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Describe your day

Write five sentences about a usual day and add one thing that was different yesterday.

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Your goal

No new grammar is added. First describe a fictional role and check the details. You can then save your own day or another fictional day.

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Before you start

Information to conveyPattern
Action먹어요·가요·공부해요
Action location집에서 / 회사에서
Point in time / interval여덟 시에 / 열 시부터 다섯 시까지
Negative action안 먹어요 / 먹지 않아요
Yesterday’s action먹었어요·갔어요·잤어요
보통
usually

The present forms describe a usual day here. Use a past form for yesterday’s difference in the last sentence.

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Explore the situation

Fictional learning material

Daily schedule 미나

  1. 아침Place: 집먹어요
  2. 이동Place: 회사가요
  3. — p.m. 5:00
    일Place: 회사일해요
  4. 공부Place: 집공부해요
  5. 잠Place: 집자요

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Learn the expressions

Write five present-form sentences in schedule order, then mark the past sentence with 어제. You do not need 저는 in every sentence. Keep the times, places and actions consistent.

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Read the conversation

Compare usual and yesterday

민수

보통 몇 시에 자요?

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What time do you usually sleep?

유나

오후 열 시에 자요.

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I sleep at 10 p.m.

민수

어제 몇 시에 잤어요?

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What time did you sleep yesterday?

유나

오후 아홉 시에 잤어요.

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I slept at 9 p.m.

Describe a day

민수

어디에서 공부해요?

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Where do you study?

유나

집에서 한국어를 공부해요.

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I study Korean at home.

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Build a sentence

Build with familiar patterns, then use the new schedule. Do not mix model Yuna’s times with task Mina’s times.

Sentence-piece practice

1. Write the routine of studying Korean at home.

Sentence pieces

  • 한국어
  • 집
  • 공부해요.
  • 에서
  • 를

2. Build the sentence for sleeping at 10 p.m. yesterday.

Sentence pieces

  • 에
  • 잤어요.
  • 어제
  • 오후 열 시

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Practice

Check the situation and the expressions learned in this lesson before answering.

1. Mina’s role: Breakfast is at home at8 a.m. Choose the matching sentence.

  • 오전 여덟 시에 집에서 아침을 먹어요.
  • 오후 여덟 시에 집에서 아침을 먹어요.
  • 오전 여덟 시에 학교에서 아침을 먹어요.

2. Mina’s role: She goes to work at9 a.m. Choose the matching sentence.

  • 오전 여섯 시에 회사에 가요.
  • 오전 아홉 시에 학교에 가요.
  • 오전 아홉 시에 회사에 가요.

3. Mina’s role: She works at the company from10 a.m.to5 p.m. Choose the matching sentence.

  • 오전 열 시부터 오후 다섯 시까지 집에서 일해요.
  • 오전 열 시부터 오후 다섯 시까지 회사에서 일해요.
  • 오후 다섯 시부터 오전 열 시까지 회사에서 일해요.

4. Mina’s role: She studies Korean at home at7 p.m. Choose the matching sentence.

  • 오후 일곱 시에 집에서 한국어를 공부해요.
  • 오전 일곱 시에 집에서 한국어를 공부해요.
  • 오후 일곱 시에 회사에서 한국어를 공부해요.

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Try a new situation

As Mina, write five routine sentences and one difference yesterday. See them together in the result and choose a review topic. Free writing is not given a correctness score.

Fictional learning material

Daily schedule 미나

  1. 아침Place: 집먹어요
  2. 이동Place: 회사가요
  3. — p.m. 5:00
    일Place: 회사일해요
  4. 공부Place: 집공부해요
  5. 잠Place: 집자요

Last-sentence detail: she slept at 10 p.m. yesterday.

Tasks

Try the tasks first, then compare with the answers and examples in step 10.

1. Sentence 1: give the usual breakfast time, place and action. Begin with 보통.

Fictional learning material

Daily schedule 미나

  1. 아침Place: 집먹어요
  2. 이동Place: 회사가요
  3. — p.m. 5:00
    일Place: 회사일해요
  4. 공부Place: 집공부해요
  5. 잠Place: 집자요
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Use 에 for one time, 부터 for the start and 까지 for the end. Check a.m./p.m. too.

2. Sentence 2: write when you go and the destination.

Fictional learning material

Daily schedule 미나

  1. 아침Place: 집먹어요
  2. 이동Place: 회사가요
  3. — p.m. 5:00
    일Place: 회사일해요
  4. 공부Place: 집공부해요
  5. 잠Place: 집자요
Show a hint

Use 에 for one time, 부터 for the start and 까지 for the end. Check a.m./p.m. too.

3. Sentence 3: give the work start, end and location.

Fictional learning material

Daily schedule 미나

  1. 아침Place: 집먹어요
  2. 이동Place: 회사가요
  3. — p.m. 5:00
    일Place: 회사일해요
  4. 공부Place: 집공부해요
  5. 잠Place: 집자요
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Use 에 for one time, 부터 for the start and 까지 for the end. Check a.m./p.m. too.

4. Sentence 4: give the evening Korean-study time and place.

Fictional learning material

Daily schedule 미나

  1. 아침Place: 집먹어요
  2. 이동Place: 회사가요
  3. — p.m. 5:00
    일Place: 회사일해요
  4. 공부Place: 집공부해요
  5. 잠Place: 집자요
Show a hint

Use 에 for one time, 부터 for the start and 까지 for the end. Check a.m./p.m. too.

5. Sentence 5: state the usual bedtime.

Fictional learning material

Daily schedule 미나

  1. 아침Place: 집먹어요
  2. 이동Place: 회사가요
  3. — p.m. 5:00
    일Place: 회사일해요
  4. 공부Place: 집공부해요
  5. 잠Place: 집자요
Show a hint

Use 에 for one time, 부터 for the start and 까지 for the end. Check a.m./p.m. too.

6. Sentence 6: yesterday she slept at 10 p.m. Begin with 어제 and state the difference.

Fictional learning material

Daily schedule 미나

  1. 아침Place: 집먹어요
  2. 이동Place: 회사가요
  3. — p.m. 5:00
    일Place: 회사일해요
  4. 공부Place: 집공부해요
  5. 잠Place: 집자요
Show a hint

Use 어제, a time with 에, a place with 에서 and a past form: 먹었어요, 공부했어요 or 잤어요.

Make it your own day

Optional: write six sentences about your day or another fictional day without personal details. This does not automatically grade grammar.

1. Morning action

2. When and where you go

3. Work or study interval

4. Evening action

5. Bedtime

6. One difference yesterday

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Check your learning

Hide the model and choose an expression for the new details.

1. Mina’s role: She usually sleeps at11 p.m. Choose the matching sentence.

  • 보통 오후 열 시에 자요.
  • 보통 오전 열한 시에 자요.
  • 보통 오후 열한 시에 자요.

2. Yesterday she slept at10 p.m. Choose the last sentence.

  • 어제 오후 열 시에 자요.
  • 어제 오후 열 시에 잤어요.
  • 어제 오후 열한 시에 잤어요.

3. Negate the action 집에서 한국어를 공부해요.

  • 집에서 한국어를 공부하지 않아요.
  • 집에서 한국어를 공부했어요.
  • 집에 한국어가 없어요.

4. The role gives only yesterday’s bedtime. Where did she study yesterday?

  • 집
  • 도서관
  • not specified;ask

5. Which sentence includes time,place and action?

  • 집에서 공부해요.
  • 오후 일곱 시에 집에서 공부해요.
  • 오후 일곱 시예요.

6. Which pair separates a usual day from yesterday?

  • 보통 열한 시에 자요. 어제 열 시에 잤어요.
  • 보통 열한 시에 잤어요. 어제 열 시에 자요.
  • 보통 열한 시에 자요. 어제 열한 시에 잤어요.

Reflect on your reading

Tick only what you actually checked. Feedback from another person is optional and is not required to finish the lesson.

□ I wrote five sentences about a usual day.
□ I used the past for one difference yesterday.
□ I compared the sentences’ times, places and actions with the schedule.
□ I can return to expressions I found difficult.

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Answers and explanations

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Practice questions

1. Mina’s role: Breakfast is at home at8 a.m. Choose the matching sentence.

Answer: 오전 여덟 시에 집에서 아침을 먹어요.

Time,place and action match the role information.

  • 오후 여덟 시에 집에서 아침을 먹어요. — The a.m./p.m. differs from the information.
  • 오전 여덟 시에 학교에서 아침을 먹어요. — The place differs from the information.

2. Mina’s role: She goes to work at9 a.m. Choose the matching sentence.

Answer: 오전 아홉 시에 회사에 가요.

Time,place and action match the role information.

  • 오전 여섯 시에 회사에 가요. — The time differs from the information.
  • 오전 아홉 시에 학교에 가요. — The destination differs from the information.

3. Mina’s role: She works at the company from10 a.m.to5 p.m. Choose the matching sentence.

Answer: 오전 열 시부터 오후 다섯 시까지 회사에서 일해요.

Time,place and action match the role information.

  • 오전 열 시부터 오후 다섯 시까지 집에서 일해요. — The place differs from the information.
  • 오후 다섯 시부터 오전 열 시까지 회사에서 일해요. — The start and end differs from the information.

4. Mina’s role: She studies Korean at home at7 p.m. Choose the matching sentence.

Answer: 오후 일곱 시에 집에서 한국어를 공부해요.

Time,place and action match the role information.

  • 오전 일곱 시에 집에서 한국어를 공부해요. — The a.m./p.m. differs from the information.
  • 오후 일곱 시에 회사에서 한국어를 공부해요. — The place differs from the information.

Learning check

1. Mina’s role: She usually sleeps at11 p.m. Choose the matching sentence.

Answer: 보통 오후 열한 시에 자요.

Time,place and action match the role information.

  • 보통 오후 열 시에 자요. — The time differs from the information.
  • 보통 오전 열한 시에 자요. — The a.m./p.m. differs from the information.

2. Yesterday she slept at10 p.m. Choose the last sentence.

Answer: 어제 오후 열 시에 잤어요.

Use yesterday’s different time and a past form.

  • 어제 오후 열 시에 자요. — Use잤어요 for this completed event.
  • 어제 오후 열한 시에 잤어요. — This uses the usual11 p.m.instead of yesterday’s10.

3. Negate the action 집에서 한국어를 공부해요.

Answer: 집에서 한국어를 공부하지 않아요.

Add지 않아요 to공부하-.

  • 집에서 한국어를 공부했어요. — This is past positive,not negative.
  • 집에 한국어가 없어요. — This changes to absence of Korean,not the study action.

4. The role gives only yesterday’s bedtime. Where did she study yesterday?

Answer: not specified;ask

Do not turn a routine location into a fact about yesterday.

  • 집 — Home is the routine study place,not a given yesterday detail.
  • 도서관 — No library detail is supplied for yesterday in this role.

5. Which sentence includes time,place and action?

Answer: 오후 일곱 시에 집에서 공부해요.

All three details are present.

  • 집에서 공부해요. — Place and action are given,but not time.
  • 오후 일곱 시예요. — Only the time is given.

6. Which pair separates a usual day from yesterday?

Answer: 보통 열한 시에 자요. 어제 열 시에 잤어요.

Present for the routine,past for yesterday’s completed event.

  • 보통 열한 시에 잤어요. 어제 열 시에 자요. — For this routine account,the intended present and past are swapped.
  • 보통 열한 시에 자요. 어제 열한 시에 잤어요. — Yesterday’s time in this role is10 p.m.

Example answers

Written responses are examples. Other wording can also meet the same conditions.

1. Sentence 1: give the usual breakfast time, place and action. Begin with 보통.

보통 오전 여덟 시에 집에서 아침을 먹어요.

보통 오전 8시에 집에서 아침을 먹어요.

Combine the usual 8 a.m. time, home and breakfast.

2. Sentence 2: write when you go and the destination.

오전 아홉 시에 회사에 가요.

오전 9시에 회사에 가요.

The destination is 회사에; distinguish this from working 회사에서.

3. Sentence 3: give the work start, end and location.

오전 열 시부터 오후 다섯 시까지 회사에서 일해요.

오전 10시부터 오후 5시까지 회사에서 일해요.

10:00 is a.m. and 17:00 is p.m.; include both periods and 회사에서.

4. Sentence 4: give the evening Korean-study time and place.

오후 일곱 시에 집에서 한국어를 공부해요.

오후 7시에 집에서 한국어를 공부해요.

19:00 is 7 p.m.; the study location is home.

5. Sentence 5: state the usual bedtime.

오후 열한 시에 자요.

오후 11시에 자요.

보통 오후 열한 시에 자요.

보통 오후 11시에 자요.

The usual time is 23:00; use present 자요.

6. Sentence 6: yesterday she slept at 10 p.m. Begin with 어제 and state the difference.

어제 오후 열 시에 잤어요.

어제 오후 10시에 잤어요.

어제는 오후 열 시에 잤어요.

어제는 오후 10시에 잤어요.

Yesterday’s time is 22:00, earlier than usual; use 잤어요.

Sentence-piece practice

1. Write the routine of studying Korean at home.

집에서 한국어를 공부해요.

Use 에서 for an action location, 을/를 for an object and 에 for a destination.

2. Build the sentence for sleeping at 10 p.m. yesterday.

어제 오후 열 시에 잤어요.

Use 어제, a time with 에, a place with 에서 and a past form: 먹었어요, 공부했어요 or 잤어요.

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