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Introduction To The EPS-ToPIK and The Contents (Pages From 1 To 52) Start From Page26
Introduction To The EPS-ToPIK and The Contents (Pages From 1 To 52) Start From Page26
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Preface
This year, the number of migrant workers in Korea reached 1.2 million.
Now, foreigners play a large part in Korean society and we need to put Korean language skills as
a top priority for foreigners to help them get accustomed to their lives in Korea. In this context, the
Human Resources Development Service of Korea conducts the EPS-TOPIK as a means for better
adaptation of foreign workers in work sites by encouraging them to study the Korean language and
for fair recruiting. Therefore, we publish the Open Exercise Book and set questions for the Test.
Workers from 15 countries (alphabetically, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Indonesia,
Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand,
Timor-Leste, Uzbekistan and Vietnam) with many differences in language, culture, and economic
levels can learn the Korean language and culture as well as on-site terminologies and expressions
using this Exercise Book.
HRDKorea, having our value in the Development of Best Human Resources Who Raise the
Value of Human Beings and Companies will make our full efforts to help migrant workers
understand the Korean language and culture so that they can have happy lives in Korea. We hope
that The Open Exercise Book of the Test of Proficiency in Korean (TOPIK) will be your guide to
learning Korean.
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Contents
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EPS-TOPIK
Contents
On the First Revised Edition
Preface
11
13
15
17
19
23
Romanization Rules
26
Contents
1. VOWELS 1
27
2. VOWELS 2
29
3. CONSONANTS 1
31
4. CONSONANTS 2
33
5. CONSONANTS 3
34
6. NOUNS
35
7. am/are/is NOUN
38
8. SUBJECT PARTICLE
39
40
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44
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47
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51
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[1~160]
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[161~360]
83
[361~480]
136
[481~680]
184
[681~920 / 921~960]
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321
Contents
[1~200]
522
[201~480]
585
[481~800]
687
[801~920 / 921~960]
870
1004
EPS-TOPIK
Contents
TOPIK Question Bank
Listening
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136
184
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Contents
Reading
522
585
687
870
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Guide
Remarks
Applicants must reach a certain level of Korean proficiency for the Test.
Publication of EPS-TOPIK
(HRDK, Sending Agencies)
Applicants submit the application according to the time and place designated
by HRDK and Sending Agencies.
Only for people qualified to apply for EPS-TOPIK
EPS-TOPIK
(HRDK, Sending Agencies)
Announcement of
Qualified People
(Sending Agencies
Qualified People)
The list of successful applicants will be released via the internet, major
newspapers and the bulletin board of Sending Agencies, and they receive
the qualification certificates issued.
A guide will be given to successful applicants about schedule for health
check and registration of job application
Health Check
(Qualified People
Medical Institution)
Sending Agencies shall send the final job seekers roster to HRDK electronically.
Selection of Applicants by
Korean Employers
(Employers
Government Authorities)
Labor Contract
(Employers HRDK)
After selection, employers will send the Labor Contract to Sending Agencies
through HRDK.
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Guide
WorkersImmigration Process
Contract
(Sending Agencies
Workers)
Remarks
Labor contracts will be sent to applicants by Sending Agencies
Applicants will determine after consideration if agreeable
Contract will be made if agreed
Pre-education
(Workers Sending Agencies)
Notification of Immigration
Results & Confirmation of
Immigrants
(Sending Agencies HRDK)
Immigration of Workers
(Sending Agencies HRDK)
EPS-TOPIK
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50
200
70
25
100
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Guide
No. of Questions
Point Allocation
Time
50
200
70 minutes
Sound writing
Visual material
Conversation or stories
25
100
30 minutes
25
100
40 minutes
Total
Listening
Reading
Test items
- Basic communication skill necessary for Korean ordinary life
- Speaking ability necessary on-site
- Understanding Korean corporate culture
Application Requirements
- Ages from 18 to 39
- No record of imprisonment
- No record of compulsory withdrawal, or deportation from, Korea
- No disqualifying reason for emigration
How to value and Selection Criteria
- How to value: Relative evaluation
- Selection Criteria: Among people with more than 80 points out of 200 points, in the order of higher
test results within the allocated number
Valid date for qualification: 2 years from the qualification date
Limit against illegal activities: 2 years from the point illegal activity during the Test is confirmed
EPS-TOPIK
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Guide
Detailed Sectors
No. of
questions
25
Main Items
Time
30 minutes
Detailed Items
1. Word
2. Sentence
3. Number
2. Visual material
(Industrial safety and on-site
language will be included)
3. To evaluate problem-solving
ability after listening to
practical vivid circumstance
of conversation (Basic
understanding and countermeasure ability)
3. Conversation
(Industrial safety and on-site
language will be included)
4. To evaluate if detailed
information and overall
concept are understood after
listening to conversation or
stories
4. Conversation or stories
(Industrial safety and on-site
language will be included)
EPS-TOPIK
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Contents
Questions to
cover reading
sector
Evaluation
method
No. of
questions
25
Time
40 minutes
Detailed Sectors
Main Items
Detailed Items
3. To evaluate if understanding
properly the meanings of
everyday signboards such as
traffic board, information
board, industrial safety board,
etc. (special focus on industrial
sign board to prevent
accidents)
3. Information on practical
materials
(Including industrial safety,
job-related matters)
4. To evaluate understanding of
industrial safety, normal life,
labor related matters, Korean
culture, etc. after reading
4. Reading
(Including industrial safety,
job-related matters, Korean
culture)
2. To understand industrial
safety board
Signature
Signature
HRD Korea
Signature
Application number
(Seat No.) : 00
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Signature
Signature
by Proctors
Test
Signature
Type of
Signature
JANE JOHNSON
Application number
Signature
Name
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Answer
Reading
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No.
Listening
Signature
Signature
Signature
Application number
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Type of
by Proctors
Signature
Signature
Signature
Signature
JANE JOHNSON
Application number
Signature
Name
- Wrong
- Right
How to mark
Sample Sheet
Any person will be treated as an illegal performer under Foreign Workers Employment
Support Works Processing Regulation the Test will be treated as void, and they will be
banned for 2 years from the point illegal activity is confirmed, if they:
On receiving the Answer Sheet, confirm your name and Application number printed
on the left, then add your signature.
Type of Test (, , , ) is already printed by each applicant that right Test Sheet
should be confirmed before receiving. Any mistake resulting from this shall be borne
by applicants.
Use a black pen to mark.
Changes or corrections are not allowed on the Answer Sheet. Only 1 answer shall be
marked. (Corrected marks or two marks will be regarded as a wrong answer)
Do not damage the Answer Card.
Answer Card without Proctors signatures will be void.
Notice
Notice for How to Use the Answer Sheet and Treatment against Illegal Activity
Romanization Rules
2000
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.
All the Korean words in this book have been romanized based on the following rules according to the
Romanization of the Korean Language revised by the Ministry of Culture & Tourism in 2000. For those words
whose actual sound is different from the combination of its consonants and vowels, the actual sound has been
romanized to help foreigners understand Korean better.
Romanization of Consonants
Korean Romanization
Example
Korean
Romanization
ai
g/k
ya
yagu
eo
eoje
d/t
yeo
yeogi
r/l
oneul
yo
yogeum
uyu
b/p
yu
yumyeong
eu
euro
jibe
ng
isa
ae
aegyo
ch
yae
yaegi
eseo
seoure
ye
yejeol
wa
oe
oae
kk
wo
tt
we
wedinghol
pp
wi
wichi
ss
ui
uija
jj
gachi waseo
oebu
oae geurae
wonak
1 VOWELS 1
1. 1 10 10 primary vowels , , , , , , , , ,
2. 1
Pronunciation and writing order of primary vowels
Shape of letter
Pronunciation
Writing order
Shape of a syllable
[a]
[ya]
[ ]
[o]
[yo]
[u]
[yu]
[ ]
[i]
3. 1
Words made up of primary vowels
1) five
2) two, teeth
3) milk
4) child
5) cucumber
6) reason
7) fox
8) free time
9) infant
EPS-TOPIK
4.
Pronunciations which are difficult to distinguish
1) :
2) :
3) :
4) :
5) :
6) :
7) :
8) :
5.
Tongue position
Guide
2 VOWELS 2
1. 2 11 11 secondary vowels , , , , , , , , , ,
2. 2
Pronunciation and writing order of secondary vowels
Shape of letter
Pronunciation
Writing order
Shape of a syllable
] [
[y ]
[e]
[ye]
[wa]
[w ]
[we( )]
[w ]
e
[we]
[wi( )]
[ i]
3.
Words made up of vowels
1) yes
2) ? Why?
3) come
4) on
5) outdoor
6) etiquette
7) outfield
8) a meaning
9) unexpected
EPS-TOPIK
. .
The pronunciations ofandare too similar to distinguish. In
speech, Koreans do not make a distinction between them.
[ ], [ ]
, [we], [wi]
. [ ,we], [ ,wi] .
[ ]
and[ ]are classified into the group of monophthongs, but
they are usually pronounced like diphthongs [we,wi]. Therefore, they are
[ ][wi]
also allowed as[ ,we], [ ,wi]
.
[ ][we]
.
[w ][we]
In the speech,
andare too similar to distinguish becauseis
pronounced as if it is diphthong
.
[we]
, .
is sometimes used for writing pure Korean words, but is more commonly
used for writing foreign words.
(waiter), (web site), (sky way)
Guide
1 CONSONANTS 1
1. 14 14 Basic consonants
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2.
Pronunciation and writing order of basic consonants
Shape of letter
Pronunciation
Writing order
Shape of a syllable
[k/g]
[n]
[t/d]
[r, l]
[m]
[p/b]
[s/sh]
[ts/dz]
[tsh/ch]
[kh]
[th]
[ph]
[h]
EPS-TOPIK
3. Place of articulation
[(note)]
,
. [/ng]
.
Often just plays the role of a filler. When it occurs in the first position of a syllable,
it is silent but when it occurs in the final position, as a Batchim, it is pronounced as
[ /ng].
Guide
2 CONSONANTS 2
1. () Tensed sounds
Shape of letter
Pronunciation
Shape of a syllable
[k
]
[t
]
[p
]
[s
]
[ts
]
2. () ()
Comparison of tensed and aspirated sounds
()
3. () ()
Words made up of tensed or aspirated sounds
1)
(an oyster)(honey)
2)
3)
(a room)(bread)
4)
(a half)(a board)
5)
6)
7)
8) (water)(fire)(a horn)(grass)
EPS-TOPIK
3 CONSONANTS 3
1. Batchim
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7 .
Final consonants,Batchim
: Except for, ,
, all consonants can be attached at the
bottom of a syllable as aBatchim
. However, there are only 7 different ways of pronouncing
allBatchim
.
Letters ofBatchim
Pronunciation
Example
, ,
[][-k]
[][-n]
, , , , , ,
[][-t]
[][-l]
[]
[][-m]
[]
[][-p]
[][- /ng]
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,
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[]
[]
2.
Pronunciations which are difficult to distinguish
1)
(every week)(beer)
2)
(a wife)(a guide)
3)
(a head)(far)
4)
5)
6)
(half)(night)(a room)
Guide
NOUNS
1. people
man
woman
student
teacher
father
mother
son
daughter
Korean
foreigner
friend
doctor
book
desk
chair
bag
shoes
newspaper
wallet
cell phone
bus
subway
taxi
airplane
2. things
EPS-TOPIK
3. places
house
classroom
company
office
factory
hospital
restaurant
bank
post office
embassy
restroom
theater
Korea
China
Vietnam
Indonesia
Guide
4. the others
movie
weather
construction
breakdown
repair
meeting
safety helmet
safety shoes
safety goggles
safety belt
welding mask
safety gloves
EPS-TOPIK
am/are/is NOUN
[] .
This pattern makes the predicate of a sentence when attached to a noun.
1.
. (I) am a foreigner.
. (I) am a Chinese.
2.
. (This) is a book.
. (This) is a bag.
3.
. (This) is a school.
Guide
/ SUBJECT PARTICLE
[] .
This particle is used to mark the subject of a sentence when attached to a noun.
This is a classroom.
Yeongsu is Korean.
I (informal)
I (polite)
you (informal)
who
EPS-TOPIK
-/
FORMAL DECLARATIVE SENTENCE ENDING
[]
Formal Declarative Sentence Ending
.
This ending makes a formal declarative sentence in the present tense when attached to a
verb stem.
Yeongsu works.
This(here) is Seoul.
A student eats.
to go
to teach
to transfer
to study
to wait
to go down
to get off
to come and go
to close
to return
to listen
to drink
Guide
to meet
to eat
to take off
to buy
to stand, stop
to dislike
to sit
to come
to laugh
to read
to sleep
to like
to sell
to make
to be far
to learn
to see
to love
to rest
to write
to open
to go up
to work
to wear
to catch
to ride
to do
to be near
be hot
to be a lot
to be delicious
to be busy
to be fast
to be easy
to be cheap
to be interesting
to be silent
to be good
to be big
to be cold
to be few
to be tasteless
not to be busy
to be slow
to be difficult
to be expensive
to be uninteresting
to be noisy
to be bad
to be small
to be sweet, to be bitter, to be spicy hot, to be sour,
to be salty, not to be salty enough
to be a student
to be an office
to be a book
to be a mother
EPS-TOPIK
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FORMAL INTERROGATIVE SENTENCE ENDING
[]
Formal Interrogative Sentence Ending
.
This ending makes a formal interrogative sentence in the present tense when attached to a
verb stem.
?
-? ?
? ?
-? ?
? ?
-? ?
? ?
?
, .
Who works?
What is that?
Guide
/ OBJECT PARTICLE
[] .
This is used to mark the object of a sentence when attached to a noun.
I take a bus.
I read a book.
I eat rice.
EPS-TOPIK
/ ( 1)
am/are/is not NOUN (NEGATION 1)
[]- .
This pattern is the negative form of the-.
/
.
.
. .
I am not a child. I am an adult.
. .
He is not a Korean. He is a foreigner.
. .
This is not a camera. Its a cellular phone.
Guide
/- ( 2)
do/does not~, be not ADJECTIVE (NEGATION 2)
[] /
[] .
This pattern expresses the negation of action verbs and descriptive verbs.
1. /
/
(exception)N
NOUN
NOUN
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* ()
() .
EPS-TOPIK
2.
not to exist
to be delicious
to be interesting
to be uninteresting
to know
not to know
Guide
/- ( 3) cannot~ (NEGATION 3)
[] /
[] .
This pattern is a negative form that conveys the meaning of prohibition or
inability.
.
.
.
.
1. /
/
EPS-TOPIK
(exception)N
NOUN
NOUN
* ()
* ()
. .
. .
2.
Guide
Sino-Korean numbers
Sino-Korean numbers
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
10
100
11
1,000
12
10,000
13
100,000
14
1,000,000
15
10,000,000
100,000,000
EPS-TOPIK
2.
Counting units used with Sino-Korean numbers
months
years
counting numbers
minutes
Won(Korean currency)
portions of food
weeks
floors
, , .
Guide
Pure-Korean numbers
Pure-Korean numbers
(noun)
10
(noun)
20
(noun)
(noun)
30
(noun)
40
50
60
70
80
90
10
100
11
(noun)
1,000
12
(noun)
10,000
13
(noun)
100,000
14
(noun)
1,000,000
15
10,000,000
100,000,000
EPS-TOPIK
2.
Counting units used with Pure-Korean numbers
packs (of cigarettes)
bowl, cup
vehicles, machines
animals
times
sets of clothes
bottles
/people
years of age
blossom, stems
o
clock
hours
glasses, cups
buildings, houses
pairs of shoes