Tip 1 for “Listen – choose the picture” questions?

In the seconds before the audio, glance at the four pictures and name them in Korean; find what differs between them (object? verb? position? time?).

Tip 2 for “Listen – choose the picture” questions?

Once you know the difference, listen only for that word (if all four show a cup and a box, listen for the position word).

Tip 3 for “Listen – choose the picture” questions?

Position words: 위, 아래/밑, 안, 밖, 옆, 앞, 뒤 + 에 있습니다. Time: hours in native numbers (세 시), minutes in Sino-Korean (삼십 분), 반 = half past.

Tip 4 for “Listen – choose the picture” questions?

Trap pictures keep one correct detail (same object, different action; same action, different place) — check 'who – does what – where – with what'.

EPS-TOPIK · Listening · Questions 21–24 · Level 1

Listen – choose the picture

듣고 알맞은 그림 고르기

Listen to one short sentence (an object, action, position, weather or time) and choose the matching picture out of four.

Test tips

In the seconds before the audio, glance at the four pictures and name them in Korean; find what differs between them (object? verb? position? time?).
Once you know the difference, listen only for that word (if all four show a cup and a box, listen for the position word).
Position words: 위, 아래/밑, 안, 밖, 옆, 앞, 뒤 + 에 있습니다. Time: hours in native numbers (세 시), minutes in Sino-Korean (삼십 분), 반 = half past.
Trap pictures keep one correct detail (same object, different action; same action, different place) — check 'who – does what – where – with what'.
Answer as soon as you hear it, then preview the next item's pictures; don't go back.

Signal words and patterns

When you see these in a question, they point to the answer or to a trap.

이것은 ~입니다
-고 있습니다
위 / 아래 / 안 / 옆
시 / 분 / 반
-(으)로 (công cụ, phương tiện)
N에서
-이/가 오다 (날씨)

Worked examples

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Transcript

다음을 듣고 알맞은 그림을 고르십시오.

Explanation

Before the audio, glance at the four pictures and name them in Korean: 망치 (hammer), 가위 (scissors), 줄자 (tape measure), 스패너 (spanner). Then you only need to catch one noun. The speaker says '이것은 줄자입니다', so picture 3. The other tools all belong on a site, so they confuse you only if you don't know '줄자' (줄 'string' + 자 'ruler') — learning compounds this way makes them stick.

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줄자
망치
가위
스패너

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