N5 Grammar · Test 13

The correct answer is 1 (に). The verb います (to exist/stay, for animate subjects) takes the particle に to mark the location where someone/something exists. 「となりのへやにいます」means 'is in the next room.'

• 2へ marks direction of movement (toward), not a location of existence. You would use へ with motion verbs like 行きます, not with います.
• 3や means 'and' (incomplete list) and connects nouns. It cannot follow へや to connect to います.
• 4を marks the direct object of an action, typically with transitive verbs. います is intransitive and does not take を for location.

• となり — next door, neighboring
• へや — room
• います — to exist (animate), to be (somewhere)

The correct answer is 3 (から). The verb はじまります (to begin) pairs with から to mark the starting point in time. 「らいしゅうからはじまります」means 'it begins from next week.'

• 1と does not indicate a starting point in time. It typically means 'with' or 'and,' neither of which fits here.
• 2まで means 'until,' which would imply the winter break ends next week—the opposite of the intended meaning that it starts next week.
• 4が as a subject marker does not work here because らいしゅう is a time expression, not the subject of はじまります.

• 冬休ふゆやすみ — winter vacation
• らいしゅう — next week (来週)
• はじまります — to begin, to start

The correct answer is 2 (は). は marks the topic of the sentence. 「このカメラはきのうかいました」means 'As for this camera, (I) bought it yesterday.' The camera is fronted as the topic, and the implied subject 'I' bought it.

• 1が would mark カメラ as the subject performing the action of buying, meaning 'the camera bought (something),' which makes no sense.
• 3の connects nouns attributively (e.g., 'the camera's...'), but here it would create an ungrammatical phrase with no proper connection to the verb.
• 4で marks means/instrument or location of action. 'Bought (something) with this camera' or 'bought at this camera' does not make sense.

• カメラ — camera
• きのう — yesterday (昨日)
• かいました — bought (買いました)

The correct answer is 1 (を). The verb 出ます (to leave/exit) takes を to mark the place being departed from. 「会社を出ます」means 'to leave the company (office).' This is a standard transitive movement pattern.

• 2と means 'with' or 'and,' which does not connect a place to the verb 出ます in the sense of leaving.
• 3が would mark 会社 as the subject, meaning 'the company leaves,' which is not the intended meaning.
• 4で marks the location where an action takes place, but 出る with を specifically marks the place exited. 「会社で出ます」would mean 'I leave (something) at the company,' which is unnatural.

• 会社かいしゃ — company, office
• 出でます — to leave, to exit, to go out

The correct answer is 4 (に). The particle に after a noun indicating purpose (かいもの) expresses the purpose of going somewhere. 「かいものに出かけました」means 'went out for shopping.' This is the pattern (noun) + に + 出かける/行く/来る to express purpose of movement.

• 1が marks the subject, which does not fit here. かいもの is not the subject of 出かけました.
• 2を marks a direct object. 出かける is intransitive and does not take を for purpose.
• 3と means 'with' or 'and,' which would imply going out together with shopping, which is not grammatical in this context.

• あね — older sister (姉)
• デパート — department store
• かいもの — shopping (買い物)
• 出でかけました — went out (出かけました)

The correct answer is 2 (と). と means 'together with.' The sentence わたしはよくいもうととあびました means 'I often bathed together with my younger sister.' The pattern A と〜する means doing something together with person A, a core 4級 grammar point.

• 1を marks a direct object. いもうとをあびました would mean 'I bathed my younger sister (poured water on her),' which is an unusual and unlikely interpretation at this level.
• 3に indicates a target or recipient. いもうとにあびました is ungrammatical in this context—に doesn't work with 浴びる in this way.
• 4の is the possessive/linking particle. いもうとのあびました is ungrammatical—no noun follows の to form a possessive phrase.

• いもうと — younger sister (妹)
• あびる — to take a bath / to be exposed to (浴びる)
• 〜と — together with (someone)

The correct answer is 3 (に). The verb のる (乗る, to get on/ride) takes the particle に: バスにのる = 'to get on the bus.' The sentence バスにのって、うみへ行きました means 'I got on the bus and went to the sea.' 〜にのる is a fixed verb-particle pairing tested at 4級.

• 1の is the possessive/linking particle. バスののって is ungrammatical—の cannot precede a te-form verb in this way.
• 2で indicates means of transportation in some contexts (バスで行く = 'go by bus'), but the verb のる specifically requires に, not で. バスでのって is ungrammatical.
• 4を marks a direct object. 乗る is an intransitive verb and does not take を. バスをのって is ungrammatical.

• のる — to get on, to ride (乗る); takes particle に
• バス — bus
• うみ — sea, beach (海)

The correct answer is 1 (にも). The pattern どこにも〜ない means 'nowhere' or 'not anywhere'. The sentence さいわはどこにもありませんでした means 'The wallet was nowhere to be found.' The particle も (meaning 'also/even') attached to the question word どこ (where) plus the negative ありませんでした creates the meaning 'not in any place.'

• 2へも is wrong because へ indicates direction of movement, but ある (to exist/be located) does not involve movement toward a place. The combination どこへも would be used with verbs of motion like 行く, not with ある.
• 3にか is not a valid particle combination in this context. There is no grammatical pattern どこにか with a negative verb.
• 4へか is not a valid particle combination here. へ indicates direction and か as a question marker does not fit with a declarative negative sentence.

• さいふ — wallet
• どこ — where
• どこにも〜ない — nowhere / not anywhere

The correct answer is 4 (を). The sentence タクシーをよんでください means 'Please call a taxi.' The verb よぶ (to call/summon) is a transitive verb that takes を to mark its direct object. Here, タクシー (taxi) is the thing being called, so を is the correct particle.

• 1の is wrong because の connects nouns (showing possession or modification), but here we need a particle linking a noun to a verb.
• 2に is wrong because に marks the destination or recipient of an action, not the direct object. You could say タクシーにのる (get in a taxi), but for calling a taxi, the taxi is the object of よぶ.
• 3が is wrong because が marks the subject of a sentence, but タクシー is the object of the verb よぶ, not the subject.

• タクシー — taxi
• よぶ — to call / to summon
• よんで — te-form of よぶ (to call)

The correct answer is 3 (が). The sentence どちらがあなたの本ですか means 'Which one is your book?' When asking 'which one' among choices, the question word どちら (which of two) takes が. This is the standard pattern for identifying one item from a set: (question word)が〜ですか.

• 1へ is wrong because へ indicates direction of movement and has no role in an identification question like this.
• 2は is wrong because は is a topic marker. With question words like どちら, you cannot use は — the pattern is always どちらが, not どちらは. Using は with a question word is grammatically incorrect.
• 4に is wrong because に marks location/destination/recipient, none of which fit here. どちらに would not form a proper identification question.

• どちら — which one (of two) / which direction
• ほん — book