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JLPT N5 practice: 10 free questions

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  1. 1How is the underlined word read?

    きのう 友だちと えいがを みました。

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    Answer: 2

    Yesterday I watched a movie with a friend.

    友 is read とも, and だち has a voiced だ. ともたち drops the voicing mark, どもだち voices the wrong sound, and とむだち changes a vowel.

  2. 2How is the underlined word read?

    まいあさ 九時に かいしゃへ いきます。

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    Answer: 4

    Every morning I go to the office at nine o'clock.

    With 時 (o'clock), nine is always read く: くじ. The reading きゅう is used with many other counters (きゅうふん, きゅうえん), but not with 時.

  3. 3How is the underlined word written?

    まいにち しんぶんを よみます。

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    Answer: 3

    I read the newspaper every day.

    新聞 = new + hear. 聞 has an ear (耳) inside the gate (門); 間 has a sun (日) inside. 文 means writing, and 親 (parent) only looks like 新.

  4. 4What goes in the (　　)?

    つくえの うえに りんごが（　　）あります。

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    Answer: 2

    There are two apples on the desk.

    ひとつ, ふたつ, みっつ … count general things such as apples. ふたり counts people, ～さつ counts books, and ～だい counts machines and vehicles.

  5. 5What goes in the (　　)?

    あしたは あめが ふりますから、（　　）を もって いきます。

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    Answer: 1

    It will rain tomorrow, so I will take an umbrella.

    かさ is an umbrella. めがね (glasses), さいふ (wallet) and とけい (watch) have nothing to do with rain.

  6. 6Which sentence means almost the same as the underlined sentence?

    わたしは うたが へたです。

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    Answer: 1

    I am bad at singing.

    へた (bad at) is the opposite of じょうず (good at), so へたです means about the same as じょうずじゃ ありません. Not liking something (すきじゃ ありません) is a different idea.

  7. 7What goes in the (　　)?

    としょかん（　　）しゅくだいを しました。

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    Answer: 4

    I did my homework at the library.

    で marks the place where an action happens. に and へ mark a destination (としょかんへ いきます).

  8. 8What goes in the (　　)?

    きのうは さむかったです（　　）、きょうは あたたかいです。

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    Answer: 3

    Yesterday was cold, but today is warm.

    が (but) joins two contrasting sentences. から (because) does not make sense here: yesterday's cold is not the reason today is warm.

  9. 9What goes in the (　　)?

    A「いっしょに こうえんへ（　　）。」
    B「ええ、いきましょう。」

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    Answer: 4

    A: Won't you go to the park with me? B: Yes, let's go.

    ～ませんか is a polite invitation, and B accepts it with いきましょう. The past forms do not fit an invitation.

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

    この★です。

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    Answer: 1

    この かばん は たかくて おもい です。

    This bag is expensive and heavy.

    Correct order: この かばん は たかくて おもい です. The て-form of an い-adjective (たかい → たかくて) joins two adjectives. The ★ word is たかくて.

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