N5 Reading · Test 10

The passage states that the writer usually eats breakfast (rice and nattō, or bread and egg) before going to school, but けさはなにも食べませんでした (this morning they didn't eat anything). They took a banana to school instead, because they woke up late. The question asks what they ate before going to school this morning, and the answer is: they ate nothing. Option 3 correctly states なにも食べませんでした (didn't eat anything).

• 1This describes the writer's usual breakfast (ご飯と納豆), but the passage explicitly says けさはなにも食べませんでした — this morning was different.
• 2This is the other usual breakfast pattern (パンと卵), but again, this morning they ate nothing.
• 4The passage says バナナを学校へ持っていきました — they brought the banana to school, not ate it before school. The question specifically asks what was eaten before going to school.

• 毎朝まいあさ — every morning
• なっとう — nattō (fermented soybeans)
• けさ — this morning
• 持もっていく — to take (something) along

The notice says 今日出川先生はお昼までお休みです (today Professor Degawa is on leave until noon) and 午前の「日本語1」のクラスはありません (the morning 'Japanese 1' class is cancelled). It also says 「日本語1」のしゅくだいは来週出してください ('Japanese 1' homework should be submitted next week). Option 4 correctly combines both facts: today there is no class, and homework is due next week.

• 1This says class is held today and homework should be submitted — both wrong. The morning class is cancelled and homework is due next week.
• 2This says class is held today — incorrect. The 'Japanese 1' (morning) class is cancelled.
• 3This correctly says there is no class today, but says homework should be submitted in the afternoon (午後). The notice says 来週 (next week), not this afternoon.

• お休み（おやすみ） — day off / absence
• 午前ごぜん — morning / a.m.
• 午後ごご — afternoon / p.m.
• しゅくだい — homework
• 来週らいしゅう — next week
• 出だす — to submit / hand in

The memo instructs Bogo to hand over the package and money to the post office person when they come around 10 o'clock. However, the money is currently with Nakanishi-san, and the memo says ゆうびんきょくの人が来る前にもらいに行ってください (please go receive it before the post office person comes). So the first thing Bogo must do is go get the money from Nakanishi-san. Option 1 correctly identifies this first step.

• 2This says to hand the package and money to Nakanishi-san, but Nakanishi-san is the one holding the money — Bogo needs to receive money from Nakanishi-san, not give things to them.
• 3This says to receive the package from the post office person, but the post office person is coming to pick up (とりに来る) the package, not deliver it.
• 4This describes the final step — handing over the package and money to the post office person. But the question asks what Bogo does はじめに (first), and before that can happen, Bogo must first get the money from Nakanishi-san.

• にもつ — package / luggage
• わたす（渡す） — to hand over / pass to someone
• もらう（貰う） — to receive (from someone)
• ゆうびんきょく — post office
• とりに来る（取りに来る） — to come to pick up
• はじめに（始めに） — first / in the beginning

The passage explains that Chin-san could not study for today's kanji test the night before because he was exhausted from playing soccer all day Sunday. So this morning he woke up at 8:00, took a shower, ate breakfast, and then immediately studied kanji from page 41 to 60 before going to school. The reason he got up at 8:00 was to have time to study for the kanji test before school. Option 3, 'かんじテストの べんきょうが したかったから' (because he wanted to study for the kanji test), correctly captures this motivation.

• 1朝から ゆうがたまで サッカーを したかったから — This refers to playing soccer from morning until evening, which is what he did yesterday (Sunday), not a reason for waking up at 8:00 this morning. He already played soccer; it is not something he wanted to do today.
• 2シャワーを あびて、朝ご飯を 食べたかったから — Taking a shower and eating breakfast are things he did after waking up, not the reason he woke up at 8:00. These are routine actions, not the motivating factor for getting up at that time.
• 4学校へ 行って、べんきょうが したかったから — He studied before going to school, not at school. Also, the passage notes that nobody was studying in the classroom, so studying at school was not his plan.

• 起おきました — got up / woke up (past tense of 起きる)
• べんきょう — study
• かんじテスト（かんじてすと） — kanji test
• ゆうがた — evening / late afternoon
• つかれました — got tired (past tense of つかれる)

The passage's title is 'まちがえました' (I made a mistake), and the final sentence reveals the mistake: 'テストは 今日ではなくて、あしたでした' (The test was not today, but tomorrow). Chin-san thought the kanji test was today and rushed to study for it in the morning, but it is actually tomorrow. Therefore, what he mistook was the day of the kanji test. Option 2, 'かんじの テストが ある 日' (the day on which the kanji test is held), is correct.

• 1かんじの テストを する きょうしつ — The classroom where the kanji test is held. The passage never mentions Chin-san mistaking the classroom; the mistake was about the date of the test.
• 3かんじの テキストの ページ — The pages of the kanji textbook. He studied pages 41–60, but the passage gives no indication that he studied the wrong pages; the mistake was about the test date.
• 4かんじの テキスト — The kanji textbook itself. There is no mention of him using or choosing the wrong textbook; the error was about when the test would take place.

• まちがえました — made a mistake (past tense of まちがえる)
• テスト（てすと） — test / exam
• あした — tomorrow
• きょうしつ — classroom
• テキスト（てきすと） — textbook