N5 Vocabulary · Test 4

The sentence means 'My room is on the 2nd floor of this ___.' The word that fits is アパート (apartment), since rooms are located on floors of an apartment building. 'このアパートの2かいです' = 'It's the 2nd floor of this apartment.'

• 1エレベーター (elevator) — an elevator does not have a '2nd floor' where your room would be; it is a device inside a building, not a building itself.
• 2プール (pool) — a swimming pool does not have rooms on a 2nd floor.
• 3エアコン (air conditioner) — an air conditioner is an appliance, not a building with floors.

• アパート — apartment (building)
• エレベーター — elevator
• プール — swimming pool
• エアコン — air conditioner
• へや — room
• 2かい（にかい） — 2nd floor

The sentence means 'Satou-san ___ the guitar well.' The correct verb is ひきます (弾きます), the verb used for playing string/musical instruments such as guitar, piano, etc. 'ギターをひきます' = 'plays the guitar.'

• 1うたいます (歌います) means 'to sing.' You sing a song (うた), but you do not 'sing' a guitar.
• 2ききます (聞きます) means 'to listen.' You can listen to a guitar, but the particle を with じょうずに implies Satou-san is the one performing the action of playing.
• 4あそびます (遊びます) means 'to play' in the sense of playing/having fun (e.g., playing with friends). It is not used for playing a musical instrument.

• ひきます — to play (a string/musical instrument) — 弾きます
• うたいます — to sing — 歌います
• ききます — to listen — 聞きます
• あそびます — to play (have fun) — 遊びます
• ギター — guitar
• じょうずに — skillfully, well

The sentence means 'Please ___ the plates and chopsticks on the table.' The correct verb is ならべて (並べて), meaning 'to arrange/line up/set out.' 'テーブルにおさらとはしをならべてください' = 'Please set out the plates and chopsticks on the table.'

• 2とって (取って) means 'to take.' You don't 'take' plates and chopsticks onto a table in this context; the natural action is arranging them.
• 3たべて (食べて) means 'to eat.' You don't eat plates and chopsticks.
• 4あらって (洗って) means 'to wash.' While you might wash dishes, the sentence says to do the action on the table, so 'arrange/set out' fits.

• ならべて — to arrange, line up, set out — 並べて (te-form of ならべる)
• とって — to take — 取って (te-form of とる)
• たべて — to eat — 食べて (te-form of たべる)
• あらって — to wash — 洗って (te-form of あらう)
• おさら — plates (polite)
• はし — chopsticks

The sentence means 'I cleaned this morning, so the room is ___.' After cleaning, the room becomes きれい (clean/tidy). 'へやはきれいです' = 'the room is clean.'

• 2きたない (汚い) means 'dirty.' Cleaning would not make a room dirty, so this contradicts the context.
• 3あかるい (明るい) means 'bright.' Cleaning doesn't directly make a room bright (that relates to lighting/windows).
• 4くらい (暗い) means 'dark.' Cleaning does not make a room dark.

• きれい — clean, pretty, tidy
• きたない — dirty — 汚い
• あかるい — bright — 明るい
• くらい — dark — 暗い
• そうじ — cleaning — 掃除

The sentence means 'Today I swam 500 ___.' The correct counter for swimming distance is メートル (meters). '500メートルおよぎました' = 'I swam 500 meters.'

• 1ど (度) is a counter for degrees (temperature/angle) or occurrences. It does not measure swimming distance.
• 2ばん (番) is a counter for numbers/order (e.g., bus number, turn). It does not measure distance.
• 4グラム (gram) is a unit of weight/mass. You don't swim '500 grams.'

• メートル — meter (unit of length)
• ど — degree(s) — 度
• ばん — number, turn — 番
• グラム — gram (unit of weight)
• およぎました — swam — 泳ぎました

The underlined sentence まいばん くにの かぞくに でんわします means 'Every night I call my family back home.' まいばん (毎晩) means 'every night,' which corresponds to よるは いつも ('always at night'). Option 3 correctly restates this meaning.

• 1よるは ときどき ('sometimes at night') does not match まいばん ('every night'). ときどき means 'sometimes,' which is far less frequent.
• 2あさは ときどき ('sometimes in the morning') changes both the time (morning instead of night) and frequency.
• 4あさは いつも ('always in the morning') keeps the 'always' frequency but changes the time from night to morning.

• まいばん — every night
• よる — night
• あさ — morning
• いつも — always
• ときどき — sometimes
• くに — one's home country
• かぞく — family

The underlined sentence この まちには ゆうめいな たてものが あります means 'There is a famous building in this town.' たてもの (建物) means 'building,' and ビル (from English 'building') is the closest synonym. Option 1 correctly restates this.

• 2おちゃ ('tea') is a drink, not a building — completely unrelated to たてもの.
• 3ケーキ ('cake') is food, not a building — completely unrelated to たてもの.
• 4こうえん ('park') is an outdoor public space, not a building (たてもの). A park is not the same as a building.

• たてもの — building
• ビル — building (loanword from English 'building')
• ゆうめいな（有名な） — famous
• まち — town
• おちゃ（お茶） — tea
• こうえん — park

The underlined sentence その えいがは おもしろくなかったです means 'That movie was not interesting.' The negative past form おもしろくなかった ('was not interesting') is synonymous with つまらなかった ('was boring'). Option 2 correctly restates this.

• 1たのしかった ('was fun/enjoyable') is the opposite meaning — it says the movie WAS enjoyable, contradicting おもしろくなかった.
• 3みじかかった ('was short') describes length, not how interesting the movie was.
• 4ながかった ('was long') also describes length, not how interesting the movie was.

• おもしろい（面白い） — interesting, fun
• つまらない — boring, uninteresting
• たのしい（楽しい） — enjoyable, fun
• みじかい（短い） — short
• ながい（長い） — long
• えいが — movie

The underlined sentence たんじょうびは 6がつ15にちです means 'My birthday is June 15th.' A birthday is the date you were born, so 6がつ15にちに うまれました ('I was born on June 15th') is the correct paraphrase. Option 3 matches.

• 1けっこんしました ('got married') is an event that can happen on any date, not specifically one's birthday.
• 2テストが はじまりました ('a test started') is unrelated to the concept of birthday.
• 4くにへ かえりました ('returned to my home country') is unrelated to the concept of birthday.

• たんじょうび — birthday
• うまれる（生まれる） — to be born
• けっこんする（結婚する） — to get married
• テスト — test, exam
• くに — home country

The underlined sentence にねんまえに きょうとへ いきました means 'I went to Kyoto two years ago.' にねんまえ ('two years ago') is synonymous with おととし ('the year before last'). Option 4 correctly restates this.

• 1きのう ('yesterday') is one day ago, not two years ago.
• 2おととい ('the day before yesterday') is two days ago, not two years ago.
• 3きょねん ('last year') is one year ago, not two years ago.

• にねんまえ — two years ago
• おととし — the year before last (two years ago)
• きのう — yesterday
• おととい — the day before yesterday
• きょねん — last year
• きょうと — Kyoto