Review: Korean Lessons 1–5 — Read, Greet, Count and Tell Time

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Use what you know: a review of Lessons 1–5

You have worked on Hangul consonants and vowels, polite greetings, numbers and time. Now try using them without copying a model first. This is a review checkpoint, not a new numbered lesson.

Before you begin

Use paper or a notes app. Allow about 20–30 minutes, or do one section at a time. Try each section with the answer panel closed. Then open it, correct your work and say the Korean examples aloud.

These questions revisit selected core skills. They do not test every letter, number or expression from the five lessons. In particular, the combined-vowel extension in Lesson 02 is not assessed here.

Your review route

Read Hangul → Change vowels → Choose greetings → Use numbers → Tell the time → Choose your next step

Keep reading and pronunciation separate. Try Hangul first. Latin reading aids in the answer panels follow Revised Romanization; they are not exact English pronunciation guides. This written review cannot judge how accurately you pronounce Korean.

1. Read and build Hangul

Lessons 01–02: work from the letters before looking at a Latin reading aid.

  1. Build two syllable blocks: ㄱ + ㅏ and ㅁ + ㅏ.
  2. Which block contains the tense consonant ㄲ: 카 or 까?
  3. Read 바다 aloud, then split it into its two syllable blocks. What does it mean?
  4. In 아, does the first ㅇ make an ng sound, or is it silent?
Check answers 1–4
  1. 가; 마. Put the consonant on the left and ㅏ on the right. Each result is one block.
  2. 까. It contains ㄲ. 카 contains the aspirated consonant ㅋ. Tense does not simply mean louder.
  3. 바 + 다; sea. Reading aid: bada. For the written score, give both blocks and the meaning. Your pronunciation is practice, not something this page can certify.
  4. It is silent here. Initial ㅇ fills the first position in a syllable that begins with a vowel sound. This answer concerns initial ㅇ, not every position where ㅇ can occur.

2. Change the vowel

Lesson 02: recognise the vowel and its position inside a block.

  1. Build ㄴ + ㅜ. Does the vowel go beside or below the consonant?
  2. Write the vowel letter in 어. Then change only that vowel to ㅏ and write the new block.
  3. Build ㅇ + ㅗ and ㅇ + ㅣ as two separate syllable blocks.
  4. Read 우유. How many syllable blocks does it have, and what does it mean?
Check answers 5–8
  1. 누. The horizontal vowel ㅜ goes below ㄴ.
  2. ㅓ; 아. Keep the initial ㅇ and replace ㅓ with ㅏ.
  3. 오; 이. In 오 the vowel is below ㅇ; in 이 it is on the right.
  4. Two blocks: 우 + 유; milk. Reading aid: uyu. For the written score, give the number of blocks and the meaning.

3. Choose the right greeting

Lesson 03: use the relationship and the situation, not just an English translation.

  1. A new colleague says hello. Write your usual polite greeting.
  2. You are Anna. Fill the gap: 안녕하세요. 저는 ______. 만나서 반갑습니다. Use 안나 and the 입니다 pattern.
  3. You leave the classroom while your teacher stays inside. Say goodbye to the teacher using 안녕히 가세요 or 안녕히 계세요.
  4. You and a classmate leave the classroom and go your separate ways. Which of those two polite goodbyes fits what you say to the departing classmate?
Check answers 9–12
  1. 안녕하세요. It is a suitable everyday default with someone you have just met. 안녕 is casual and is not the default in this situation.
  2. 안나입니다. The complete introduction is 안녕하세요. 저는 안나입니다. 만나서 반갑습니다. Attach 입니다 directly to the name.
  3. 안녕히 계세요. The person you address is staying. Focus on their situation, not simply on who moves first.
  4. 안녕히 가세요. The classmate is leaving too. Both people can say 안녕히 가세요 when they leave the meeting place and go their separate ways.

4. Choose and build a number expression

Lesson 04: decide which system fits the unit, then form the number.

  1. Write “two people” using 명.
  2. Write “twenty-one years old” as an age phrase with 살.
  3. Read the price ₩3,500 in Korean. Write the number and 원.
  4. Write 25 using Sino-Korean numbers.
Check answers 13–16
  1. 두 명. Use the Native counting form 두 before 명, rather than the stand-alone 둘.
  2. 스물한 살. Keep 스물 in 21 and change the final 하나 to 한. Exactly 20 is 스무 살.
  3. 삼천오백 원. Use Sino-Korean numbers for this price: 3 × 1,000 + 5 × 100.
  4. 이십오. Build 2 × 10 + 5. 스물다섯 also means 25, but belongs to the Native system and does not answer this question.

5. Turn a clock into a useful reply

Lesson 05: use Native hours and Sino-Korean minutes for this everyday 12-hour practice.

  1. Write the clock phrase for 4:15. No a.m. or p.m. is given.
  2. Write 7:30 p.m. using 반.
  3. Choose the endings: 세 시(예요 / 이에요); 다섯 시 십 분(예요 / 이에요).
  4. You are arranging a meeting. A colleague asks 몇 시에 만나요? Suggest 2:30 p.m. Complete: 오후 ______ 만나요. Use 반 and include 에.
Check answers 17–20
  1. 네 시 십오 분. 네 is the hour counting form; 십오 is fifteen minutes. You do not need to invent morning or evening information.
  2. 오후 일곱 시 반. Put 오후 before the hour. 반 means half past, not half an hour before the hour.
  3. 세 시예요; 다섯 시 십 분이에요. Choose the ending from the final word: 시 ends in a vowel; 분 ends in a consonant.
  4. 오후 두 시 반에 만나요. The gap is 두 시 반에. This arranges a meeting at 2:30 p.m.; it does not tell you the current time.

Bring two skills together

This short speaking practice is optional and is not scored. Two adult learners meet at their first Korean class. The timetable says the class starts at 9:00 a.m.

A: 안녕하세요. 저는 안나입니다.
Hello. I’m Anna.

B: 안녕하세요. 저는 민수입니다. 만나서 반갑습니다.
Hello. I’m Minsu. Nice to meet you.

A: 만나서 반갑습니다. 수업은 몇 시에 시작해요?
Nice to meet you. What time does the class start?

B: 오전 아홉 시에 시작해요.
It starts at 9 a.m.

Take both roles, or practise with another person. Replace the name and change the start time to 10:30 a.m. Reuse the complete expressions; you do not need to explain their full grammar here.

Check the changed start time

오전 열 시 반에 시작해요.

It starts at 10:30 a.m. You can also say 오전 열 시 삼십 분에 시작해요. Keep 에 after the final time word.

Choose your next step

If you want a score: give yourself one point for each numbered question only when all its requested written parts are correct, up to 20 points. Punctuation is not scored. Read-aloud attempts are practice, not part of the written score. Use mistakes to choose a review area; a high total alone does not establish speaking or pronunciation mastery.

Look at each group of four. If you missed anything, revisit the matching lesson below, explain the correction in your own words, and retry the questions with the answers covered. If the written tasks feel secure, try the optional conversation without looking at its model.

There is no need to repeat all five lessons because of one difficult point. Return to the part you need, then come back to this checkpoint.