Talk To Me In Korean – Level 1 Test Sheet

1. What is the most commonly used greeting in Korean, when you want to say “Hello,” “Good morning,”
“Good afternoon,” or “Hi” to someone?

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2. How do you say “Thank you” in polite and formal Korean?

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3. What is the term for referring to the polite and formal language in Korean?
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4. Basically, how do you say “Yes” in polite formal Korean?

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5. Basically, how do you say “No” in polite formal Korean?

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6. What is the difference between the Korean “Yes” and “No” and the English “Yes” and “No”?

a. The Korean “Yes” and “No” are stronger than the English “Yes” and “No.”
b. The Korean “Yes” and “No” express your agreement or disagreement to what the other person said,
rather than expressing whether the fact itself is true or not.
c. In Korean, there is no “No” but there is only “Yes.”

7. How do you say “That’s right” in polite formal Korean?

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8. If you are leaving a place and the others are staying, how do you say “Goodbye” in polite formal
Korean? The literal translation of this expression is “Please stay in peace.”

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9. If you are the one staying and the others are leaving the place, how do you say “Goodbye” in polite
formal Korean? The literal translation of this expression is “Please go in peace.”
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10. If both you and the other person are leaving the place you are in now, and no one is staying, what do
you say to the other person to say “Goodbye” in polite formal Korean?

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11. If you made a mistake or did something that you feel bad about, what can you say in polite Korean to
apologize?

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12. You are running up the stairs inside a busy subway station and accidentally stepped on somebody’s
foot. What can you say to the person to apologize?

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13. You are in a restaurant and you are now ready to order. What do you say to the waiter to get his or
her attention?

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14. You want to pass through a crowd of people or reach out for a book in a bookstore but there is
someone in your way, what can you NOT say to mean “Excuse me”?

a. 죄송합니다.
b. 잠시만요.
c. 안녕히 가세요.

15. Choose which one should be used after each noun: 이에요 or 예요.

a. 학생 ____________
b. 의자 ____________
c. 집 ____________
d. 진짜 ____________

16. How do you say “water” in Korean?

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17. How do you say “what” in Korean?

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18. How do you say “What is it?” in polite formal Korean?

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19. How do you say “It’s me.” in polite formal Korean?

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20. How do you say “What is this?” in polite formal Korean?

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21. How do you say “What is that over there?” in polite formal Korean?

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22. Please fill in the blanks to make the Korean sentences and the English sentences have the same
meaning.

a. _____________________ 커피예요? = Is this coffee?

b. _____________________ 물이에요. = No. It’s water.

c. 그거 _____________________ 예요? = What is it?

d. 저거 뭐 _____________________? 저거 커피_____________________? = What is that? Is that

coffee over there?

23. In Korean, 우유 is milk. How do you say “This is NOT milk”?

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24. What are the topic marking particles in Korean?

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25. What are the subject marking particles in Korean?

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26. 이거 좋아요 means “This is good.” How do you say “I don’t know about other things, but THIS ONE
is good”?

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27. 피자 비싸요 means “Pizza is expensive.” How do you say “The other things are not expensive, but
PIZZA is expensive”?

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28. When someone asks you, “WHAT is expensive?” how do you say “It’s PIZZA that is expensive”?

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29. How do you say “What about this one? What is it?” in polite formal Korean?

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30. How do you say “to have” or “there is” in polite formal Korean?

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31. How do you say “I have time.” in polite formal Korean?

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32. How do you ask someone “Do you have friends?” or “Do you have a friend?”

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33. How do you ask someone “Do you have Korean friends?”

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34. How do you say that you “don’t have” something?

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35. Do you remember the Korean word for “fun”? What is it?

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36. How do you say that something “is no fun” or “is not interesting”?

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37. How do you say “Do you have coffee?” in Korean?

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38. How do you say “Don’t you have coffee? / You don’t have coffee?” in Korean?

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39. How do you say “Give me some milk, please.” in Korean?

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40. How do you say “It’s tasty. / It’s delicious.” in Korean?

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41. How do you say “What do you want to eat?” in Korean?

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42. Match words and sentences which are related to each other.

1. 영화 a. 먹고 싶어요.

2. 여행 b. 보고 싶어요.

3. 피자 c. 가고 싶어요.

Please fill in the blanks to make the Korean sentences and the English sentences have the same
meaning.

A : 이거 _____________________ 싶어요. = I want to read this.

B : _____________________ = This one?

A : 네. = _____________________ .

B : 이거 _____________________ 예요? = What is this?

A : 이거 _____________________ 이에요. = This is a book.

43. How do you count from 1 through 10 using the sino-Korean number system?

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44. McDonald’s Big Mac meal set is $4,900 in Korea. How do you say “W4,900” in Korean?

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45. In order to conjugate a verb into the present tense, you take the verb stem, and add one of these
endings: 아요, 어요, 여요. Which one of these three endings goes after which verb stem?

a. If the verb stem’s last vowel is ㅏ or ㅗ, it is followed by _____________________

b. Only one verb stem, which is 하, is followed by _____________________

c. If the last vowel is NOT ㅏ or ㅗ, it is followed by _____________________

46. “To eat” is 먹다 in Korean. If you want to conjugate the verb 먹다 into the present tense, what does
it become?

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47. Please fill verb’s conjugations in the blanks.

a. 팔다  = to sell
Present Tense: __________________________________________

Past Tense: __________________________________________

b. 이상하다  = to be strange
Present Tense: __________________________________________

Past Tense: __________________________________________

c. 기다리다 [gi-da-ri-da] = to wait
Present Tense: __________________________________________

Past tense: __________________________________________

d. 쓰다 = to write, to use
Present Tense: __________________________________________

Past tense: __________________________________________

48. How do you say “where” or “which place” in Korean?

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49. There are location marking particles in Korean: 에, 에서. Please put 에 or 에 서 in its appropriate
place.

a. 집 __________ 있어요. = I am at home.

b. 집__________  뭐 해요? = What are you doing at home?

c. 집__________  일해요. = I work at home.

50. How do you say “When did you do (it)?” in Korean?

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51. How do you say “When do you get up?” in Korean?

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52. How do you say “When did you come?” in Korean?

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53. How do you say “I am twenty years old.” in Korean?

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54. How do you say “I am forty years old.” in Korean?

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55. How old are you?

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56. How do you say “I threw it away.” in Korean?

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57. How do you say “I DIDN’T throw it away.” in Korean?

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58. Please fill in the blanks to make the Korean sentences and the English sentences have the same
meaning.

A: 이거 매워요? = ____________________ 

B: 아니요. ____________________   = No. It’s not spicy.

ㄱ: 한국어 공부했어요? = ____________________ 

ㄴ: 아니요. ____________________  = No. I didn’t study Korean.

59. Please match the English sentences and the Korean sentences which have the same meaning.

1. to clean a. 노력하다

2. to exercise, to work out b. 기억하다 

3. to regret c. 청소하다 

4. to remember d. 운동하다 

5. to make an effort, to try hard e. 후회하다 

60. How do you say “who” in Korean?

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61. Please fill in the blanks with “누구” or “누가”.

a. 어제 __________ 왔어요? = Who came yesterday?

b. 이거 __________ 예요? = Who is this?

c. 그거 __________ 만들었어요? =Who made that?

62. Please match the English words and the Korean words which have the same meaning.

1. why a. 누구 

2. what b. 어떻게 

3. who c. 왜 

4. where d. 뭐 

5. how e. 어디 

63. Please fill in the blanks with “얼마” or “얼마나”.

a. __________ 였어요? = How much was it?

b. __________ 자주 와요? = How often do you come?

c. __________ 무거워요? = How heavy is it?

d. __________ 예요? = How much is it?

64. -에서 and -부터 both mean “from” and they are usually interchangeable, but in some cases they are
NOT interchangeable. For which one of the following is it interchangeable?

a. From Seoul
b. From now
c. From yesterday

65. How do you say “Until now” in Korean?

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66. How do you say “Until tomorrow” in Korean?

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67. How do you say “From here to there” in Korean?

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68. How do you say “From head to toe” in Korean?

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69. How do you say “From morning until evening” in Korean?

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70. Write down sample conversations based on your learning from TTMIK 1.

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