Continuing from the last diary about my challenge for becoming a police officer, I passed the practical test of the certificate. This means that eventually, I’m qualified to apply for the job posting of a police officer. Though qualified with the EIP certificate, I also needed to take more tests to get extra points which will be helpful for the competition of career recruitment because I had nothing to get the additional points until that time.
Unfortunately, it’s really late time to get extra points by acquiring professional qualifications. Considering the remaining time given to me, everything was urgent and finding proper tests and applying for them were also hard at the moment because generally, almost every test receives the application forms certain months early. Anyway, to get all the extra points, I had to get 3 more professional qualifications. Getting to know that it takes short time to get a license for the bus, I applied for the test right away. Even the driving academy requiring a little much money, it was worth applying. This made me be busy getting training the next week. At the same time, I applied TOEIC and the Use of Computer test.
I was studying the written test for becoming a police officer with preparing all the others I’d applied to get extra points.
Can you imagine how much I was busy? But I couldn’t help trying them for my new challenge. Frankly speaking, I had a hard time ever preparing them. I already spent too much time doing them but my journey not yet finished. Things that I’ve mentioned before are almost done. I’d took every test and achieved the test results that I expected except the test result for Use of Computer which will be revealed next week.
I already embarked on the next phase for preparing for the physical test.
To be continued.
| grammar | example | try | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1형식 | The dog sleeps on the sofa. | Disasters take place everywhere every time. | |
| 2형식 - 상태 | He is a firefighter. | I’m sometimes scared of the clap of thunder. | |
| 2형식 - 변화 | Paul became the president. | Now the virus became a huge and massive disaster we never been experienced before. | |
| 2형식 - 감각 | This cookie tastes good. | People feel extream fear from that virus. | |
| 3형식 | I watched a movie with Anna. | The virus drove many people to death. | |
| 4형식 | My mother bought me a shirt. | ||
| 5형식 - (명사/형용사) | Her friends call her “Little Susie.” | ||
| 5형식 - (to부정사) | I want you to forgive me. | ||
| 5형식 - 지각동사 | She heard her son scream in the kitchen. | ||
| 5형식 - 사역동사 | Karen let her friend use her camera. | ||
| to부정사 - 명사적 용법 | To keep a promise is important. | ||
| to부정사 - 명사적 용법(의문사+to부정사) | We didn’t know what to do next. | ||
| to부정사 - 형용사적 용법 | Let’s order something to drink. | ||
| to부정사 - 형용사적 용법(be+to부정사) 예정, 의무, 가능, 운명, 의도 | |||
| to부정사 - 부사적 용법 목적, 감정의 원인, 결과, 판단의 근거, 형용사 수식 | |||
| 가주어 진주어 | It is important to follow your dreams. | ||
| 의미상의 주어 (for/of:성품) | It was very kind of you to send the flowers to her. | ||
| too 형용사/부사 to부정사 | Roy is too tired to go to the party. | ||
| so + 형용사/부사 + that + 주어 + can’t/couldn’t + 동사원형 | Roy is so tired that he can’t go to the party. | ||
| 형용사/부사 + enough + to부정사 | The boy is tall enough to reach the top shelf. | ||
| so + 형용사/부사 + that + 주어 + can/could + 동사원형 | The boy is so tall that he can reach the top shelf. | ||
| go + 동명사: 하러가다 | She’ll go shopping. | ||
| be worth + 동명사: 가치가 있다 | It’s worth buying. | ||
| be busy + 동명사: 하느라 바쁘다 | I’m busy studying English. | ||
| cannot help + 동명사: 하지 않을 수 없다 | We cannot help consenting to his suggestion. | ||
| be used to + 동명사: 익숙하다 | I’m used to running a 10 km marathon. | ||
| look forward to + 동명사: 고대하다 | I looked forward to having an English class. | ||
| What[How] about + 동명사: 하는 게 어때 | How about eating this. | ||
| spend + 시간/돈 + (in) + 동명사: 하는데 시간/돈 을 쓰다 | I spend just a few money grooming myself. | ||
| have a hard time + 동명사: 하는데 힘든 시간을 보내다 | I have a hard time studying English. | ||
| feel like + 동명사: 하고싶다 | I feel like drinking a cup of coffee. | ||
| on + 동명사: 하자마자 | On arriving home I discovered they had gone. | ||
| It is no use + 동명사: 해도 소용없다 | It is no use crying over split milk. | ||
| 동명사만을 목적어로 취하는 동사enjoy, mind, finish, avoid, give up, keep, practice | Did you finish packing for the trip? | ||
| to 부정사만을 목적어로 취하는 동사want, hope, expect, decide, plan, promise, agree, learn | I didn’t expect to see you here again. | ||
| 동명사와 to 부정사 모두 동일한 의미를 가지는 동사begin, start, like, love, hate | The child began crying.The child began to cry. | ||
| 동명사와 to 부정사 의미가 달라지는 동사remember, forget, try | Jennifer tried eating less to lose weight.Jennifer tried to eat less to lose weight. | ||
| 분사구문 (때) | Hearing the news, she burst into tears. | ||
| 분사구문 (이유) | Being too young, he couldn’t ride the bike. | ||
| 분사구문 (조건) | Turning left there, you’ll see the station. | ||
| 분사구문 (동시동작) | Talking with his friend, he took notes. | ||
| 분사구문 (양보) Though | making a lot of money, he doesn’t even have a car. | ||
| 분사구문 (주어가 다를때) | A crow flying from the tree, a pear drops. | ||
| 분사구문 (시제가 다를때) | Having finished work, I’m ready to go home. | ||
| 분사구문 (부사절이 수동태) | The man (being) born, the town was filled with his crying. | ||
| 분사구문 (수동태이며 시제가 다를때) | The problem (having been) resolved, my team relieved from that. | ||
| 분사구문 (부정) | Not having a nice dress. Cinderella couldn’t go to the party. | ||
| 분사구문 (동시동작) | The girl ran to the sea with her hair flying in the wind. | ||
| generally speaking | Generally speaking, boys like girls with long hair. | ||
| judging form: ~로 판단하건데 | Judging from his accent, he can’t be Korean. | ||
| frankly speaking | |||
| considering: ~을 감안하면 | |||
| strictly speaking: 엄밀히 말해서 | |||
| speaking of: ~ 이야기가 나왔으니 말인데 |