N3 grammar · Lesson 30

N3 review: five easily confused sets

部長ぶちょうが戻もどらないうちに、もう一度いちど見直みなおします。

Five confusable N3 sets: 「はず・わけ・べき」「ため・ように」「うちに・間あいだに」「おかげ・せい」「ところ・ばかり」, each with a table and drills.

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In this lesson

  1. 01「はず」「わけ」「べき」: a guess, a conclusion, should
  2. 02「ため」「ように」: purpose and cause
  3. 03「うちに」「間あいだに」: within a period of time
  4. 04「おかげ」「せい」: good and bad causes
  5. 05「ところ」「ばかり」: the point in an action
  6. 06Putting them together

Practice

  • 「はず」「わけ」「べき」: choose the phrase for each blank
  • 「ため」「ように」: choose the correct form
  • 「うちに」「間あいだに」: choose the phrase for each blank
  • 「おかげ」「せい」: choose the correct form
  • 「ところ」「ばかり」: choose the phrase for each blank
  • Change to the given form
  • Put the pieces in order

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