Intermediate 1 · Lesson 8
Explain advantages and disadvantages
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Lesson information & display
Planning guide: about 30 min · Progress by understanding and practice, not by the clock.
Completion records the activities you finished. It is not a pronunciation score or a Korean proficiency certificate.
Unit contents
Comparison and choice
07Choose the comparison criteria first08Explain advantages and disadvantages09Separate preferences from requirements10Recommend with supporting reasons11Reconsider after receiving new advice12Present a comparison of two options04 / 11
Learn the expressions
한빛실은 이용료가 싼 반면에 역에서 멀어요 presents both sides of one space. 반면에 can contrast other aspects too; here we use it for a pro and a con.
| Base form | Form used here |
|---|
| 싸다 | 싼 반면에 |
| 비싸다 | 비싼 반면에 |
| 가깝다 | 가까운 반면에 |
| 멀다 | 먼 반면에 |
새봄실은 역에서 가까운 반면에 이용료가 비싸요 uses 가까운 from 가깝다 and 먼 from 멀다. Learn these forms without applying a single spelling change to every word.