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Level 3 · Unit 11

The window was left open

The window was left open

Hoya's bag goes missing at the café.

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

  1. Hoya

    소리쌤, 제 가방이 안 보여요!

    Sori-ssaem, I can't see my bag!

  2. Sori

    어디에 놓았어요?

    Where did you put it?

  3. Hoya

    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

  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
    Words30 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