N4 Grammar · Test 5

The correct order is: ABC大学の図書館と【1.食堂は】【4.どなた】【★2.でも】【3.利用】できます。 → 'ABC大学の図書館と食堂はどなたでも利用できます。' (Anyone can use ABC University's library and cafeteria.) The phrase どなたでも means 'anyone,' and it modifies 利用できます. ★ is in the third position, so the answer is 2 (でも).

• 1食堂は belongs in the first slot, right after と, forming 図書館と食堂は (library and cafeteria).
• 3利用 belongs in the last slot before できます, forming 利用できます (can use).
• 4どなた belongs in the second slot, before でも, forming どなたでも (anyone).

• 図書館としょかん — library
• 食堂しょくどう — cafeteria/dining hall
• 利用りようする — to use
• どなたでも — anyone (polite)

The correct order is: やっと日本の【4.生活】【3.に】【★1.なれた】【2.ところ】です。 → 'やっと日本の生活になれたところです。' (I've just finally gotten used to life in Japan.) The grammar pattern 〜たところです means 'just did/just finished doing.' ★ is in the third position, so the answer is 1 (なれた).

• 2ところ belongs in the last slot, completing the pattern なれたところです (just gotten used to).
• 3に belongs in the second slot, marking what one got used to: 生活になれた (got used to life).
• 4生活 belongs in the first slot, forming 日本の生活 (life in Japan).

• 生活せいかつ — daily life
• 慣なれる — to get used to
• 〜たところだ — just finished doing ~

The correct order is: がんばってしゅくだいを【4.やった】【1.のに】【★3.家に】【2.忘れて】きてしまいました。 → 'がんばってしゅくだいをやったのに家に忘れてきてしまいました。' (Even though I worked hard and did the homework, I ended up leaving it at home.) The pattern 〜のに means 'even though,' connecting やった and 忘れてきてしまいました. ★ is in the third position, so the answer is 3 (家に).

• 1のに belongs in the second slot, connecting やったのに (even though I did it).
• 2忘れて belongs in the last slot before きて, forming 忘れてきてしまいました (ended up forgetting and leaving it).
• 4やった belongs in the first slot, forming しゅくだいをやった (did the homework).

• 頑張がんばって — doing one's best
• 宿題しゅくだい — homework
• 〜のに — even though ~
• 忘わすれる — to forget
• 〜てしまう — to end up doing / regrettable completion

The correct order is: この道は、雨の日はすべり【2.やすくて】【4.あぶないから】【★3.気をつけて】【1.通って】ください。 → 'この道は、雨の日はすべりやすくてあぶないから気をつけて通ってください。' (This road gets slippery on rainy days and is dangerous, so please be careful when passing through.) すべりやすい (slippery) → すべりやすくて (te-form for connecting reasons), then あぶないから (because it's dangerous), then 気をつけて (be careful), then 通ってください (please pass through). ★ is in the third position, so the answer is 3 (気をつけて).

• 1通って belongs in the last slot, forming 通ってください (please pass through).
• 2やすくて belongs in the first slot, forming すべりやすくて (slippery and...). Note: the option text 'やすくくて' appears to contain a transcription error (extra く); it should be やすくて.
• 4あぶないから belongs in the second slot, giving the reason: あぶないから (because it's dangerous).

• 滑すべる — to slip
• 〜やすい — easy to ~ / prone to ~
• 危あぶない — dangerous
• 気きをつける — to be careful
• 通とおる — to pass through

The correct order is: 今日は、一年で【3.夜】【2.が】【★4.最も長い】【1.日】です。 → '今日は、一年で夜が最も長い日です。' (Today is the day with the longest night of the year.) The subject is 夜 (night), marked by が, and modified by 最も長い (longest), describing 日 (day). ★ is in the third position, so the answer is 4 (最も長い).

• 1日 belongs in the last slot, as the main noun: 最も長い日 (the longest day).
• 2が belongs in the second slot, marking the subject 夜が (the night is).
• 3夜 belongs in the first slot, as the subject: 夜が最も長い (the night is the longest).

• 一年いちねんで — in the whole year
• 夜よる — night
• 最もっとも — most
• 長ながい — long

The correct answer is 3 (も). The sentence uses the pattern も…も… meaning 'both…and…'. The first も is already present after 中国語, so 英語 also needs も to complete the pattern: 'My father can speak both Chinese and English.' The verb 話せます is the potential form of 話す, meaning 'can speak.'

• 1を marks the direct object of a verb, but with the potential form 話せる, the object particle changes to が. Also, を does not create the 'both A and B' meaning needed here.
• 2で can mean 'by means of' (the language one uses to speak), but the sentence already has も after 中国語, so the parallel structure も…も is required. で would break that pattern.
• 4が is the particle normally used with potential verbs (英語が話せる = 'can speak English'), but since 中国語も already appears, the matching particle must be も to express 'both Chinese and English.'

• 話はなせる — can speak (potential form of 話す)
• も…も… — both…and…

The correct answer is 4 (で). Here で indicates the material from which something is made: 米で作ったパン = 'bread made from rice.' When you state the raw material used to produce something, で is the appropriate particle.

• 1に would indicate a destination, location, or target, not the material used for making something. '米に作った' is ungrammatical in this context.
• 2の would make 米のパン = 'rice bread' (a noun phrase), but the structure needs a particle connecting the material to the verb 作った. の cannot serve as the material-marker before a verb in this way.
• 3や means 'and' (incomplete listing: AやB = 'A and B, among others'). It does not indicate material and would leave the sentence grammatically incomplete.

• 米こめ — rice (uncooked)
• 作つくった — made (past tense of 作る)
• で (material) — particle indicating material used to make something

The correct answer is 1 (に). The verb 似る (にる, 'to resemble') takes the particle に to mark who/what is being resembled: 母親に似る = 'resemble one's mother.' The full sentence means 'I heard a story that boys' faces resemble their mothers more than their fathers.' The structure is XよりYに似る = 'resemble Y more than X.'

• 2へ indicates direction of movement and is not used with 似る. '母親へ似る' is ungrammatical.
• 3も means 'also/too' and does not fit the comparison structure XよりYに似る. It would not connect properly with the verb 似る.
• 4を marks a direct object, but 似る is an intransitive verb and requires に, not を. '母親を似る' is ungrammatical.

• 似にる — to resemble, to look like
• 父親ちちおや — father
• 母親ははおや — mother
• より — than (comparison particle)

The correct answer is 2 (だけ). だけ means 'only' and is used with affirmative predicates: 食事のときだけ = 'only during meals.' The sentence means 'My little sister is talkative. The only time she is quiet is during meals.' だけ + だ is grammatically correct and conveys the intended 'only' meaning.

• 1しか also means 'only,' but it must be followed by a negative predicate (しか～ない). Since the sentence ends with the affirmative だ, しか is grammatically incorrect here.
• 3は is the topic particle and does not convey the meaning 'only.' '食事のときはだ' is also grammatically incomplete and would not express the intended exclusivity.
• 4の is a connecting particle (e.g., noun modifier) and cannot convey 'only.' '食事のときのだ' is ungrammatical and meaningless in this context.

• おしゃべり — talkative (person); chatty
• 静しずか — quiet
• だけ — only (used with affirmative)
• しか — only (must be used with negative verb: しか～ない)

The correct answer is 4 (からは). から marks the source/giver of something received, and は adds the topic/contrastive function. 田中さんからは腕時計をもらいました = 'From Tanaka, I received a watch.' The は highlights/contrasts the source, which fits the context of answering 'What did you get from Tanaka?'

• 1からが is not a grammatical particle combination in standard Japanese. が would mark the subject, not the source, and combining it with から here is unnatural.
• 2からに is not a valid particle combination in this context. に indicates destination/target and does not pair with から to mark a giver.
• 3からで would mean 'from… and then,' implying a sequence, which does not fit. The sentence is simply stating the source of the gift, not a temporal sequence.

• もらう — to receive (from someone)
• 腕時計うでどけい — wristwatch
• から — from (marks source/giver with もらう)
• ～は (contrastive/topic) — topic/contrastive particle, added to emphasize the source