Basic Grammar: all 87 lessons free
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HSK2 Checkpoint ④ — Because, How Come, Every Single One, How Far, That Early, Still
阶段小结 ⑪ — 因为所以 · 怎么 · MM都 · 离 · 就 · 还在 · 呢
Seven exercises: 因为……所以, the surprised 怎么, 个个都, 离……很近, 六点就起床了, 还在／还没, and 呢. Cards, a morning of mine, eighteen questions.
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因为……不健康
Wàimài
外卖
delivery food
因为天天健身，所以有……
Jīròu
肌肉
muscle
……怎么哭了？
Bǎobao
宝宝
baby
新疆的……只只都很肥
Yáng
羊
sheep
我家离……很远
Jīchǎng
机场
airport
坐……半个小时就到了
Dìtiě
地铁
metro
他还没……
Xiàbān
下班
to finish work
坐……要一个多小时呢
Gōngjiāochē
公交车
city bus
Read this — my morning
One morning of mine, alarm to office, with every point on duty. Find the 因为……所以, the 就, the 离, the 个个都, the 还在 and the 呢.
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The fourth HSK2 checkpoint
Paper A of 3Eighteen questions on lessons 因为 to 呢. Sixteen to pass — a miss hands you a different paper.
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____苹果手机太贵了，所以我买了小米。
____ Píngguǒ shǒujī tài guì le, suǒyǐ wǒ mǎi le xiǎomǐ.
Because Apple phones are too expensive, I bought a Xiaomi.
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A pleasant surprise. Which reply?
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The students are every one of them adorable.
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Your sentence
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我家____公司很近。
Wǒjiā ____ Gōngsī hěn jìn.
My home is close to the office.
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我早上六点就起床了。
I was up at six already.
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他____下班，你等一下。
Tā ____ Xiàbān, nǐ děng yíxià.
He's not off work yet — wait a bit.
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Still on the bus. Which reply?
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Fill each line with the right piece.
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宝宝____哭了？——他饿了。
Bǎobao ____ Kū le? — Tā è le.
Why's the baby crying? — He's hungry.
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Still two months till the holiday!
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Your sentence
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Your turn — say it
因为外卖不健康，所以我自己做饭。
Because takeaway is unhealthy, I cook for myself.
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我天天____运动。
Wǒ tiāntiān ____ Yùndòng.
I exercise every single day.
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Everyone you met was friendly. Which reply?
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我还有两分钟____到了。
Wǒ hái yǒu liǎngfēnzhōng ____ Dào le.
Two more minutes and I'm there.
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The bus takes over an hour, you know.
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Your sentence
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Your turn — say it
他们还在上课。
They're still in class.
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Pair each picture with its word — my morning.
Tap a picture, then choose its word. Picked wrong? Tap that picture and choose again. Match all the cards to finish.
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你为什么学中文？——____我喜欢中国文化。
Nǐ wèishénme xué Zhōngwén? — ____ Wǒ xǐhuan Zhōngguó wénhuà.
Why do you learn Chinese? — Because I like Chinese culture.
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Before you go课后回顾
- Tell my morning as yours — alarm, distance, metro, colleagues, the countdown to 下班 — with all seven points on duty. That is a fluent paragraph.
- The sentence to keep is 因为……，所以…… with your own reason for learning Chinese. You will say it a hundred times; make it good.
- Next: 请让叫, 再, verb doubling, 好吗, 从, 第 and the result words. The road turns towards getting things done.