Basic Grammar: all 87 lessons free
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Checkpoint — How About It, Two Wills, Both and All
阶段小结 ⑥ — 怎么样 · 会和要 · 都
Three exercises banked: the word that asks opinions, two ways to say will, 都 before the verb. Cards, one weekend plan, eighteen questions.
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hotpot
huǒguō
火锅
hotpot
spicy — the hotpot verdict
là
辣
spicy
tea
chá
茶
tea
coffee
kāfēi
咖啡
coffee
what the sky will probably do tomorrow
xià yǔ
下雨
to rain
the thing 要 commits you to
shàngbān
上班
to work / go to work
summer vacation — when Shanghai gets pitched
shǔjià
暑假
summer vacation
dog
gǒu
狗
dog
cat
māo
猫
cat
Read this — every word is one you know
Jane plans her weekend with all three lessons at once. Before you look, find every 都 — each one is standing just before its verb.
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The checkpoint test
Paper A of 3Eighteen questions across the three lessons. Sixteen to pass — and a miss hands you a different paper, not the same one again.
- 1
这是____。
Zhè shì ____.
This is ____.
- 2
我想喝一杯____。
Wǒ xiǎng hē yì bēi ____.
I want a cup of ____.
- 3
昨天的火锅有点____。
Zuótiān de huǒguō yǒudiǎn ____.
Yesterday's hotpot was a bit spicy.
- 4
明天会____。
Míngtiān huì ____.
It will probably rain tomorrow.
- 5
我明天要____，不能去爬山。
Wǒ míngtiān yào ____, bù néng qù páshān.
I have to work tomorrow — I can't go hiking.
- 6
你妈妈最近身体____？
Nǐ māma zuìjìn shēntǐ ____?
How has your mother's health been lately?
- 7
我们晚饭以后去散步，____？
Wǒmen wǎnfàn yǐhòu qù sànbù, ____?
Let's take a walk after dinner — how about it?
- 8
——你觉得这个电影怎么样？——____。
— Nǐ juéde zhège diànyǐng zěnmeyàng? — ____.
— What did you think of the movie? — Meh, nothing special.
- 9
她昨天发烧了？现在怎么样____？
Tā zuótiān fāshāo le? Xiànzài zěnmeyàng ____?
She had a fever yesterday? How is she now?
- 10
你今天____收到一个礼物。
Nǐ jīntiān ____ shōudào yí gè lǐwù.
You are going to get a gift today.
- 11
我明天不能去爬山，我____上班。
Wǒ míngtiān bù néng qù páshān, wǒ ____ shàngbān.
I can't go hiking tomorrow — I have to work.
- 12
她那天____很漂亮。
Tā nà tiān ____ hěn piàoliang.
She is going to look beautiful that day.
- 13
我们____是中国人。
Wǒmen ____ shì Zhōngguó rén.
We are all Chinese.
- 14
——你喜欢茶还是咖啡？——我____。
— Nǐ xǐhuan chá háishì kāfēi? — Wǒ ____.
— Tea or coffee? — I like both.
- 15
Which reply fits?
- 16
What does she mean?
- 17
样 = ____
yàng
What does this character mean?
- 18
Your turn — say it
今天晚上吃火锅，怎么样？
Hotpot tonight — how about it?
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Words 生词
Characters 汉字
Before you go课后回顾
- Make one real plan this week with suggestion + 怎么样, and catch one piece of someone's news with 现在怎么样了？ Both on a real person.
- Say tomorrow twice tonight: 明天会…… for what you expect, 我明天要…… for what is booked. If the two sentences feel the same weight, say them again.
- Which flashcards went into your wrong-answer book? Those words open our next class — the last stretch of this unit.