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Building polite past forms

Tap each dictionary form, then tap the column for its polite past ending.

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Question 1

Sort these regular verbs by the ending used to make their polite past form.

Question 2

Sort these verbs by the vowel in their final stem syllable after making the contracted polite past form.

Question 3

Sort these activity verbs by their polite past ending; treat 하다 verbs as a separate group.

Question 4

Sort these descriptive predicates by the ending needed to describe a past state.

Practice Building polite past forms with this interactive word-sorting exercise of 4 questions. Tap each word into the column it belongs in, then submit to check your answers and get detailed feedback on every set.

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 Building polite past forms in everyday Korean.

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