Free Korean Counters Worksheets with Answer Keys
These Korean counters worksheets come in three exercises, with an answer key on its own pages. Learners write the number and counter, choose the counter for a noun, or write a phrase with digits the way they'd say it, in native or Sino-Korean. Pick the counter groups and the numbers, set 10 to 30 lines and press Shuffle for a new sheet. Each sheet prints on A4 or US Letter or saves as a PDF with no signup, and teachers may photocopy the worksheets for their classes.
Three Korean counters exercises
"Write the number and counter" gives a number, a counter and the noun as a hint, as in 3 + 개 (사과, apples). The answer is 세 개 (se gae), with the short form of three that goes before a counter.
"Choose the counter" gives a phrase with a gap and three counters to pick from, as in 고양이 세 ___ (cat: 권, 마리 or 대). The answer is 마리 (mari), the counter for animals.
"Native or Sino-Korean?" gives a phrase written with digits, and you write it out the way you'd say it. 사과 3개 becomes 세 개 with native numbers, and 3층 becomes 삼 층 (sam cheung, the third floor) with Sino-Korean.
Choose the counters, numbers and length
Pick the counter groups and the numbers for the sheet, 1 to 10 or 1 to 99. The write exercise can add "how many?" questions, such as 몇 개 (myeot gae, how many?). A sheet has 10, 15, 20, 25 or 30 lines, and Shuffle gives you a new sheet.
Print or save as PDF
Each Korean counters worksheet prints on A4 or US Letter, with the answer key on its own pages, so you can hand out the questions and keep the answers. Print it or save it as a PDF, with no signup. Teachers may photocopy the worksheets for their classes.
More Korean counters practice
The Korean counters list sets out all 56 counters with the numbers each one takes, and its printable version fits on two pages to hand out with a worksheet. The Korean counters quiz has you pick the counter or write the number and counter on screen and marks each answer at once, and the Korean counter finder gives the counter for 1,102 nouns. If you teach Japanese too, the Japanese counters worksheets print counter exercises in A4 or US Letter, with an answer key on its own pages.
Frequently asked questions
Are these Korean counters worksheets free?
Yes, they're free with no signup, and teachers may photocopy them for their classes.
Is there an answer key?
Yes, every sheet comes with an answer key on its own pages, so you can hand out the questions and keep the answers.
Can I save a worksheet as a PDF?
Yes, you can print each sheet or save it as a PDF, on A4 or US Letter.
What does the native or Sino-Korean exercise practice?
It practices which set of numbers each counter takes, native or Sino-Korean. You see a phrase with digits, such as 사과 3개 or 3층, and write it the way you'd say it: 세 개 (se gae) with native numbers, 삼 층 (sam cheung) with Sino-Korean.
Can I choose which counters go on the sheet?
You pick the counter groups and the numbers, 1 to 10 or 1 to 99, and the write exercise can add "how many?" questions such as 몇 개 (myeot gae).
How many lines does a worksheet have?
You choose 10, 15, 20, 25 or 30 lines, and Shuffle gives you a new sheet.
Is there a printable list of the counters?
The printable Korean counters list puts all 56 counters on two pages of A4 or US Letter, with what each one counts, the numbers it takes, the forms from 1 to 10 and the "how many?" form.
Licenses and credits
The nouns are from the 한국어 학습용 어휘 목록 of the National Institute of Korean Language (KOGL Type 1), with each noun's counters and English written for NexaProva. The romanization of the nouns is by koroman (MIT), in Revised Romanization; the number forms are built and romanized by rule.