Japanese Grammar Quiz

A free, interactive Japanese grammar test covering JLPT N5-N4. Drill 257 grammar points across 1488 questions: particles, verb conjugation, te form, conditionals and more. Get an explanation after every answer.

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Adjectives

Adjectives as Adverbs (く / に)Quiz (6) →
Adjectives: Plain (Casual)Quiz (6) →
Adjectives: Plain NegativeQuiz (6) →
Adjectives: Plain PastQuiz (6) →
Adjectives: Plain Past NegativeQuiz (6) →
Adjectives: Polite NegativeQuiz (6) →
Adjectives: Polite PastQuiz (6) →
Adjectives: Polite Past NegativeQuiz (6) →
Adjectives: Polite PresentQuiz (6) →
Adjectives: て Form (Linking)Quiz (6) →
Describing AppearanceQuiz (6) →
い-AdjectivesQuiz (6) →
がる (Others' Feelings)Quiz (6) →
くする / にする (Make It ~)Quiz (6) →
すぎる (Too Much)Quiz (6) →
な-AdjectivesQuiz (6) →
なる (Becoming)Quiz (6) →
の as a Pronoun (The Red One)Quiz (6) →
のが上手・下手 (Good / Bad At)Quiz (6) →
ほしい (Want a Thing)Quiz (6) →
やすい・にくい (Easy / Hard To)Quiz (6) →
一番 (Superlatives)Quiz (6) →
好き・嫌い (Likes & Dislikes)Quiz (6) →

Advanced verb forms

Causative Form (Make / Let)Quiz (5) →
Causative-Passive FormQuiz (5) →
Imperative Form (Commands)Quiz (5) →
Negative Imperative (Don't)Quiz (4) →
Passive FormQuiz (6) →
Potential Form (Can Do)Quiz (6) →
Transitive vs IntransitiveQuiz (5) →
Volitional Form (Let's / Intend To)Quiz (5) →
あげる・くれる・もらう (Giving & Receiving)Quiz (6) →
ございます (Most Polite)Quiz (6) →
ことがある (Experience)Quiz (5) →
ことにする (Decide To)Quiz (6) →
ことになる (It Was Decided)Quiz (6) →
たばかり (Just Did)Quiz (6) →
たり (Doing Things Like ~)Quiz (6) →
てごらん (Try Doing It, Gently)Quiz (6) →
ところだ (About To / Just Did)Quiz (6) →
なければならない (Must)Quiz (6) →
なさい (Firm Instruction)Quiz (4) →
ようとする (Try To / About To)Quiz (6) →
ようにする (Make an Effort To)Quiz (6) →
ようになる (Come to Be Able To)Quiz (6) →
ように見える (Looks Like)Quiz (6) →
始める・終わる・続ける (Stages)Quiz (6) →
尊敬語 (Honorific)Quiz (6) →
必要がある (Need To)Quiz (6) →
謙譲語 (Humble)Quiz (6) →

Sentence basics

Common AdverbsQuiz (6) →
Japanese Word OrderQuiz (5) →
Kana vs KanjiQuiz (5) →
あります・います (Existence)Quiz (6) →
かどうか (Whether or Not)Quiz (6) →
かもしれない (Might)Quiz (6) →
そうです (I Heard That)Quiz (6) →
そうです (Looks Like)Quiz (6) →
つもり (Intend To)Quiz (6) →
でしょう・だろう (Probably)Quiz (6) →
です / Copula FormsQuiz (5) →
でできる (Made Of)Quiz (6) →
と言う・と思う (Quoting)Quiz (6) →
の (Verb → Noun)Quiz (6) →
はず (Should Be)Quiz (6) →
みたい (Seems Like, Casual)Quiz (6) →
もう・まだ (Already / Not Yet)Quiz (6) →
よ・ね (Sentence Endings)Quiz (6) →
ようだ (It Seems)Quiz (6) →
らしい (Apparently / Typical Of)Quiz (6) →
わけがない (No Way)Quiz (6) →
わけだ (That's Why)Quiz (6) →
わけではない (Not Necessarily)Quiz (6) →
わけにはいかない (Can't Bring Yourself To)Quiz (6) →
んです (Explanatory)Quiz (6) →
予定 (Scheduled To)Quiz (6) →
連体修飾 (Modifying Nouns)Quiz (6) →

Verb conjugation

Dictionary FormQuiz (5) →
Plain ↔ Polite ConversionQuiz (5) →
Plain Form (Casual)Quiz (5) →
Verb Basics & GroupsQuiz (5) →
Verb StemQuiz (5) →
た Form (Plain Past)Quiz (6) →
たい Form (Want to Do)Quiz (6) →
できます (Can Do)Quiz (5) →
ない Form (Plain Negative)Quiz (6) →
なかった (Plain Past Negative)Quiz (4) →
に行く (Going to Do)Quiz (6) →
ました (Past Polite)Quiz (4) →
ましょう (Let's / Volitional Polite)Quiz (4) →
ます Form (Polite)Quiz (6) →
ません (Negative Polite)Quiz (5) →
ませんか (Invitations)Quiz (6) →
ませんでした (Past Negative Polite)Quiz (4) →

Demonstratives & questions

Question Words (Who / What / Where)Quiz (5) →
ここ・そこ・あそこ (Places)Quiz (6) →
この・その・あの (Before a Noun)Quiz (6) →
これ・それ・あれ (Pronouns)Quiz (6) →
どちらが (Which of Two)Quiz (6) →
何か・何も (Something / Nothing)Quiz (6) →

Time & sequence

うちに (While / Before It Changes)Quiz (6) →
ごとに (Every / At Intervals)Quiz (6) →
たとたん (The Moment That)Quiz (6) →
たびに (Every Time)Quiz (6) →
てからでないと (Not Unless First)Quiz (6) →
てはじめて (Only After)Quiz (6) →
ぶりに (After an Interval Of)Quiz (6) →
最中に (Right in the Middle Of)Quiz (6) →
途中で (On the Way / Partway)Quiz (6) →
際に (On the Occasion Of)Quiz (6) →

Conditionals

おかげで (Thanks To)Quiz (6) →
から (Because)Quiz (6) →
けど・が (But)Quiz (6) →
こそ (Emphasis)Quiz (6) →
し (Listing Reasons)Quiz (6) →
せいで (Because Of / Blame)Quiz (6) →
ために (In Order To / Because Of)Quiz (6) →
たら (If / When)Quiz (6) →
ても (Even If)Quiz (6) →
と Conditional (Whenever)Quiz (4) →
とき (When)Quiz (6) →
とすれば・としたら (Supposing)Quiz (6) →
ながら (While Doing)Quiz (6) →
なくてもいい (Don't Have To)Quiz (5) →
なぜなら (The Reason Is)Quiz (6) →
なら (If It's the Case)Quiz (6) →
ので (Because, Softer)Quiz (6) →
のに (Even Though)Quiz (6) →
ば Form (Conditional)Quiz (7) →
ば〜のに (If Only)Quiz (6) →
ばいい・たらいい (Should / It'd Be Good If)Quiz (6) →
ばよかった (Should Have)Quiz (6) →
ほうがいい (Comparison / Advice)Quiz (6) →
もしかしたら (Maybe)Quiz (6) →
ように (So That)Quiz (6) →
以上は (Now That)Quiz (6) →
前に (Before Doing)Quiz (6) →
間に (While / During)Quiz (6) →

Particles

か Particle (Question)Quiz (4) →
が Particle (Subject)Quiz (6) →
から〜まで (From … To)Quiz (6) →
くらい・ぐらい (About)Quiz (6) →
だけ (Only)Quiz (6) →
で Particle (Location / Means)Quiz (6) →
と Particle (And / With)Quiz (4) →
に Particle (Time / Place / Direction)Quiz (5) →
の Particle (Possession)Quiz (4) →
は Particle (Topic)Quiz (5) →
へ Particle (Direction)Quiz (4) →
ほど (To the Extent / Not As … As)Quiz (6) →
も Particle (Also)Quiz (5) →
や Particle (And, Among Others)Quiz (6) →
を Particle (Object)Quiz (5) →
数量＋も (As Many As)Quiz (6) →

Compound verbs

かける (Half-Done)Quiz (6) →
そうになる (Almost Happened)Quiz (6) →
て済む (Getting Away With)Quiz (6) →
一方だ (Keeps Getting More)Quiz (6) →
切る・切れない (Do Completely / Can't Finish)Quiz (6) →
込む・合う・直す (Compound Verb Suffixes)Quiz (6) →

Difficulty

がたい (Almost Impossible To)Quiz (6) →
ずに (Without Doing)Quiz (6) →
ようがない (There's No Way To)Quiz (6) →
決して・めったに・なかなか (Adverbs Needing a Negative)Quiz (6) →

Appearance

がち (Prone To)Quiz (6) →
だらけ (Covered In)Quiz (6) →
っぱなし (Left That Way)Quiz (6) →
っぽい (-ish / Tends To)Quiz (6) →
ふりをする (To Pretend)Quiz (6) →

Set expressions

から〜にかけて (From ~ Through)Quiz (6) →
ことになっている (The Rule Is)Quiz (6) →
ている場合じゃない (This Is No Time For)Quiz (6) →
てしょうがない (Unbearably)Quiz (6) →
ても構わない (I Don't Mind If)Quiz (6) →
代わりに (Instead Of / In Exchange)Quiz (6) →
向け・向き (Aimed At / Suited To)Quiz (6) →
次第 (As Soon As / Depending On)Quiz (6) →

Contrast

からといって (Just Because)Quiz (6) →
くせに (Even Though, Critical)Quiz (6) →
たとえ〜ても (Even If)Quiz (6) →
たところで (Even If, Futile)Quiz (6) →
というのに (Even Though)Quiz (6) →
といっても (Although I Say)Quiz (6) →
どころか (Far From)Quiz (6) →
ながらも (Although)Quiz (6) →
にもかかわらず (Despite)Quiz (6) →
ものの (Although)Quiz (6) →
一方で (On the Other Hand)Quiz (6) →
割に (Considering)Quiz (6) →

Quoting

ことから (From the Fact That)Quiz (6) →
ということだ (It Means / I Hear)Quiz (6) →
というより (Rather Than)Quiz (6) →
とおりに (Just As)Quiz (6) →
と言えば・というと (Speaking Of)Quiz (6) →
なんて・なんか (Such a Thing As)Quiz (6) →

Obligation

ことはない (No Need To)Quiz (6) →
ずにはいられない (Can't Help Doing)Quiz (6) →
ないことはない (It's Not That You Can't)Quiz (6) →
ないと (Have To, Casually)Quiz (6) →
べきだ (Should / Ought To)Quiz (6) →
ものだ (That's How It Is)Quiz (6) →

Degree & quantity

さえ (Even)Quiz (6) →
さえ〜ば (If Only / All You Need)Quiz (6) →
しか〜ない (Only, Regretfully)Quiz (6) →
だけでなく (Not Only)Quiz (6) →
のみ (Only, Formal)Quiz (6) →
ば〜ほど (The More, the More)Quiz (6) →
ばかり (Nothing But)Quiz (6) →
も〜ば〜も (Both ~ and ~)Quiz (6) →

Certainty

そうにない (Unlikely To)Quiz (6) →
とは限らない (Not Necessarily)Quiz (6) →
に決まっている (Obviously)Quiz (6) →
に違いない (Must Be)Quiz (6) →
ような気がする (I Have a Feeling)Quiz (6) →

Te-form

て FormQuiz (6) →
て Form (Linking Actions)Quiz (5) →
て Form (Sequential Actions)Quiz (6) →
てあげる・てくれる・てもらう (Favours)Quiz (6) →
てある (Resultant State)Quiz (5) →
ている (Progressive / State)Quiz (5) →
ておく (Do in Advance)Quiz (5) →
てから (After Doing)Quiz (6) →
てください (Requests)Quiz (5) →
てくれてありがとう・てすみませんQuiz (6) →
てくれない・ていただけませんか (Requests)Quiz (6) →
てしまう (Completion / Regret)Quiz (5) →
てはいけない (Prohibition)Quiz (6) →
てほしい (Want Someone To)Quiz (5) →
てみる (Try Doing)Quiz (5) →
てもいい (Permission)Quiz (5) →
てよかった (Glad That)Quiz (5) →
ないで (Without Doing)Quiz (5) →

Connectives

ところが (However)Quiz (6) →
ところで (By the Way)Quiz (6) →
として (As / In the Role Of)Quiz (6) →
と共に (Together With / As)Quiz (6) →
において (In / At, Formal)Quiz (6) →
にかわって (Instead Of)Quiz (6) →
にしたがって・につれて (As / In Accordance With)Quiz (6) →
にしては (For a ~)Quiz (6) →
にしても (Even If / Even So)Quiz (6) →
について (About / Concerning)Quiz (6) →
にとって (For / From the Standpoint Of)Quiz (6) →
によって (By / Depending On)Quiz (6) →
によると (According To)Quiz (6) →
に反して (Contrary To)Quiz (6) →
に対して (Toward / In Contrast)Quiz (6) →
に慣れる (Get Used To)Quiz (6) →
に比べて (Compared To)Quiz (6) →
の下で (Under)Quiz (6) →
は別として (Aside From)Quiz (6) →
をはじめ (Starting With)Quiz (6) →
を中心に (Centred On)Quiz (6) →
を込めて (With Feeling)Quiz (6) →
を通じて (Through / Throughout)Quiz (6) →
上で (After Doing)Quiz (6) →
上に (On Top of That)Quiz (6) →

Sample questions

て Form

Convert 飲(の)む (to drink) to て form: 飲(の)____

Answer: んで

む belongs to the む/ぶ/ぬ group → んで. 飲(の)む → 飲(の)んで.

は Particle (Topic)

コーヒー____飲(の)むけど、紅茶(こうちゃ)____飲(の)まない。(I drink coffee but don't drink tea.)

Answer: は / は

は is used for CONTRAST. Comparing coffee (drink) vs tea (don't drink). Double は marks the contrast.

ます Form (Polite)

Convert 泳(およ)ぐ (to swim) to ます form: 泳(およ)____ます

Answer: ぎ

U-verbs: change to い-row. ぐ → ぎ. 泳(およ)ぐ → 泳(およ)ぎます.

ば Form (Conditional)

What is the ば form of 安(やす)い (cheap)?

Answer: 安(やす)ければ

For i-adjectives, drop い and add ければ. 安(やす)い → 安(やす)ければ.

Frequently asked questions

Is the Japanese grammar quiz free?

Yes. Every quiz is completely free and there is no sign-up. Pick a topic, choose how many questions you want, and start practicing.

What grammar does the quiz cover?

It covers JLPT N5, N4 and N3 grammar: particles (は, が, を, に, で and more), verb conjugation (ます, plain, past, negative), te form and its many uses, potential, passive and causative forms, conditionals, and at N3 the connectives and hedging patterns that carry written Japanese (に対して, わけではない, とは限らない and the rest).

Can I practice just one grammar point?

Yes. Choose any single topic, for example te form, が particle, or potential form, to drill only that point. Or pick 'Mixed' to get random questions from every topic.

Does the quiz explain the answers?

Yes. After every question you get an explanation of why the answer is correct, and at the end you can review every question you missed.

Is this good practice for the JLPT?

It is built around JLPT N5, N4 and N3 grammar, with multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, and error-correction questions. These are the same skills the grammar section of the test checks.

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