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JLPT N4 Style Practice Item Writer for Japanese Teachers: Vocabulary and Grammar Question Types, Kanji Reading and Orthography, Paraphrase and Usage, Sentence Composition Star Items, Distractor Checks, and an Answer Key
Write original JLPT N4 style practice items for class or self study: kanji reading, orthography, contextual vocabulary, paraphrase, usage, grammar form selection, and sentence composition star items, each with four options, a single defensible key, a distractor check that catches a second correct answer, and an answer key with short teacher notes.
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Prompt
Act as a Japanese language teacher and test item writer who prepares students for the JLPT and writes original practice sets in the style of the official sample questions, and who checks every distractor because a second correct option ruins an item. Inputs: - Target level and the section to practice (vocabulary, grammar, or both): [LevelSection] - Vocabulary and kanji the class has covered, with readings: [VocabKanji] - Grammar points to target, with the textbook lesson they come from: [GrammarPoints] - Question types wanted and how many of each (kanji reading, orthography, contextually defined expressions, paraphrases, usage, grammar form selection, sentence composition, text grammar): [ItemTypes] - Student group notes: first language, common errors you see: [LearnerNotes] - Output format: [Format] Generate: 1. A coverage map: each item type from ItemTypes matched to the words or grammar points from VocabKanji and GrammarPoints it will test, so no point is tested twice and none is missed. 2. Kanji reading items: a sentence with the target word underlined in kanji and four kana readings, with distractors built from voicing, small tsu, long vowel, or on and kun confusions. 3. Orthography items: the target word in hiragana and four kanji spellings, with distractors using real kanji that share a reading or look similar. 4. Contextually defined, paraphrase, and usage items: one blank sentence with four same category words; a sentence with a near meaning restatement; and four sentences using the word where only one is natural. 5. Grammar form selection items for GrammarPoints, using only level appropriate vocabulary from VocabKanji. 6. Sentence composition items: a sentence with four blanks, one marked with a star, four pieces that fit in exactly one order, and the full ordered sentence in the key. 7. A distractor validity check per item: try each wrong option in the sentence and confirm it is ungrammatical or unnatural. If an option is also correct, replace it and log the change. 8. An answer key with the correct option, the tested point, and a one line teacher note tied to LearnerNotes. Constraints: - All items are original. Never copy or reconstruct real JLPT test questions. Keep vocabulary and kanji within VocabKanji except for words common at the level. - Use Japanese for items and English for notes; no em dashes.
Instructions
Replace every [bracket] with your details before running. Works on ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini.
Generated Output
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Examples
Example Input
LevelSection: N4, vocabulary and grammar VocabKanji: ๆบๅ (ใใ ใใณ), ไบๅฎ (ใใฆใ), ่ชฌๆ (ใใคใใ), ็ดนไป (ใใใใใ), ้ฃ็ตก (ใใใใ), ็ธ่ซ (ใใใ ใ), ้ใ (ใใใ) GrammarPoints: ๏ฝใใใซใใ (our textbook unit 12), ๏ฝใฆใใพใ, ๏ฝใชใใใฐใชใใชใ ItemTypes: 1 kanji reading, 1 orthography, 1 contextually defined, 1 paraphrase, 1 usage, 1 grammar form selection, 1 sentence composition LearnerNotes: English speaking adults; they drop voicing marks and confuse ใใใซ with ใใใซ Format: coverage map, items, distractor log, key
Example Output
Coverage map | Type | Tests | | Kanji reading | ๆบๅ | | Orthography | ไบๅฎ | | Contextually defined | ่ชฌๆ vs ็ดนไป, ้ฃ็ตก, ็ธ่ซ | | Paraphrase | ้ใ | | Usage | ็ธ่ซ | | Grammar form | ๏ฝใใใซใใ | | Sentence composition | ๏ฝใฆใใพใ + ๏ฝใชใใใฐ | Items 1. (kanji reading) ๆฅ้ฑใฎ ไผ่ญฐใฎ ๆบๅใ ใใพใใ ๆบๅ 1 ใใ ใใณ 2 ใใ ใใด 3 ใใ ใใณ 4 ใใ ใใฒ 2. (orthography) ใใใใฎ ใใฆใใ ใใใใฆ ใใ ใใใ ใใฆใ 1 ไบๅฎ 2 ไบไฝ 3 ้ ๅฎ 4 ไฝๅฎ 3. (contextually defined) ๅ ็ใฏ ๆฐใใ ใใจใฐใฎ ใใฟใ ใฆใใญใใซ๏ผใใ๏ผใใฆ ใใใพใใใ 1 ใใคใใ 2 ใใใใใ 3 ใใใใ 4 ใใใ ใ 4. (paraphrase) ใใฎ ใธใใฏ ้ใใงใใ 1 ใใฎ ใธใใฏ ใใใใใชใใงใใ 2 ใใฎ ใธใใฏ ใซใใใใงใใ 3 ใใฎ ใธใใฏ ใฒใใใงใใ 4 ใใฎ ใธใใฏ ใใใใงใใ 5. (usage) ใใใ ใ 1 ใใใใใใฎ ใใจใ ็ถใซ ใใใ ใใใพใใใ 2 ๆฏๆ ใใใ ใใ ้ฃในใฆใใ ๅบใใใพใใ 3 ใใฎ ้ใ ใใใ ใใใใจ ้ง ใซ ใคใใพใใ 4 ้จใ ใใใ ใใใฆ ่ฉฆๅใ ไธญๆญขใซ ใชใใพใใใ 6. (grammar form) ๆฏๆฅ ๆฅๆฌ่ชใง ๆฅ่จใ ๆธใ๏ผใใ๏ผใใฆใใพใใ 1 ใใใซ 2 ใใใซ 3 ใใใซ 4 ใพใงใซ 7. (sentence composition) ใใ ใใ ใใ ๏ผฟ๏ผฟ ๏ผฟ๏ผฟ โ ๏ผฟ๏ผฟ ใใใณใซ ่กใใพใใใ 1 ใชใใใฐ 2 ใใฃใฆ 3 ใใใถ 4 ใใพใ Distractor log - Item 6, first draft option 4 was ใใจใซ. ๆฅ่จใๆธใใใจใซใใฆใใพใ is also correct (a personal rule), so it was replaced with ใพใงใซ, which is ungrammatical here. - Item 1: ใใ ใใด and ใใ ใใฒ target the voicing errors in LearnerNotes; ใใ ใใณ drops the voicing on the first mora. - Item 2: ้ and ไฝ are real kanji read ใ; ไฝ shares the reading ใฆใ. None form a real word. - Item 3: ใใใใใ, ใใใใ, and ใใใ ใ are all ใใ nouns from VocabKanji, but only ใใคใใ fits explaining a word's meaning. - Item 4: option 1 is the only restatement; 2 is the opposite meaning. - Item 5: options 2 to 4 use ใใใ ใ where a food, a direction, or weather verb is needed. Answer key | Item | Key | Point | Teacher note | | 1 | 1 | ๆบๅ reading | Drill the voiced ใณ and plain ใใ | | 2 | 1 | ไบๅฎ spelling | Contrast ไบ with ้ in deposit words later | | 3 | 1 | ่ชฌๆ | Pair with ็ดนไป (introducing a person) | | 4 | 1 | ้ใ | Teach ใใใใใชใ as a negative restatement | | 5 | 1 | ็ธ่ซ usage | ไบบใซ็ธ่ซใใ pattern | | 6 | 1 | ๏ฝใใใซใใ habit | Contrast with ใใใซ, a purpose, from LearnerNotes | | 7 | 4 | ๏ฝใฆใใพใใชใใใฐ | Full order: ใใใถ ใใฃใฆ ใใพใ ใชใใใฐ; star is ใใพใ |