Sort into columns

Duration expressions: meaning, spacing and tense

Tap each tile, then tap its column. Sort by the rule stated on each board.

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Question 1

Sort each sentence as whole-period continuation, events counted within a period, or an expression that conflicts with the stated meaning.

Question 2

Check spacing only: sort these duration expressions into correctly spaced forms and forms that need a spacing change.

Question 3

Check the form immediately before 동안. Sort the sentences by whether that verb form follows the lesson rule, including in past and future contexts.

Question 4

Classify how the time expression frames eating: as when something happens, or as an ongoing period containing another event.

Question 5

Sort these phrases by whether the expression itself emphasizes the whole period or simply identifies a duration or containing period.

Practice Duration expressions: meaning, spacing and tense with this interactive word-sorting exercise of 5 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 Duration expressions: meaning, spacing and tense in everyday Korean.

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