What the exam actually asks

TOPIK I is two papers — listening and reading — and between them they use about a dozen question shapes. The same shapes come back every single time.

That is the good news: a paper made of repeating shapes can be practised even without knowing which words will appear.

1 · The shapes, in the order they arrive

Shape	Korean	What you do
Answer a yes-no question	알맞은 대답을 고르십시오	Hear a question, pick the natural answer
Continue the exchange	이어질 말을 고르십시오	Hear one line, pick the reply
Where is this?	여기는 어디입니까	Identify the place from two lines
What is it about?	무엇에 대해 말하고 있습니까	Identify the topic word
Match the content	들은 내용과 같은 것	Pick the statement that agrees

Listening

Shape	Korean	What you do
Topic of two sentences	무엇에 대한 이야기입니까	Name the subject: weather, family, price
Fill the blank	( )에 들어갈 말을 고르십시오	Particle, word or connector
Notice or table	다음을 읽고 맞는 것을 고르십시오	Find one fact in a poster
Put in order	순서대로 맞게 나열한 것	Order three or four sentences
Agrees with the text	글의 내용과 같은 것	Eliminate what the text does not say

Reading