L2 grammar

Question 1

We’re waiting for you upstairs. Come up.

Answer 1

我们在楼上等你呢，你上来呢。
Wǒmen zài lóu shàng děng nǐ ne, nǐ shànglái ne.

Question 2

Who’s out there? You go out and take a look.

Answer 2

谁在外边？你出去看看呢。
Shéi zài wàibian? Nǐ chūqù kàn kàn ne.

Question 3

Have you brought the Chinese book?

Answer 3

汉语书你带来了吗？
Hànyǔ shū nǐ dài láile ma?

Question 4

There are many trees over there, let’s go sit there for a while.

Answer 4

那边树多，我们过去坐一下呢。
Nà biān shù duō, wǒmen guòqù zuò yīxià ne.

Question 5

The puppy came downstairs.

Answer 5

小狗下楼来了。
Xiǎo gǒu xià lóu láile.

Question 6

The teacher came into the classroom.

Answer 6

老师进教室来了。
Lǎoshī jìn jiàoshì láile.

Question 7

My friend went home.

Answer 7

朋友回家去了。
Péngyǒu huí jiā qùle.

Question 8

I go upstairs.

Answer 8

我上楼去。
Wǒ shàng lóu qù.

Question 9

I have to bring my homework tomorrow.

Answer 9

明天要带作业来。
Míngtiān yào dài zuòyè lái.

Question 10

Buy me some bread.

Answer 10

帮我买来点儿面包。
Bāng wǒ mǎi lái diǎnr miànbāo.

Question 11

Go ahead and move this chair.

Answer 11

你搬这把椅子去吧。
Nǐ bān zhè bǎ yǐzi qù ba.

Question 12

I want to take this book with me on this trip.

Answer 12

这次旅游，我想带去这本书。
Zhè cì lǚyóu, wǒ xiǎng dài qù zhè běn shū.

Question 13

I will eat after class。

Answer 13

我下了课就吃饭。
Wǒ xiàle kè jiù chīfàn。

Question 14

Mum made breakfast as soon as she got out of bed.

Answer 14

妈妈走了床就做早饭。
Māmā zǒule chuáng jiù zuò zǎofàn.

Question 15

Xiaogang took the umbrella and came down.

Answer 15

小刚拿了伞就下来。
Xiǎo gāng nále sǎn jiù xiàlái.

Question 16

You eat and sleep every night.

Answer 16

你每天晚上吃了饭就睡觉。
Nǐ měitiān wǎnshàng chīle fàn jiù shuìjiào.

Question 17

After you finish class, we will go to the bookstore.

Answer 17

你下了课我们就去书店。
Nǐ xiàle kè wǒmen jiù qù shūdiàn.

Question 18

When the teacher entered the classroom, we said “Happy Birthday” to him.

Answer 18

老师进了教室我们就对他说 “生日快乐“。
Lǎoshī jìnle jiàoshì wǒmen jiù duì tā shuō”shēngrì kuàilè “.

Question 19

We will eat when dad comes back.

Answer 19

爸爸回来了我们就吃饭。
Bàba huíláile wǒmen jiù chīfàn.

Question 20

Walk a hundred steps after a meal and live to be ninety-nine.

Answer 20

饭后百步走，活到九十九。
Fàn hòu bǎi bù zǒu, huó dào jiǔshíjiǔ.

Question 21

I’ll tell him when he gets to the office.

Answer 21

他到了办公室我就告诉他。
Tā dàole bàngōngshì wǒ jiù gàosù tā.

Question 22

in good health

Answer 22

身体健康。
shēntǐ jiànkāng

Question 23

Wish you health!

Answer 23

祝你健康！
Zhù nǐ jiànkāng!

Question 24

Never too old to learn.
Live and learn.

Answer 24

活到老，学到老。
Huó dào lǎo, xué dào lǎo.

Question 25

When will he come back?

Answer 25

他什么时候回来?
Tā shénme shíhòu huílái?

Question 26

indicates the direction of an action
1. towards the speaker
2. away from the speaker
up, down, in, out, back, over, up

Answer 26

1. 来 lái
2. 去 qù
   上, 下, 进, 出, 回, 过, 起
   shàng, xià, jìn, chū, huí,guò, qǐ

Question 27

to indicate two actions which occur successively, with the second immediately following the first

Answer 27

V1了… 就 V2…

Question 28

Simple complements of Direction
If the object is a thing, it can be put before or after 来/去

Answer 28

明天要带作业来。
帮我买来点儿面包。
你搬这把椅子去吧。
这次旅游，我想带去这本书。

Question 29

The Rhetoric Question 能。。。吗？

Answer 29

能。。。吗？ = negative meaning
能不。。。吗？= positive meaning