15042 Expressing sequence
1 Put the Mandarin phrases in the right order to describe each of the things that
ቅ⧁ Xifo Wáng did before she went to class.
a. ྯԛࢃр䈴ᰟ侣ਹҼȾ
ྯԛࢃр䃨ᰟ伥ਹҼȾ
ta yhqián shàng kè zfofàn chc le.
Before she went to class she ate breakfast.
b. ԛࢃྯр䈴Ҽⵁᣛ㓮Ⱦ
ԛࢃྯр䃨Ҽⵁ㍏Ⱦ
yhqián ta shàng kè le kàn bàozhh.
Before she went to class she read the newspaper.
c. ྯр䈴ҼགྷҖѣᮽԛࢃȾ[གྷҖ/ᗟ㘈 fùxí to review]
ྯр䃨Ҽᗟ㘈ѣᮽԛࢃȾ
ta shàng kè le fùxí Zhdngwén yhqián.
Before she went to class she reviewed Chinese.
d. Ҽ᭬丩ᵰྯр䈴ԛࢃȾ[᭬丩ᵰ/᭬丩ₕ shduycnjc radio]
㚳Ҽ᭬丩ₕྯр䃨ԛࢃȾ
tcng le shduycnjc ta shàng kè yhqián.
Before she went to class she listened to the radio.
e. ԛࢃр䈴䐇↛Ҽྯ൞ޢണ䠂Ⱦ[䐇↛ pfo bù to jog]
ԛࢃр䃨䐇↛Ҽྯ൞ޢൈ㼅Ⱦ
yhqián shàng kè pfo bù le ta zài gdngyuán lh.
Before she went to class she jogged in the park.
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2 Write complete sentences using ࢃԛ yvqián ‘before’ to describe each of the
things that ቅ⧁ Xifo Wáng does before she goes to sleep every night.
Example: brushes teeth → ቅ⧁㿿ԛࢃ⢏Ⱦ
ቅ⧁㿰ԛࢃ⢏Ⱦ
Xito Wáng shuì jiào yvqián shuo yá.