Midterm guides

1. Be sure to be able to answer the following questions:

• 한국 음식 먹어 봤어요? 맛이 어땠어요?
  
• 매운 음식 잘 먹어요?
  
• 요즘 날씨가 어때요?
  Describe the change to the effect of saying that the weather had been such and such, and now it has become . . .
  
• 무슨 계절을 좋아하세요? 왜요?
  어떤 날씨를 좋아하세요? Contrast two different kinds of weather.
  
• 졸업하면 뭐 할 거예요?
  Give your best wishes for your career which may not be reached in reality.
  
• 할 줄 아는 악기/운동/외국어 있어요? 뭐 할 줄 알아요? 언제부터 하기 시작했어요?
  
• 취미가 뭐예요? Answer in the format of '. . .~는 거 좋아해요.'
  
• 하기 싫은 거 있어요? 뭐 하기 싫어해요?

2. You are a T.V. meteorologist. Based on the given information, give a weather forecast.

3. Give a short narration about Linda based on the following info. Use conjunctions properly, paying attention to the bold faced:

Linda likes playing sports. But she cannot swim.
So she decided to learn swimming from Steve.
But then, today she didn't bring her swimming suit.
So she cannot go to learn swimming today.

4. Give a narration about what you do in the evening. Make sure to include what you do before you go to bed. Use ~고 나서, ~(으)ㄴ 후에, ~기 전에 at least once.

5. Describe your hobby and/or talent. Explain when you began to learn, and your current skill.

6. You went back to your old school, and show around the campus to your friend. Describe the campus in terms of the activities you used to do.

Grammar patterns to study:

1. Future events:

• ~겠습니다 [predicting a prospective situation] (G1.6) cf. ~(으)ㄹ 거예요

2. Chage of states

• ~어/아지다 (G1.1)

3. Desire, wish

• ~었/았으면 하다 (G1.5) cf. ~고 싶다 (G10.2)

4. Speaker's assessment

• ~잖아요 (G1.2)
• ~겠어요 (G12.2)
• ~네요: ~네요, ~었네요, ~겠네요, ~었겠네요
• ~(으)ㄹ 수 있다 (G15.1) vs. ~(으)ㄹ 줄 알다 (G17.5)

5. Expressing/asking one's intention

• ~겠어요 (G13.5), ~겠습니다 (G1.6)
• ~(으)ㄹ래요 (G11.2), ~(으)ㄹ게요 (G13.3)

6. Others

• ~어/아 주다/드리다 (G13.1)
• ~어/아 보다 (G16.1)
• ~지 않다 (G16.5)
• ~기 때문에 (G16.3)
• ~(으)ㄹ 수 있다/없다 (G15.1) vs. ~(으)ㄹ 줄 알다/모르다 (G17.5)
• ~(으)면 (G17.2)
• ~던 (G1.3)

7. Time related expressions:

• ~(으)ㄹ 때 (G17.4) vs. ~(으)면 (G17.2)
• ~고 나서 (G15.5), ~(으)ㄴ 후/다음에 (G1.4)
• ~기 전에 (L17C1)
• ~기 시작하다 (L17C2)

8. For nouns:

• . . .-보다 더 (G17.3)