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HSK2 Checkpoint ① — Wanting, Counting Roughly, and the Top
阶段小结 ⑧ — 要 · 要想想要 · 几 · 多 · 最
Five HSK2 exercises in: 要 and its three noes, wanting at three temperatures, 几 and 多, 最 at the top. Cards, my Saturday, eighteen questions.
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what the fridge has 几瓶 of
Píjiǔ
啤酒
beer
Nǎichá
奶茶
milk tea
the spiky one you 不吃
Liúlián
榴莲
durian
what you say 不要 to at the stall
Làjiāo
辣椒
chilli
Táng
糖
sugar
the clear one in the tiny cup
Báijiǔ
白酒
Chinese liquor
what you 最想 do
Lǚyóu
旅游
to travel
Yīfu
衣服
clothes
Read this — my Saturday
One Saturday of mine, supermarket and back, with every grammar point on duty. Find the three temperatures of wanting first, then every 多 and 几.
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The first HSK2 checkpoint
Paper A of 3Eighteen questions on the first five HSK2 lessons. Sixteen to pass — a miss hands you a different paper.
- 1
你要喝什么？——我____喝奶茶。
Nǐ yào hē shénme? — Wǒ ____ Hē nǎichá.
What do you want to drink? — I'll have milk tea.
- 2
You would rather not, gently. Which reply?
- 3
There are a few beers in the fridge.
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Your sentence
- 4
我们公司有一百____个人。
Wǒmen gōngsī yǒu yìbǎi ____ Gèrén.
Our company has a hundred-odd people.
- 5
Your turn — say it
北京烤鸭最好吃。
Beijing roast duck is the most delicious.
- 6
我____去泰国旅游，但是没有时间。
Wǒ ____ Qù Tàiguó lǚyóu, dànshì méiyǒu shíjiān.
I'd like to go to Thailand, but I have no time.
- 7
It is a bit past twelve. Which reply?
- 8
Fill each line with the right piece.
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0/5 - 9
你要吃鸡爪吗？——____！我不喜欢吃鸡爪。
Nǐ yào chī jīzhuǎ ma? — ____! Wǒ bù xǐhuan chī jīzhuǎ.
Do you want chicken feet? — No! I don't like them.
- 10
I sleep seven-odd hours a day.
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Your sentence
- 11
Your turn — say it
我要一杯咖啡，不要糖。
A coffee, no sugar.
- 12
那里有____个帅哥。
Nàlǐ yǒu ____ Gè shuàigē.
There are a few handsome guys over there.
- 13
Thailand, for you. Which reply?
- 14
这本书____块钱。
Zhè běn shū ____ Kuàiqián.
This book is a few dozen yuan.
- 15
Wednesday is the hottest, Friday the coldest.
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Your sentence
- 16
Your turn — say it
你周末要做什么？——我周末要去健身。
What are you doing this weekend? — I'm going to the gym.
- 17
Pair each picture with its word — the things you 要, 想 and 最爱.
Tap a picture, then choose its word. Picked wrong? Tap that picture and choose again. Match all the cards to finish.
- 18
你要喝茶吗？——我____喝，你喝吧。
Nǐ yào hēchá ma? — Wǒ ____ Hē, nǐ hē ba.
Do you want tea? — I don't feel like it — you have it.
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Before you go课后回顾
- Do my Saturday as yours, out loud: where you 要去, what you 想买, how many 几瓶, what costs 两块多, what is 最好吃. Five points, one story.
- The three noes are the most useful thing in these five lessons. Say them over an imaginary plate once more: 不吃 · 不想吃 · 不要吃.
- Next stop: 是不是 and 每. The road keeps going — and from here every lesson is one you could not have understood a month ago.