Exercises
Exercise 1
Complete the descriptions.
1.
To ask whether someone does an activity or not, we can put ________ before the verb phrase for the activity to form a yes-no question.
2.
To indicate duration, we can use the words ________, ________ and ________. ________ and ________ are measurement unit classifiers, which can be used alone. ________ is not a classifier so we need to add the classifier ________.
3.
To indicate an approximate number, we can put ________ before a number, and ________ or ________ after a number.
4.
We use ________ to indicate an activity has been completed or a state has changed.
5.
We can use ________ to help signal a state has changed.
6.
We can use ________ to form a question that elicits duration as the answer.
7.
We put ________ before the verb for an activity to indicate the activity has not been completed yet.
8.
We can use ________ to form yes-no questions that asks whether an activity has been completed yet or not.
Exercise 2
Each question has two sentences. Listen and choose the sentence that mentions longer duration.
1.
a. ________
b. ________
2.
a. ________
b. ________
3.
a. ________
b. ________
4.
a. ________
b. ________
5.
a. ________
b. ________
Exercise 3
Listen to A and complete B. Then, check your answers. Finally, repeat after the recordings.
Example
| A | 你結咗婚未㗎？ nei5 git3 zo2 fan1 mei6 gaa3? Have you gotten married yet? [= Are you married yet?] | ||||
| B | (✅)
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1.
| A | ________ | ||||
| B | (✅)
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2.
| A | ________ | ||||
| B | (❎)
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3.
| A | ________ | ||||
| B | (❎)
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4.
| A | ________ | ||||
| B | (未 mei6)
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5.
| A | ________ | ||||
| B | (未 mei6)
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