N5 Grammar · Test 25

The correct answer is 3 (か). The sentence is「少し 休んで、何か 飲みませんか」(sukoshi yasunde, nani ka nomimasen ka), meaning 'Let's rest a bit and drink something, shall we?' Here, 何か (nani ka) is a set phrase meaning 'something' (an indefinite pronoun). The か attached to the question word 何 turns it into 'something' rather than asking 'what.' The sentence is an invitation using 〜ませんか (won't you...?).

• 1は (wa) as a topic marker with a question word like 何 is unusual and would give 何は飲みませんか, which is ungrammatical in this context.
• 2を (o) marks the direct object, so 何を飲みませんか would mean 'What won't you drink?' — a negative question asking what the person will NOT drink, which is a completely different meaning from the intended invitation 'won't you drink something?'
• 4に (ni) indicates direction/destination/indirect object, so 何に飲みませんか is ungrammatical — 飲む does not take に for its object.

• 何なにか — something (question word 何 + か = indefinite pronoun)
• 飲のみませんか — won't you drink? (invitation)

The correct answer is 4 (の). The pattern (number+counter)の (noun) links a quantity to the noun it describes. 二ひきのねこ means 'two cats.' The full sentence そぼは二ひきのねこと住んでいます means 'My grandmother lives with two cats.' The と after ねこ means 'together with.'

• 1が would make 二ひきがねこ, which is ungrammatical here. が marks a subject, not a modifier linking a number to a noun.
• 2で would make 二ひきでねこ, which is not a valid construction. で can mark means/scope but cannot connect a counter to a noun this way.
• 3と would make 二ひきとねこ, meaning 'two (animals) and a cat' as two separate things, which does not make sense in this sentence.

• そぼ（祖母） — grandmother
• 二にひき — two (counter for small animals)
• 住すんでいます — is living (～に住んでいる: to live in/with)
• ～の — links a modifier (e.g. number+counter) to a noun

The correct answer is 1 (ときどき). The question asks 'Do you watch movies?' and the answer begins with はい (yes), so a positive frequency adverb is needed. ときどき means 'sometimes' and works with affirmative verbs: ときどき見ます = 'I sometimes watch (them).'

• 2あまり means 'not much' and is normally used with negative verbs (あまり見ません = 'I don't watch much'). It contradicts the はい response.
• 3ずっと means 'continuously/all along.' While grammatically possible with a positive verb, it is unnatural for the habitual action of watching movies and does not fit the conversational context.
• 4だんだん means 'gradually' and describes a progressive change (だんだん寒くなります). It does not fit the context of asking about frequency.

• ときどき（時々） — sometimes
• あまり — not much (used with negatives)
• ずっと — continuously, all along
• だんだん（段々） — gradually

The correct answer is 3 (その). The sentence is 今読んでいるそのざっしは… 'that magazine (that you are) reading now…'. その is the こそあど word meaning 'that (near the listener)' and directly modifies a noun. Here it refers to the magazine Tanaka is currently holding/reading.

• 1これの is ungrammatical before a noun. これ is a pronoun ('this one') and cannot take の to modify a following noun. The correct modifier form is この.
• 2あれの is similarly ungrammatical. あれ is a pronoun ('that one over there'); the correct modifier form is あの.
• 4どの means 'which' and would turn the sentence into 'Which magazine is the magazine Tanaka is reading now?' which does not match the question being asked (何のざっしですか = 'What kind of magazine is it?').

• その — that (near listener); modifies a noun
• ざっし（雑誌） — magazine
• ようふく（洋服） — Western-style clothes

The correct answer is 1 (どれ). Speaker A lists three items (candy, cookies, chocolate) and asks which one the listener wants. どれ means 'which one' and is used when selecting from three or more options. B replies クッキーをください ('Cookies, please'), confirming a choice among multiple items.

• 2どんな means 'what kind of' and asks about the nature/type of something, not which specific item to choose.
• 3どっちか means 'which of the two' and is only used when choosing between exactly two options. Here there are three items.
• 4どれくらい means 'how much/how long' and asks about quantity or degree, not which item to choose.

• どれ — which one (from 3+ options)
• どんな — what kind of
• どっちか — which of the two
• どれくらい — how much, how long

すぐに means 'immediately / right away.' The sentence means 'Tomorrow, after work, I will go to the hospital right away.' すぐに fits perfectly: it describes doing something without delay right after another event (しごとの後).

• 2もう means 'already.' Since the sentence is about tomorrow (a future plan), 'already' does not fit.
• 3よく means 'often.' The sentence describes a specific plan for tomorrow, not a habitual action, so よく is inappropriate.
• 4だんだん means 'gradually.' Going to the hospital is not something that happens gradually, so this does not fit.

• しごと — work
• 後あと — after
• びょういん — hospital
• すぐに — immediately, right away

The correct answer is 4. 「ちょっと待ってください」 means 'Please wait a moment.' ちょっと means 'a little / a short time,' and ちょっと待って is a very common set phrase meaning 'wait a moment.' In this conversation, A says 'Hurry up, we're leaving,' and B responds 'Ah, please wait a moment.'

• 1とても means 'very.' You cannot say とても待ってください — とても is used with adjectives (とても高い) or adverbs, not with verbs like 待つ in this way.
• 2あまり means 'not very / not much' and is normally used with negative verbs (あまり食べない). あまり待ってください is grammatically unnatural because 待ってください is affirmative.
• 3ぜんぜん means 'not at all' and is used with negative verbs (ぜんぜん分からない). ぜんぜん待ってください is incorrect because the verb here is affirmative.

• ちょっと — a little; a moment; slightly
• 急いそぐ — to hurry
• 待まつ — to wait

The correct answer is 4. 上手（じょうず）is a な-adjective. The negative form of a な-adjective in polite speech is じゃないです (or ではありません). So じょうずじゃないですよ means '(I'm) not good at it.' B says 'Yes, I cook, but I'm not very good at it.'

• 1ない is the plain negative of い-adjectives and some verbs. 上手 is a な-adjective, so じょうずないですよ is grammatically incorrect — you need じゃない or ではありません.
• 2が ない would mean '(something) does not exist.' 上手 is not a noun that takes が ない in this way; じょうずがないですよ is incorrect.
• 3しない is the negative of する ('to do'). じょうずしないですよ does not make sense — 上手 is an adjective, not a verb.

• 上手じょうず — good at; skillful (な-adjective)
• 料理りょうり — cooking; dish
• じゃない — is not (plain negative of だ for な-adjectives/nouns)

The correct answer is 3. とき means 'when (I was)…' For い-adjectives like 小さい, you attach とき directly: 小さいとき = 'when (I was) small.' The sentence means 'When I was small, I lived abroad.'

• 1まで means 'until.' 小さいまで ('until small') does not make grammatical or semantic sense here.
• 2までの is the pre-noun form of まで. 小さいまでの is grammatically incorrect in this sentence structure.
• 4の とき is used with nouns (子どものとき = 'when I was a child'). With い-adjectives, you do NOT insert の — you say 小さいとき, not 小さいのとき. So this is grammatically incorrect.

• とき — time; when (used to express 'when I was…')
• 小ちいさい — small; young (い-adjective)
• 外国がいこく — foreign country
• 住すむ — to live (somewhere)

The correct answer is 2. 好き（すき）is a な-adjective. To modify a noun (here the nominalizer の), you use the な form: 好きなの = 'the one (I) like.' いちばん好きなのはすしです means 'The one I like the most is sushi.'

• 1好き alone cannot directly modify の. As a な-adjective, it needs な before a noun: 好きなの. 好きのは is grammatically incorrect.
• 3好きだ is the plain affirmative (sentence-ending form). だ cannot be used to modify a noun, so 好きだのは is grammatically incorrect.
• 4好きで is the て-form of 好きだ. The て-form cannot modify a noun either, so 好きでのは is grammatically incorrect.

• 好すき — liked; favorite (な-adjective)
• 一番いちばん — the most; number one
• 食べ物（たべもの） — food