Learning Korean From Zero: The First Steps and Particles Workbooks

The first months of Korean decide whether you keep going. You need to read the script, say a few useful things, and understand why a small word like 은/는 or 에 changes the meaning. The two beginner workbooks from Everykoreans are built for exactly that stage.

Korean First Steps Workbook (A1)

This workbook is made from our most-used free worksheets. It starts with Hangul and final consonants (받침), then moves through greetings, numbers and dates, family, food, shopping and the basic particles. Every unit has a short explanation, tables to copy by hand, practice, and an answer key at the back.

• Complete beginners who have just learned, or want to learn, Hangul.
• Teachers who need homework sheets for A1 classes.
• Self-learners who remember things better when they write them down.

Korean Particles Workbook (A1–A2)

Particles are the small words that glue Korean together, and they are where many learners get stuck. Each unit takes one particle and covers its meaning, its form, examples, the trap to avoid, and practice. A "Choose the right particle" part sets look-alikes side by side, for example 은/는 vs 이/가 and 에 vs 에서, and review tests mix everything together. The answer key is at the back, and each unit has a QR code to free online practice.

If you want the idea behind the most famous pair before you decide, our free article on 은/는 vs 이/가 explains it with one question instead of ten rules.

Using them together

• Weeks 1–2: work through the Hangul and final-consonant units of First Steps. Read everything aloud.
• Weeks 3–6: continue with greetings, numbers, family, food and shopping, and copy the tables by hand.
• From week 4 or so: add one Particles unit a week. Re-do the "Choose the right particle" pages a few days later without looking.

The pace is a suggestion, not a rule. The point is to write a little every day rather than a lot once a week.