N4 Grammar · Test 7

The correct order is 3→1→4(★)→2, forming: このパーティーはチケットを買った人しか入れません。 'Only people who bought a ticket can enter this party.' ★ is 買った人 (option 4), which modifies the noun phrase before しか. The pattern is N(を買った人)しか + negative verb, meaning 'only (people who bought a ticket).' Key grammar: 〜しか〜ない means 'only' and must be followed by a negative verb. Here 入れません (cannot enter) is negative, so しか works correctly. The relative clause チケットを買った人 (people who bought a ticket) is the noun that しか attaches to.

• 1を (option 1) belongs before 買った人, not at the ★ position. It marks the object of 買う: チケットを買った (bought a ticket). Placing it at ★ would break the clause structure.
• 2しか (option 2) must come after the noun phrase チケットを買った人, so it goes in the final blank before 入れません, not at ★.
• 3チケット (option 3) is the first word in the ordered sequence, starting the relative clause チケットを買った人. It cannot be at ★ because ★ is in the middle of the sentence.

• チケット — ticket
• 買った人（かったひと） — person who bought
• 〜しか〜ない — only (followed by negative)
• 入はいれません — cannot enter

The correct order is 2→4→1(★)→3, forming: あしたは会議があるのでいつもより早く会社に行きます。 'Tomorrow there is a meeting, so I will go to the office earlier than usual.' ★ is 早く (option 1). The pattern いつもより早く means 'earlier than usual,' where より sets up the comparison and 早く (adverbial form of 早い) describes how the action differs. Key grammar: AよりBく/に means 'more B than A.' Here A = いつも (usual) and B = 早く (early), giving 'earlier than usual.'

• 2いつも (option 2) is the first word in the comparison phrase いつもより, so it goes in the first blank, not at ★.
• 3会社 (option 3) goes after 早く and before に, forming 早く会社に (go to the office early). It cannot be at ★ because ★ comes before 会社に in the sentence.
• 4より (option 4) follows いつも to create the comparison いつもより (than usual). It belongs in the second blank, not at ★.

• 会議かいぎ — meeting
• いつも — usually
• 〜より — than (comparison)
• 早はやく — early
• 会社かいしゃ — company/office

The correct order is 1→4→2(★)→3, forming: 日曜日は図書館は何時まで開いているか教えてくださいませんか。 'Could you please tell me until what time the library is open on Sunday?' ★ is 教えて (option 2). The embedded question 開いているか (whether it is open) is the object of 教える (to tell), and くださいませんか makes it a polite request. Key grammar: (question clause)か + 教えてくださいませんか = 'Could you tell me (question)?' The か turns the preceding clause into an embedded question. 開いている is the continuing-state form of 開く (to be open).

• 1開いて (option 1) starts the embedded clause 開いているか (whether it is open). It belongs in the first blank, not at ★.
• 3くださいませんか (option 3) is the polite request ending that comes last, after 教えて. It cannot be at ★ because ★ is in the middle of the sentence.
• 4いるか (option 4) follows 開いて to form 開いているか (whether it is open). It belongs in the second blank, not at ★.

• 図書館としょかん — library
• 開あいている — is open (continuing state)
• 〜か — whether/if (embedded question)
• 教おしえる — to tell
• 〜くださいませんか — could you please (polite request)

The correct order is 4→1→3(★)→2, forming: 教室には、もうだれもいませんか。 'Is there no one in the classroom anymore?' ★ is いません (option 3). The pattern だれもいません means 'no one is there,' and か turns it into a question. The student's response いいえ (no) and mention that Tanaka is studying confirms the teacher asked whether nobody was left. Key grammar: だれも + negative verb = 'nobody.' Here だれもいませんか = 'Is there nobody?' The も emphasizes the totality of the negative.

• 1も (option 1) follows だれ to form だれも (nobody + negative). It belongs in the second blank, not at ★.
• 2か (option 2) is the question particle that comes at the very end, after いません. It cannot be at ★ because ★ is before か.
• 4だれ (option 4) is the first word, starting the phrase だれもいませんか. It belongs in the first blank, not at ★.

• 教室きょうしつ — classroom
• だれも〜ない — nobody (with negative)
• いません — is not (there) – polite negative of いる for people

The correct order is 2→3→4(★)→1, forming: わたしはこの音楽を聞くと、かならずねむくなります。 'Whenever I listen to this music, I always get sleepy.' ★ is と (option 4). The pattern V辞書形 + と means 'whenever/when (condition), (result),' expressing a habitual or natural consequence. Here 聞くと = 'when(ever) I listen,' and かならずねむくなります = 'I always get sleepy.' Key grammar: V辞書形 + と = 'when/whenever (verb), (result).' It describes a consistent cause-and-effect or habitual relationship.

• 1かならず (option 1) means 'always/without fail' and modifies ねむくなります. It goes after と, in the last blank, not at ★.
• 2を (option 2) marks the object of 聞く: 音楽を聞く (listen to music). It belongs in the first blank, not at ★.
• 3聞く (option 3) is the verb that follows を and precedes と: 音楽を聞くと (when I listen to music). It belongs in the second blank, not at ★.

• 音楽おんがく — music
• 聞きく — to listen
• 〜と — when/whenever (conditional for habitual/natural results)
• かならず — always, without fail
• ねむくなる — to become sleepy

The correct answer is 3 (に). The verb 見せる (to show) requires the recipient to be marked with に. The sentence means 'I showed a photo of the mountain to my friend.' 友だちに marks 友だち as the person receiving the action of being shown something.

• 1が marks the subject of a verb or the thing performing the action. Here we need the recipient of 見せる, not a subject marker.
• 2で marks the location/means of an action. It does not mark the recipient of 見せる.
• 4から means 'from.' While 見せる can take から for the source ('show from someone'), here the friend is the recipient (the person shown the photo), so に is needed, not から.

• 見みせる — to show (something to someone)

The correct answer is 4 (の). This is a relative clause modifying a noun. 田中さんが来る日 (the day Tanaka-san comes) becomes 田中さんの来る日 when the subject of the relative clause is marked with の instead of が. Both が and の are grammatically possible for subjects of relative clauses, but only の is among the options. The sentence means 'The day Tanaka-san comes is Tuesday.'

• 1へ indicates direction of movement. It cannot connect a relative clause to the noun it modifies.
• 2を marks the direct object of a transitive verb. It cannot link a modifying clause to a noun here.
• 3で marks location/means of an action. It cannot connect a relative clause to the modified noun 日.

• 来くる — to come
• 日ひ — day

The correct answer is 4 (が). The pattern 〜がする is used for sensory perceptions (smell, sound, taste, etc.) that one experiences. いいにおいがする means 'there is a good smell / I smell something good.' The sentence means 'A good smell comes from the kitchen.'

• 1と is used for quotations or listing items exhaustively. It is not used with する for sensory perception.
• 2を marks a direct object of a transitive verb. においがする is an intransitive perception expression; を does not fit.
• 3に marks location/target/recipient. It is not the particle used in the 〜がする perception pattern.

• においがする — to have a smell / to smell (something)
• 台所だいどころ — kitchen

The correct answer is 2 (までに). までに means 'by' a certain time/deadline and is used with one-time, punctual actions. 出してください (please submit) is a single action that must be completed by the 10th. The sentence means 'Please submit this homework by the 10th.'

• 1まで means 'until' and is used for continuous actions or states that last up to a point in time. 出して is a one-time action, not a continuous one, so まで is incorrect.
• 3までは is not a standard grammatical pattern for deadlines. Adding は for contrast does not fit the context of a simple submission deadline.
• 4までも is not appropriate here. までも would imply an extreme extent ('even until'), which does not fit a straightforward deadline instruction.

• までに — by (a deadline); no later than
• 出だす — to submit, to turn in, to hand in

The correct answer is 3 (と). The quotative particle と is used to mark the content of what someone says, thinks, or writes. 言っていました (was saying) takes と to introduce the quoted speech. The sentence means 'Yamashita-san was saying, "I'll call again."'

• 1で marks means/location. It is not used to introduce quoted speech with 言う.
• 2に marks a recipient or target. While 言う can take に for the person addressed (〜に言う), here the blank follows the quoted content, so と is required.
• 4か is used for questions or uncertainty. It is not the quotative particle for reported speech.

• 言いう — to say
• 電話でんわする — to call (by phone)