Teaching Basic Chinese Grammar Communicative Strategies and Activities 

初级中文语法教学 教学策略及课堂活动 

Sample Exercises 

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万敏 Min Wan 王晶 Jing Wang 王菁 Jing Wang 刘羿彣 Yi-Wen Liu 陈彤 Tong Chen 陈凯迪 Kaidi Chen 何小蔓(Mairead Harris) Xiaoman He 何杉 Shan He 张漫 Man Zhang 

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Lesson 4: Hobbies 

Grammar Point 26: Word order Integrated Chinese Volume 1, Lesson 4, Dialogue 1 

1. Rearrange the words to create complete sentences.

a.去 现在 我 打球

________________________________________。 

b. 吗 你 看外国电影 周末 常常

________________________________________。 

c.晚上 白先生 六点 中国菜 请 李小姐 吃

________________________________________。 

2. Read Wang Youpeng’s diary to find out what he does during the week. Then, answer the followingquestions in as much detail as possible.

2019年12月18日星期三 

今天我很忙，我晚上十二点睡觉。明天我和朋友去打球。星期五李学中请我吃外国菜，我们七点一刻见。星期六晚上我请我的女朋友看外国电影。星期天是我妈妈的生日，我请她吃饭、唱歌。 

a.王友朋今天几点睡觉?

回答：_____________________________________。

b.王友朋星期四做什么?

回答：_____________________________________。

c.王友朋和李学中星期五几点见?

回答：_____________________________________。

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d.王友朋十二月二十一号做什么?

回答：_____________________________________。

e.王友朋十二月二十二号做什么？

回答：_____________________________________。

3. Using different question words (什么、星期几、什么时候), come up with four questions aboutLittle Gao’s week based on the schedule below. Then, provide answers to the questions.

Monday  Tuesday  Wednesday  Thursday 

Friday  Saturday  Sunday 

a.问题：_______________________________________________？

回答：_______________________________________________。

b. 问题：_______________________________________________？

回答：_______________________________________________。

c. 问题：_______________________________________________？

回答：_______________________________________________。

d. 问题：_______________________________________________？

回答：_______________________________________________。

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Grammar Point 27: Affirmative + negative (A-not-A) questions (II) Integrated Chinese Volume 1, Lesson 4, Dialogue 1 

 1. Based on the answers provided, write the appropriate A-not-A questions.  

a. 问题：_________________________________________?  

小美没有哥哥。  

b. 问题：_________________________________________?  

王国友明天不忙。  

c. 问题：_________________________________________?  

李友今天晚上不去看电影。  2. Imagine this is the first time you are meeting your classmates. Using the A-not-A structure, ask one of your classmates at least four questions in order to get to know him/her better.   _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________  3. Fill in Xiaoming’s half of the conversation using the A-not-A structure.  

小明：_____________________________________？  

回答：我有一个哥哥。  

小明：_____________________________________？  

回答：我和我哥哥明天都不忙。  

小明：_____________________________________？  

回答：我们都喜欢吃中国菜。  小明：_____________________________________？ 

 回答：我今天去吃中国菜。 

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Grammar Point 28: The conjunction 那(么) (nà[me]) (then, in that case) Integrated Chinese Volume 1, Lesson 4, Dialogue 1 

 1. Complete the following dialogues using 那(么).  

a. A：你今天忙不忙?   B：我今天不忙。   A：______________________________? 

 b. A：我星期四请你看一个外国电影，怎么样？   B：我星期四很忙。   A：______________________________? 

 c. A：你喜欢不喜欢打球？   B：我喜欢打球。   A：______________________________? 

 2. Do the role play, inserting 那(么) where appropriate.  

A  B Ask if B likes to eat Chinese food or American food. 

Answer A. 

Then, invite B to eat, and indicate that you would like to treat. 

Ask why A wants to treat you. 

Make up a reason for the treat.  Tell A you’re busy tonight . Suggest another time.  Say OK. 

 ________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ________________________________________ ___________________________________________ 

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3. Based on the pictures below, make up a dialogue about what your friend likes to do and ask him/her to do the same thing with you. Don’t forget to use 那(么). 

 

  ________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ________________________________________ ___________________________________________            

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Grammar Point 29: 去 (qù) (to go) + action Integrated Chinese Volume 1, Lesson 4, Dialogue 1 

 1. Answer the following questions with the “去 + action” structure.  

a. 王国美今天晚上做什么?  

回答：____________________________。(打球)  

b. 王友周末做什么?  

回答：____________________________。(唱歌)  

c. 李朋明天去跳舞吗?  

回答：____________________________。(看电影)  2. Using the “去 + action” structure, write down at least four sentences about what your family members often do on weekends.  _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________                 

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3. Based on the following pictures, describe Little Wang’s weekend plans using the “去+ action” structure.  

  a. ___________________________________________________________________________________  

  b. ___________________________________________________________________________________ 

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  c. ___________________________________________________________________________________  

  d. __________________________________________________________________________________ 

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Grammar Point 30: Questions with 好吗 (hǎo ma) (OK?) Integrated Chinese Volume 1, Lesson 4, Dialogue 1 

 1. Using complete sentences, invite a friend to the following activities at the following times. Don’t forget to ask his/her opinion with 好吗/好不好.  

a. 看外国电影/星期六晚上  ___________________________________________________________ 

 b. 吃中国菜/星期五中午  ___________________________________________________________ 

 c. 跳舞/星期天上午  ___________________________________________________________ 

 d. 打球/星期三下午  ___________________________________________________________ 

 2. Write a note to a friend in which you suggest at least three things you could do together. Be sure to mention a time and place!  _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________            

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3. Caption each picture using 好吗.   

  a. __________________________________________________________________________________  

  b. __________________________________________________________________________________ 

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  c. __________________________________________________________________________________  

  d. __________________________________________________________________________________   

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Grammar Point 31: 因为…所以… (yīnwèi...suǒyǐ...) Integrated Chinese Volume 1, Lesson 4, Dialogue 1, from the text 

 1. Complete the following sentences using 因为 or 所以 as needed.  

a. 因为我今天很忙，_______________________________________。  

b. _______________________________________，所以他不去跳舞。  

c. 因为她有事儿，_________________________________________。  

d. 因为他觉得唱歌没有意思，_______________________________。  

e. _______________________________________，所以我请你吃饭。  f. _____________________________________，所以他周末也工作。 

 2. Answer the following questions using the “因为…所以…” structure.  

a. A：你为什么星期一上午不打球?   B：___________________________________________________。 

 b. A：他为什么常常去跳舞？   B:___________________________________________________。 

 c. A：李医生为什么周末也工作？ 

  B:___________________________________________________。 

 d. A：为什么你今天晚上不看电视？ 

  B：___________________________________________________。 

 e. A：为什么他常常看外国电影？ 

  B：___________________________________________________。 

   

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f. A：今天你为什么请他吃饭？   B：___________________________________________________。 

 3. Describe the following pictures using the “因为…所以…” structure.  

  a. __________________________________________________________________________________  

  b. __________________________________________________________________________________ 

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  c. __________________________________________________________________________________                               

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Grammar Point 32: The modal verb 想 (xiǎng) (want to, would like to) Integrated Chinese Volume 1, Lesson 4, Dialogue 2 

 1. Fill in the blanks with 喜欢, 觉得, or 想.  

a. 你______你的老师和同学吗？  

b. 今天晚上你忙不忙？我______请你吃晚饭。  

c. 我周末______看电影，可是这个周末我不______看电影，我______看书。  

d. 我晚上常常听音乐，我______听音乐很有意思。  2. Summarize these students’ plans for tonight based on the following table.  

 

     王小文  ✓  ✕  ✕ 

李朋爱  ✕  ✓  ✕ 

高白中  ✓  ✕  ✕ 

白大文  ✕  ✕  ✓ 

             

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3. Describe the following pictures with 想.   

  a. __________________________________________________________________________________  

  b. __________________________________________________________________________________   

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  c. __________________________________________________________________________________                         

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Grammar Point 33: Verb + object as a detachable compound Integrated Chinese Volume 1, Lesson 4, Dialogue 2 

 1. Insert the given words into the correct place in each sentence. 

 a. 王国美喜欢唱歌。（中文） 

  回答：____________________________。 

 b. 李朋的妹妹想睡觉。（一个好） 

  回答：____________________________。 

 c. 李贵英的姐姐喜欢跳舞。（日本） 

  回答：____________________________。 

 2. Using the “verb + modifier + object” structure, write down four sentences about what kinds of songs you like to sing, dances you like to do, music you like to listen to, and books you like to read.  _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________                 3. Describe the following pictures, making sure to use a detachable compound in each sentence. 

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a. 她喜欢做什么？  

回答：______________________________________________________________  

  

b. 孩子喜欢做什么？   回答：______________________________________________________________ 

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c. 她喜欢做什么？  

回答：______________________________________________________________  

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