Basic Grammar: all 87 lessons free
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Checkpoint — Dates, Wishes, Where, At
阶段小结 ④ — 日期 · 想 · 哪儿 · 在
Four exercises banked: dates biggest-first, wishes and aches, asking where, and 在's three jobs. Cards, one story, eighteen questions.
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hotpot
huǒguō
火锅
hotpot
milk tea
nǎichá
奶茶
milk tea
coffee
kāfēi
咖啡
coffee
the country she dreams of visiting
Rìběn
日本
Japan
what she wants to do there
lǚyóu
旅游
to travel
what she does at the office
gōngzuò
工作
to work; a job
the object in her hand, not the action
shǒujī
手机
phone
the verb
chīfàn
吃饭
to eat (a meal)
resting — the weekend wish
xiūxi
休息
to rest
One workday — every word is yours
Jane's workday, run on all four lessons at once. Listen for the date landing biggest-first, and for every 想 choosing between a wish and an ache.
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The checkpoint test
Paper A of 3Eighteen questions across the four lessons. Sixteen to pass — and a miss hands you a different paper, not the same one again.
- 1
我今天晚上想吃____。
Wǒ jīntiān wǎnshang xiǎng chī ____.
Tonight I want to eat hotpot.
- 2
我现在很想喝一杯____。
Wǒ xiànzài hěn xiǎng hē yì bēi ____.
Right now I really want a milk tea.
- 3
明年我想去____旅游。
Míngnián wǒ xiǎng qù ____ lǚyóu.
Next year I want to travel to Japan.
- 4
她在____呢。
Tā zài ____ ne.
She's working right now.
- 5
周末我想在家____。
Zhōumò wǒ xiǎng zài jiā ____.
This weekend I want to rest at home.
- 6
我妈妈的生日是____。
Wǒ māma de shēngrì shì ____.
My mum's birthday is October 1st.
- 7
今天____？
Jīntiān ____?
What day of the week is it today?
- 8
明天____星期六。
Míngtiān ____ xīngqīliù.
Tomorrow is not Saturday.
- 9
来中国一年了，我很____家。
Lái Zhōngguó yì nián le, wǒ hěn ____ jiā.
A year in China now — I really miss home.
- 10
——明天想一起去爬山吗？——我____。
— Míngtiān xiǎng yìqǐ qù páshān ma? — Wǒ ____.
“Want to go hiking together tomorrow?” — “Let me think about it.”
- 11
我们去____吃饭？
Wǒmen qù ____ chīfàn?
Where shall we go to eat?
- 12
那里人少，我们可以去____玩。
Nàlǐ rén shǎo, wǒmen kěyǐ qù ____ wán.
It's quiet over there — we can go play there.
- 13
我明天____在家。
Wǒ míngtiān ____ zài jiā.
I won't be at home tomorrow.
- 14
我现在____工作。
Wǒ xiànzài ____ gōngzuò.
I'm not working right now.
- 15
家 = ____
jiā
Where does this character come from?
- 16
Which reply answers the question?
- 17
Which reply answers the question?
- 18
Your turn — say it
我在咖啡店喝咖啡。
I'm drinking coffee at the coffee shop.
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Words 生词
Characters 汉字
Before you go课后回顾
- Tonight, one breath, two lessons: 今天是……月……号星期……，晚上我想……。 The date biggest-first, the wish right behind it.
- Message someone 你在哪儿？ and answer their reply with 我在……呢 — both jobs of 在 inside one chat.
- Which cards landed in your wrong-answer book? Start there tomorrow. And next stage your coffee gets an exact address — 桌子的上面 is waiting.