N5 Grammar · Test 51

The correct answer is 1 (いそがしく). The pattern あまり～ありません means 'not very/not very much.' An い-adjective must be changed to its く-form (adverbial form) before the negative ありません. So いそがしくありません means 'not very busy.'

• 2いそがしいでは is not a valid form. い-adjectives do not take では before ありません; you simply use the く-form.
• 3いそがしくいく is ungrammatical and meaningless in this context. There is no such conjugation pattern.
• 4いそがしいは is incorrect. The は particle cannot be inserted between an い-adjective stem and the negative ありません.

• 忙いそがしい — busy
• あまり — not very (used with negative)

The correct answer is 3 (あって). The て-form of the verb ある (to exist, for inanimate objects) is あって. It connects two clauses: 'There is an elevator, and/because it is convenient.' The て-form here expresses reason/cause or sequential connection.

• 1ある is the dictionary form. It cannot directly connect to the next clause べんりです without a conjunction.
• 2あった is the past tense. Using past tense here is unnatural; the elevator's existence is a present fact, and the て-form is needed to link the clauses.
• 4あるで is not a grammatical form. ある does not take で as a connector.

• 建物たてもの — building
• エレベーター（えれべーたー） — elevator
• ある — to exist (inanimate objects)
• 便利べんり — convenient

The correct answer is 4 (しずかに). 静か is a な-adjective. To modify a verb (して), a な-adjective takes に to become adverbial: 静かにして = 'do quietly.' The full sentence 静かにしてください means 'please be quiet,' with して ください = 'please do.'

• 1しずかで is the て-form of the な-adjective, used to link two adjectives/nouns, not to modify a verb. It cannot precede して.
• 2しずかだ is the plain form of the copula. It cannot be placed before して to form an adverbial modifier.
• 3しずか is the stem form. Before a verb, a な-adjective needs に (not just the bare stem) to function adverbially.

• 静しずか — quiet (な-adjective)
• ～して下さい（～してください） — please do ~

The correct answer is 4 (で). Here で is the て-form of the copula だ. It connects two clauses: 'My older brother is 35 years old, and he is married.' 35さいで = 'being 35 (years old),' linking the age statement to the next clause.

• 1だ is the plain copula. It cannot connect two clauses by itself; you need the て-form で to link them.
• 2に is a particle marking time/place/destination. It does not connect 'is 35' with 'is married.'
• 3の is a possessive/linking particle. 35さいの would modify the following noun, but けっこんしています is a verb phrase, not a noun.

• 兄あに — older brother
• 歳さい — years old (counter for age)
• 結婚けっこんする — to marry, to get married
• で — て-form of だ (copula); 'being ~, and ~'

The correct answer is 2 (して). The pattern ～てから means 'after doing ~.' せんたくをしてから = 'after doing the laundry.' The て-form of する is して, so してから forms the fixed grammar pattern meaning 'after doing X, then Y.'

• 1する is the dictionary form. するから would mean 'because I do laundry' (reason), not 'after doing laundry.' The pattern requires the て-form before から.
• 3します is the polite form. しますから would mean 'because I do laundry' (polite), not 'after doing.' The て-form is required for the ～てから pattern.
• 4した is the past tense. したから would mean 'because I did laundry,' expressing reason, not the sequential 'after doing' meaning of ～てから.

• 毎朝まいあさ — every morning
• 洗濯せんたく — laundry, washing
• ～てから — after doing ~ (sequential action pattern)
• 学校がっこう — school

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

The correct answer is 4 (から). The particle から indicates the source or agent from which something is received. With the verb もらう (to receive), から marks who gave the item: かぞくからてがみをもらいました means 'I received a letter from my family.'

• 1を marks the direct object of an action. It cannot mark the source/giver with もらう; the object (てがみ) is already marked by を.
• 2が marks the subject. かぞくが would make 'family' the subject, but with もらう the receiver (わたし) is the subject, not the giver.
• 3や means 'and' (non-exhaustive list). かぞくやてがみをもらいました would mean 'I received a letter and my family (among other things)', which is nonsensical.

• かぞく — family
• てがみ — letter (mail)
• もらう — to receive

も means 'also/too'. The sentence says 'I played tennis. Then, I also played ping-pong.' Since the speaker did ping-pong in addition to tennis, も is the correct particle: ピンポンもしました。

• 1は is the topic marker ('as for'). It would sound like 'As for ping-pong, (I) played,' which doesn't convey 'also' and doesn't fit the それから ('then') continuation implying an additional activity.
• 2が is the subject marker. ピンポンがしました is ungrammatical here; you would need ピンポンをしました, and が doesn't convey 'also.'
• 4と means 'and/with'. ピンポンとしました is ungrammatical; と links nouns, not a noun and a verb in this way.

• それから — then; after that; and also
• ピンポン — ping-pong (table tennis)
• も — also; too

が marks the subject of the intransitive verb とまる (to stop). The sentence means 'Due to a strong wind, the train stopped.' 電車がとまりました is the correct structure: 電車 is the thing that stopped, so it takes が.

• 2と means 'and/with' and cannot mark the subject of とまる.
• 3を marks the direct object of a transitive verb. とまる is intransitive, so を is ungrammatical: you cannot 'stop the train' with とまる; you would need the transitive とめる.
• 4へ indicates direction of movement. The train is not moving toward something; it is the thing that stopped, so へ is wrong.

• つよい — strong
• かぜ — wind (風)
• 電車でんしゃ — train
• とまる — to stop (intransitive; 止まる)
• 〜で — due to; because of (indicates cause)