Foundations
HSK 1 (HSK 3.0): greetings and introductions, 是 sentences, questions, numbers and money, measure words, family, describing with 很 and 最, dates and time, places, wanting and ability, food, getting around, 觉得, and actions finished with 了 or happening now -- the 500-word HSK 1 list.
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- interactionI can greet people, thank them, apologise and say goodbye politely.
- speakingI can introduce myself -- name, nationality, job -- and ask others the same.
- interactionI can ask and answer simple yes/no questions and bounce a question back.
- listeningI can understand numbers, prices, ages, dates and clock times.
- speakingI can talk about my family and what I have, counting things with measure words.
- speakingI can describe people and things with simple adjectives, and say whose things are.
- interactionI can ask where people and things are, and say where I live and work.
- interactionI can order food and drink and say what I want or would like to do.
- speakingI can say what I did and didn't do, and what I can and can't do.
- interactionI can say how I get places, suggest plans, and talk about the weather and what I like.
Foundations short stories · graded reading practice with audio and English
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Greetings, Thanks and Apologies
Hello and goodbye, thank you and you're welcome, sorry and never mind -- the phrases you'll use every day.
Dialogue: At the Teacher's Door
A short scene from arrival to goodbye: greeting a teacher, being invited in, apologising and taking leave.
Pattern Practice: ___好 and 请 + Verb
Two patterns, many words: greet anyone with a title + 好, and ask politely with 请 + a verb.
Drill: Greetings, Thanks and Apologies
Greet one person or a whole room, thank and apologise, and give the right reply each time, from single words to short two-part exchanges.
Spaced review
Back again, just as you might be forgetting: Compound finals, Third-tone sandhi, Reading pinyin, Characters 101 and more.
Names and Introductions
Saying your name, asking someone else's, surnames, and "nice to meet you."
Mission: Introduce Yourself
Your mission: meet a new classmate, give your name, ask theirs, and ask a teacher's surname politely.
Pattern Practice: 叫, 姓 and 什么
Swap names into the three patterns until they come out without thinking.
Drill: Names and Introductions
Give your name and surname, ask other people's (politely to older people), and say "nice to meet you," from single gaps to a whole first exchange.
Pronouns and 是 (to be)
I, you, he, she, we, they -- and 是 for saying who or what someone is: nationality, job, identity.
Error Hunt: 是 and 不是
Spot and fix the mistakes learners make most with 是, 不 and nationalities.
Pattern Practice: A 是 B, A 不是 B
Statement, negative, statement again: the 是 pattern at speed.
Substitution: Countries and People
Country + 人 for nationality, with every pronoun: swap one word at a time.
Drill: Pronouns and 是
Say who people are and where they're from with 是 and 不是, for every pronoun, and correct a wrong guess in one sentence.
Who's Who: Jobs and People
Say what you and others do (我是医生), ask 你做什么工作？, tell men from women with 男 and 女, and address people the Chinese way: surname + title.
Drill: Who's Who: Jobs and People
Say what people do, ask about someone's job, and address people by surname and title, from single words to short exchanges.
Languages and Learning: 说, 学 and 中文
Say which languages you speak and learn (我学中文), know 中文 from 汉语 and 外语, and why 说话 can't take a language after it.
Drill: Languages and Learning
Say who speaks and learns which language with 说 and 学, tell 中文 from 外语, and avoid the 说话 trap, from single words to linked sentences.
This Is My Friend: 这是… and 介绍
Introduce a friend, classmate or teacher with 这是… and 我介绍一下, say who you know with 认识, and greet and behave politely when you meet people.
Drill: This Is My Friend
Introduce friends, classmates and teachers with 这是 and 我介绍一下, say whom you know with 认识, and greet them, from single gaps to a full introduction.
Unit 1 review
A quiz, listening and speaking on Greetings, Thanks and apologies, 请 (please), Names and introductions and more.
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