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Level 3 · Unit 10

Guessing and checking

Where is everybody?

Sori the magpie

This unit is part of the Level 3 Pass — opening soon.

Until then, you can find your level with the level test, or start at the beginning of Level 1.

What you’ll learn

  • V/A-잖아요 · N(이)잖아요…, you know (a reminder of what we both know)
  • V-나 보다 · A-(으)ㄴ가 보다 · N인가 보다It seems …, it must be … (a guess from what I can see or hear)
  • V/A-(으)ㄹ걸요 · N일걸요I think probably … (a tentative guess, often a soft correction)
  • V-는지 · A-(으)ㄴ지 · N인지 · -(으)ㄹ지whether / what / where … (a question inside a sentence)

Sori’s tips in this unit

  • Which guess? -나 보다, -(으)ㄹ걸요, -(으)ㄴ/는 것 같다 and -겠-
  • -잖아요 without the sting
  • Also in this unit: -(으)ㄹ 테니까, a reason with a promise or an assumption
  • 몰라요 or 모르겠어요? And -는지 or -(으)ㄹ지?

The scene opens

  1. Hoya

    어? 교실에 아무도 없어요. 다들 어디 갔어요?

    Huh? There's nobody in the classroom. Where has everyone gone?

  2. J

    Junho

    글쎄요. 불도 꺼졌고 가방도 없고… 오늘은 수업이 없나 봐요.

    Who knows. The lights are off, there are no bags… There must be no class today.

  3. Hoya

    정말요? 그럼 저는 집에 가서 자도 돼요?

    Really? Then can I go home and sleep?

Inside the unit

  1. 1
    SceneA short scene with Sori, Hoya and the people around them, every line with its English
  2. 2
    Grammar4 patterns: why you need it now, the rule, a table and examples
  3. 3
    Sori’s tipsExceptions, reasons and easily confused pairs
  4. 4
    Hoya’s notebookLife in Korea, in Hoya’s own words
  5. 5
    Words28 words, which go into your spaced review
  6. 6
    PracticeFill the gap, build the sentence, pick the reply — and fix Hoya’s mistakes
  7. 7
    Review roomQuestions from this unit and earlier ones, each marked with where it comes from
  8. 8
    Read & writeA short reading with questions, and a writing task with a model answer
  9. 9
    Cheat sheetThe whole unit on one printable card