Course in Modern Mandarin Chinese

Lesson 12 Workbook

Listening and speaking

 Structure drills 

1. Two ways to say go to a location (Use and Structure notes 12.1, 12.2)

You will hear a statement saying where the speaker is going or where the speaker has gone.
Restate the sentence using the pattern dào location 去, as in the example.

Example:

You will hear: 我去學 xiào。

You will say: 我 dào 學 xiào 去。

You will hear the correct response: 我 dào 學 xiào 去。

(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f ) (g) (h) (i) (j)

2. 怎麼 zIu？How do you go? (Use and Structure note 12.2)

You will hear a question asking how to go from one location to another, followed by
another destination. Restate the question, asking how to get to the new destination, as in
the example.

Example:

You will hear: Cóng 我的 sùshè dào 你家怎麼 zIu？(圖書館)

You will say: Cóng 我的 sùshè dào 圖書館怎麼 zIu？

You will hear the correct response: Cóng 我的 sùshè dào 圖書館怎麼 zIu？

(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f ) (g) (h) (i) (j)