Yamanashi Entrance English study guide
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The Yamanashi Prefectural High School Entrance Examination in English is the English component of the entrance selection used by public high schools in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. It is taken by students finishing junior high school who wish to enter a prefectural high school, and the score contributes to the overall selection together with other subjects, school records and, at some schools, interviews or special activities. The Yamanashi Entrance English study guide has 6 sections and about 2,054 words.
01Listening Comprehension
Listening Comprehension on the Yamanashi entrance English exam checks whether you can follow short dialogues and monologues at natural speed and answer written questions about detail, number, place, reason, and speaker attitude. Most formats play the audio twice, so the skill is not only listening but reading the question and options during the pause before the audio begins.
360 words, about 2 min02Reading Comprehension (Short Passages and Dialogues)
This section uses short passages of roughly 100-200 words and short dialogues. Questions ask for the main idea, a specific detail, a inference, a pronoun reference, or the writer's purpose.
345 words, about 2 min03Grammar and Vocabulary in Context
These items are short sentences or mini-dialogues with one blank. They test tense and aspect, subject-verb agreement, articles, prepositions, word class, and collocation.
320 words, about 2 min04Dialogue Completion and Situational English
You are given a short exchange with one or two missing lines and choose the reply that fits the situation. The exam tests speech acts (request, offer, apology, invitation, refusal), politeness level, and whether the reply actually responds to the function of the previous line.
332 words, about 2 min05Composition / Guided Free Writing
You write a short English text (often 40-60 words) guided by a prompt that lists content points you must include. Marks come from covering every point, organizing the text, and writing accurate simple English, not from using difficult vocabulary.
333 words, about 2 min06Integrated Reading–Writing Tasks
You read a short passage and then write a response that summarizes it and gives your own view. The exam checks whether you understood the source, whether you can restate it in your own words, and whether you can separate summary from opinion.
364 words, about 2 min