Listening
Infer and match details
Seemile Easy TOPIK I · listening · pp. 62–70
Understand the task
A detail-matching conversation often contains several true-sounding facts but only one option preserves who did what, when and under which conditions. The book’s business-trip example separates the woman’s evening departure from her morning visit to work. Keep a small mental table for the two speakers instead of treating their statements as interchangeable.
Keep track of who does what, when and why. Check quantities, negatives and changes of plan before selecting a statement.
How to solve this question type
- Identify the person named in each option. Mark man/woman or use a quick two-column note if that helps rather than distracts you.
- Track contrasts such as 오늘/내일, 아침/저녁 and 출발/도착. A single changed time can make an option false.
- Check explicit statements first. Do not turn an invitation into an agreement if the reply actually gives a reason to decline.
Grammar and expressions
A/V-습니다 / ㅂ니다
Formal statements in answer options can paraphrase polite -아요/어요 dialogue.
시간이 있어요. → 시간이 있습니다.
I have time. → I have time, in formal style.
V-아/어야 하다
Express obligation, not a free choice or invitation accepted.
오늘은 일해야 해요.
I have to work today.
A/V-지요?
Ask for confirmation of something assumed or shared.
내일 출장 가지요?
You are going on a business trip tomorrow, right?
Vocabulary for this type
- 출장
- business trip
- 출발하다
- to depart
- 도착하다
- to arrive
- 출근하다
- to go to work
- 퇴근하다
- to leave work
- 저녁
- evening or evening meal
A worked example
아침에는 회사에 올 거예요. 저녁에 출발해요. / 그럼 내일 봐요.
I will come to the office in the morning. I leave in the evening. / Then see you tomorrow.
- The morning visit and evening departure are two different events.
- A claim that the speaker leaves in the morning changes the stated time.
- 내일 봐요 supports the inference that the speakers expect to meet tomorrow.
Try it yourself
Practice 1
민수 씨는 오늘 같이 저녁을 먹을 수 있어요? 오늘은 일해야 해요. 내일은 시간이 있어요.
Can you have dinner together today, Minsu? I have to work today. I have time tomorrow.
Choose the statement supported by the conversation.
- 민수 씨는 오늘 쉽니다.
- 민수 씨는 오늘 저녁을 같이 먹습니다.
- 민수 씨는 내일 일이 많습니다.
- 민수 씨는 내일 시간이 있습니다.
Answer and explanation
4. 민수 씨는 내일 시간이 있습니다.
He has to work today and says he has time tomorrow.
- He says he has to work today, so he is not taking the day off.
- The work obligation prevents accepting today’s dinner invitation.
- No statement says that he has a lot of work tomorrow.
- 내일은 시간이 있어요 directly supports this formal paraphrase.
Review your reasoning
- Option 1: He says he has to work today, so he is not taking the day off.
- Option 2: The work obligation prevents accepting today’s dinner invitation.
- Option 3: No statement says that he has a lot of work tomorrow.
- Option 4: 내일은 시간이 있어요 directly supports this formal paraphrase.
Try the question again with the explanation closed. Identify the exact phrase that supports the answer, then explain which detail makes each other option unsuitable.