Korean Grade 3 Complete: 67 Grammar Points + Mini TOPIK II Test
You finished Korean grade 3 — all 67 grammar points across 28 lessons: indirect quotation, passive verbs, written style, and reading the news.
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Written by Alvin Lim Certified Korean Language Teacher (Level 2)
Congratulations — this lesson completes grade 3: 28 lessons, 7 chapters, and all 67 grammar points of the Korean national intermediate curriculum, from catching up at the 어학당 to reading the news in 보도체.
This page is your victory lap: chapter recaps, a 10-item self-check, a graduation chat, and a mini test in TOPIK II style.
In the last lesson you decoded Korean news. Now you’ll look back across everything grade 3 gave you — the level where your Korean stopped just surviving and started reading.
The whole of grade 3, chapter by chapter
Chapter 1 · Campus & Connections (L1–L4)
| Lesson | Key patterns |
|---|---|
| L1 · Language-school catch-up | -는 중이다, -었었-, 요1 |
| L2 · Campus life | 이고, -는 편이다, -고 싶어 하다 |
| L3 · Worries and advice | -거든(요), -잖아(요) |
| L4 · Apologizing | -느라고, -고 말다, -어야겠- |
Chapter 2 · Feelings, Body & Impressions (L5–L8)
| Lesson | Key patterns |
|---|---|
| L5 · Guessing feelings | -나 보다, -은가 보다, -는 모양이다 |
| L6 · Health and fitness | -어지다, -어 오다/가다, ㅅ-irregular |
| L7 · Favors and refusals | -을 텐데, -을 테니, -기는, 만 아니면 |
| L8 · Compliments and looks | -어 보이다, 같이, 만큼 |
Chapter 3 · City Life Level-Up (L9–L12)
| Lesson | Key patterns |
|---|---|
| L9 · House hunting | -으려면, -는 대신에, -는 반면 |
| L10 · Bank and admin | -어야, -어야지, 대로 |
| L11 · Device repair | -었더니, -다가, -으려다가 |
| L12 · Exchanges and refunds | -어 가지고, -으면 안 되다, 뿐, ㅎ-irregular |
Chapter 4 · Into the Workplace & Written Korean (L13–L16)
| Lesson | Key patterns |
|---|---|
| L13 · Job hunting | -기 위해, 에 대해(서), 으로부터 |
| L14 · The interview | -도록, -고 나다, -은 결과 |
| L15 · Written style | 문어체 -ㄴ다/-는다, -으나 |
| L16 · First week at work | -게 하다, -어 드리다, -자마자 |
Chapter 5 · Holidays, Trips & Banmal (L17–L20)
| Lesson | Key patterns |
|---|---|
| L17 · Traditional holidays | -어도, -으면 좋겠다 |
| L18 · Holiday preparations | -어 놓다, -어 두다, -은 다음에 |
| L19 · Travel stories | -던, -던데(요), -어다가 |
| L20 · Casual speech (반말) | -자, -니?, -는구나, 아/야 |
Chapter 6 · Reported Speech Block (L21–L24)
| Lesson | Key patterns |
|---|---|
| L21 · Direct quotation | (이)라고 하다, 보고 |
| L22 · Indirect quotation | -다고, -(느)냐고 |
| L23 · Quoting commands & requests | -으라고, -자고, -어 달라고, -다거나 |
| L24 · Relaying messages | -거든, -(으)니 |
Chapter 7 · Stories, News & Wrap-Up (L25–L28)
| Lesson | Key patterns |
|---|---|
| L25 · Onomatopoeia & mimetic words | 의성어·의태어, -은/는/을 만큼 |
| L26 · Passive verbs | 피동 이/히/리/기, -어지다, -어 있다 |
| L27 · Reading the news | 보도체 — written + quoted + passive |
| L28 · This review | 67 of 67 grammar points — complete |
The core grammar, in summary boxes
Grade 3 is the level of texts. Here is the machinery you now control, gathered into review boxes.
친구가 “고마워”라고 했어요 = direct quote · 내일 온다고 했어요 / 어디 가냐고 물었어요 = indirect statement & question 도와 달라고 했어요 = indirect request · 비가 온다. 그러나 기분은 좋다. = 문어체 (plain written + -으나)
문이 열렸어요 / 닫혀 있어요 = passive (리/히) + resulting state · 만들어졌어요 = -어지다 passive 합격하도록 노력해요 = so that · 싼 대신에 멀어요 = trade-off · 자주 가던 카페 = recollection
Can you do these 10 things?
Answer honestly — every no points to its lesson, and twenty minutes of review fixes it.
- Report a statement and a question: 온다고 했어요, 가냐고 물었어요 (L22)
- Report a command and a request: 오라고 했어요, 도와 달라고 했어요 (L23)
- Write in 문어체: 오늘은 비가 온다 (L15)
- Make a passive: 문이 열렸어요, 닫혀 있어요 (L26)
- Read a 보도체 headline: 장마가 시작된다고 합니다 (L27)
- State a purpose two ways: -도록, -기 위해 (L13–L14)
- Frame a trade-off: 싼 대신에 멀어요, 비싼 반면 좋아요 (L9)
- Guess from evidence: 싸웠나 봐요, 바쁜 모양이에요 (L5)
- Recall vividly with -던/-던데: 멋있던데요 (L19)
- Switch into 반말 with a friend — 말 놓자, 어디 가니? (L20)
Eight or more: grade 3 is genuinely done. Five to seven: skim the flagged chapters this week. Under five: rerun chapters 4 and 6 — quotation and written style carry the most weight.
Your mini TOPIK II
The quiz on this page works like a TOPIK II warm-up: one indirect quote, one passive, one written-style form, one connector, and one 보도체 news sentence — all original, all solvable with grade-3 tools. Comfortable here? You are pacing right for level 3. Next, add timed reading sets and try the short-answer writing items (문항 51–52) in plain 문어체.
The graduation chat
Every bubble runs on grade-3 machinery — reported speech, -을 만큼, 반말, purpose, and a touch of 문어체, all woven naturally. That is the real certificate.
What opens up in grade 4
Grade 3 gave your Korean range; grade 4 gives it polish: causative verbs, quotation contractions (-대요, -냬요, -래요), the written-register grammar of essays and reports, statistics-and-graph description for the TOPIK II writing task, and the idioms and 한자어 that fill the media. Grade 4 lessons are in production — until they land, take the level test to confirm your placement and keep the vocabulary packs in rotation.
⚡ 2-Minute Check
Q 1 / 5Frequently asked questions
Is grade 3 equal to TOPIK level 3?
Closely. This course follows the Korean national standard curriculum (국제 통용 한국어 표준 교육과정), and grade 3 maps onto TOPIK II level 3 territory: roughly 3,000 words cumulatively and all 67 grade-3 grammar items, every one of which you have now met.
Grade 3 is your entry into TOPIK II — the level with no separate listening/reading split and a writing section. Finish by doing timed TOPIK II reading sets and trying the short-answer writing (문항 51–52) in plain 문어체.
What were the biggest upgrades in grade 3?
Four. First, reported speech — direct (라고 하다) and indirect quotation (-다고 / -냐고 / -으라고 / -자고 / -어 달라고), the spine of grade 3.
Second, the written style (문어체 -ㄴ다/-는다, -으나) that unlocks diaries, captions, and news. Third, passive verbs (이/히/리/기, -어지다, -어 있다).
Fourth, a richer connector set for purpose, trade-offs, and recollection: -도록, -기 위해, -는 대신에, -는 반면, -던/-던데, -었더니. Together they take you from surviving a conversation to reading a text.
What should I learn next after grade 3?
Grade 4 — upper-intermediate, deeper into TOPIK II. The headline upgrades: causative verbs, indirect-quotation contractions (-대요, -냬요, -래요), written-register grammar for essays and reports, statistics and graph description for the TOPIK II writing task (문항 53), and idioms and 한자어 for media.
Meanwhile, take the [level test](/level-test/) to confirm grade 3 is solid, keep the vocabulary packs in rotation, and run a full timed TOPIK II reading set.