Akita Entrance English study guide
Akita Entrance English · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The Akita Prefecture High School Entrance Examination in English is the English component of the unified entrance examination used by public high schools in Akita Prefecture, Japan. It is taken by students completing compulsory education who wish to enter a prefectural public high school, and it is also used alongside school-specific selection procedures. The Akita Entrance English study guide has 7 sections and about 1,881 words.
01Listening Comprehension
Listening Comprehension checks whether you can follow short dialogues, school announcements, and simple monologues, then answer questions about detail, purpose, or next action. Item formats include picture selection, printed options, and short note completion.
264 words, about 1 min02Reading Comprehension
Reading Comprehension asks you to understand notices, emails, short stories, and simple expository passages. Items test main idea, detail, pronoun reference, inference, and order of events.
266 words, about 1 min03Vocabulary and Grammar in Context
This domain uses cloze passages and single sentences to test word choice, tense, prepositions, conjunctions, comparatives, relative pronouns, passive voice, and verb patterns. In cloze passages, the missing word often depends on a clue in the next sentence, so context matters as much as the blank itself.
273 words, about 1 min04Dialogue and Situational Response
You complete short conversations by choosing the response that fits the situation, the relationship between speakers, and the function of the line: request, apology, invitation, permission, suggestion, or refusal. The exam often places these items in school, travel, and shopping situations where politeness and purpose decide the answer.
250 words, about 1 min05Sentence Reordering and Transformation
You arrange scrambled words or phrases into a correct English sentence and rewrite sentences while keeping the original meaning. Targets include word order, question forms, indirect questions, comparatives, passive voice, and reported speech.
279 words, about 1 min06Guided Writing and Composition
You write a short email, message, opinion paragraph, or description from prompts. The exam checks whether you include all required points, organize ideas clearly, and control basic grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
281 words, about 1 min07Integrated Skills and Information Transfer
This domain combines reading or listening with writing. You may complete a form, transfer data from a table or poster into sentences, compare two notices, or summarize a short text in note form.
268 words, about 1 min