N5 Grammar · Test 12

A says 'The meeting room is on the 4th floor, right?' and B corrects with 'It's the 5th floor.' Since B is denying A's statement, いいえ、ちがいます ('No, that's wrong') is the correct response before providing the correction.

• 1はい、そうです means 'Yes, that's right,' which contradicts B's following statement that it is the 5th floor.
• 2とてもいいです means 'It's very good,' which is irrelevant to confirming or correcting a floor number.
• 4わかりません means 'I don't know,' which contradicts B clearly stating it is the 5th floor.

• かいぎ — meeting
• ちがいます — to be wrong / to be incorrect
• そうです — that's right / it is so

A asks 'Who washed the dishes?' (だれが = who (subject marker)). The correct answer names the person who did the action: 父が あらいました ('My father washed them'). が marks the subject/actor.

• 1いいえ、あらいませんでした means 'No, I didn't wash them,' which does not answer the question 'who' washed them.
• 2父のおさらです means 'It's my father's dishes,' answering 'whose dishes' rather than 'who washed them.'
• 4はい、あらいました means 'Yes, I washed them,' which is a yes/no response to a question that asks 'who,' making it an unnatural answer.

• だれ — who
• おさら — dishes (honorific/polite form of さら)
• あらう — to wash
• 父ちち — (my) father

On the phone, A asks if Nakata-san is there. B confirms 'Yes' and then says ちょっと まって ください ('Please wait a moment'), which is the natural response when the requested person is present and B goes to get them.

• 1そちらは すずきです means 'You are Suzuki,' which is an unnatural response; B should identify themselves or check for the person, not tell the caller who they are.
• 3そちらに います means 'is there (at your place),' which reverses the direction — it should be こちらに います if referring to Nakata being at B's location.
• 4中田さんですたたはい is garbled text and not a coherent Japanese response; it appears to be a transcription defect.

• もしもし — hello (used on the phone)
• そちら — there / your side (on the phone)
• ちょっと まって ください — please wait a moment

A asks 'Do you take a bath after eating?' B answers 'No, I ___.' Since B denies eating-then-bathing, the opposite order is bath-before-eating. ごはんの まえに 入ります means 'I take a bath before meals,' which correctly contradicts A's question.

• 2食べたあとで 入ります means 'I take a bath after eating,' which is exactly what A asked about; it contradicts B's いいえ ('No').
• 3いつも 一人で 食べます means 'I always eat alone,' which is irrelevant to the order of eating and bathing.
• 4ごはんを たくさん 食べません means 'I don't eat much,' which is also irrelevant to the timing of the bath relative to meals.

• ごはん — meal / rice
• おふろに 入る（おふろに はいる） — to take a bath
• まえに — before (doing something)
• あとで — after (doing something)

Same as the earlier question 41: books are due in 2 weeks (15 + 14 = the 29th) and magazines in 1 week (15 + 7 = the 22nd). The correct answer is '本は29日、ざっしは22日です'.

• 2Reverses the due dates — books get 2 weeks (29th), magazines get 1 week (22nd).
• 3Both cannot be due the 29th; magazines only get 1 week (22nd).
• 4Both cannot be due the 22nd; books get 2 weeks (29th).

• しゅうかん — week
• かえす — to return (something)