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Build subject-honorific sentences

Arrange the tiles to build the honorific sentence. Items 1–9 use formal 합니다체; items 10–12 use everyday 해요체. Leave both incorrect form, tense, particle, or register tiles unused.

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Question 1

Build the formal statement “Teacher Kim comes to school.” Start with 김 선생님께서. _____

Options: 김 선생님께서 학교에 오십니다., 오으십니다., 옵니다.

Question 2

Build the formal statement “My grandmother reads the newspaper.” Start with 우리 할머니께서. _____

Options: 읽습니다., 우리 할머니께서 신문을 읽으십니다., 읽으셨어요.

Question 3

Build the formal statement “My father lives in Busan.” Start with 제 아버지께서. _____

Options: 살으십니다., 살십니다., 제 아버지께서 부산에 사십니다.

Question 4

Build the formal description “Professor Park listens to the student’s question.” Start with 박 교수님께서. _____

Options: 박 교수님께서 학생의 질문을 들으십니다., 듣으십니다., 듣습니다.

Question 5

Build the formal description “The hospital director helps the patient.” Start with 병원 원장님께서. _____

Options: 돕으십니다., 환자가, 병원 원장님께서 환자를 도우십니다.

Question 6

Build the formal progressive description “The architecture-office director is building a new library.” Start with 건축 사무소 소장님께서. _____

Options: 짓으세요., 계셨어요., 건축 사무소 소장님께서 새 도서관을 짓고 계십니다.

Question 7

Build the formal past statement “The principal came to the event.” Start with 교장 선생님께서. _____

Options: 교장 선생님께서 행사에 오셨습니다., 오세요., 왔습니다.

Question 8

Build the formal report “The famous author introduces the new book.” Start with 유명한 작가 선생님께서. _____

Options: 소개합니다., 유명한 작가 선생님께서 새 책을 소개하십니다., 소개하셨습니다.

Question 9

Build the formal habitual statement “My grandfather goes to bed early every night.” Start with 제 할아버지께서 밤마다. _____

Options: 자십니다., 제 할아버지께서 밤마다 일찍 주무십니다., 주무셨어요.

Question 10

Build the everyday-polite statement “Professor Kim is in the office.” Start with 김 교수님께서. _____

Options: 있으세요., 있어요., 김 교수님께서 사무실에 계세요.

Question 11

Build the everyday-polite current-action question “Is Grandmother eating lunch?” Start with 할머니께서. _____

Options: 할머니께서 점심을 드시고 계세요?, 드셨어요?, 먹어요?

Question 12

Build the everyday-polite statement “The director is not in the office.” Start with 원장님께서. _____

Options: 있으세요., 계셨어요., 원장님께서 사무실에 안 계세요.

Practice Build subject-honorific sentences with this interactive sentence-building exercise of 12 questions. Tap the words into the correct order to build each sentence, then submit to check your answers and get detailed feedback on every sentence.

Practicing grammar in real sentences — rather than memorising rules in isolation — is one of the most effective ways to make a structure stick. You can retry as many times as you like to build accuracy and confidence using Build subject-honorific sentences in everyday Korean.

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