Free JLPT N5 grammar cheat sheet

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• Sentence basicsです, じゃないです and でした, この, その, あの and ここ, そこ, あそこ, あります or います, and the が words: 好き, 嫌い, 上手, 下手, ほしい and 分かる.
• Verb patternsます, ません, ました and ませんでした, ましょう and ましょうか, たい, 食べに行く, ている for doing and for a state, てください, てもいい, てはいけない and ないでください.
• Linking and timeて for and then, てから, 前に, 後で, とき, ながら, たり and たり, then から for because and が and けど for but.
• Comparing and moreより, のほうが and 一番, でしょう, つもり, たことがある and たほうがいい, plus a counters table for つ, 人, 枚, 本 and 匹.
• PracticeTwelve lines from shows and daily life with the pattern highlighted. Cover the answers with a strip of paper and check yourself, then see which sheet goes deeper on each part.

How to use it

1. Learn hiragana first. The verb forms and adjectives guides show how each form is built.
2. Read one page a day, saying each example out loud.
3. Cover the right side of the practice page and name the pattern in each line.
4. Watch a show with Kitsumi and listen for the same patterns.

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