JLPT N5 practice ·

Listening: Task-based Comprehension

Hear the question, then a conversation: what does the person have to do (or buy, or take)? Plans change halfway, so listen to the very end.

35 questions. Practice them in sets, with the explanation after each answer.

Sample question (what you hear, written out)

N

男

女

男

女

男

女

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
Answer and explanation

1. The red one is too small (ちょっと 小さいです). The bigger ones come in white and black; white gets dirty fast (すぐ きたなく なります), so she says くろいのを ください.

Trick: In shops, ちょっと + an adjective (ちょっと 小さいです, ちょっと 高いです) is a polite "no". The item it describes is usually not the answer.