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Key Facts: Hokkaido Entrance English Exam
50 min / 100 points
Length and maximum score of the Hokkaido English paper including the listening test (held March 4, 2026)
Hokkaido Prefectural Board of Education Reiwa 8 selection handbook
5 subjects / 500 points
Five-subject academic examination total, combined with the 315-point naishinten report card in selection
Hokkaido Prefectural Board of Education Reiwa 8 selection handbook
Mar 4, 2026
Reiwa 8 academic examination date; results announced March 17, 2026
Hokkaido Prefectural Board of Education Reiwa 8 selection schedule
JPY 2,200
Entrance selection fee, paid with Hokkaido revenue stamps attached to the application form
Hokkaido Prefectural School Ordinance via the Reiwa 8 selection handbook
70 / 15 / 15
Approximate seat shares weighing exam and report card almost equally, emphasizing the exam, and emphasizing the report card
Hokkaido Prefectural Board of Education selection method outline
100
Free original practice questions in this bank
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The Hokkaido public high school entrance English paper is a 50-minute, 100-point written exam with a listening test, held on March 4, 2026, set by the Hokkaido Prefectural Board of Education. This page offers 100 original practice questions with explanations as a study aid.
Sample Hokkaido Entrance English Practice Questions
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1Choose the word or phrase closest in meaning to the underlined word: "Yuki skipped breakfast this morning, so she was very hungry by lunchtime."
2Choose the word that correctly completes the sentence: "My sister is good ___ playing the piano."
3Choose the word that correctly completes the sentence: "Please turn off the lights and use less hot water. This helps us save ___."
4Choose the word that is the opposite of "borrow."
5Choose the word that correctly completes the sentence: "A doctor or a nurse usually works at a ___."
6Choose the word that correctly completes the sentence: "The train was ___ because of the heavy snow, so many passengers arrived late."
7Choose the word that correctly completes the dialogue: A: "How do you ___ this word?" B: "De-li-cious."
8Choose the word that correctly completes the sentence: "I couldn't go to the party on Saturday because I caught a ___ and had to stay in bed."
9Choose the word that correctly completes the sentence: "The city library is ___ on Mondays, so you cannot borrow books then."
10Choose the word that correctly completes the sentence: "Riding a bicycle without a light at night is very ___."
About the Hokkaido Entrance English Exam
The Hokkaido Public High School Entrance Examination English paper is created by the Hokkaido Prefectural Board of Education. The single 50-minute, 100-point paper, sat on March 4, 2026 in the Reiwa 8 selection, includes a broadcast listening test plus reading and writing tasks on the 2017 MEXT junior-high Course of Study, with constructed responses rather than multiple choice. Admission combines the five-subject scores (500 points) with the 315-point junior-high report card and interviews or practical tests where held. This page provides 100 original English-language practice questions with detailed explanations as a study adaptation — not an official translation or a simulation of the official format, and not a substitute for listening or writing practice.
Assessment
The real Hokkaido English examination is a 50-minute paper scored out of 100 points (500 total across five subjects: kokugo, social studies, mathematics, science, and English); it includes a listening test heard through broadcast audio plus reading and writing sections. In the Reiwa 8 (2026) selection it was sat on March 4, 2026, with interviews and practical tests on March 5 and selection results announced on March 17, 2026. Since Reiwa 4 (2022) all applicants take one unified problem set — the school-discretion problems were abolished and each paper lengthened from 45 to 50 minutes. The paper is created by the Hokkaido Prefectural Board of Education on the 2017 (Heisei 29) MEXT junior-high Course of Study for foreign languages and requires written responses in English, not multiple choice. Each school admits applicants by combining the academic examination with the 315-point junior-high report card (naishinten, grade-1 and grade-2 totals doubled and the grade-3 total tripled) and interviews or practical tests where held: roughly 70% of seats weigh the exam and report card almost equally, about 15% emphasize the exam, and about 15% emphasize the report card, with weighted subject scoring (keisha haiten) at some schools. A supplementary examination (tsui-kensa) was held March 11, 2026, and a second recruitment (niji boshū) ran in late March. This local bank is an English-language MCQ study adaptation providing 100 original practice items.
Time Limit
50 minutes for the English subject paper including the listening test (held on March 4, 2026 in the Reiwa 8 selection)
Passing Score
No fixed pass mark; scored out of 100 points (500 total across 5 subjects); selection combines the academic test with the 315-point naishinten report card, weighing them almost equally for roughly 70% of seats, exam-emphasis for about 15%, and report-card-emphasis for about 15%, with optional keisha haiten subject weighting
Exam Fee
JPY 2,200 entrance selection fee, the amount set by the Hokkaido Prefectural School Ordinance, paid with Hokkaido revenue stamps attached to the application form per the Reiwa 8 (2026) selection handbook (Hokkaido Prefectural Board of Education (北海道教育委員会))
Hokkaido Entrance English Exam Content Outline
Vocabulary
Junior-high curriculum vocabulary: word meaning in context, collocations, word forms, and topic vocabulary.
Grammar and Usage
Tenses and aspects, passives, infinitives and gerunds, comparatives, relative pronouns, modals, conjunctions, and sentence structure.
Reading Comprehension
Short original passages, dialogues, emails, and charts: main idea, detail, inference, reference, and title selection.
Listening Strategies (Text-Adapted)
Dialogue and monologue transcripts with comprehension questions, adapting the broadcast listening test into printed form.
Writing and Response Construction
Word-order rearrangement, completing responses, and choosing natural English expressions.
How to Pass the Hokkaido Entrance English Exam
What You Need to Know
- Passing score: No fixed pass mark; scored out of 100 points (500 total across 5 subjects); selection combines the academic test with the 315-point naishinten report card, weighing them almost equally for roughly 70% of seats, exam-emphasis for about 15%, and report-card-emphasis for about 15%, with optional keisha haiten subject weighting
- Assessment: The real Hokkaido English examination is a 50-minute paper scored out of 100 points (500 total across five subjects: kokugo, social studies, mathematics, science, and English); it includes a listening test heard through broadcast audio plus reading and writing sections. In the Reiwa 8 (2026) selection it was sat on March 4, 2026, with interviews and practical tests on March 5 and selection results announced on March 17, 2026. Since Reiwa 4 (2022) all applicants take one unified problem set — the school-discretion problems were abolished and each paper lengthened from 45 to 50 minutes. The paper is created by the Hokkaido Prefectural Board of Education on the 2017 (Heisei 29) MEXT junior-high Course of Study for foreign languages and requires written responses in English, not multiple choice. Each school admits applicants by combining the academic examination with the 315-point junior-high report card (naishinten, grade-1 and grade-2 totals doubled and the grade-3 total tripled) and interviews or practical tests where held: roughly 70% of seats weigh the exam and report card almost equally, about 15% emphasize the exam, and about 15% emphasize the report card, with weighted subject scoring (keisha haiten) at some schools. A supplementary examination (tsui-kensa) was held March 11, 2026, and a second recruitment (niji boshū) ran in late March. This local bank is an English-language MCQ study adaptation providing 100 original practice items.
- Time limit: 50 minutes for the English subject paper including the listening test (held on March 4, 2026 in the Reiwa 8 selection)
- Exam fee: JPY 2,200 entrance selection fee, the amount set by the Hokkaido Prefectural School Ordinance, paid with Hokkaido revenue stamps attached to the application form per the Reiwa 8 (2026) selection handbook
Keys to Passing
- Complete 500+ practice questions
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- Focus on highest-weighted sections
- Use our AI tutor for tough concepts
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is the real Hokkaido English entrance paper multiple-choice?
No. The official paper combines a broadcast listening test with reading passages and written-response tasks in English. The Hokkaido Prefectural Board of Education publishes the actual problems and answers after each sitting, but not as a multiple-choice set. The MCQs here are an English-language study adaptation — not an official translation or format simulation — so keep practicing listening with audio and full written answers separately.
How do the listening-style questions work without audio?
The official exam's listening test (kikitori) is heard through broadcast audio, which this site cannot reproduce. The listening-strategy items here present short dialogue or monologue transcripts in print and ask the same kinds of comprehension questions, building the inference and detail-tracking skills the listening section demands.
How long is the English paper and what is the maximum score?
The English paper is a single 50-minute exam including the listening test, scored out of 100 points, sat on March 4, 2026 in the Reiwa 8 selection. The five subjects total 500 points, and admission combines these scores with the 315-point junior-high report card (naishinten) and interviews or practical tests where held; roughly 70% of seats weigh the exam and report card almost equally, about 15% emphasize the exam, and about 15% emphasize the report card.
What is the Reiwa 8 (2026) application and results schedule?
Applications were accepted January 19-22, 2026, with school-choice changes January 27 - February 2 and the JPY 2,200 selection fee paid with Hokkaido revenue stamps. The academic examination was held on March 4, 2026, interviews and practical tests on March 5, a supplementary examination on March 11, and selection results were announced on March 17, 2026. A second recruitment (niji boshū) ran in late March.
What level of English does the exam expect?
The paper tests the full 2017 MEXT junior-high English curriculum: all core tenses and aspects including the present perfect, the passive voice, infinitives and gerunds, comparatives and superlatives, relative pronouns, modals, and multi-paragraph reading passages, plus listening comprehension. This bank distributes its 100 items across vocabulary, grammar, reading, listening-style comprehension, and response construction.
Do these details apply to the next (Reiwa 9 / 2027) entrance examination?
The figures on this page describe the Reiwa 8 cycle, whose academic examination was sat on March 4, 2026. The five-subject, 50-minute, 100-point structure has been stable since Reiwa 4 (2022), but confirm the Reiwa 9 dates and rules on the Hokkaido Prefectural Board of Education's own pages before relying on them, because application windows, fees, and selection ratios can change.