N4 Mock test 1

1いそがしかった

いそがしかった is the past of 忙いそがしい, 'was busy'. It shares the ending しかった but the kanji 忙 is different from 楽.

2すずしかった

すずしかった is the past of 涼すずしい, 'was cool, refreshing'. It describes temperature, not enjoyment of the day, so it fails here.

4かなしかった

かなしかった is the past of 悲かなしい, 'was sad'. It looks similar but has the opposite meaning to 楽しい.

1かたち

かたち is 形, 'shape, form'. It is another sense word but it describes what something looks like, not how it tastes.

2いろ

いろ is 色, 'color'. It also describes appearance, so it cannot replace 味 after この when the predicate is about liking a flavour.

3におい

におい is 匂い or 臭い, 'smell'. It is the closest trap because smell and taste are related senses, but the kanji 味 is specifically taste.

2ぶべん

ぶべん voices the first mora to ぶ. The correct compound reading keeps 不 as ふ, as in 不安ふあん, 'uneasy'.

3ふへん

ふへん uses へん for the second kanji. 便 is read ベン or ビン, while へん belongs to different kanji like 変へん.

4ぶへん

ぶへん is wrong in both places. It combines the voiced ぶ and the wrong second reading へん.

1とって

とって is 取って or 撮って, 'take' or 'take a photo'. It has the same small って shape but the kanji 取 is different from 切.

3あらって

あらって is 洗って, 'wash'. It is also something you do to やさい, which makes it a strong trap, but the printed kanji is 切, not 洗.

4もって

もって is 持って, 'hold, bring'. It shares the って ending but means carrying, not cutting.

1にそと

にそと is not a real word. It wrongly gives 以 the reading に and uses the kun'yomi そと for 外, mixing readings that never combine in this熟語.

2にがい

にがい is the reading of 苦い, 'bitter'. It sounds similar because of がい but the kanji and meaning are completely different.

3いそと

いそと mixes on'yomi イ for 以 with kun'yomi そと for 外, 'outside'. 熟語 like 以外 use on'yomi for both kanji, so this mix fails.

1ほし

ほし means star and is written 星ほし. It fails here because the kanji in the sentence is 雲, not 星.

2ゆき

ゆき means snow and is written 雪ゆき. It fails here because the kanji is 雲, not 雪.

4そら

そら means sky and is written 空そら. It fails here because the kanji is 雲, not 空, though clouds are in the sky so it is a close trap.

1きゅこ

きゅこ shortens both long vowels. No word 急行 is read this way, so it fails to match the kanji.

2きゅこう

きゅこう keeps long コウ but shortens キュウ to キュ. 急 is always きゅう with a long vowel, so this fails.

3きゅうこ

きゅうこ keeps long キュウ but shortens コウ to コ. In train types 行 is こう with a long vowel, so this fails.

1白い

白い reads しろい and means white. It fails here because the underlined reading is くろい, not しろい.

3赤い

赤い reads あかい and means red. It fails here because the reading does not match くろい.

4青い

青い reads あおい and means blue or green. It fails here because the reading does not match くろい.

1計書

計書 keeps the correct first kanji 計 but swaps in 書しょ, which means to write or a book, as in 辞書じしょ. The pair 計書 is not the word けいかく for a plan.

2訂画

訂画 keeps the correct second kanji 画 but swaps in 訂, which means to correct, as in 訂正ていせい. The pair 訂画 is not the word けいかく.

4訂書

訂書 combines 訂 to correct and 書 to write. It is not the word けいかく, and both kanji are wrong for plan.

1匠員

匠員 imitates the shape with 匠, which means craftsman and reads しょう, plus 員 for member. It does not read いしゃ and does not mean doctor.

2医員

医員 keeps the correct 医 but uses 員, which means member or staff, as in 店員てんいん. It reads いいん and means medical staff, not いしゃ.

3匠者

匠者 keeps the correct second kanji 者 for person but uses 匠 for craftsman. It reads しょうしゃ and does not mean doctor.

2昼

昼 reads ひる and means daytime or midday. It fails here because the reading is よる, not ひる.

3夕

夕 reads ゆう and means evening, as in 夕方ゆうがた. It fails here because the reading does not match よる.

4朝

朝 reads あさ and means morning. It fails here because the reading does not match よる.

1貨して

貨 is the kanji for goods or freight, as in 貨物かもつ. It shares the reading か and the 貝 part, but it does not mean to lend.

2資して

資 is the kanji for resources or materials, as in 資料しりょう. It shares the 貝 part, but its onyomi is シ and it does not read か, and it does not mean to lend.

4質して

質 is the kanji for quality or questioning, as in 質問しつもん. Its onyomi is シツ so it does not read か here, and it does not mean to lend.

2けいけん

けいけん means experience, as in けいけんする to have experienced something. You do not do experience because someone was injured.

3しつれい

しつれい means rudeness or impoliteness, as in しつれいします to excuse oneself or leave. It has no connection to hearing about an injury.

4おじぎ

おじぎ means a bow, as in おじぎする to bow in greeting or thanks. It describes an action, not feelings after bad news.

1けしき

けしき means scenery or view, as in きれいなけしき a pretty view. It cannot hold quoted content about becoming a singer.

3おもいで

おもいで means memory, as in たのしいおもいで a happy memory. It looks back at the past, while しょうらい points to the future.

4せわ

せわ means care or help, as in おせわになります to receive help. It does not take a という clause about a future job.

1ひじょうに

ひじょうに means very or extremely, and it modifies i-adjectives, na-adjectives and verbs of degree. It does not strengthen an invitation like 来てください.

3じゅうぶん

じゅうぶん means enough or sufficient, as in じゅうぶん食べる to eat enough. It describes amount, not eagerness for someone to come.

4いつも

いつも means always, and it describes a habit. It conflicts with こんどのパーティー, which is one specific event.

1じゅんび

じゅんび means preparation, as in じゅんびする to prepare. Preparing how to use is not the collocation, and it does not lead to please listen.

2りよう

りよう means use, as in りようする to use a facility. Saying りようします about つかいかた repeats use and does not mean explain.

4せいさん

せいさん means production or manufacture, as in 車をせいさんする to manufacture cars. It has nothing to do with telling people how to use a machine.

1きびしい

きびしい means strict or severe, as in きびしい先生 a strict teacher or きびしい寒さ severe cold. It does not describe hard food.

3はやい

はやい means fast or early, as in はやい車 a fast car or はやい時間 an early time. Speed or time does not stop someone with bad teeth from eating.

4ふかい

ふかい means deep, as in ふかい川 a deep river. It describes depth, not food texture.

2つたえました

伝つたえる means to convey or tell information to someone. It does not take を デートに and it does not lead to being refused with 行けない.

3あんないしました

案内あんないする means to guide or show someone around a place. It fits a tour or a building, not inviting a person on a date.

4しょうかいしました

紹介しょうかいする means to introduce one person to another. It needs the person introduced and the person they are introduced to, not を デートに.

1グラム

グラム means gram, a unit of weight. It fits food or body weight, not せが 高くなる which is about height.

2ばん

番ばん is a counter for order, numbers, or matches. It cannot measure how much taller someone became.

3けん

軒けん is a counter for houses and buildings. It has no connection to a person's height.

1かたづけて

片付かたづけて means tidying up or putting away. It does not lead to choosing the lightest computer.

2かぞえて

数かぞえて means counting numbers. You could count three computers, but counting alone does not explain choosing いちばん かるい.

4はらって

払はらって means to pay money. You pay after choosing, not before choosing which one is lightest.

1

まって います means waiting, staying in a place until someone arrives. It describes a customer waiting, not a person doing part-time work there.

3

コーヒーを 飲んで います means drinking coffee. That describes what a customer does in a 喫茶店きっさてん, not what staff do as an アルバイト.

4

友だちと 話して います means talking with friends. That is also a customer action and does not mean doing paid work.

1

はしるのが すきです means liking running. 走はしる is a different sport from swimming.

3

ごはんを 食べるのが すきです means liking eating meals. 食たべる describes a different activity from 水泳すいえい.

4

本を 読むのが すきです means liking reading books. 読よむ describes a hobby unrelated to swimming.

1

わらいました means laughed, from 笑わらう. It expresses amusement, not surprise.

2

こまりました means was troubled or did not know what to do, from 困こまる. It expresses difficulty, not surprise.

3

おこりました means got angry, from 怒おこる. It expresses anger, not surprise.

2あの　人は　元気ですね。

元気げんきですね means healthy or energetic. It describes health and energy, not beauty.

3

おもしろいですね means interesting or funny, from 面白おもしろい. It describes personality or entertainment value, not looks.

4

わかいですね means young, from 若わかい. It describes age, not beauty.

1

This sentence reports that cooking has just finished. さいきん covers a longer recent period, not something completed a moment ago. Use さっき or たったいま instead.

2

This sentence is a request to hand in homework, 出してください. さいきん cannot modify an immediate request for action. Use すぐに or はやく instead.

4

This sentence is about a train that will come very soon, with から and いそいで. さいきん points to the recent past, not the immediate future. Use もうすぐ or すぐに instead.

2

This sentence is about wanting to improve ability at Japanese. Ability uses じょうず with a skill, not おと. Use 日本語がじょうず or 発音がじょうず instead.

3

This sentence is about being called by name in a loud voice. A human voice is 声, while おと is a non vocal sound or noise. Use 大きな声で instead.

4

This sentence is about playing a famous piece on guitar. A musical piece is 曲, while おと is just sound. Use ゆうめいな曲をひく instead.

1

This sentence is about going to a department store to shop for a bag. Shopping is かいもの, not a study visit. Use かいものします or 見に行きます instead.

2

This sentence is about checking an unknown kanji in a dictionary. That action is 調べる. Use じしょで調べる instead.

4

This sentence is about watching the news on TV every night. Watching TV is 見る. 見学 requires going to a place, so use 見ています instead.

1

This sentence is about putting up a test notice in a classroom. Posting paper information is 貼る, not decorating. Use はりました instead.

3

This sentence is about hanging laundry indoors because of bad weather. Drying clothes is 干す. Use ほします instead.

4

This sentence is about fixing an air conditioner to the wall. Installing equipment is 付ける. Use つけてください instead.

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.

2だれを

だれを means 'whom' with the object particle を. It asks about a specific person as an object and cannot mean 'anyone'.

3だれに

だれに means 'to whom' with the particle に for a recipient or target. It cannot combine with 使えます to mean open access.

4だれが

だれが means 'who' with the subject particle が. It asks who does something and cannot mean 'everyone' in an affirmative sentence like this.

1どのぐらい

どのぐらい means 'how much, how long, how often'. It would expect an answer like 週に一回, once a week, not a method like writing email.

2どの

どの means 'which' and must come directly before a noun. Here it would make どの国, 'which country', asking which country, not how to contact, so it does not match an answer about writing email.

4どういう

どういう means 'what kind of' and must come before a noun. Here it would make どういう国, 'what kind of country', asking about type, not method, so it does not match an answer about writing email.

1だんだん

だんだん means 'gradually, little by little'. It describes slow change, not a single coming event like 入学式です.

2あまり

あまり means 'not very, not much' and is used with a negative, as in あまり大きくない. It cannot modify a noun sentence like 大学の入学式です.

3だいたい

だいたい means 'mostly, roughly, generally'. It describes an approximate amount or state, not that an event is near.

1やっと

やっと means 'at last, finally'. It is used when something finally happens, so it pairs with an affirmative like やっと来た, not with 来なかった.

3きっと

きっと means 'surely, certainly'. It expresses the speaker's guess about something unknown, not a past fact the speaker already knows.

4いつか

いつか means 'sometime, someday'. It points to an indefinite time in the future or past, not to this morning's bus that failed to come.

1なのに

なのに means 'although, despite that'. It connects two contrary facts in one sentence, but here the second part is a new condition, not a complaint about the first part.

2だから

だから means 'so, therefore'. It gives a reason and result, but being bad tomorrow is not the reason the day after tomorrow is okay.

3でも

でも has two main uses: 'but' at the start of a sentence, and 'even, also' after a noun. In the position あさってでも it would mean 'even the day after tomorrow', not the contrast needed here.

1夏休みに

夏休みに means 'in the summer holidays' and marks a point in time with に. It cannot come before 間, which needs の.

2夏休みで

夏休みで uses で, which marks a place, means or cause. It does not mark a period and cannot modify 間.

4夏休み

夏休み alone is just a noun with no particle. A noun cannot directly modify 間 without の.

1切ったり

切ったり is the tari-form, used to list examples as in 切ったり運んだりする. It does not connect to のに and cannot lead into 時間かかる.

3切りに

切りに is the masu-stem + に for purpose of movement, as in 切りに行く. Here the main verb is かかる, not a movement verb, so it fails.

4切るか　どうか

切るかどうか means 'whether or not to cut'. It makes an embedded yes-no question and cannot be followed by 時間かかりました.

1遅れないで　ください

遅れないでください means 'please do not be late'. It is a request to the listener, but Yamada is talking about his own arrival.

2

遅れないほうがいいです means 'it is better not to be late'. It gives advice or a general rule, not a prediction about his own possible lateness.

4遅れては　いけません

遅れてはいけません means 'you must not be late'. It states a prohibition, which is too strong and points at the listener, not at Yamada's own situation.

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.