Ibaraki Entrance English study guide
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The Ibaraki Prefectural High School Entrance Examination in English (茨城県立高等学校入学者選抜 英語) is the English paper inside the academic achievement test that Ibaraki Prefecture administers for admission to its public high schools. It is taken by students completing the third year of junior high school, alongside Japanese and mathematics, and its results are used together with the school record, interviews and each school's own selection method. The Ibaraki Entrance English study guide has 5 sections and about 1,931 words.
01Listening Comprehension (リスニング)
Listening comprehension comes first on the Ibaraki prefectural entrance exam paper. Each question is played twice from the recording, with a short pause for notes, so your marks depend on what you catch the first time and confirm the second time, not on reading speed.
389 words, about 2 min02Short Dialogue and Situational Reading (会話文・資料読解)
This domain covers two tasks marked together: a short conversation with a numbered blank you fill with the most natural line, and a practical text - a notice, e-mail, poster, timetable or flyer - with questions about its details. The skill tested is functional English: recognising an offer, a request, a refusal and a suggestion, then answering appropriately, and pulling a specific fact out of a real-world text.
396 words, about 2 min03Long-form Reading Comprehension (長文読解)
Long-form reading carries the most marks. You typically meet two passages: a narrative (a student's experience, a letter, a speech) and an expository passage that may include a graph, table or e-mail.
407 words, about 2 min04Vocabulary and Grammar in Context (適語補充・語形変化・語順整序)
This section asks which form fits a particular sentence: 適語補充 (choose from four), 語形変化 (change the given word), 語順整序 (reorder words), and 書き換え (rewrite with the same meaning). Rules are tested through sentences, so the deciding evidence is usually a signal word in the same line.
377 words, about 2 min05Written Expression (条件英作文)
The writing task gives a short Japanese prompt and three or four conditions you must satisfy. Typical conditions: write two sentences or more, give a reason with because , use all the words in brackets, and reach a minimum word count (often around 15 words).
362 words, about 2 min