Level 3 · Unit 11
The window was left open
The window was left open
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
- 피동 -이/히/리/기- · N이/가 + passive verbPassive verbs — when something happens to the thing
- V-아/어 있다The state that stays behind
- 사동 -이/히/리/기/우-Causative verbs — making someone or something do it
- V-게 하다 · 못 V-게 하다Making or letting someone — the causative that works on any verb
Sori’s tips in this unit
- Passive or causative? Same suffixes, opposite direction
- Three ways to say 'it is like that': -아/어 있다 · -고 있다 · -아/어 놓다
- More passives: -되다 · -받다 · -당하다 · -아/어지다
- 시키다: 'make someone do it' and 'order'
The scene opens
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소리쌤, 제 가방이 안 보여요!
Sori-ssaem, I can't see my bag!
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어디에 놓았어요?
Where did you put it?
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창가 의자 위에 놓았는데요. 그런데 지금 창문이 열려 있어요. 저는 안 열었어요.
I put it on the chair by the window. But now the window is open. I didn't open it.
Inside the unit
- 1SceneA short scene with Sori, Hoya and the people around them, every line with its English
- 2Grammar4 patterns: why you need it now, the rule, a table and examples
- 3Sori’s tipsExceptions, reasons and easily confused pairs
- 4Hoya’s notebookLife in Korea, in Hoya’s own words
- 5Words30 words, which go into your spaced review
- 6PracticeFill the gap, build the sentence, pick the reply — and fix Hoya’s mistakes
- 7Review roomQuestions from this unit and earlier ones, each marked with where it comes from
- 8Read & writeA short reading with questions, and a writing task with a model answer
- 9Cheat sheetThe whole unit on one printable card