KOREAN 3001 · Beginner 2
Conversation and situation worksheet
Read the scene and write a response in Korean.
Talk about experience and first attempts
Card 1: eating gimbap. Ask about the other person’s experience.
Card 2: visiting a market. Ask about experience.
Card 3: studying Korean. Ask about experience.
Your role has visited a market before. Reply positively.
시장에 가 본 적이 있어요?
Your role is trying gimbap for the first time today. State no past experience and that it is your first time.
김밥을 먹어 본 적이 있어요?
Explain future plans
New plan: Tuesday, study at the library. Include day and place.
New plan: meet a friend on Thursday. State it.
New plan: eat gimbap on Sunday. State it.
Your friend’s next-week plan is unknown. Ask.
Explain a purpose and check what to bring
New role: eat gimbap at a restaurant. Give the destination and purpose.
Fictional reading group: read a book at the library. State the purpose.
The reading group’s supplies are unknown. Ask.
New notice: book and notebook. State both supplies.
Reading-group visit note
Distinguish ability from current possibility
Your role can read Hangul. Reply briefly.
한글을 읽을 수 있어요?
Your role cannot make gimbap alone. State that and ask for help.
Fictional condition: the library is closed today. Say you cannot go today.
Ask whether the other person can study with you today.
Your role is busy today and free tomorrow. Explain both.
Tell someone about a changed plan
New situation: Monday changes to Tuesday. Use 대신 to state the meeting day.
The new time is 4 p.m. State the change.
The new place is a restaurant. State the place change.
Agreement is unknown. Ask whether Tuesday at 4 p.m. works.
Both have agreed: Tuesday at 4 p.m., restaurant. Confirm in one sentence.
Make plans using your experience
New role: Aki has eaten gimbap before. Answer the experience question.
김밥을 먹어 본 적이 있어요?
Aki has never made gimbap; this is the first attempt. State both.
김밥을 만들어 본 적이 있어요?
Purpose: make gimbap at Hanbit Classroom. State the destination and purpose.
The role explicitly cannot make it alone yet. Ask for help.
The class notice lists a notebook and pen. Answer what to prepare.
무엇을 준비해요?
Original: Saturday at 2 p.m. New proposal: Sunday at 3 p.m. Ask whether the new time works.
The reply is yes. Confirm Sunday at 3 p.m. at Hanbit Classroom.