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Polite Present: Vowel Changes

Tap each dictionary-form tile, then tap the column for its polite-present change.

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Question 1

Use the contracted polite-present forms: does the final stem vowel stay the same or combine into a different vowel?

Question 2

Sort each dictionary form by the final vowel immediately before 요 in its contracted polite-present form.

Question 3

Use the shortened polite-present forms. Sort these words by whether the final stem vowel stays unchanged or becomes ㅙ.

Question 4

Sort these dictionary forms by the special change needed for their everyday polite present.

Practice Polite Present: Vowel Changes 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 Polite Present: Vowel Changes in everyday Korean.

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