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Using short 못 and long -지 못하다

Choose the natural inability form for each situation. Pay attention to meaning, tense, and the spacing of 못 and -지 못하다.

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Question 1

The bus is late, so reaching today’s meeting is impossible. 오늘 회의에 _____.

Options: 못 가요, 못가요, 안 가요

Question 2

A peanut allergy makes eating peanuts impossible. 저는 땅콩을 _____.

Options: 먹지 않아요, 못 먹어요, 안 먹어요

Question 3

Construction noise outside prevents sleep. 오늘은 _____.

Options: 잤어요, 안 자요, 못 자요

Question 4

Without a passport, overseas travel is impossible. 저는 해외에 _____.

Options: 가지 못해요, 가지못해요, 가지 않아요

Question 5

A toothache prevents eating hard food. 단단한 음식을 _____.

Options: 먹지 않아요, 먹지 못해요, 못 먹었어요

Question 6

Your schedules do not match, so meeting this week is impossible. 이번 주에는 담당자를 _____.

Options: 만나지 않아요, 만났어요, 만나지 못해요

Question 7

The reservation website is broken. 지금은 표를 _____.

Options: 예약하지 못해요, 예약하지 않아요, 예약했어요

Question 8

Heavy snow makes driving impossible today. 오늘은 _____.

Options: 운전 안 해요, 운전 못 해요, 운전 못 했어요

Question 9

The stove is broken, so cooking dinner is impossible. 저녁을 _____.

Options: 요리하지 않아요, 요리했어요, 요리하지 못해요

Question 10

A business trip makes attending tomorrow’s meeting impossible. 내일 회의에 _____.

Options: 참석하지 못해요, 참석하지 않아요, 참석했어요

Question 11

You never learned to swim and are not good at it. 저는 수영을 _____.

Options: 안 해요, 못해요, 못 했어요

Question 12

You can normally do the homework, but work leaves no time today. 오늘은 숙제를 _____.

Options: 못 했어요, 안 해요, 못 해요

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