Grammar

Question 1

LE了

Answer 1

Verb + object + verb (le) + duration of time (le)

• first 了needed if action already finished
• both 了needed if not yet finished

了is commonly used at the end of a question

Question 2

lí （away from)

Answer 2

A lí B

A lí B yuǎn ma？
A lí B duō yuǎn？

Question 3

dào (arrive) - qù (go)

Answer 3

dào + place + qù + do something

qù + place + do something

Question 4

yǒu yī diǎn

Answer 4

yī diǎn + noun

yǒu yī diǎn + adj

Question 5

Attributive subject predicate phrase

Answer 5

wǒ zuò de cài hēn hǎo chī

tā pá de shān hēn gāo

Question 6

Repeat of verb

Answer 6

wǒ pǎo bù pǎo de hēn màn

wǒ shuì jiào shuì de hēn hǎo

Question 7

frequency

Answer 7

měi ge … cì …

Question 8

early / late

Answer 8

jiǔ / cài

Question 9

since

Answer 9

còng kāishǐ

Question 10

Duo + adjective to form a question

Answer 10

lǎoren shán duō gāo？

Question 11

‘a little bit ‘ vs. comparative adjective

Answer 11

yǒu yī diǎn + adj = a little bit
Adj + yī diǎn

wǒ yǒu yī diǎn lèi = I am a little tired
wǒ lèi yī diǎn = I am more tired

Question 12

Adverbs: too, really, hěn

Answer 12

tài… le
zhēn
hěn

Question 13

simultaneously, at the same time

Answer 13

yìbiān，yìbīān

Subject + yìbīān + action, yìbīān + action

First part of the sentence is main action

xǐhuan comes before the first yìbiān

Question 14

word to indicate that one action happened right after another

Answer 14

jiù

Question 15

The use of de between adjective and noun

Answer 15

De is used for polysyllabic adjectives

Question 16

In addition, besides

Answer 16

chúle… yǐwài… hái/yě

Hái: used when it’s the same subject
yě：used when it’s different subjects

Question 17

if…then

Answer 17

yàoshi… jiù

Question 18

Because… so… then

Answer 18

Yīnwei… suǒyǐ… jiù

Question 19

duō vs. jǐ

Answer 19

jǐ：If you expect less than 10

duō: For anything else or if you don’t have any expectations

Question 20

I have done that in the past

Answer 20

Verb + guò