JPN Cont. most 'impressive' grammar points (1 Viewer)

[mary555]

hellooooo

idk if this is a silly topic or not, but i was wondering what grammar points would impress markers the most? maybe it doesn't matter, and marking comes down to just high accuracy and creatively using language, but i'm curious anyway.

my teacher told our class that she, and other markers, are mainly impressed by proper use of relative clause, し, and くれる. this lines up with past marking guidelines for speaking, but i wonder if there's more for writing sections?

what do you guys think?

 

[w_ST]

I did continuers in 2024 and I got 18. Here is a list of some that I got a lot of good reactions from my teacher for using and the examiner:

- passive form れる and られる. i would say something like "it is said that my school is popular for sports" using と言われています。 e.g. 私の学校はスポーツで有名と言われています。I also would use passive form for when the examiners ask "what does x think about y?" like I mentioned on purpose that I had a party recently and I came home late, and the examiner asked "what does your mother think about you coming home late?" and I said something like 私は母に怒られます。

- くれる, あげる and もらう. This isn't as impressive as passive form but its still great. I would say something in my conversation like if I got asked what my daily routine was then I would also use たりする to compound (examiners love students who compound structures!) so it would end up something like "my mother does ... and .... and ...たりしてくれます。” I would also get really confused on the difference between もらう and くれる is but I figured out with my teacher that the difference is the emphasis - くれる puts an emphasis on the fact that X person did it to you and もらう puts emphasis on the fact that YOU received X by a person.

- this one isn't a grammar structure but even just finding different adjectives. To get really good marks, the examiners don't want to hear you say 元気 five hundred times. Go find something really specific - like i said that most of my family was very extroverted whilst i was more of a mix. This is because examiners want to set you apart from other students - to show that you went above and beyond. As well, as a rule of thumb, never say いい or 良い. Because what is good? good in what way? like a good person? then use something else to express this.

Note: I still got 18 / 20 even though the examiner asked どうやって日本語を勉強しますか？ and I panicked and answered the question as どうして日本語を勉強しますか？