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HSK1 Finale — The Spotlight, the Thermometer, the Mood, the Arrow
阶段小结 ⑦ — 是…的 · 程度 · 语气 · 给
The last stop of the HSK1 road: spotlights, thermometers, moods and arrows — then eighteen questions close it out.
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the 打 action, not the object
dǎ diànhuà
打电话
to make a phone call
what the handshake starts
rènshi
认识
to know, to have met
what she did until 凌晨三点
shuì jiào
睡觉
to sleep
what she buys 给女儿
yīfu
衣服
clothes
the thing that travels in 借给他
shū
书
book
sofa — quite an expensive one
shāfā
沙发
sofa
hotpot
huǒguō
火锅
hotpot
basketball
lánqiú
篮球
basketball
Read this — the unit's last report
One morning of Jane's, with every grammar point on duty. Find the two 是…的 frames first, then check where every 给 is sitting.
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The HSK1 final
Paper A of 3Eighteen questions to close the HSK1 road. Sixteen to pass — a miss hands you a different paper, not the same one again.
- 1
你们是怎么____的？
Nǐmen shì zěnme ____ de?
How did you two meet?
- 2
别打电话，她在____呢。
Bié dǎ diànhuà, tā zài ____ ne.
Don't call — she's sleeping right now.
- 3
我给女儿买了两件____。
Wǒ gěi nǚ'ér mǎi le liǎng jiàn ____.
I bought two items of clothing for my daughter.
- 4
我借了一本____给他。
Wǒ jiè le yì běn ____ gěi tā.
I lent a book to him.
- 5
这个____挺贵的。
Zhège ____ tǐng guì de.
This sofa is quite expensive.
- 6
你今天是几点起____床？
Nǐ jīntiān shì jǐ diǎn qǐ ____ chuáng?
What time did you get up today?
- 7
她____去年去的美国。
Tā ____ qùnián qù de Měiguó.
It wasn't last year that she went to America.
- 8
我们是在网上认识____。
Wǒmen shì zài wǎngshàng rènshi ____.
It was online that we met.
- 9
火锅____好吃。
Huǒguō ____ hǎochī.
Hotpot is delicious.
- 10
这本书太无聊____。
Zhè běn shū tài wúliáo ____.
This book is too boring.
- 11
这家酒店挺贵____。
Zhè jiā jiǔdiàn tǐng guì ____.
This hotel is quite expensive.
- 12
我们坐这里____！
Wǒmen zuò zhèlǐ ____!
Let's sit here!
- 13
我的包裹____？
Wǒ de bāoguǒ ____?
Where's my package?
- 14
我____他打电话。
Wǒ ____ tā dǎ diànhuà.
I'm calling him.
- 15
Which reply fits?
- 16
Why is 给 allowed after the verb here?
- 17
太 = ____
tài
What does this character mean?
- 18
Your turn — say it
你们是怎么认识的？
How did you two meet?
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Words 生词
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Before you go课后回顾
- Tell someone your whole yesterday with the unit's tools: when you got up (是…的), how it all was (the thermometer), and close one suggestion with 吧. That is a conversation now, not an exercise.
- Look how far the road runs: in lesson one you could ask 你喝咖啡吗. Today you can ask 你是和谁一起去喝的咖啡 — same cup of coffee, the whole HSK1 road between the two questions.
- Record one minute of your real day on your phone and send it to me — every word in it is yours now. That recording is your HSK1 graduation certificate.