Unit 1 - Shanghai, here I come!
Section outline
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Objectives:- Asking for and giving directions (left, right, straight ahead)
- Getting around by subway and by bus
- Locating a place (in front, behind, next to)
- Linking two actions (going somewhere to do something)
New characters: 12
New words: 17
Grammar:- The coverb 从: the starting point
- The coverb 往: the direction
- The position words 左 and 右
- Serial verbs
- 怎么 + verb: asking about the means
- The simple directionals 回来 / 回去
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Study of the new characters of Unit 1: pronunciation, writing, components and etymology.
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Download and print this PDF document to practice writing the characters of Unit 1.
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Listening comprehension assessment on Unit 1, made up of 3 parts, based on the HSK test model.
The questions are random and change with each attempt. -
Reading comprehension assessment on Unit 1, made up of 4 parts, based on the HSK test model.
The questions are random and change with each attempt.The sentences are written in characters only, without pinyin: the official HSK 2 test still shows the pinyin above the characters. The exercise is therefore deliberately more demanding, and it prepares you for Level 3.
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Oral expression on the content of Unit 1.
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Written expression of Unit 1.
The questions are random and change with each attempt.