Korean Animal Quiz: 15 Questions with Instant Feedback

Take the Korean Animal Quiz

Follow these steps. Each one tells you what you should see.

1. Read the question and say any Korean text aloud once. You should see four choices.
2. Pick one choice by click, tap or by pressing 1, 2, 3 or 4. The Check button turns active.
3. Select Check. You see "Correct" or "Not quite", the right answer and a one-sentence reason. Select Next.
4. After question 15, read the summary. It shows how many answers were correct in this session and links to the animals lesson and the deck for the questions you missed.

Question order and choice order change every session, so a retake is never the same sequence. Animal names are given with Revised Romanization in the prompts, and the reason line shows the spoken form where it differs from the spelling.

What Does This Korean Animal Quiz Cover?

The quiz has 15 questions. Eleven ask which animal a Korean word names, one uses a sentence to tell a horse from the word for language, one asks how 닭 sounds, and two test the counter 마리. The animals are 개, 고양이, 새, 말, 토끼, 강아지, 소, 돼지, 닭, 호랑이, 곰, 코끼리 and 물고기.

The lesson behind the quiz is animals in korean, which lists 50 words with Revised Romanization, audio and an example sentence. The quiz uses 13 animals from the pets, farm, wild-animal and sea groups.

How Is the Korean Animal Quiz Scored?

The quiz gives one point for each of the 15 questions you answer correctly on the first try in the current session. At the end it shows a line such as "You answered 12 of 15 correctly in this session". There is no timer, no streak and no ranking, so you can slow down and say each answer aloud.

The count is not a CEFR level, a TOPIK level or a measure of fluency. It only shows what you recalled today. Your answers and score stay in your browser and disappear when you close the tab, unless you choose to save progress on your own device. The counter questions use the native numbers 한, 두, 세 and 네, which the reason line names whenever they appear.

Which Animal Words Should You Know before You Start?

Learn the animals in small groups. The table lists the thirteen the quiz uses, in the groups the lesson uses.

All thirteen are counted with the same word, 마리. Animal words are short, so the counter does a lot of work in a sentence.

How Do You Count Animals with 마리?

A counter is a small word that follows a number and says what kind of thing you are counting. For animals the counter is 마리 (mari), and it takes the native Korean numbers. The numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4 shorten before it.

Two traps wait here. The general counter 개 is for objects, not animals. And the word 개 also means dog, so 개 한 마리 is one dog and 사과 한 개 is one apple. Never use 명, the counter for people, for animals.

Sample Questions with Answers

These six questions come from the quiz, with the answer and the reason for each. They also work as a no-JavaScript preview. Sample 1 and sample 5 together show the 개 trap: one is an animal and the other is a counter.

Sample Question 1 and Its Answer

Question: What is 개 (gae)?

Choices: cat; dog; bird; rabbit.

Answer: dog. Why: 개 is the dog. The same spelling is also the counter for objects, so context decides.

Sample Question 2 and Its Answer

Question: What is 고양이 (goyangi)?

Choices: cat; puppy; tiger; rabbit.

Answer: cat. Why: 고양이 is the cat. A small dog or puppy is 강아지.

Sample Question 3 and Its Answer

Question: What is 새 (sae)?

Choices: fish; bird; mouse; insect.

Answer: bird. Why: 새 is a bird. Before a noun, the same spelling means new, as in 새 가방 (a new bag).

Sample Question 4 and Its Answer

Question: 말을 타요 (mareul tayo) means "I ride a ___." What is 말 here?

Choices: language; cow; horse; sheep.

Answer: horse. Why: 말 means horse and also language. Riding (타다) points to the horse.

Sample Question 5 and Its Answer

Question: Which counter is used for animals?

Choices: 명; 마리; 개; 권.

Answer: 마리. Why: 마리 (mari) counts animals, as in 한 마리 and 두 마리. 명 is for people.

Sample Question 6 and Its Answer

Question: What is 토끼 (tokki)?

Choices: rabbit; mouse; fox; deer.

Answer: rabbit. Why: 토끼 is the rabbit. The double ㄲ sound in the middle is tense.

Tips before You Start

• Learn each animal with 마리: 한 마리, 두 마리. The counter fixes the number form at the same time.
• Notice that 말 means both horse and language, and 새 means both bird and new. Context decides.
• Learn the starter words 새, 고양이, 닭, 소 and 개 first, then add one group at a time.
• Say tense sounds in 토끼 and 코끼리 with a short, sharp ㄲ and no puff of air.

Which Mistakes Does the Korean Animal Quiz Catch?

Four errors cover most misses.

• Using the general counter 개 for animals instead of 마리.
• Using 명, the people counter, for pets.
• Mixing 고양이 (cat) with 강아지 (puppy).
• Answering "language" for 말 in a sentence about riding.

What Should You Study after the Quiz?

Drill the words with the korean animals flashcards, and reread the animals in korean lesson for any group you missed. For more on counting animals, read counting people and animals. To practise reading the words quickly, try the korean reading practice tool. The next quiz in the sequence is the korean food quiz. You can also return to the korean vocabulary quiz list, or take the korean level test for a wider check.

Answer Key for Questions 7 to 15

Prefer to test yourself first? Take the quiz above, then check this table. The first six answers are in the sample questions.

What Does This Quiz Not Do?

The quiz covers 13 animals and one counter. It does not test birds, insects or sea animals beyond 새 and 물고기, or animal sounds. It does not teach the honorific counter 분 or the words for animal groups. Colloquial speech may use different words than the textbook ones. All Korean text in the questions and answers was generated and is waiting for review by a Korean reviewer.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why does the quiz test the counter 마리?

Animal words are almost always used with a counter in real sentences, so learning the animal alone is only half the job. 마리 is the standard counter for animals, and the quiz also shows why the general counter 개 and the people counter 명 do not work.

Does the quiz use audio?

Most questions have a replay button for the Korean word or phrase. If a clip is missing, the replay button is hidden and the question still works as text.

Is 개 the dog or the counter?

It is both. As a noun, 개 is the dog: 개가 있어요 means there is a dog. As a counter, it follows a number and counts objects: 사과 세 개. For dogs themselves, use 마리: 개 두 마리. The sentence tells you which meaning applies.

Which animals are not in the quiz?

The quiz leaves out most wild animals, insects, birds and sea animals, such as the deer, the butterfly and the whale, to keep to the words you need first. The full animals lesson lists 50 words in groups, with audio and an example sentence for each.

Is the quiz free?

Yes. The quiz is free, needs no account and runs in your browser on a phone, tablet or computer. Nothing you answer is uploaded to a server. If you choose to save progress, it is stored on your own device only, and you can delete it in the settings at any time.

Retake the Korean Animal Quiz

Retake the korean animal quiz once you can say a number plus 마리 for each of the animals in the table above. The reason line for each question is also a mini-lesson, so reading it twice often helps more than a fast retake. When the animals feel easy, move on to food.