expression for sensory perception is 〜がする, not 〜をする.

• 台所だいどころ — kitchen
• におい — smell, scent
• 〜がする — to perceive (a smell, sound, sensation)
• 焼やく — to bake, to roast

The correct order is 駅(3) で(1) だれ(2) か(4) に聞きましょう, forming 「駅でだれかに聞きましょう」(Let's ask someone at the station). The ★ position is filled by だれ (option 2). The full sentence means: 'No, I don't know. Let's ask someone at the station.' The structure is 駅で (at the station) + だれか (someone) + に (to) + 聞きましょう (let's ask).

• 1で (で) is a particle meaning 'at/in' and must come after 駅 to form 駅で, so it belongs in the first blank, not the ★ position.
• 3駅 (えき) means 'station' and is the location word that starts the phrase, so it goes in the first blank before で.
• 4か (か) is the question/indefinite particle that attaches to だれ to form だれか (someone), so it comes after だれ, not in the ★ position.

• 駅えき — station
• だれか — someone
• 聞きく — to ask
• 行き方（いきかた） — how to get there / directions

The correct order is 帰る(1) のが(4) 遅く(3) なる(2) 日が多い, forming 「帰るのが遅くなる日が多い」(There are many days when I come home late). The ★ position is filled by 遅く (option 3). The structure is: 帰るのが (the act of returning home) + 遅く (late) + なる (become) + 日が多い (there are many days). The ku-form of an i-adjective (遅く) is used before なる to mean 'become late.'

• 1帰る (かえる) means 'to return home' and starts the noun clause 帰るのが, so it goes in the first blank.
• 2なる (なる) means 'to become' and follows the ku-form 遅く to form 遅くなる, so it goes in the last blank.
• 4のが (のが) is a nominalizer + subject particle that turns 帰る into a noun phrase (帰るのが = 'returning home'), so it comes right after 帰る.

• 遅おそく — late (ku-form of 遅い)
• 〜くなる — to become ~ (used with i-adjective stem)
• のが — nominalizer の + subject marker が
• 日ひ — day

The correct order is 住める(3) 家を(2) 建てる(4) ために(1) 貯金しています, forming 「住める家を建てるために貯金しています」(I am saving money in order to build a house we can live in). The ★ position is filled by 建てる (option 4). The structure is: 住める (can live) + 家を (house, object) + 建てる (build) + ために (in order to) + 貯金しています (am saving money). 住める modifies 家, and the whole phrase 建てるために expresses purpose.

• 1ために (ために) means 'in order to' and comes after the verb 建てる to express purpose, so it goes in the last blank.
• 2家を (いえを) means 'house' (object marker), and comes after the modifier 住める, so it goes in the second blank.
• 3住める (すめる) is the potential form of 住む (to live), meaning 'can live in,' and modifies 家, so it goes in the first blank.

• 住すめる — can live in (potential form of 住む)
• 建たてる — to build
• ために — in order to
• 貯金ちょきんする — to save money

The correct order is と(2) いけないのです(4) が(1) 早起きできる(3) かどうか心配です, forming 「出かけないといけないのですが、早起きできるかどうか心配です」(I have to leave early in the morning, but I'm worried about whether I can wake up early). The ★ position is filled by が (option 1). The structure is: 出かけないといけないのですが (I must go out, but...) + 早起きできるかどうか (whether I can wake up early) + 心配です (am worried). The が here is a conjunction meaning 'but,' connecting the two clauses.

• 2と (と) is the conditional/conjunction particle that pairs with いけない to form 〜といけない (must), so it goes in the first blank right after 出かけない.
• 3早起きできる (はやおきできる) means 'can wake up early' and comes after が to form the second clause, so it goes in the last blank before かどうか.
• 4いけないのです (いけないのです) is part of the 〜ないといけない pattern meaning 'must,' and goes in the second blank after と.

• 〜ないといけない — have to / must do
• 〜が — but (conjunction linking clauses)
• 早起はやおきする — to wake up early
• かどうか — whether or not
• 心配しんぱい — worry / concern

The correct order is 形(4) の(2) 赤くて(3) あまい(1) くだものを食べました, forming 「丸い形の赤くてあまいくだものを食べました」(I ate a round-shaped, red and sweet fruit). The ★ position is filled by 赤くて (option 3). The structure is: 丸い (round) + 形の (shape's / shaped) + 赤くて (red and) + あまい (sweet) + くだもの (fruit). 形の connects the shape description to the fruit, and 赤くて (te-form of 赤い) chains the adjective 赤い with あまい.

• 1あまい (あまい) means 'sweet' and is the final adjective before くだもの, so it goes in the last blank.
• 2の (の) is the possessive/linking particle that connects 形 to the rest, so it goes in the second blank after 形.
• 4形 (かたち) means 'shape' and combines with 丸い to form 丸い形 (round shape), so it goes in the first blank.

• 丸まるい — round
• 形かたち — shape
• 赤あかくて — red and (te-form of 赤い)
• あまい — sweet
• くだもの — fruit