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JLPT S3

JLPT N3 Lesson 8

8

Grammar Points

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Grammar Points

New JLPT N3 Prep Course Lesson 8

Grammar and Reading Comprehension Section

There are seven types of questions.

grammar knowledge, and

comprehension skills.

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

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

4 questions

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Same as the previous

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longer passage (about 350 characters)

6 questions

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Same as the previous two with a slightly longer
passage (about 550 characters)

4 questions

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Search for necessary information from the
passage

2 questions

In this lesson, you

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Comprehension Section.

What is

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"ability to search for information." This refers to the ability to spot the
information you need quickly from a block of text written in Japanese. In JLPT N3,
the text is about 600 characters long and the information material may be in the

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form of an advertisement, travel brochure, poster, invitation, letter,
announcement, etc. The 2 questions that need to be answered are presented before
the text, so that you can skim through the text to look for the necessary
information.
In this lesson, we'll look at two sample questions, and group the vocabulary or
expression in categories for easier comprehension.

Sample Question 1 - An advertisement for an event

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Knowing the following words will help you to understand the date, time, place and
so on.

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date (month, day)

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date and time

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period of time

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Although these are often used interchangeably, there is a difference in meaning,
so please be careful.

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order to let someone know your will, opinion, demand or desire."

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register for the JLPT

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Sample Question 1

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Sample Question 2

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