Intermediate Check-in: Influence & Reporting

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TL;DR 🦄

🧭 This is an Intermediate Check-in for Korean influence and reporting grammar.

You’ll test how well you can choose between causative, passive, reported speech, heard-information confirmation, and source-based reporting.

Open each Answer toggle only after trying. The goal is to see whether you can track who caused it, what happened to it, and who said it.

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🎧 Iru Helper Note — Use

Korean Helper Widgets to listen to your full answer sentences. Focus on rhythm differences between 먹였어요, 먹게 했어요, 닫혔어요, 간다면서요?, and -에 의하면. 🎧

🌈 What This Check-in Tests

This page checks whether you can understand and produce grammar that changes the sentence perspective:

Influence: someone makes, lets, causes, orders, or helps something happen.

Reception: something is affected, closed, seen, sold, solved, or changed.

Reporting: someone said, heard, claimed, confirmed, or reported information.

You are ready for this check-in if you can roughly recognize:

-이/히/리/기/우/구/추- — built-in causative forms like 먹이다, 앉히다, 재우다

-게 하다 / 시키다 — make/let/have someone do something

-이/히/리/기- passive forms like 보이다, 닫히다, 열리다, 끊기다

-아/어지다 — become / get changed, sometimes passive-like

-아/어 있다 — resulting state

-다고 하다, -대요 — reported speech

-다면서요? — I heard that…, is that right?

-에 의하면 — according to

-(으)ㄴ/는 사실 — the fact that

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Introduction to Causative Form: -이/히/리/기/우/구/추-

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Introduction to Passive Form: -이/히/리/기-

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Reporting a Discovery: -다면서요?

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According to: -에 의하면

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The fact that: -(으)ㄴ/는 사실

🧭 How to Use This Assessment

Try each question without opening the answer.

Say your answer aloud.

Open the Answer toggle and mark yourself:

✅ Correct and natural

🟡 Understandable but perspective is shaky

❌ Wrong grammar, wrong role, or wrong form

Count your score at the end.

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Score Guide

45–50: Influence-and-reporting goblin certified. Move forward. 🧭✨

35–44: Strong, but review the grammar types you missed.

25–34: You understand the ideas, but role tracking needs practice.

0–24: Review causative, passive, and reporting lessons before continuing.

Exercise 1 — Choose the Right Perspective 🧩

A. “Mom fed the baby.”

① 엄마가 아기에게 밥을 먹였어요 / ② 엄마가 밥을 먹혔어요

Answer

① 엄마가 아기에게 밥을 먹였어요 — causative 먹이다 = to feed.

B. “The door was closed.”

① 문이 닫혔어요 / ② 문을 닫혔어요

Answer

① 문이 닫혔어요 — passive subject uses 이/가.

C. “The teacher made the student read.”

① 선생님이 학생에게 책을 읽혔어요 / ② 학생이 선생님에게 책을 읽혔어요

Answer

① 선생님이 학생에게 책을 읽혔어요 — the teacher is the causer.

D. “The tickets were sold.”

① 표가 팔렸어요 / ② 표를 팔렸어요

Answer

① 표가 팔렸어요 — passive 팔다 → 팔리다.

E. “I heard they’re going tomorrow, right?”

① 내일 간다면서요? / ② 내일 가더라고요?

Answer

① 내일 간다면서요? — confirms heard information.

F. “According to the announcement, the meeting was canceled.”

① 공지에 의하면 회의가 취소됐어요 / ② 공지라면서요 회의가 취소됐어요

Answer

① 공지에 의하면 회의가 취소됐어요 — source-based reporting.

G. “They say the store is closed today.”

① 오늘 가게가 쉰대요 / ② 오늘 가게가 쉬게 해요

Answer

① 오늘 가게가 쉰대요 — -대요 reports what someone says.

H. “Dad put the child to sleep.”

① 아빠가 아이를 재웠어요 / ② 아이가 아빠를 잤어요

Answer

① 아빠가 아이를 재웠어요 — 자다 → 재우다.

I. “The problem got solved.”

① 문제가 풀렸어요 / ② 문제를 풀렸어요

Answer

① 문제가 풀렸어요 — passive/intransitive result.

J. “The fact that the time changed is important.”

① 시간이 바뀌었다는 사실이 중요해요 / ② 시간이 바뀌게 사실이 중요해요

Answer

① 시간이 바뀌었다는 사실이 중요해요 — -다는 사실 turns a clause into “the fact that…”

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Perspective Map

make/feed/seat/put to sleep → causative

be seen/closed/sold/solved → passive

I heard…, right? → -다면서요?

They say… → -대요

According to… → -에 의하면

The fact that… → -다는 사실

Exercise 2 — Build the Correct Form 🔧

A. 먹다 → 엄마가 아기에게 밥을 ＿＿＿＿.

Answer

먹였어요 — 먹이다 = to feed.

B. 자다 → 아빠가 아이를 ＿＿＿＿.

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재웠어요 — 자다 → 재우다.

C. 앉다 → 선생님이 학생을 의자에 ＿＿＿＿.

Answer

앉혔어요 — 앉히다 = to seat someone.

D. 닫다 → 문이 ＿＿＿＿.

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닫혔어요 — passive 닫히다.

E. 열다 → 가게가 아침에 ＿＿＿＿.

Answer

열렸어요 — passive/intransitive 열리다.

F. 팔다 → 표가 다 ＿＿＿＿.

Answer

팔렸어요 — passive 팔리다.

G. 가다 + -다면서요? → 내일 ＿＿＿＿?

Answer

간다면서요? — action verb without batchim: -ㄴ다면서요?

H. 먹다 + -다면서요? → 매운 음식을 ＿＿＿＿?

Answer

먹는다면서요? — action verb with batchim: -는다면서요?

I. 학생 + -라면서요? → 그 사람이 ＿＿＿＿?

Answer

학생이라면서요? — noun with batchim uses 이라면서요?

J. 취소되다 + -다는 사실 → 회의가 ＿＿＿＿ 중요해요.

Answer

취소됐다는 사실이 — “the fact that the meeting was canceled.”

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Form Reminders

먹이다 → 먹였어요

재우다 → 재웠어요

닫히다 → 닫혔어요

열리다 → 열렸어요

가다 → 간다면서요?

먹다 → 먹는다면서요?

Exercise 3 — Identify the Grammar Type 🔍

For each sentence, identify the type: Causative suffix, -게 하다, 시키다, Passive, Resulting state, Heard confirmation, Reported statement, Source reporting, or Fact clause.

A. 엄마가 아기에게 밥을 먹였어요.

Answer

Causative suffix — 먹이다 = feed.

B. 선생님이 학생에게 발표하게 했어요.

Answer

-게 하다 — made/had the student present.

C. 팀장이 직원에게 자료 조사를 시켰어요.

Answer

시키다 — had/ordered the employee to research materials.

D. 문이 갑자기 닫혔어요.

Answer

Passive — the door got closed.

E. 문이 닫혀 있어요.

Answer

Resulting state — the door is in a closed state.

F. 내일 회의가 있다면서요?

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Heard confirmation — I heard there is a meeting tomorrow, right?

G. 내일 회의가 있대요.

Answer

Reported statement — They say there is a meeting tomorrow.

H. 공지에 의하면 회의가 연기됐어요.

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Source reporting — according to the notice.

I. 회의가 연기됐다는 사실을 몰랐어요.

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Fact clause — the fact that the meeting was postponed.

J. 친구가 저를 웃겼어요.

Answer

Causative suffix — 웃기다 = to make laugh / be funny.

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Reading Strategy

Ask three questions:

Who caused the action?

What thing/person was affected?

Is this information being reported, confirmed, or sourced?

Exercise 4 — Repair the Role or Reporting Mistake 🛠️

A. ❌ 아기가 밥을 먹였어요. (intended: Mom fed the baby)

✅ ＿＿＿＿

Answer

엄마가 아기에게 밥을 먹였어요. — the causer is Mom.

B. ❌ 문을 닫혔어요. (intended: The door was closed)

✅ ＿＿＿＿

Answer

문이 닫혔어요. — passive subject uses 이/가.

C. ❌ 표를 다 팔렸어요. (intended: The tickets were all sold)

✅ ＿＿＿＿

Answer

표가 다 팔렸어요.

D. ❌ 학생이 선생님에게 발표하게 했어요. (intended: The teacher made the student present)

✅ ＿＿＿＿

Answer

선생님이 학생에게 발표하게 했어요.

E. ❌ 먹다면서요? (intended: I heard they eat, right?)

✅ ＿＿＿＿

Answer

먹는다면서요? — action verb with batchim uses -는다면서요?.

F. ❌ 학생라면서요? (intended: I heard they’re a student, right?)

✅ ＿＿＿＿

Answer

학생이라면서요? — noun with batchim uses 이라면서요?.

G. ❌ 공지라면서요 회의가 취소됐어요. (intended: According to the notice)

✅ ＿＿＿＿

Answer

공지에 의하면 회의가 취소됐어요.

H. ❌ 회의가 취소되게 사실을 몰랐어요. (intended: I didn’t know the fact that the meeting was canceled)

✅ ＿＿＿＿

Answer

회의가 취소됐다는 사실을 몰랐어요.

I. ❌ 문이 닫혔어 있어요. (intended: The door is closed)

✅ ＿＿＿＿

Answer

문이 닫혀 있어요. — resulting state uses -아/어 있어요.

J. ❌ 친구가 저를 웃었어요. (intended: My friend made me laugh)

✅ ＿＿＿＿

Answer

친구가 저를 웃겼어요. — 웃기다 = to make laugh.

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Common Traps

Passive affected things usually take 이/가.

Causative sentences need a clear causer and causee.

-다면서요? confirms heard information; it is not a general “according to.”

-다는 사실 turns a full clause into a noun phrase.

-아/어 있어요 describes the state after something happened.

Exercise 5 — Mini Dialogue: Choose the Missing Grammar 🧪

Read each mini dialogue and choose the best missing expression.

A. 아기가 배고파요. 엄마가 아기에게 밥을 ＿＿＿＿.

① 먹여요 / ② 먹혀요 / ③ 먹는다면서요

Answer

① 먹여요 — Mom feeds the baby.

B. 밖이 시끄러웠는데 갑자기 문이 ＿＿＿＿.

① 닫혔어요 / ② 닫았어요 / ③ 닫게 했어요

Answer

① 닫혔어요 — the door got closed.

C. 선생님이 학생들에게 숙제를 ＿＿＿＿.

① 시켰어요 / ② 시작했어요 / ③ 풀렸어요

Answer

① 시켰어요 — assigned / made them do homework.

D. 뉴스에 의하면 내일 비가 ＿＿＿＿.

① 온대요 / ② 오게 해요 / ③ 왔어요?

Answer

① 온대요 — reported future/weather information.

E. 그 식당이 유명하다면서요? 저도 ＿＿＿＿.

① 들었어요 / ② 먹였어요 / ③ 닫혔어요

Answer

① 들었어요 — “I heard that too.”

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Dialogue Clues

baby + food + parent → causative 먹이다

door + happened by itself/unknown agent → passive 닫히다

teacher + homework → 시키다

news/notice/report → -대요, -에 의하면

“I heard…, right?” → -다면서요?

Exercise 6 — Translation Challenge ✍️

Translate the English meaning into natural Korean using the target grammar.

A. Mom fed the child.

Target: causative suffix

Answer

엄마가 아이에게 밥을 먹였어요.

B. The door was closed.

Target: passive

Answer

문이 닫혔어요.

C. The teacher made the student present.

Target: -게 하다

Answer

선생님이 학생에게 발표하게 했어요.

D. The team lead assigned the employee data research.

Target: 시키다

Answer

팀장이 직원에게 자료 조사를 시켰어요.

E. The tickets were all sold.

Target: passive

Answer

표가 다 팔렸어요.

F. I heard the café is closed today, right?

Target: -다면서요?

Answer

오늘 카페가 쉰다면서요?

G. They say the meeting was canceled.

Target: reported statement

Answer

회의가 취소됐대요.

H. According to the announcement, the schedule changed.

Target: -에 의하면

Answer

공지에 의하면 일정이 바뀌었어요.

I. I didn’t know the fact that the time changed.

Target: -다는 사실

Answer

시간이 바뀌었다는 사실을 몰랐어요.

J. The door is closed.

Target: resulting state

Answer

문이 닫혀 있어요.

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Vocabulary Box

먹이다 → to feed

닫히다 → to be closed

발표하다 → to present

시키다 → to make/order/assign

자료 조사 → data/materials research

팔리다 → to be sold

쉬다 → to rest / be closed

취소되다 → to be canceled

공지 → notice / announcement

일정 → schedule

🧮 Final Score & Next Steps

Count your correct answers out of 50:

Exercise 1: 10

Exercise 2: 10

Exercise 3: 10

Exercise 4: 10

Exercise 5: 5

Exercise 6: 10 (choose your best 5 if you want a 50-point score, or count all for 55 bonus mode)

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Review Plan

Missed many causative questions? Review 먹이다, 앉히다, 재우다, -게 하다, and 시키다.

Missed many passive questions? Review 닫히다, 열리다, 팔리다, passive particles, and -아/어 있다.

Missed many reporting questions? Review -다고 하다, -대요, -다면서요?, and -에 의하면.

Missed many fact-clause questions? Review -(으)ㄴ/는 사실 and how full clauses become nouns.

🎉 Check-in complete. If you can track who caused it, what was affected, and who reported it, you’re ready for more advanced passive, causative, and quotation work. 🧭✨