42 Routledge Course in Modern Mandarin Chinese Level 1
- Scrambled sentences
Rewrite these phrases as sentences, putting the words in the correct order to match the
English translations.
a. shuD / nH / huì / huì / FFguó huà / bù
Can you speak French?
b. shénme míngzì / jiào / nH
What is your name?
c. huì / yG / YCngguó huà / wI / shuD
I can also speak English.
d. MGilì / xìng / jiào / wI / GAo / GAo
My family name is Gao. I’m called Gao Meili.
e. dAngrán / wI / shuD / huì / ZhDngguó / huà
Of course I can speak Chinese.
f. wI / duìbuqH / bù / shuD / huì / MGiguó huà
Sorry, I can’t speak American English.
g. huì / wImen / hé / shuD / RìbGn huà / Déguó huà
We can speak Japanese and German.
Focus on communication
- Dialogue comprehension
Study the Lesson 3 Dialogue. Then, read the following statements and indicate whether
they are true (T) or false (F).
a. ( ) XiFo GAo xìng ZhAng.
b. ( ) XiFo ZhAng jiào ZhAng Dàwéi.
c. ( ) XiFo GAo bù shì Déguó rén, yG bù shì MGiguó rén.
d. ( ) XiFo ZhAng hé XiFo GAo zhH huì shuD ZhDngguó huà.
e. ( ) XiFo GAo huì shuD YCngguó huà, yG huì shuD MGiguó huà.