The Preparatory Course for the JLPT N3: Reading Comprehension & Grammar

This is a really great book that allows you to move very fast. There are many drills to test what you’ve learned. If you made a few mistakes, there is no wondering what you did wrong, this book provides explanations to the answers to help you understand your mistake. If you made no mistakes, you can quickly move on to the next section and easily build confidence.

It's specifically designed as a preparation for the Reading Comprehension and Grammar part of the JLPT N3, and divided into three parts to preparing you carefully and extensively for the exam:

The first part is to fill blanks in a text. For this, you have to be sure about sentence structure in Japanese grammar. Since all possible answers are very similar you must choose the one most natural.

The second part is to train the understanding of the contents. It begins with short texts, then medium up to long texts on which questions are asked. Each text follows explanations on the correct answer, sentence grammar, and related vocabularies for assistance.

In the third part you train to filter out of a set of information just the one necessary. For this, read the given text and questions carefully, underline what you think is important, and compare with the proposed keywords by the book. All exercises include related vocabulary to boost your knowledge. Within the various parts, the difficulty level increases. That way, you can find your level and raise yourself from then on.

English and Chinese translations are provided to the word lists and answer keys.

See also

The Preparatory Course for the JLPT N3, Kiku: Listening

The Preparatory Course for the JLPT N3, Bun no Rule: Learn Kanji, Vocabulary, and Grammar