N5 Grammar · Test 6

The correct answer is 3 (を). The verb あびる (to take/bathe) is a transitive verb that takes a direct object. シャワーをあびました means 'took a shower.' The particle を marks the direct object of the verb.

• 1の is a possessive/linking particle (e.g., 私のシャワー 'my shower'). It cannot mark the object of a verb like あびる.
• 2が is the subject marker (e.g., シャワーがある 'there is a shower'). It does not mark the object of a transitive verb.
• 4から means 'from' and indicates a starting point or source. It does not fit here because you don't take a shower 'from' something.

• シャワー — shower
• あびる — to take (a shower/bath), to bathe

The correct answer is 4 (へ). The verb 行く (to go) requires a destination, which is marked by へ (or に). 外国へ行きました means 'went to a foreign country.' The sentence means 'Last year, I went abroad for work.'

• 1と means 'with/and' (e.g., 友だちと行く 'go with a friend'). It does not mark a destination.
• 2を marks the direct object of a transitive verb. 行く is intransitive and does not take を for its destination.
• 3で marks the means/location of an action (e.g., 車で行く 'go by car'). While しごとで already uses で to mean 'for work,' putting で after 外国 would mean 'at/in a foreign country,' not 'to a foreign country,' which doesn't fit 行きました.

• きょねん — last year
• しごと — work, job
• 外国がいこく — foreign country
• 行いく — to go

The correct answer is 1 (から). The pattern 〜から〜まで indicates 'from 〜 to 〜.' うちから会社まで30分です means 'It is 30 minutes from home to the company.' から marks the starting point.

• 2にも means 'also to' and does not fit the から〜まで pattern needed here.
• 3で marks means or location of action, not a starting point. うちで would mean 'at home,' which doesn't pair with 会社まで.
• 4へ marks direction/destination, not a starting point. The sentence needs a 'from' particle to pair with まで (until/to).

• うち — home, house
• 会社かいしゃ — company, office
• から — from (starting point)
• まで — until, to (endpoint)

The correct answer is 2 (の). In a relative clause modifying a noun, の can replace が to mark the subject. 耳の大きいどうぶつ means 'an animal with big ears' (literally 'an animal whose ears are big'). This is a common pattern where の substitutes for が inside a modifier clause.

• 1と means 'with/and' and cannot mark the subject of a relative clause.
• 3を marks the direct object of a transitive verb. 耳 is not being acted upon here; it is the subject of the adjective 大きい.
• 4に marks destination/time/indirect object. It does not mark the subject of a relative clause.

• 耳みみ — ear
• 大おおきい — big, large
• どうぶつ — animal

The correct answer is 3 (も). The pattern 何も〜ない means 'not anything' or 'nothing.' 何も買いませんでした means 'I didn't buy anything.' The particle も is used with question words (何、だれ、どこ) plus a negative verb to mean 'not any.'

• 1何か means 'something' and is used with affirmative verbs (何か買いました 'I bought something'). With a negative verb, it creates an unnatural combination.
• 2を marks the direct object, but 何を買いませんでした would mean 'What didn't you buy?' (a question), not 'I didn't buy anything.' The sentence is a statement, not a question.
• 4は is a topic marker. 何は is not a standard pattern for expressing 'nothing' with negative verbs.

• お金（おかね） — money
• 何なにも — nothing, not anything (with negative)
• 買かう — to buy

The pattern being tested is 〜たり〜たりします, which lists two or more actions. The verb つくる (to make/cook) conjugates to the たり-form by changing to た-form (つくった) and adding り: つくったり. The full sentence means 'Yesterday I took a walk and cooked.'

• 1つくらったり — Wrong conjugation. The たり-form attaches to the た-form (つくった), not to a hypothetical/conditional form (つくら).
• 3つくりたり — Incorrectly inserts り before the た-form. The correct order is た-form + り, not ます-stem + り + た.
• 4つくるたり — Uses the dictionary form before たり. The たり-form requires the た-form (つくった) + り, not the dictionary form.

• 〜たり〜たり — pattern for listing actions: do things such as A and B
• つくる — to make; to cook
• りょうり — cooking; dish/food
• さんぽする — to take a walk

The pattern is 〜てもいいですか, meaning 'May I…? / Is it okay to…?'. The verb 見る (to look/see) conjugates to て-form as 見て, then もいいですか is added: 見てもいいですか = 'May I look at this magazine?'

• 1見るも — Missing the て-form. The pattern requires 〜てもいいですか, so the verb must first become 見て.
• 2見たも — Uses the た-form (past) instead of the て-form. The pattern needs て, not た.
• 4見ますも — Uses the ます-form. You cannot attach もいいですか directly to ます; the て-form is required.

• 〜てもいい — it is okay to…; may I…? (permission)
• ざっし — magazine
• 見みる — to look at; to see

The pattern is V-ます stem + ながら, meaning 'while doing…'. The verb 聞く has the ます-stem 聞き, so 聞きながら = 'while listening.' The sentence means 'I studied while listening to a CD.'

• 1聞く — Dictionary form. ながら must attach to the ます-stem (聞き), not the dictionary form.
• 3聞いて — て-form. ながら does not attach to the て-form; it requires the ます-stem.
• 4聞いた — た-form (past). ながら does not attach to the past form; it requires the ます-stem.

• 〜ながら — while doing… (attached to V-ます stem)
• 聞きく — to listen
• べんきょうする — to study

The pattern is V-て + ほうがいいです, meaning 'you had better…'. The verb ねる (to sleep) conjugates to て-form as ねて: ねたほうがいいですよ = 'You'd better sleep early when you're sick.' Wait — the correct て-form is ねて, and the pattern is ねたほうがいい (た-form + ほうがいい). Let me re-check: actually ほうがいい uses the た-form, not the て-form. But option 4 is ねた. Hmm, let me reconsider. The pattern is V-た + ほうがいい. So ねたほうがいい. Answer should be 4. But option 3 is ねて. Let me re-examine. Actually, the standard grammar is V-たほうがいいです. So the answer is 4 (ねた).

• 1ねます — ます-form. ほうがいい requires the た-form, not ます.
• 2ねました — Past polite form. ほうがいい attaches to the plain た-form (ねた), not the polite past.
• 3ねて — て-form. While 〜てほうがいい is sometimes heard colloquially, the standard JLPT 4-kyuu grammar is V-たほうがいい, making ねた the correct choice.

• 〜ほうがいい — had better do…; it is advisable to… (V-た form)
• ねる — to sleep
• びょうき — illness; sick