Week 4 Review: Month 1 Complete

By the end of this lesson you can:

• Produce native Korean and Sino-Korean numbers side by side and build counting phrases with all 7 counters (75 review items in all)
• Choose the correct particle (은/는 or 이/가) and copula form (이에요 or 예요) in complete sentences, and complete a real dialogue using 있어요/없어요
• Confirm every Month 1 milestone: Hangul reading, sound-change rules, roughly 110 active words, and the two core sentence patterns of Korean

TOPIK 1 skills: Numbers, calendar & basic sentence grammar (review)

No new content today. This is the biggest review of the course so far: Parts 1–6 test everything from Week 4 (native numbers and counters, the calendar, 은/는 with 이에요/예요, and 이/가 with 있어요/없어요), and Parts 7–8 close out Month 1 with a cumulative milestone check and your final score.

Review Objectives

• Produce native Korean and Sino-Korean numbers side by side, and pick the right system for objects, hours, minutes, age, money, and dates
• Rebuild counting phrases with the 7 counters 개 명 잔 권 마리 장 번, including the 5 short forms 한 두 세 네 스무
• Recall all 7 days of the week, all 12 months (including the contractions 유월 and 시월), and the calendar time words
• Choose 은/는, 이에요/예요, and 이/가 correctly in complete sentences without hesitation
• Complete a full dialogue using 있어요/없어요, then confirm every Month 1 milestone

This lesson reviews: Lesson 16 · Native Korean Numbers & Counters; Lesson 17 · Days, Months & Calendar; Lesson 18 · 은/는 & 이에요/예요; Lesson 19 · 이/가 있어요 · 없어요

How this review works: each part gives you the prompt side only. Say your answer aloud before looking it up in the Answer Key at the end of the lesson. Any item that takes more than 3 seconds goes into tonight’s drill pile.

Part 1 · Quick-Recall Warmup

10 rapid-fire items from across Week 4: say the meaning before checking. Each row shows a Korean word. Say its English meaning aloud, then confirm it in the Answer Key. Aim for instant recall: this is your warm engine start.

Part 2 · Lesson 16: Numbers & Counters

Both Systems, Side by Side

Digits → both numbers. For each digit, say both the native Korean and the Sino-Korean number aloud. An item only counts as correct if you produce both. This is the drill that proves the two systems live side by side in your head.

11. 1
12. 2
13. 3
14. 4
15. 7
16. 8
17. 10
18. 20
19. 30

Counting Phrases: English → Korean

Build the full phrase: noun + number + counter. Remember the short forms for 1–4 and 스물, and remember which counter fits the category. Hours are native, minutes are Sino.

20. two apples
21. one coffee
22. four people
23. three books
24. two cats
25. five sheets of paper
26. one photograph
27. twice (two times)
28. twenty tickets
29. 4 o’clock
30. 3:30

Which System?

Age and money: the two classic traps. Say the complete Korean expression, counter included.

31. 25 years old
32. 5,000 won

TIP: The one rule that handles most cases: counting physical things or people with a counter word → native Korean. Money, minutes, dates, and institutional numbering → Sino-Korean. Hours are the trickiest: hours = native, minutes = Sino (two systems inside one time expression).

Part 3 · Lesson 17: Days, Months & Calendar

Reading: Korean → English

Say the English meaning before checking.

Writing from English: English → Korean

Think of the Korean word and say it aloud before checking the Answer Key.

43. today
44. tomorrow
45. yesterday
46. this week
47. next week
48. last year
49. this year
50. birthday

Full Dates

Say the complete date in Korean, largest to smallest. Watch for the two contracted months.

51. March 15
52. June 6, a Wednesday
53. October 9 (Hangul Day)

Part 4 · Lesson 18: 은/는 & 이에요/예요

Fill in the particle or copula. For each sentence, decide which form the blank takes (은 or 는, 이에요 or 예요) based on whether the preceding noun ends in a consonant (받침) or a vowel. Say the complete sentence aloud.

54. 저___ 학생이에요.
55. 이름___ 뭐예요?
56. 오늘___ 금요일이에요.
57. 취미___ 뭐예요?
58. 저는 의사___.
59. 저는 회사원___.
60. 이것___ 책이에요.
61. 제 친구___ 한국 사람이에요.

RECALL: The split exists entirely for pronunciation: 은 and 이에요 after a consonant, 는 and 예요 after a vowel. Same logic, two different grammar points. If you can hear whether the last syllable has a 받침, you can never get these wrong.

Part 5 · Lesson 19: 이/가 있어요 · 없어요

Items 62–67: fill in the subject particle. 이 after a consonant ending, 가 after a vowel ending. Say the full sentence aloud.

62. 시간___ 없어요.
63. 고양이___ 있어요.
64. 돈___ 있어요?
65. 커피___ 없어요.
66. 화장실___ 어디에 있어요?
67. 숙제___ 없어요.

Items 68–70: build the whole sentence from the English cue. Correct particle, correct verb.

68. I have a Korean friend.
69. Is there a café nearby?
70. I don’t have time tomorrow.

Part 6 · Dialogue Completion

약속 잡기 (making plans). Five blanks, numbered 71–75. Each blank is a particle or verb form from Lessons 18–19. Say the completed line aloud before checking the Answer Key.

A: 안녕하세요! 이번 주말에 시간이 (71) ___? an-nyeong-ha-se-yo! i-beon ju-ma-re si-ga-ni (71) ___? Hello! Do you have time this weekend?

B: 토요일에는 시간이 (72) ___. 일요일에는 있어요. to-yo-i-re-neun si-ga-ni (72) ___. i-ryo-i-re-neun i-sseo-yo. On Saturday I don’t have time. On Sunday I do.

A: 좋아요! 근처에 카페(73)___ 있어요. jo-a-yo! geun-cheo-e ka-pe-(73)___ i-sseo-yo. Great! There’s a café nearby.

B: 카페 이름(74)___ 뭐예요? ka-pe i-reum-(74)___ mwo-ye-yo? What’s the name of the café?

A: ‘카미 카페’(75). 일요일에 만나요! ‘ka-mi ka-pe’-(75). i-ryo-i-re man-na-yo! It’s ‘Cami Café’. See you on Sunday!

B: 네! 또 만나요! ne! tto man-na-yo! Yes! See you then!

Part 7 · Month 1 Milestone Checklist

The cumulative check: everything since Lesson 1. Tick a box only if you can do it right now, from memory, without looking anything up. Every unticked box is a named review target before Month 2.

• Hangul reading: I can read any written Korean word aloud, letter by letter (Weeks 1–2)
• Sound-change rules: I apply the pronunciation shifts from Week 2 in real words: 없어요 [업써요], 십육 [심뉵], 읽었어요 [일거써요]
• Vocabulary: my active deck stands at roughly 110 items, and I can produce them in both directions (Korean → English and English → Korean)
• Greetings & polite expressions: all 15 greetings and the 10 polite expressions, matched to their situations (Week 3)
• Self-introduction: five lines from memory, spoken naturally in under 45 seconds (Lessons 12 & 15)
• Two number systems: Sino-Korean 1–100 and native Korean 1–99, with the right system for objects, hours, minutes, age, money, and dates (Lessons 14 & 16)
• Counters: 개 명 잔 권 마리 장 번, with the short forms 한 두 세 네 스무 (Lesson 16)
• Calendar: all 7 days, all 12 months including 유월 and 시월, and full dates in [year]년 [month]월 [day]일 [weekday]요일 order (Lesson 17)
• Sentence pattern 1: [topic]은/는 + [noun]이에요/예요, including questions and the negative 이/가 아니에요 (Lesson 18)
• Sentence pattern 2: [subject]이/가 + 있어요/없어요, for both possession and location (Lesson 19)

MILESTONE: Month 1 complete. One month ago you couldn’t read a single letter of Korean. Today you read every word, run two number systems, navigate the calendar, and produce the two sentence patterns that carry an enormous share of everyday Korean: identity (이에요/예요) and existence (있어요/없어요). That is a real foundation, not a collection of phrases.

Part 8 · Self-Assessment

How did Month 1 land? Count your correct responses across Parts 1–6: 75 items in all (10 warmup + 22 numbers + 21 calendar + 8 topic-particle + 9 subject-particle + 5 dialogue blanks). The Part 7 checklist is a readiness check, not a score. A hesitation over 3 seconds counts as a miss. Be honest: this score is only useful if it’s accurate.

Your Month 1 Score (out of 75 items)

Where were your misses? Each part maps to one lesson: that lesson is your prescription.

• Most misses in Part 2 → redo Lesson 16 (and Lesson 14 if the Sino-Korean side failed)
• Most misses in Part 3 → redo Lesson 17
• Most misses in Part 4 → redo Lesson 18
• Most misses in Parts 5–6 → redo Lesson 19
• Warmup misses → the Answer Key notes tag each item’s source lesson

CULTURE: 한 달 완료 (One Month Done). 한 달 (one month) of Korean is behind you. Think about what that actually means: four weeks ago Hangul was a wall of unfamiliar shapes. Now you read it, you know how it shifts in natural speech, you count in two systems, you own the calendar, and you build real sentences with real grammar. When Koreans see a learner introduce themselves with 저는 ___이에요, ask 시간이 있어요?, and get the counter right in 커피 두 잔 주세요 (after one month), the reaction is genuine respect. 축하해요! (Congratulations!)

Month 2 takes the two sentence patterns you now own and starts expanding them: more verbs, more particles, more of the machinery that turns patterns into free conversation. Everything ahead stands on what you verified today. 화이팅!

Homework

Closing out Month 1…

1. Pull every item from today that took over 3 seconds. Give the pile a targeted 10-minute drill session: both directions, Korean → English and English → Korean. Retire an item only when it comes back instantly twice in a row.
2. Write and speak your upgraded 자기소개: the five-line introduction from Lesson 12, plus one 있어요/없어요 line about yourself (저는 고양이가 있어요 · 저는 시간이 없어요, whatever is true). Aim for the full six lines spoken naturally in under 60 seconds.
3. Make the daily date habit permanent: every morning, say today’s full date ([month]월 [day]일 [weekday]요일) and the current time with 시 and 분. Hours native, minutes Sino. It costs 20 seconds and keeps the calendar and both number systems warm.
4. Count 1–10 in both systems side by side (하나/일, 둘/이 … 열/십), then the tens: 스물/이십, 서른/삼십. Finish by saying your age with 살 and one price with 원. If any of it stalls, that’s tonight’s drill target.
5. Month 2 starts next. Arrive with your flashcard deck current and your drill pile empty: the new material builds directly on 은/는, 이에요/예요, and 이/가 있어요/없어요. Rest well tonight. You finished Month 1. 축하해요!

Answer Key

Part 1 · Quick-Recall Warmup

Part 2 · Numbers & Counters

Both systems, side by side:

Counting phrases & which system:

Part 3 · Days, Months & Calendar

Reading (Korean → English):

Writing from English:

Full dates:

Part 4 · 은/는 & 이에요/예요

Part 5 · 이/가 있어요 · 없어요

Part 6 · Dialogue Completion

The completed dialogue:

A: 안녕하세요! 이번 주말에 시간이 있어요? an-nyeong-ha-se-yo! i-beon ju-ma-re si-ga-ni i-sseo-yo? Hello! Do you have time this weekend?

B: 토요일에는 시간이 없어요. 일요일에는 있어요. to-yo-i-re-neun si-ga-ni eop-sseo-yo. i-ryo-i-re-neun i-sseo-yo. On Saturday I don’t have time. On Sunday I do.

A: 좋아요! 근처에 카페가 있어요. jo-a-yo! geun-cheo-e ka-pe-ga i-sseo-yo. Great! There’s a café nearby.

B: 카페 이름이 뭐예요? ka-pe i-reu-mi mwo-ye-yo? What’s the name of the café?

A: ‘카미 카페’예요. 일요일에 만나요! ‘ka-mi ka-pe’-ye-yo. i-ryo-i-re man-na-yo! It’s ‘Cami Café’. See you on Sunday!

B: 네! 또 만나요! ne! tto man-na-yo! Yes! See you then!