Course in Modern Mandarin Chinese

70 Routledge Course in Modern Mandarin Chinese Level 1

 Structure drills 

1.  One more (Use and Structure note 5.6)

Listen to the string of numbers, and then repeat them including the next highest number
in the series, as in the example.

Example:

You will hear: yC èr sAn

You will say: yC èr sAn sì

You will hear the correct response: yC èr sAn sì

(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f ) (g)

2. One less (Use and Structure note 5.6)

Listen to the string of numbers, and then repeat them including the next lowest number in
the series, as in the example.

Example:

You will hear: sì sAn èr

You will say: sì sAn èr yC

You will hear the correct response: sì sAn èr yC

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

3. WI jiA yIu qC gè rén (Use and Structure notes 5.2, 5.3, 5.6)

Listen to the recording and then respond by saying that your family has one more person,
as in the example.

Example:

You will hear: WI jiA yIu qC gè rén.

You will say: WI jiA yIu bA gè rén.

You will hear the correct response: WI jiA yIu bA gè rén.

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

4. How many people? (Use and Structure notes 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.6)

You will hear a statement about the number of people in my family. Ask the corresponding
question using the question word jH how many, as in the example.

Example:

You will hear: WI jiA yIu sAn gè háizi.

You will ask: NH jiA yIu jH gè háizi?

You will hear the correct response: NH jiA yIu jH gè háizi?

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