Course in Modern Mandarin Chinese

Lesson 2 Workbook 15

ang zhAng, dAng(rán), wáng

eng (xué)sheng

ing qHng, YCng(guó), YCng(guó rén)

2. Listen and identify

2.1. Contour tone or neutral tone?

Listen to each two-syllable expression and indicate whether the second syllable has a contour
tone (T) or a neutral tone (0). The tone of the first syllable is provided in each example.

a. xuéxiao d. dìtu g. shAngliang j. lHtou

b. xuésheng e. shàng ke h. wImen k. nàli

c. dìfang f. shàng xue i. dF men l. lFoshi

2.2. Second-syllable tones

Listen to each two-syllable expression and write the tone for the second syllable as follows:

1 = first tone, 2 = second tone, 3 = third tone, 4 = fourth tone, 0 = neutral tone.

The tone of the first syllable is provided in each expression.

a. dAngran d. dìfang g. lFoshi j. XiFo Zhang

b. qHng wen e. FFguo h. dDu hao k. xuésheng

c. dDngxi f. fA shao i. xiàozhang l. xuéxiao

2.3. Write the tones

Listen to the recording and complete the spelling of each word by adding the tones. There
are no neutral tones.

a. tongxue d. laoshi g. xuexiao j. mingtian

b. zhongtou e. sushe h. maobi k. xuewen

c. keben f. kaoshi i. da men l. Zhongwen

2.4. Which sound?

Listen to the recording and circle the syllable that is spoken.

a. shAng shAn d. dDu duD g. rén rán

b. dGi duì e. shuH xuG h. móu mó

c. lòu luò f. luò nuò i. téng tóng