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N5 Grammar · Test 9

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  1. 1.問(1) わたしは　じてんしゃ_______　ほしいです。

    1. 1 へ
    2. 2 に
    3. 3 が
    4. 4 で
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    Answer: 3. が

    The sentence わたしはじてんしゃ___ほしいです means 'I want a bicycle.' The adjective ほしい (欲しい, want/desire) takes the particle が to mark the thing desired. So the correct answer is option 3: が. The full sentence is わたしはじてんしゃがほしいです (I want a bicycle).

    • 1へ indicates direction (toward), which is not used with ほしい.
    • 2に indicates destination or indirect object, which is not the correct particle for ほしい.
    • 4で indicates means/location of action, which is not used with ほしい.
    • じてんしゃ — bicycle
    • ほしい（欲しい） — want, desire (used with が)

  2. 2.問(2) えいがは　何時_______　おわりますか。

    1. 1 ぐらい
    2. 2 から
    3. 3 まで
    4. 4 に
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    Answer: 4. に

    The sentence えいがは何時___おわりますか means 'At what time does the movie end?' The verb おわる (終わる, to end) happens at a specific point in time, so the particle に (indicating a specific time) is correct. Option 4: に. The full sentence is えいがは何時におわりますか (At what time does the movie end?).

    • 1ぐらい (位/くらい) means 'approximately,' used for approximate quantities or durations, not for asking a specific time an event occurs.
    • 2から (from) would ask 'from what time does the movie end,' which is unnatural — から is used with starting times, not ending times.
    • 3まで (until) would ask 'until what time does the movie end,' which is unnatural with おわる. まで is used to indicate a duration's endpoint, but おわる already implies an endpoint.
    • えいが — movie, film
    • おわる（終わる） — to end, to finish
    • 何時なんじ — what time (o'clock)
    • に — particle marking a specific point in time

  1. 3.わたしは じてんしゃ____ ほしいです。

    1. 1 へ
    2. 2 に
    3. 3 が
    4. 4 で
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    Answer: 3. が

    The sentence わたしはじてんしゃ___ほしいです means 'I want a bicycle.' The adjective ほしい (欲しい, want/desire) takes the particle が to mark the thing desired. So the correct answer is option 3: が. The full sentence is わたしはじてんしゃがほしいです (I want a bicycle).

    • 1へ indicates direction (toward), which is not used with ほしい.
    • 2に indicates destination or indirect object, which is not the correct particle for ほしい.
    • 4で indicates means/location of action, which is not used with ほしい.
    • じてんしゃ — bicycle
    • ほしい（欲しい） — want, desire (used with が)

  2. 4.えいがは 何時____ おわりますか。

    1. 1 ぐらい
    2. 2 から
    3. 3 まで
    4. 4 に
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    Answer: 4. に

    The sentence えいがは何時___おわりますか means 'At what time does the movie end?' The verb おわる (終わる, to end) happens at a specific point in time, so the particle に (indicating a specific time) is correct. Option 4: に. The full sentence is えいがは何時におわりますか (At what time does the movie end?).

    • 1ぐらい (位/くらい) means 'approximately,' used for approximate quantities or durations, not for asking a specific time an event occurs.
    • 2から (from) would ask 'from what time does the movie end,' which is unnatural — から is used with starting times, not ending times.
    • 3まで (until) would ask 'until what time does the movie end,' which is unnatural with おわる. まで is used to indicate a duration's endpoint, but おわる already implies an endpoint.
    • えいが — movie, film
    • おわる（終わる） — to end, to finish
    • 何時なんじ — what time (o'clock)
    • に — particle marking a specific point in time

  3. 5.私は 先生____ 30分 話しました。

    1. 1 と
    2. 2 を
    3. 3 へ
    4. 4 の
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    Answer: 1. と

    と marks the person with whom you do an action together. 話す (to talk/converse) pairs with と to indicate the conversation partner: 先生と 30分 話しました = 'I talked with the teacher for 30 minutes.'

    • 2を marks the direct object of a transitive verb. 話す can take を (e.g., 日本語を話す, 'speak Japanese'), but here the partner is a person, so と is needed, not を.
    • 3へ indicates direction/destination, not used for a conversation partner.
    • 4の is a possessive/modifying particle and cannot mark a conversation partner.
    • 先生せんせい — teacher
    • 話はなす — to talk/speak

  4. 6.だれ____ てつだって ください。

    1. 1 に
    2. 2 か
    3. 3 を
    4. 4 が
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    Answer: 2. か

    The question word だれ (who) + か forms the indefinite pronoun だれか ('someone'). だれか てつだってください means 'Someone, please help' or 'Please get someone to help.' This is a standard JLPT 4 grammar pattern: question word + か = indefinite pronoun.

    • 1に marks the target/recipient of an action. While だれかに could work in some contexts ('to someone'), the tested pattern here is だれか as an indefinite pronoun, not だれに.
    • 3を marks a direct object, which does not fit here.
    • 4が marks the subject, which is not the pattern being tested.
    • だれ — who
    • てつだう — to help/assist

  5. 7.きのう おとうとは びょうき____ 学校を 休みました。

    1. 1 が
    2. 2 に
    3. 3 で
    4. 4 と
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    Answer: 3. で

    で marks the cause or reason for an action/event. びょうきで 学校を 休みました means 'He was absent from school due to illness.' This is the standard pattern: (cause)で (result/action).

    • 1が marks the subject; びょうきが would imply illness is the grammatical subject, which does not fit this sentence structure.
    • 2に can mark a point in time or destination, but not the cause of an absence in this pattern.
    • 4と means 'with/and'; びょうきと is grammatically incorrect here.
    • おとうと — younger brother
    • びょうき — illness/sickness
    • 休やすむ — to be absent/to rest

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