N5 Grammar · Test 48

The correct answer is 4 (おねがいします). B asks whether to write the reading in hiragana. A corrects this: 'No, please (write) in katakana.' カタカナでおねがいします is a natural and polite way to say 'please do it in katakana,' where the verb (書く) is understood from context and omitted.

• 1しますね ('I'll do it, right?') does not fit as a polite instruction/correction. A is telling B what to do, not confirming their own action.
• 2書きませんよ means 'I won't write,' which is wrong because A is the one giving instructions to B, not refusing to write. This would be a nonsensical response.
• 3ほしいですか means 'Do you want ~?' which is a question, not an appropriate response. A should be giving an instruction, not asking B what they want.

• なまえ — name
• よみかた（読み方） — reading (of a character/name)
• ひらがな — hiragana (Japanese syllabary)
• カタカナ — katakana (Japanese syllabary)
• おねがいします（お願いします） — please (polite request)

The correct answer is 1. ひろこさんを おねがいします ('May I speak to Hiroko-san, please?'). This is the standard, fixed telephone expression in Japanese for asking to speak to a specific person. Kitayama identifies herself, then uses this phrase to request that Hiroko come to the phone. Honda responds はい、ちょっと まって くださいね ('Yes, please wait a moment'), confirming she will call Hiroko.

• 2ひろこさんを ください ('Please give me Hiroko-san') uses ください, which is used for requesting objects or actions, not for asking to speak to someone on the phone. It sounds as though Kitayama is asking to be given the person herself, which is not a proper phone expression.
• 3ひろこさんと 話しますか ('Will you talk with Hiroko-san?') is a question directed at Honda. It does not function as a request to speak to someone, and Honda's response ('Yes, please wait') would not make sense as a reply to this question.
• 4ひろこさんと 話しませんか ('Won't you talk with Hiroko-san?') is an invitation for Honda to talk with Hiroko. This is not how one asks to be connected to someone on the phone, and it does not match Honda's reply.

• 〜をお願いします（〜をおねがいします） — please connect me to ~ (telephone expression)
• 電話でんわ — telephone
• ちょっと 待ってください（ちょっと まってください） — please wait a moment