N5StoryEveryday life1 min

大(おお)きい青(あお)い傘(かさ)

A sunny morning, a sudden afternoon rain and a classmate with a big umbrella.

A story about the weather and a small kindness. Watch the te-form joining two actions (置(お)いて, 終(お)わって) and まで, which says how far someone went.

今朝(けさ)は晴(は)れでした。私(わたし)は傘(かさ)を家(いえ)に置(お)いて、学校(がっこう)へ行(い)きました。

でも、午後(ごご)三時(さんじ)ごろ、雨(あめ)が降(ふ)りました。とても強(つよ)い雨(あめ)でした。

学校(がっこう)が終(お)わって、私(わたし)は入口(いりぐち)で待(ま)ちました。雨(あめ)はまだ降(ふ)っていました。

そのとき、同(おな)じクラスの木村(きむら)さんが来(き)ました。「傘(かさ)、ないんですか。一緒(いっしょ)に帰(かえ)りましょう」と言(い)いました。木村(きむら)さんの傘(かさ)は大(おお)きい青(あお)い傘(かさ)でした。

私(わたし)たちは一(ひと)つの傘(かさ)で駅(えき)まで歩(ある)きました。次(つぎ)の日(ひ)、私(わたし)は木村(きむら)さんにお菓子(かし)を持(も)って行(い)きました。

Words: 84
Sentences: 12
Words per sentence: 7.0
in the vocabulary: 100 %
measured level: N5
Reading time: 1 min

Grammar in this text

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置(お)いて · 終(お)わって
The te-form links two actions in order: she left the umbrella and went to school. てから and て: one after another →
駅(えき)まで
まで says how far: they walked as far as the station. From, until, by: から, まで, までに →
降(ふ)っていました
〜ていました: the rain was still going on while she waited. ている: ongoing action or state →

The words from N5 up in this text

Not the hard words in general, but those at your level: 30 of the 38 of the 54 words in this text are at N5 or above. You will know everything else by the time you get here.

〜ごろ
around, about (a point in time)
N5
〜たち
plural suffix for people
N5
〜時
o'clock
N5
いる
there is (people, animals)
N5
お菓子
sweets; snacks
N5
その
that (before a noun, near you)
N5
とても
very
N5
まだ
still; (with a negative) not yet
N5
クラス
class
N5
一つ
one (thing)
N5
一緒に
together
N5
三
three
N5
今朝
this morning
N5
傘
umbrella
N5
入口
entrance
N5
午後
p.m.; afternoon
N5
同じ
same
N5
大きい
big; large
N5
学校
school
N5
家
house; home
N5
帰る
to go home; to return
N5
強い
strong
N5
待つ
to wait
N5
持つ
to hold; to carry; to have
N5
日
day; the sun
N5
晴れ
fine weather; sunny
N5
来る
to come
N5
次
next
N5
歩く
to walk
N5
私
I; me
N5

The word lists for this text

The words in this text appear in 17 lists on this site; the number after each says how many come from that list. Having read the text, you have just needed these very words — and can practise exactly them.

Basic verbs 8 Telling the time and the calendar 4 Basic adjectives 3 Adverbs, time words and linking words 3 Places in town 3 Weather and seasons 3 Clothes and belongings 2 Numbers, money and counting things 2 People and the family 2 Colours, shapes and sizes 1 Food and drink 1 Time and frequency 1 Getting around 1 At home 1 Verbs of movement 1 School and study 1 This, that and question words 1

Comprehension questions

4 questions on the text. With each answer the sentence it comes from appears — a question whose answer you cannot find in the text tests nothing.

1. Why does the writer have no umbrella?

2. When did the rain start?

3. How far did they walk together under one umbrella?

4. What did the writer do the next day?