74 Routledge Course in Modern Mandarin Chinese Level 1
Reading and writing
Focus on structure
- NH de diànhuà hàomF shì duDshao? (Use and Structure notes 5.10, 5.11, 5.14)
Read the following phone numbers in Pinyin and rewrite them in Arabic numerals, as in
the example.
Example:
liù wJ jiJ qC yC èr bA bA → 65971288a. yAo líng wJ jiJ liù qC qC bA líng èr sAn →
b. bA liù yAo sAn jiJ sì qC líng èr wJ sAn →
c. liù bA bA wJ yAo jiJ sAn qC →
d. líng jiJ liù sAn èr sì èr líng líng qC →
e. líng èr èr bA qC yC sAn jiJ liù sì →
- Èr or liFng? (Use and Structure note 5.6)
Fill in the blanks with either èr or liFng.
a. WI yIu _____ gè tóngwE.
b. WI de shIujC hàomF shì yAo líng jiJ bA bA wJ qC liù wJ.
c. XiFo ZhAng de bAba yIu _____ gè háizi.
d. NH zGnme zhCdào wI yIu _____ gè dìdi?
e. TA zhH yIu _____ gè xuésheng.
f. XiFo ZhAng de diànhuà hàomF shì sAn _____ sAn liù qC jiJ wJ.
- Who is calling? (Use and Structure note 5.13)
Write a complete Mandarin sentence for each situation, stating who is calling who, and
translate your sentence to English. The first sentence is completed for you.
Who makes the call: Who receives the call:
a. gBge wI → GBge gGi wI dF diànhuà.
Older brother phones me.