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JLPT S3

New JLPT N3 Prep Course 6

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Grammar Points

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Grammar Points

New JLPT N3 Prep Course Lesson 6

Question 3 of the Grammar and Reading Comprehension Section

There are seven types of questions in the Grammar and Reading Comprehension
Section.

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Choose the correct grammar that fits the
sentence

13 questions

&'

Rearrange the given words to create a
meaningful sentence

5 questions

&(

Read a short passage and select the part that
fits in the passage

5 questions

*)

Read a short passage (about 150 to 200
characters) and answer questions about it

4 questions

&+

Same as Question 4 with a slightly longer
passage (about 350 characters)

6 questions

&,

Same as Questions 4 and 5 with a slightly
longer passage (about 550 characters)

4 questions

&-

Search for the necessary information from the
passage

2 questions

In this lesson, you

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Comprehension Section.

How to prepare for

In

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passage. Please review the commonly used conjunctions that come between sentences,
such as

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on.

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Auxiliary verbs and suffixes

To pass JLPT N3 and above, knowing how to use auxiliary verbs and suffixes is
essential. Knowing how these auxiliary verbs and suffixes work not only helps you
to prepare for the test, but also helps you sound natural in Japanese.

In this lesson, we

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attach to other verbs, nouns and adjectives.

Expressions that come after the masu stem of a verb

[Verb; masu stem]

"to manage to do something to the end enduring hardship"

-

A?0H0?A>0B

"Animals eat a lot during autumn in order to survive the cold winter."

[Verb; masu stem]

"to finish doing something completely"

-

:?! "*%#%$&'(A

(=

:?! ")$&'*0=A+

I completed (finished reading) 10 volumes of manga in one day.

[Verb; masu stem]

8,

"

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5A11#11/1

-

230H40858,AE0B:G6A770A

(=

230H4080B-.0<:@/5(AE0B:G6A770A+

The criminal started to say something, but then suddenly fainted.

[Verb; masu form stem]

(8905

:

000A@@

:

1#0001

-

;*<%0H<=G,(8905/>A

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>A+

Last night, I went to sleep with the lights left on.

[Verb; masu form stem]

A6

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-

A6;/0<060>

(=

*(A8:;/0<060>+

These are freshly baked cookies. Please have some.

[Verb; masu form stem]

EA

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/9110001

This is similar to "--

?$10000?I1."

of one

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difficult or impossible to do.

-

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(

490H8A?*F9:79+

I find that story hard to believe.

Expressions that follow nouns

[Noun]

09,

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8%11000EA>11//0001

This is usually used to refer to something that the speaker does not favor.

-

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(

*50EA>(666&@+

It's full of hard kanji - I can't read it.

[Noun]

"---

?611/00011/"1

-

!;"#0?$'0A

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I want to live in a room that has windows facing south.

-

C;H@!9809

This cake isn't that sweet, so it's suitable for me.

[Noun]

,

,

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;A?0?(A1111"1

-

0H0;,;! "&0;E(A

I liked reading manga that were geared towards boys.

Expressions that follow verbs or nouns

[Verb; masu form stem/Noun]

'

"

*C5000

11/000001

-

86'9;/

I felt a cold coming on, so I stayed home from work.

[Verb; masu form stem/Noun]

E-

"

0000

!110000E7711#000110001

-

'0E-,70<5A;

You've been missing work a lot lately... what's going on?

Expressions that follow adjectives

[I-Adj; stem-without the final "i"]

[Na-Adj; dictionary form]

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4*<%111

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person

.$

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You look so sad... what happened?

-

0H4085A(A

He looked like he wanted to say something.

Expressions follows a noun or an adjective

[I-Adj; stem-without the final "i"]

(

[Na-Adj./Noun]

(

"

0;0<110110001

-

;0H@E3(

That child is only 12, but is very mature.

[Verb; Dictionary form]

"---

9,7909911111

[Verb; Dictionary form]

/H9

"---

6H,911.1

According to the grammar book,

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than

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-

470H5&<%/H9

You should not say that.

[Verb; Nai form stem ]

9

=9

"---

9,7909911"#00011""0001

-

799(A;/?*9=98(A

I lost all my money and my job, so I had no choice but to return to my home
country.

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*Please note that for

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help doing something".

[ Verb / i-Adj.;Informal form ]

H

[ na-Adj]

9H

[ Noun ]

;H

"I expect that"

-

H)0?!H

The bus should be coming in 10 minutes.

Practice section

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