HSK 2 Grammar Chapter 13

Question 1

The door is open.
They are wearing red clothes
She holding a pencil

The door is not open.
They weren’t wearing red
She didn’t have a pencil

Is the door open?
Are they wearing red?
Does she have a pencil?

Answer 1

Grammar point: V + 着
Indicated a continuation of a certain state ( seat+ing / hold+ing/. . .)
Negative : 没 + V + 着
interrogative: V + 着 。。。没有？

门（没）开着。
Mén（ méi ） kāi zhe. 
他们（没）穿 着红色的衣服
Tāmen（ méi ） chuān zhe hóngsè de yīfú 
她 （没）拿着铅笔
tā（ méi ）ná zhe qiānbǐ

门开着没有？
mén kāi zhe méi yǒu ？ 
他们穿 着红色的衣服没有？
tāmen chuān zhe hóngsè de yīfú méi yǒu ？
她拿着铅笔没有？
tā ná zhe qiānbǐ méi yǒu？

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Question 2

The Rhetorical question
remind someone, show confusion or dissatisfaction.

Didn’t it mean that there was rain today? Why didn’t it?
Are you not from Beijing? Why don’t you talk the Beijing dialect?
(she is your girlfriend) Doesn’t she have a boyfriend?

Answer 2

Grammar point: 不是。。。吗？
The Rhetorical question
remind someone, show confusion or dissatisfaction.

不是说今天有雨吗？怎么没下？
Bùshì shuō jīntiān yǒu yǔ ma? Zěnme méi xià?
你不是北京人吗？怎么不会说北京话？
Nǐ bùshì Běijīng rén ma? Zěnme bù huìshuō Běijīng huà?
她是你的女朋友？她不是有男朋友了吗？
(Tā shì nǐ de nǚ péngyǒu) Tā bùshì yǒu nán péngyǒule ma?

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Question 3

From here walk straight ahead, our school will be just there.
You see, going left is the hospital, the bank will be on the right
Go straight on from here, and then go to the right at the intersection ahead.

Answer 3

Grammar point: 往 wǎng
The preposition to indicate direction

从这儿往前走，就是我们学校。
Cóng zhè’er wǎng qián zǒu, jiùshì wǒmen xuéxiào.
你看，往左走是医院，往右走是银行。
Nǐ kàn, wǎng zuǒ zǒu shì yīyuàn, wǎng yòu zǒu shì yínháng.
从这儿一直往前走，到了前面的路口再往右走。
Cóng zhè’er yīzhí wǎng qián zǒu, dàole qiánmiàn de lùkǒu zài wǎng yòu zǒu.

一直 【yīzhí】 straight , always, all along

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