Shimane Public High School Entrance Examination - English study guide
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The Shimane Public High School Entrance Examination - English is the English component of the prefectural admission selection used by public high schools in Shimane Prefecture, Japan. It is taken by students finishing compulsory education who wish to enter a prefectural public high school, including academic, industrial, commercial and other specialized courses, and by some applicants in special selection categories. The Shimane Public High School Entrance Examination - English study guide has 7 sections and about 2,030 words.
01Listening Comprehension
Listening comprehension on the Shimane public high school English paper checks whether you can follow short dialogues, school announcements, and everyday exchanges played once or twice. Questions usually ask for a detail, a speaker’s action, or the reason behind a plan, so you must listen for meaning rather than individual words.
302 words, about 2 min02Reading Comprehension
Reading comprehension covers short passages, dialogues, and practical texts such as notices, schedules, emails, and menus. The paper tests main idea, specific detail, inference, pronoun reference, and writer’s purpose.
278 words, about 1 min03Grammar and Vocabulary in Context
Grammar and vocabulary in context appears as fill-in-the-blank items and sentence completion. It checks tense and aspect, subject–verb agreement, articles, prepositions, conjunctions, comparatives, infinitives and gerunds, relative pronouns, modals, and basic collocations.
277 words, about 1 min04Sentence Structure and Word Order
Sentence structure and word order items ask you to reorder words, complete a sentence from Japanese, or transform one structure into another with the same meaning. The exam tests English order (subject–verb–object, modifiers after nouns, question order) and fixed patterns such as relative clauses, indirect questions, comparisons, and infinitives.
294 words, about 1 min05Conversation and Situational English
Conversation and situational English checks whether you can choose a natural response in school, shopping, travel, and telephone situations. Items may be short dialogue completions or “which reply is best” questions.
309 words, about 2 min06Writing / Composition
Writing and composition gives a prompt in Japanese and asks for a short English response. You may need to introduce your school, give an opinion with a reason, or write an email.
270 words, about 1 min07Integrated Reading–Writing / Information Transfer
Integrated reading–writing and information transfer asks you to read more than one short source-a notice plus an email, a schedule plus a chart, or two opinions-and then write or complete a response. It tests selection, comparison, and accurate transfer, not general knowledge.
300 words, about 2 min