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Build Sentences with Precise Negation Scope

Arrange the Korean eojeol so that the scope of negation exactly matches the stated meaning. The targets use plain written-style endings (-다/-았다), appropriate to this C2 set, and each item includes unused tiles that create a different scope or meaning.

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Question 1

Identify Younghee—not Minsu—as the person who did not go to Seoul. Start with 서울에. _____

Options: 서울에는, 서울에 가지 않은 사람은 민수가 아니라 영희다., 영희가, 영희는

Question 2

Begin with 갑작스러운 정전 때문에 and show that the door was not opened because it was impossible, not because of a deliberate choice. _____

Options: 않았다., 갑작스러운 정전 때문에 출입문을 열지 못했다., 안, 열었다.

Question 3

Begin with 마감일까지 지원자 한 명도 and state unambiguously that no applicant submitted the documents. _____

Options: 일부만, 모두는, 마감일까지 지원자 한 명도 서류를 제출하지 않았다., 제출했다.

Question 4

State that the reviewer read some of the material but did not read all of it. _____

Options: 전혀, 읽었다., 읽지, 검토자는 자료를 다 읽지는 않았다.

Question 5

State that, among the invited people, only Minji did not come and everyone else did. _____

Options: 초대받은 사람 중 민지만 오지 않았다., 민지도, 아무도, 왔다.

Question 6

State that circumstances leave no option but to withdraw the plan. Start with 상황상. _____

Options: 철회한다., 상황상 계획을 철회하지 않을 수 없다., 유보한다., 철회하겠다.

Question 7

Allow non-participation when there is a conflict of interest without claiming that participation itself is impossible. _____

Options: 불참해야, 참석한다., 이해 충돌 시 심의에 불참할 수 있다., 불가능하다.

Question 8

Make clear that there is no duty to submit all the additional materials, although submission itself is permitted. _____

Options: 금지된다., 추가 자료를 모두 낼 의무는 없지만 제출할 수는 있다., 불가능하다., 의무이다.

Question 9

Begin with 종수는 and state that Jongsu did not vote against the proposal; rather, he did not vote at all. _____

Options: 반대했다., 못했다., 종수는 안건에 반대한 게 아니라 표결하지 않았다., 찬성했다.

Question 10

Begin with 대표는 and state that, because the meeting schedule was not fixed, the representative did not promise to attend; do not claim whether the representative will actually attend. _____

Options: 불참하겠다고, 약속했다., 불참했다., 대표는 회의 일정이 확정되지 않아 참석하겠다고 약속하지 않았다.

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