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JLPT N4 practice: 10 free questions

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These questions come from JLPT N4 Practice Test 1, which we wrote and publish.

  1. 1How is the underlined word read?

    この みせは りょうりが 有名です。

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    Answer: 3

    This restaurant is famous for its food.

    有 is ゆう and 名 is めい: ゆうめい. Both long sounds are needed. みょう is a reading of 名 used in other words, such as みょうじ (family name).

  2. 2How is the underlined word written?

    この みちを まっすぐ いって ください。

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    Answer: 1

    Please go straight along this road.

    道 (みち) means road. 通 (pass), 遠 (far) and 送 (send) share the same part (⻌) on the left and bottom.

  3. 3What goes in the (　　)?

    この みちは くるまが おおいので、わたる とき（　　）して ください。

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    Answer: 2

    There are many cars on this road, so please be careful when you cross.

    ちゅういする means to be careful. あんしん (feel relieved) is the opposite idea, しんぱいして ください (please worry) is not something you ask someone to do, and よやく means to reserve.

  4. 4What goes in the (　　)?

    ふるい しんぶんは ここに（　　）ください。

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    Answer: 4

    Please throw old newspapers away here.

    すてる means to throw away. ひろう (pick up), なくす (lose) and おとす (drop) don't make sense with ここに.

  5. 5Which sentence means almost the same as the underlined sentence?

    この みせは いつも すいて います。

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    Answer: 1

    This shop is never crowded.

    すいて いる (from すく) means not crowded, so there are few people (ひとが すくない). こんで いる is the opposite.

  6. 6Which sentence uses the word correctly?

    しんせつ

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    Answer: 2

    しんせつ (kind): When I asked the way at the station, someone kindly showed me.

    しんせつ describes kind people or kind actions. A room would be きれい or べんり, an easy book is かんたん, and news cannot be kind.

  7. 7What goes in the (　　)?

    雨あめが ふって いる（　　）、サッカーの 練れん習しゅうは ありません。

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    Answer: 3

    Because it is raining, there is no soccer practice.

    ので gives a reason. のに (even though) is used for a result you didn't expect, which doesn't fit here. ても and ながら would need different forms (ふって いても, ふりながら).

  8. 8What goes in the (　　)?

    時じ間かんが なかったので、朝あさごはんを 食たべ（　　）、学がっ校こうへ 行いきました。

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    Answer: 4

    I didn't have time, so I went to school without eating breakfast.

    ないで means without doing something. なくて gives a reason or cause, and なければ and ないと express conditions.

  9. 9What goes in the (　　)?

    あれ？ 窓まどが 開あいて（　　）ね。だれが 開あけたんですか。

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    Answer: 2

    Oh, the window is open. Who opened it?

    With an intransitive verb such as 開く (あく), use ている to describe a state: 開いて います. てある goes with transitive verbs: 開けて あります.

  10. 10Put the four words in order. Which one goes in the ★ slot?

    A「週しゅう末まつは 何なにを しますか。」
    B「友ともだちと★つもりです。」

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    Answer: 1

    A「週しゅう末まつは 何なにを しますか。」
    B「友ともだちと 新あたらしい 映えい画がを 見みに 行いく つもりです。」

    A: What are you doing this weekend? B: I'm planning to go and see a new movie with a friend.

    Correct order: 友だちと 新しい 映画を 見に 行く つもりです. ます-stem + に 行く means to go to do something. The ★ word is 見に.

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