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Linking Timeline and Viewpoint

Build one concise Korean narrative sentence in 한다체 for each context. Three extra tiles contrast the event timeline, quotation boundary, or viewpoint.

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Question 1

Begin with 「수아는」 and use neutral object marking to advance two completed foreground events: _____

Options: 수아는 서랍을 열고 편지를 꺼냈다., 수아가, 편지는, 꺼내리라.

Question 2

Begin with the completed reference clause 「수아가 창문을 닫았을 때」 and supply its ongoing background: _____

Options: 내렸다., 수아가 창문을 닫았을 때 밖에는 굵은 비가 내리고 있었다., 비는, 내리리라.

Question 3

Begin with 「그 순간」 and introduce the door as a new subject while shifting into narrative present: _____

Options: 열렸다., 문은, 그 순간 잠긴 문이 열린다., 열리리라.

Question 4

Begin with 「낯선 방문객이」 and continue the same narrative-present scene: _____

Options: 들어왔다., 방문객은, 문은, 낯선 방문객이 문을 밀고 들어온다.

Question 5

Begin with the exact sequence 「선희는 그를」 and place a completed meeting before the current reference scene: _____

Options: 선희는 그를 이미 만났었다., 선희가, 그는, 만난다.

Question 6

Begin with 「우리는」 and use neutral object marking for a repeated habit from the established past period: _____

Options: 우리가, 우리는 강변을 걷곤 했다., 강변은, 걸으리라.

Question 7

Use an explicit return signal and resume the narrative-present reference scene: _____

Options: 과거에는, 의자가, 다시 현재, 서윤은 빈 의자를 바라본다., 바라봤다.

Question 8

Begin with 「그 선택이」 and foreshadow a later consequence unknown to the characters: _____

Options: 선택은, 운명도, 바꾸었다., 그 선택이 두 사람의 운명을 바꾸리라.

Question 9

Preserve the speaker’s 내일 and 여기 inside a direct quotation: _____

Options: 유진은 “내일 여기서 만나요”라고 말했다., “오늘, 그곳에서, 말한다.

Question 10

Begin with the exact sequence 「유진은 다음 날」, then place 「그곳에서」 to report the proposal indirectly: _____

Options: 만나기로, 유진은 다음 날 그곳에서 만나자고 말했다., 여기서, 말한다.

Question 11

Keep the narration in present while clearly marking the character’s immediate inner question: _____

Options: 생각했다., 들어갔을까?”, 지우는 멈춰 서서 “지금 들어갈까?” 하고 생각한다., 생각하리라.

Question 12

Open the new paragraph with an explicit viewpoint marker and make Doyun scan the light at the corridor’s end: _____

Options: 살폈다., 알아챈다., 짐작한다., 한편 도윤은 복도 끝의 불빛을 살핀다.

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