Exercises
Exercise 1
Complete the descriptions.
1.
When we indicate children’s age from 0 to 10, we can optionally add ________ after the age. When we indicate children’s age in months, we always add ________ after the age.
2.
When the subject in a sentence represents a group of people or things, we can put ________ after the subject to emphasize that all of the people or things do the same activity or share the same attribute.
3.
When we describe people or things in a group one by one, we can add ________ after the subject in each sentence to show contrast between the people or things.
Exercise 2
Follow the example to complete the conversations. Then, listen to the recordings to check your answers. Finally, repeat after the recordings.
Example
| A | 你兩個仔幾大呀？ nei5 loeng5 go3 zai2 gei2 daai6 aa3? How old are your two sons? |
| B | 我個大仔就六歲，我個細仔就五歲。 ngo5 go3 daai6 zai2 zau6 luk6 seoi3, ngo5 go3 sai3 zai2 zau6 ng5 seoi3. My older son is 6 years old. My younger son is 5 years old. |
1.
| A | ________ |
| B | ________ |
2.
| A | ________ |
| B | ________ |
3.
| A | ________ |
| B | ________ |
4.
| A | ________ |
| B | ________ |
5.
| A | ________ |
| B | ________ |
Exercise 3
Listen to information about B’s children and follow the example to complete the conversations. Then, listen to the recordings to check your answers. Finally, repeat after the recordings.
Example
佢大仔做廚師，
keoi5 daai6 zai2 zou6 cyu4 si1,
His or her older son works as a chef.
佢細仔讀緊大學第三年。
keoi5 sai3 zai2 duk6 gan2 daai6 hok6 dai6 saam1 nin4.
His or her younger son is studying Year 3 at university.
| A | 你兩個仔做緊嘢定讀緊書㗎？ nei5 loeng5 go3 zai2 zou6 gan2 je5 ding6 duk6 gan2 syu1 gaa3? Are your two sons working or studying? |
| B | 一個就仲讀緊書嘅，一個就做緊嘢喇。 jat1 go3 zau6 zung6 duk6 gan2 syu1 ge3, jat1 go3 zau6 zou6 gan2 je5 laa3. One of them is still studying. One of them is already working. |
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| A | ________ |
| B | ________ |
2.
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| A | ________ |
| B | ________ |
3.
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| A | ________ |
| B | ________ |
4.
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| A | ________ |
| B | ________ |
5.
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| A | ________ |
| B | ________ |
Exercise 4
Follow the example to complete the conversations. Then, listen to the recordings to check your answers. Finally, repeat after the recordings.
Example
| A | 你兩隻狗係咩狗嚟㗎？ nei5 loeng5 zek3 gau2 hai6 me1 gau2 lai4 gaa3? What breed are your two dogs? |
| B | 一隻就係八哥嚟嘅，一隻就係哥基嚟嘅。 jat1 zek3 zau6 hai6 baat3 go1 lai4 ge3, jat1 zek3 zau6 hai6 go1 gei1 lai4 ge3. One of them is a Pug. One of them is a Corgi. |
1.
| A | ________ |
| B | ________ |
2.
| A | ________ |
| B | ________ |
3.
| A | ________ |
| B | ________ |
4.
| A | ________ |
| B | ________ |
5.
| A | ________ |
| B | ________ |