Okinawa Public High School Entrance Examination - English cheat sheet

Each broadcast item is played twice: use the first playing to choose an answer and the second to confirm only the detail the question names (place, time, price, person).

Typical order of items: picture selection, then choosing the correct response, then dialogue content, then dictation of numbers, times or place names.

Response-choice rule: a Wh-question (who, when, where, why, how) takes information as its answer; a be/do/auxiliary question takes Yes or No plus the same auxiliary.

Number pairs to distinguish by stress: 13/30, 14/40, 15/50, 16/60 - the -teen form is stressed on the second syllable and is longer.

Calculation cue words: late, early, half, double, discount, change, total, each, per - the correct answer is the computed value, not the number first spoken.

Correction markers: but, actually, no, not really, instead, on second thought - the answer usually follows the marker, not the statement before it.

Dictation targets: prices, clock times, dates, weekdays, place names and spelled-out names; write digits or letters in the margin as soon as they are heard.

Before the recording starts, underline the question word in each choice (where / when / how much / who) so that only one detail has to be caught.

English question, English answer: reply in a full sentence using the subject and verb of the question plus the required information; do not copy a whole paragraph.

指示語 (it, this, that, they, them): substitute each candidate noun into the sentence; the correct referent agrees in number and keeps the sentence sensible.

Blank-filling by grammar: the word before the blank fixes the part of speech - an article signals a noun, a be-verb signals an adjective or past participle, a modal signals a verb base form.

Japanese-to-English blank questions: the Japanese line and the English line must match in tense, number and negation; check all three before choosing.

Reason questions: locate the clause introduced by because, so, that is why or to + verb, then pick the choice that paraphrases that clause.

True/false traps: all, every, always, never, only, must usually contradict a passage that says some, sometimes, may, usually.

Title and main idea: the correct option covers the first paragraph's topic and the last paragraph's conclusion; an option matching one example or one character is wrong.

Ordering tasks: follow first, next, then, after that, finally, and pronoun chains (he, this, it) which point backwards to an earlier sentence.

現在完了: have/has + past participle; since takes a starting point, for takes a length of time; have been to = experience, have gone to = still away.

受動態: be + past participle (+ by + agent); the tense is carried by be, as in is made / was made / has been made.

比較: as + base adjective + as; -er or more + than; the -est or the most; one of the most + plural noun.

不定詞と動名詞: want, hope, decide, plan, try + to + verb; enjoy, finish, stop, practice, mind + -ing form.

関係代名詞: who for people, which for things, that for both; the object case can be omitted; never keep both the pronoun and its object.

間接疑問文: question word + subject + verb, in statement order - Do you know where he lives? (not where does he live); no do-support, no inversion.

条件・時を表す節: after if, when, before, after, as soon as, until, use the present tense for a future meaning.

語句整序: fix the verb first, then the subject, then objects, then adverbs and time expressions at the end; check third-person -s and plural -s.

Irregular verbs to know cold: go–went–gone, see–saw–seen, buy–bought–bought, teach–taught–taught, write–wrote–written, take–took–taken.

Offering: Shall I ~? / Would you like ~? → accept with Yes, please. or Thanks, that would be great.; decline with No, thank you, I'm fine.

Requesting: Could you ~? / Would you mind ~ing? → accept with Sure. or Not at all.; decline with Sorry, I can't right now.

Permission: May I ~? / Can I ~? → allow with Sure, go ahead. or Yes, of course.; refuse with Sorry, you can't. plus a reason.

Telephone: May I speak to Ken? → This is Ken speaking. / Hold on, please. / I'm sorry, he is out now.

Directions: Go straight. / Turn left at the second corner. / It is on your right. / next to / across from / between A and B.

Inviting: Why don't we ~? / How about ~ing? → agree with That sounds good. or Sure, let's.; refuse with Sorry, I have other plans.

Apology and thanks: I'm sorry I'm late. → That's all right.; Thank you for ~. → You're welcome.

Shop and restaurant: May I help you? → I'd like ~, please. / How much is it? → Here you are.

Check the conditions before writing and again afterwards: word minimum (for example 10語以上), sentence minimum, and every required content point.

Word counting: articles, prepositions and be-verbs each count as one word; write full forms instead of contractions so the count stays unambiguous.

Three-sentence frame: I think that + opinion. / The reason is that ... or because ... / For example, ... - this satisfies most stated conditions.

Tense choice: present for habits and opinions, past for a finished experience, will for a plan; keep one tense consistent within a sentence.

Error-check order: capital letter, subject-verb agreement, third-person -s, plural -s, a/an before singular countable nouns, final period.

Spelling safety: replace an uncertain word with a known synonym (very big for enormous, a lot of for numerous); a misspelling costs more than simple wording.

Japanese-to-English transfer: do not keep Japanese word order; English runs subject + verb + object, with time and place expressions at the end.