Everyday Chinese
HSK 2 (HSK 3.0): experiences with 过, 着 and 一边, already/just/again, comparisons, 得 and 地, shopping, result and direction complements, 把 and 让, time and sequence, because/although/if, opinions, health, food and festivals, school and work -- the 750-word HSK 2 list.
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- speakingI can talk about things I have and haven't done, and what is going on right now.
- speakingI can compare people, places and things, and say how something is changing.
- speakingI can say how well or how someone does something.
- interactionI can shop for clothes: ask for colours and sizes, try things on, and choose between options.
- interactionI can give and follow simple instructions about doing things to objects and moving them around.
- interactionI can make plans by phone: suggest a time and place and arrange to meet.
- speakingI can describe the order of events and how long things took.
- listeningI can ask the way and follow simple directions.
- speakingI can give reasons, contrasts and conditions in connected sentences.
- interactionI can explain what's wrong at the doctor's and understand simple advice.
Everyday Chinese short stories · graded reading practice with audio and English
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Have You Ever…? Experience with 过
Verb + 过 says you've done something at some point in your life: 我去过北京. Its negative, questions, and how it differs from 了.
Pattern Practice: Have You Ever…?
Verb + 过 for experiences, 没 + verb + 过 for never, and 次 for how many times -- drilled with everyday verbs.
Drill: Have You Ever…? Experience with 过
Say what you have and haven't ever done with verb + 过 and 没 + verb + 过, ask "have you ever…?", and keep 过 apart from 了.
Spaced review
Back again, just as you might be forgetting: Weather, 喜欢, 了 for a new situation, 觉得 (to think, feel) and more.
How Many Times: 次 and 遍
Say how many times you've done something (我去过两次北京, 我见过他一次) and use 遍 for doing something from start to finish (请再说一遍).
Pattern Practice: Once, Twice, Again
Slot counts into 过 and 了 sentences: 次 for occurrences, 遍 for start-to-finish, pronouns before the count, nouns after it.
Drill: How Many Times: 次 and 遍
Count how many times you've done something with 次, say 'once more, all the way through' with 遍, and put pronouns before the count.
Trips and Holidays: 旅游, 出国, 护照
Talk about trips: going abroad and coming back, passports, hotels, departures and take-offs, sightseeing, and wishing someone a good journey.
Reading: A Travel Diary
Read five short diary entries from a week in Yunnan, then answer questions on where the writer went, when, and how often.
Drill: Trips and Holidays: 旅游, 出国, 护照
Talk about trips in Chinese: setting off and taking off, going abroad and coming home, passports, hotels and visits, with each time word in the right place.
When, Where, How It Happened: 是…的
For an event you both know happened, 是…的 puts the spotlight on the detail: 我是昨天来的, 你是怎么来的？
Contrast: 了 or 是…的?
了 reports that something happened; 是…的 picks out a detail of something already known. Same event, two questions.
Drill: When, Where, How It Happened: 是…的
Ask and answer about the when, where, how and who-with of something that already happened, with 是…的 and its negative 不是…的.
Where You Grew Up: 出生, 长大, 从小
Tell your life story: where and when you were born (我是在上海出生的), where you grew up, what you did as a child, and who is in your family.
Reading: Three Life Stories
Read three short profiles -- a grandmother, a student and a migrant worker -- and answer questions about when, where and how things happened.
Drill: Where You Grew Up: 出生, 长大, 从小
Tell the basics of a life story in Chinese: where and when someone was born, where they grew up, what they've liked since childhood, and who is in the family.
It, We and Yourself: 它, 咱们, 自己, 大家
Use 它 for animals and things, 咱们 for a "we" that includes the listener, 自己 for "myself / yourself", and 大家, 人们 and 有人 for groups of people.
Drill: It, We and Yourself: 它, 咱们, 自己, 大家
Choose between 我们 and 咱们, use 它 for animals (and nothing for most things), say 'myself' with 自己, and address a group with 大家 and 有人.
Ah! Exclamations with 啊 and 多么
Soften answers and questions with 啊, exclaim with 真…啊 and 多…啊, hear how 啊 changes to 呀 and 哪, and know when it sounds warm and when it sounds impatient.
Drill: Ah! Exclamations with 啊 and 多么
Exclaim with 真…啊 and 多…啊, answer warmly with 好啊 and 是啊, and soften questions with 啊 -- without slipping 很 into an exclamation.
Unit 1 review
A quiz, listening and speaking on 过 (experience), 次 and 遍 (how many times), Trips and holidays, 是…的 and more.
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