Workbook: Unit 29: Good at, Bad at (잘하다, 못하다)

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Workbook: Unit 29 - Good at / Bad at

Practice expressing your skills and abilities!

Exercise 1: 잘해요 vs 못해요

Choose whether the speaker is good at or bad at the activity based on the Korean phrase.

  1. 수영 못해요. -> [ Good at swimming / Bad at swimming ]
  2. 요리 잘해요. -> [ Good at cooking / Bad at cooking ]
  3. 노래 잘 못해요. -> [ Excellent at singing / Not very good at singing ]

Exercise 2: Translation

Translate the following sentences into Korean.

Vocabulary: * 영어 (yeong-eo) = English language * 운전 (un-jeon) = Driving * 농구 (nong-gu) = Basketball

  1. I am good at English.
  2. I am bad at driving. (Use the strong "못해요")
  3. I am not very good at basketball. (Use the softer "잘 못해요")

Exercise 3: Humility

Someone compliments you: "한국어 잘해요!" (You speak Korean well!). How would you humbly reply, "No, I am not very good at Korean"? (No = 아니요).

Answer Key

(Try not to look until you are finished!)

Click to reveal answers **Exercise 1:** 1. Bad at swimming 2. Good at cooking 3. Not very good at singing **Exercise 2:** 1. 영어 잘해요. 2. 운전 못해요. 3. 농구 잘 못해요. **Exercise 3:** 아니요, 한국어 잘 못해요.
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