The first section of the exam is called 言語知識 (gengochishiki) or language knowledge. In this section they will cover 文字 (moji) kanji characters, and 語彙 (goi) vocabulary. You are given 25 minutes for this particular section (on the real exam). The score for this section is added to the score from the 文法(grammar) and 読解(reading) on your score card.
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Your score is out of a maximum of 560 points. And you should have finished this section in under 6 minutes. Since you scored below 50%, vocabulary and kanji are probably weaknesses for you. Go back and review your vocabulary heavily. You will definitely want to practice this a lot before the test. You can practice up on kanji readings with things like the Memrise N5 Readings Course, the N5 Anki course, or Readthekanji.com
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Your score is out of a maximum of 560 points. And you should have finished this section in under 6 minutes. Since you scored above 50%, vocabulary and kanji might be weaknesses for you. Again, be sure to practice up on kanji readings with things like the Memrise N5 Readings Course, the N5 Anki course, or Readthekanji.com
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Your score is out of a maximum of 560 points. And you should have finished this section in under 6 minutes. Since you scored above 80%, vocabulary and kanji are probably not a weakness for you. You can probably concentrate your study time on something else.
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新しい くるまですね。
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電気を つけて ください。
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わたしの こどもは ほんが すきです。
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さの ほてるは ゆうめいです。
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あそこで タクシーに （ ）。
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ここは （ ） です。 べんきょうできません。
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わたしは デパートに つとめて います。
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ゆうべ パーティーへ いきました。
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Your score is out of a maximum of 640 points. And you should have finished this section in under 27 minutes. Since you scored below 50%, grammar and reading are probably weaknesses for you. For more help on N5 grammar, be sure to check out my YouTube Channel for N5 grammar or get my N5 grammar guide. Also, you might want to practice with some drill books like the Tanki Master for N5, which offers more drill questions for all the sections of the exam or Unicom’s preparatory course for N5, which has explanations of most the major grammar points.
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Your score is out of a maximum of 640 points. And you should have finished this section in under 27 minutes. Since you scored right in the middle (50-80%), grammar and reading might be weaknesses for you. For more help on N5 grammar, be sure to check out my YouTube Channel for N5 grammar or get my N5 grammar guide. Also, you might want to practice with some drill books like the Tanki Master for N5, which offers more drill questions for all the sections of the exam or Unicom’s preparatory course for N5, which has explanations of most the major grammar points.
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Your score is out of a maximum of 640 points. And you should have finished this section in under 27 minutes. Since you scored above 80%, grammar and reading are probably not weaknesses for you. You can probably concentrate your study time on something else.
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弟 は へや （ ） そうじを しました。CorrectIncorrectHint
This is the start of the grammar section. In this section you will be tested on choosing the correct form to put in the blank. This is where paying attention to particles and verb endings in your grammar books will pay off. There are 16 of these questions on the test. Aim for about 30 seconds a piece on these questions. That’s about a minute on this exam or 8 minutes on the real thing.
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きのうは うちに （ ）
何 を しましたか。CorrectIncorrectHint
This is the start of the grammar section. In this section you will be tested on choosing the correct form to put in the blank. This is where paying attention to particles and verb endings in your grammar books will pay off. There are 16 of these questions on the test. Aim for about 30 seconds a piece on these questions. That’s about a minute on this exam or 8 minutes on the real thing.
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これは きょねん わたし
しゃしんです。CorrectIncorrectHint
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These are the scrambled sentences or “sentence composition” questions. Here you have to place the 4 parts of the sentence in order. The answer you put on your answer sheet is whatever part goes on the star. In the example, this is the part labeled ‘4’ – だれ. I recommend practicing a few of these before you get into the exam, because most people don’t think of the composition of sentences in this way. Pay attention to which particles should go first and what particles link to other parts of the sentence. There are 5 of these questions on the test. Try to finish each question in a minute and a half. That’s about 3 minutes for this exam and around 7.5 minutes on the real test.
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きのう、
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These are the scrambled sentences or “sentence composition” questions. Here you have to place the 4 parts of the sentence in order. The answer you put on your answer sheet is whatever part goes on the star. In the example, this is the part labeled ‘4’ – だれ. I recommend practicing a few of these before you get into the exam, because most people don’t think of the composition of sentences in this way. Pay attention to which particles should go first and what particles link to other parts of the sentence. There are 5 of these questions on the test. Try to finish each question in a minute and a half. That’s about 3 minutes for this exam and around 7.5 minutes on the real test.
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For questions 5-9, you will need to access the passage above by clicking on the down arrow. When you are finished you can click it again to close.
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You might be wondering where the question is. In this situation you need to click on the link above with a down arrow next to it. This will open up the reading needed for these sections. Click it again to close the text. For these text grammar questions you need to choose the grammar point which best fits the blank above.
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You might be wondering where the question is. In this situation you need to click on the link above with a down arrow next to it. This will open up the reading needed for these sections. Click it again to close the text.
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You might be wondering where the question is. In this situation you need to click on the link above with a down arrow next to it. This will open up the reading needed for these sections. Click it again to close the text. For these text grammar questions you need to choose the grammar point which best fits the blank above.
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You might be wondering where the question is. In this situation you need to click on the link above with a down arrow next to it. This will open up the reading needed for these sections. Click it again to close the text.
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You might be wondering where the question is. In this situation you need to click on the link above with a down arrow next to it. This will open up the reading needed for these sections. Click it again to close the text. For these text grammar questions you need to choose the grammar point which best fits the blank above.
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Question 10 of 13
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先生は いつ 時間が ありますか。CorrectIncorrectHint
This is the first of the reading questions. These are the short passages. Each passage is around 80 characters. You will have one question per passage. The question will usually be about one fact in the passage. Read carefully for tricks, for example one sentence might change the meaning of another so be sure to read each sentence and not just hunt for the information. There are 3 of these questions on the test (3 passages with 3 questions each). Try to give yourself around 3 minutes for each of these. So on this exam about 3 minutes total and about 9 minutes on the real exam.
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For questions 11 and 12, you will need to access the reading passage above by clicking on the down arrow. When you are finished, you can hide the passage by clicking on the up arrow.
つぎの 中で、 ヤンさんの うちから いちばん 近い 店は どれ ですか。CorrectIncorrectHint
These are the medium passage questions. The passage is around 250 characters. You can see it by clicking on the down arrow above. There is only one passage with two questions. Read the questions first before going into the passage so you know what you are looking for. Don’t read the answers though. This practice exam is exactly like the real test, 2 questions. Give yourself around 3 minutes for each of these questions, so about 6 minutes total for this section on this exam and the real test.
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Question 12 of 13
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ヤンさんは 今日 どこへ 行きますか？
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These are the medium passage questions. The passage is around 250 characters. You can see it by clicking on the down arrow above. There is only one passage with two questions. Read the questions first before going into the passage so you know what you are looking for. Don’t read the answers though. This practice exam is exactly like the real test, 2 questions. Give yourself around 3 minutes for each of these questions, so about 6 minutes total for this section on this exam and the real test.
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電車に どれに 乗りますか。CorrectIncorrect
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Your score is out of a maximum of 600 points. Since you scored below 50%, listening might be a weakness for you. However, since there are only 4 questions for this test, it might not be a good assessment of your score.
If you would like to practice your listening more, Japanesepod101 has a good series of listening designed for the N5. Also, doing a few mock tests would be useful as well.
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Your score is out of a maximum of 600 points. Since you scored above 50% but below 80%, listening might be a weakness for you. However, since there are only 4 questions for this test, it might not be a good assessment of your score.
If you would like to practice your listening more, Japanesepod101 has a good series of listening designed for the N5. Also, doing a few mock tests would be useful as well.
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Your score is out of a maximum of 600 points. Since you scored above 80%, listening is probably not a weakness for you. However, since there are only 4 questions for this test, it might not be a good assessment of your score.
If you would like to practice your listening more, Japanesepod101 has a good series of listening designed for the N5. Also, doing a few mock tests would be useful as well.
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Task-based Comprehension – You’ll be asked a question about the pictures presented. The whole conversation will be about the task, listen for tricks and changes though. One sentence could change the answer completely, so you need to listen to everything. There are 7 of these questions on the real exam. Unfortunately, there is only one sample question for this exam.
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Point Comprehension – The dialog will contain a variety of information. The point of these questions are for you to pick out the one piece of information that answers the question. You might want to take notes and eliminate the answers as you listen. There are 6 of these questions on the test and only one on this practice test.
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Utterance Expressions – These are verbal expression questions. The idea behind these questions is to listen to the possible 3 choices and choose the most appropriate one for the picture. These are a little bit easier to answer because there are only 3 possible answers, but be careful. The responses are only read once and if you don’t focus you can lose track of where you are. There are 5 of these on the real test and only one on this practice test.
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Quick Response – These are quick response questions. There is nothing written in the test booklet. Instead, you’ll hear a statement on the recording first and then you must choose the most appropriate response to the statement out of three choices (also on the recording). It could be a question and you have to choose the answer, or it could be a common response to the statement (e.g. A:いって きます B: いって らっしゃい)
