N5 Grammar · Test 29

は is used as a contrastive particle. The sentence uses テニスは しますが、ゴルフは しません — 'Yamada plays tennis, but does NOT play golf.' The repeated は highlights the contrast between tennis (done) and golf (not done). This is a classic contrastive-は pattern.

• 2と means 'and/with'; ゴルフとしません is ungrammatical here.
• 3が marks the subject but does not convey the contrast that the sentence structure (〜は〜が、〜は〜) requires.
• 4も means 'also/too'; ゴルフもしません would mean 'doesn't play golf either,' which changes the meaning — the sentence is contrasting, not adding.

• テニス — tennis
• ゴルフ — golf

ぐらい (also written くらい) is used after a quantity to express an approximate amount. '10まいぐらいとりました' means 'I took about 10 (photos).' The sentence already has を marking the object (しゃしんを), so the blank after the number needs a particle expressing approximation.

• 1が is a subject marker and cannot follow a quantity like 10まい in this context.
• 2を is already used earlier in the sentence (しゃしんを); you cannot have two を in this structure, and を does not follow a quantity.
• 3など means 'etc.' / 'things like,' used to list examples, not to express an approximate number.

• ぐらい — about, approximately (used after quantities)
• しゃしん — photograph
• とる — to take (a photo)

や is a conjunction particle used to list nouns non-exhaustively, implying there are other things as well. 'そうじやせんたくをします' means 'I do cleaning and laundry (among other things).' Both そうじ and せんたく are nouns being listed together.

• 1を is an object marker; it cannot connect two nouns in a list.
• 3も means 'also/too.' To use it for listing you would need the structure 'そうじもせんたくもします' (both cleaning and laundry), not just one も.
• 4で indicates means, location of action, or instrument; it does not connect two nouns in a list.

• や — and (non-exhaustive listing of nouns)
• そうじ — cleaning
• せんたく — laundry, washing

The pattern も…も… with a negative verb means 'neither A nor B.' Here, へ (direction particle) is attached to each noun first, then も is added: 'ぎんこうへも デパートへも 行きませんでした' = 'I went to neither the bank nor the department store.' The order is Nへも Nへも.

• 2もへ is the wrong particle order. The direction particle へ must come before も (へも), not after (もへ).
• 3へは/へは uses the contrastive/topic particle は, which would mean 'as for the bank… as for the department store…' — a contrastive structure, not 'neither…nor…'
• 4はへ is the wrong particle order and also uses は instead of も, making it both structurally incorrect and semantically wrong.

• も…も — both…and / neither…nor (with negative)
• ぎんこう — bank
• デパート — department store

が marks the subject of the sentence. In this question, いつ (when) is the subject: 'いつがいいですか' = 'When is good?' / 'When would be convenient?' The pattern Nがいいですか is used to ask for a preference or suitable choice.

• 2に is a time/place target particle; 'いつにいい' is ungrammatical — に cannot mark the subject of いい.
• 3を marks a direct object; there is no transitive verb here requiring を, and 'いつをいい' is ungrammatical.
• 4と means 'with/and'; 'いつといいですか' does not make sense in this context.

• いつ — when
• が — subject marker (used here to mark the question word as subject)
• いい — good, fine

で marks the tool or instrument used to perform an action. ナイフ ('knife') is the tool used to cut the bread, so ナイフで パンを きりました ('I cut the bread with a knife') is correct.

• 2が marks the subject/performer, but the knife is the tool, not the one performing the action.
• 3に can mark a target or destination, but the knife is not a target — it is the instrument.
• 4を marks a direct object, but パン is already the direct object (パンを きりました). The knife is the tool, not a second object.

• ナイフ（ないふ） — knife
• パン（ぱん） — bread
• きりました — cut (past tense of きる)

The sentence means 'I ate sushi. Then, I ate tempura too.' The particle も means 'also/too,' indicating that tempura was eaten in addition to sushi. Since それから ('then/after that') already signals a sequence, も naturally adds tempura to the list of things eaten.

• 1が is the subject marker, but here we need the sense of 'also,' not simply marking tempura as the subject.
• 2か means 'or,' which would make 'tempura or ate' — grammatically incomplete and nonsensical here.
• 3は is the topic marker; it would mark tempura as a topic but does not convey 'also/too,' which is the intended meaning.

• それから — then, after that
• てもら（てんぷら） — tempura
• も — also, too (particle)

The sentence means 'Excuse me, please give me water.' お水 ('water') is the direct object of the implied verb ください (from くださる, 'to give me'). The object marker を is required before ください when requesting something.

• 1が marks the subject, not the direct object; it does not fit 'please give me ~.'
• 3に marks a destination/recipient or target, not the thing being given.
• 4や means 'and' (non-exhaustive list); it would require another noun after it and does not mark an object.

• お水（おみず） — water (polite)
• 〜をください — please give me ~

The sentence means 'I studied at the library for 3 hours. But I didn't study at home.' The particle で marks the location of an action (studying), and は adds the contrastive topic nuance ('at the library I did, but at home I didn't'). では is the correct combination: うちでは ('at home').

• 1とは is not a standard combination for location of action; と would mean 'with' and は is topic, which doesn't fit.
• 2がは is not a valid particle combination in standard Japanese.
• 3に marks a destination or existence location, not the place where an action is performed; べんきょうする takes で for location.

• としょかん — library
• べんきょうする — to study
• では — at/in (location of action + contrastive は)

The sentence means 'I called my friend (on the phone).' With 電話をする ('to make a call / to call someone'), the person being called is marked by に. So 友だちに電話をしました is the correct pattern.

• 2や means 'and' (non-exhaustive); it connects nouns, not a person to a verb of calling.
• 3を marks the direct object; 友だち is not the object being acted upon directly in this pattern — the phone call is.
• 4で marks means/method or location; it does not mark the recipient/target of a phone call.

• 電話でんわをする — to make a phone call, to call someone
• に — to (target/recipient of action)