N5 Reading · Test 1

Option 4 「来てから」(きてから) means 'after coming.' The sentence reads 「日本に来てから、いろいろな店で食べました」= 'After coming to Japan, I ate at various shops.' The pattern V-てから indicates doing one action after completing another. Ken came to Japan and then ate at various sushi shops, so this fits perfectly.

• 1「行くから」(いくから) means 'because I go.' The verb 行く (to go) is the wrong direction — Ken is already in Japan, so he came (来る), not went. Also, から here would mean 'because,' which doesn't connect logically to the next clause.
• 2「行っておいてから」is unnatural here. V-ておく means doing something in advance/for a purpose, and combined with から it doesn't produce a meaningful sentence in this context. The verb 行く is also the wrong direction.
• 3「来るから」(くるから) means 'because I come.' While 来る is the right verb, the から here means 'because,' which doesn't fit. The sentence needs 'after coming' (来てから), not 'because I come.'

• 来きてから — after coming (V-てから: after doing V)
• 行いく — to go
• 来くる — to come
• いろいろな — various, all kinds of

Option 2 「行きませんか」(いきませんか) is a polite invitation meaning 'Won't you go?' The sentence reads 「すしがすきな人は、いっしょに行きませんか」= 'People who like sushi, won't you go together?' This is a classic N5 invitation pattern using V-ませんか.

• 1「行きましたか」(いきましたか) is past tense 'Did you go?' — a factual question about the past, not an invitation. It doesn't fit the context of inviting classmates to go together.
• 3「行っていましたか」(いっていましたか) means 'Were you going? / Had you been going?' — past progressive, which doesn't make sense as an invitation.
• 4「行っていませんか」(いっていませんか) means 'Aren't you going? / Haven't you gone?' — this sounds like checking whether someone has gone, not an invitation.

• 行いきませんか — Won't you go? (invitation pattern V-ませんか)
• いっしょに — together
• すきな人（すきなひと） — person who likes (something)

Option 4 「は」is the topic marker. The sentence reads 「えきのちかくの本屋は、大きいお店です」= 'The bookstore near the station is a big shop.' The structure is (Topic) は (Description) です, where the bookstore is introduced as the topic and then described as a big shop.

• 1「か」is a question marker. 「本屋か大きいお店です」is ungrammatical and would not form a proper sentence here.
• 2「と」means 'and/with.' 「本屋と大きいお店です」= 'a bookstore and a big shop,' which doesn't make sense — the sentence is describing one bookstore, not listing two things.
• 3「の」is a linking/possessive particle. 「本屋の大きいお店です」= 'a big shop of the bookstore,' which is grammatically awkward and doesn't convey the intended meaning that the bookstore IS a big shop.

• は — topic marker particle
• えきのちかく — near the station
• 本屋ほんや — bookstore
• 大おおきい — big, large

Option 3 「あります」(あります) is the existence verb for inanimate objects. The sentence reads 「わたしの国のもの(が)あります」= 'There are things from my country (too).' The subject わたしの国のもの (things from my country) is inanimate, so あります is correct. The particle が is implied/understood before あります.

• 1「います」(います) is the existence verb for animate (living) things like people and animals. わたしの国のもの (things from my country) are inanimate, so います is wrong.
• 2「読みます」(よみます) means 'to read.' 「わたしの国のもの読みます」= 'I read things from my country,' which doesn't fit the context about what the bookstore sells.
• 4「します」(します) means 'to do.' 「わたしの国のものします」is ungrammatical and meaningless in this context.

• あります — there is/are (for inanimate objects)
• います — there is/are (for animate/living things)
• 外国がいこく — foreign country
• 売うっています — is selling (V-ている: ongoing state)

Option 1 「だから」(だから) means 'therefore/so.' The sentence reads 「だから、本はいつもえきのちかくの本屋で買います」= 'Therefore, I always buy books at the bookstore near the station.' The preceding sentences list reasons why this bookstore is great (it's big, sells foreign books, has books from my country, has many cooking books I like). だから logically concludes: 'That's why I always buy books there.'

• 2「では」(では) means 'then/well then' and is used to shift topics or start a new statement. It doesn't express a cause-and-effect conclusion, so it doesn't fit here.
• 3「それから」(それから) means 'and then/after that' and indicates sequence or adding more information. The sentence here is a conclusion based on reasons, not a continuation of a sequence, so それから is wrong.
• 4「でも」(でも) means 'but/however' and expresses contrast. Using it here would contradict the previous positive statements about the bookstore, which doesn't make sense.

• だから — therefore, so (conjunction indicating cause/result)
• それから — and then, after that
• でも — but, however
• では — then, well then (topic shift)
• いつも — always