Speed Up Your Chinese: Strategies to Avoid Common Errors

Exercise 3.1

Label the following time phrases as specifying either chronological time or durational time.

Exercise 3.2

Choose the correct Chinese translation for each time phrase.

Exercise 3.3

Choose the correct Chinese translation for each English sentence.

Exercise 3.4

Finish each sentence, choosing an appropriate time phrase from the parentheses.

Exercise 3.5

Using each English sentence as your guide, put the Chinese words into the proper sequence.

Exercise 3.6

Choose the correct Chinese translation for each English sentence.

Exercise 3.7

Using each English sentence as your guide, put the Chinese words into the proper sequence.

Exercise 3.8

From the square parentheses for each sentence select 的时候 deshíhou, ‘以前 yĭqián or 时时刻刻 shíshíkèkè.

Exercise 3.9

Choose the correct answer to each question.

Exercise 3.10

Choose the correct Chinese translation for each English sentence.

Exercise 3.11

Exercise 3.12

Choose the correct way to ask the question about the underlined segment.

Exercise 3.13

Choose the correct Chinese translation for each English sentence.

Exercise 3.14

From the squared parentheses for each sentence select 才 cái or 就 jiù.

Exercise 3.15

Using each English sentence as your guide, put the words in the proper sequence.

Exercise 3.16

Finish each sentence, choosing the appropriate word or phrase from the parentheses.

Exercise 3.17

Using each English sentence as your guide, put the Chinese words in the proper sequence.