N5 Grammar · Test 14

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

で marks the place where an action occurs. Here, べんきょうします (study) is the action happening at としょかん (library), so で is correct: 'I sometimes study at the library.'

• 1に marks a destination or target of movement/existence, not the place where an action is performed. You would use に with verbs like 行きます (go to), not with べんきょうします.
• 3へ also marks a direction/destination of movement (e.g., としょかんへ行きます 'go to the library'), not the location of an action.
• 4が marks the subject of a sentence or is used in subordinate clauses; it does not mark the location of an action.

• としょかん — library
• べんきょうします（勉強します） — to study
• ときどき — sometimes

が marks the subject performing the action in a question using an interrogative word (だれ 'who'). 'Who played the guitar at the party?' → だれが is the correct pattern.

• 1を marks the direct object of an action. Here, ギター is already the direct object (ギターをひきました), so だれ cannot also take を.
• 2も means 'also/too' and would give だれも, which in a question is unnatural here. だれも is typically used in negative sentences meaning 'nobody.'
• 3は is a topic marker. While だれは can sometimes appear, in wh-questions が is the standard particle to mark the unknown subject.

• だれ — who
• ギター — guitar
• ひきました（弾きました） — played (an instrument)

The correct answer is 4 (と). The pattern 〜といっしょに means 'together with ~'. 友だちといっしょにえいがを見ました means 'I watched a movie together with my friend.' The particle と is required before いっしょに to indicate the person you are with.

• 1に marks a target/destination or point in time. It is not used with いっしょに to indicate 'together with'.
• 2へ indicates direction of movement and cannot be used with いっしょに.
• 3で marks means/method or location of action. It does not pair with いっしょに to mean 'together with'.

• 友ともだち — friend
• いっしょに — together
• えいが — movie
• 見みる — to see; to watch

The correct answer is 3 (に). The pattern (period)に (frequency) expresses 'per (period)'. 1か月に1かい means 'once per month'. 母は1か月に1かいびょういんへ行きます means 'My mother goes to the hospital once a month.'

• 1も is used for emphasis or 'also/too'. 1か月も1かい would imply 'as many as once a month' with a nuance of surprise, which does not fit the neutral statement here.
• 2と means 'with' or 'and', and cannot express frequency/per period.
• 4へ indicates direction of movement. It is already used later in the sentence (びょういんへ). It cannot express 'per month'.

• 母はは — mother (one's own)
• 1か月（いっかげつ） — one month
• 1かい（いっかい） — once (one time)
• びょういん — hospital
• 行いく — to go

The correct answer is 2 (か). The pattern 何か means 'something' (an unspecified thing). 何か食べましたか means 'Did you eat something this morning?' The question word 何 plus か turns it into an indefinite pronoun, and the sentence-ending か makes it a yes/no question.

• 1が is the subject marker. 何が食べましたか would mean 'What ate (something)?' — grammatically odd because 何 would be the subject (the one doing the eating), which is not the intended meaning.
• 3に marks a target/destination or time. 何に食べましたか is ungrammatical in this context.
• 4も with a question word (何も) means 'nothing' (in negative sentences) or 'anything' (in questions with negative polarity). 何も食べましたか is not a natural construction; 何も is typically used with negative verbs (何も食べませんでしたか = 'Didn't you eat anything?').

• けさ — this morning
• 何なに — what
• 食たべる — to eat