JLPT N5 practice · もんだい4
Paraphrase
Pick the sentence that means about the same as the underlined one. Opposites with ない, synonyms and family words show up a lot.
80 questions. Practice them in sets, with the explanation after each answer.
Sample question
タダシさんの じてんしゃは 新しくないです。
- 1 タダシさんの じてんしゃは 高いです。
- 2 タダシさんの じてんしゃは 小さいです。
- 3 タダシさんの じてんしゃは きれいです。
- 4 タダシさんの じてんしゃは 古いです。
Answer and explanation
4. あたらしくない means 'not new'. For things, the opposite of あたらしい (new) is ふるい (old). So a bike that isn't new is an old bike: ふるいです.
Trick: First ask what the sentence is about: size, price, age or looks? Then keep only the options about the same thing (here: age).