Phrases 15

Question 1

你家离火车站远吗？

Answer 1

Nǐ jiā lí huǒchēzhàn yuǎn ma？
Is your home far from the train station?

Question 2

我家离火车站非常近。

Answer 2

Wǒ jiā lí huǒchēzhàn fēicháng jìn.
My house is very close to the train station.

Question 3

The New Year is upon us.
(4 options)

Answer 3

新年要到了。
新年快到了。
新年快要到了。
新年就要到了。

Question 4

It’s about to rain.
(4 options)

Answer 4

要下雨了。
快下雨了。
快要下雨了。
就要下雨了。

Question 5

The train is about to come.
(4 options)

Answer 5

火车要来了。
火车快来了。
火车快要来了。
火车就要来了。

Question 6

We’re about to eat.
4 options:
快, (快)要, 就要

Answer 6

我们要吃饭了。
我们快吃饭了。
我们快要吃饭了。
我们就要吃饭了。

Question 7

下个星期汉语课就要结束了。

Answer 7

Xiàge xīngqī Hànyǔ kè jiù yào jiéshù le.
Next week, our Mandarin classes are coming to an end.
(No other options because of the adverbial phrase in the sentence.)

Question 8

快要到暑假了，

我想去伦敦。

Answer 8

Kuài yào dào shǔjià le, wǒ xiǎng qù Lúndūn.
It’s almost the summer holidays, so I want to go to London.

Question 9

时间过得真快。

Answer 9

Shíjiān guòde zhēn kuài.
Time flies.

Question 10

谢谢大家

这一年对我的帮助！

Answer 10

Xièxiè dàjiā zhè yì nián duì wǒde bāngzhù！
Thank you everyone for all the help you’ve given me this year!

Question 11

希望我们的公司明年更好！

Answer 11

Xīwàng wǒmende gōngsī míngnián gèng hǎo！
I do hope our company will be doing better next year!

Question 12

大家请坐。

Answer 12

Dàjiā qǐng zuò.
Can you please all sit down.

Question 13

你妹妹怎么还没来？

Answer 13

Nǐ mèimèi zěnme hái méi lái？
Why hasn’t your sister come yet?

Question 14

我们再等她几分钟吧。

Answer 14

Wǒmen zài děng tā jǐfēn zhōng ba.
Let’s wait for her for a few more minutes.

Question 15

我们都等她半个小时了。

Answer 15

wǒmendōu děng tā bànge xiǎoshí le.
We’ve been waiting for her for half an hour already.

Question 16

我听见她说话了。

Answer 16

Wǒ tīngjiàn tā shuōhuà le.
I just heard her voice.

Question 17

都八点了，快起床吧。

Answer 17

Dōu bādiǎn le, kuài qǐchuáng ba.

Question 18

我都六十多岁了。

Answer 18

Wǒ dōu liùshí duō suì le.
I’m already over sixty actually.

Question 19

晚上十点，

商店都关门了。

Answer 19

Wǎnshang shí diǎn, shāngdiàn dōu guānmén le.
At ten o’clock at night, the shops are (already) shut.

Question 20

都十二点了, 我们去吃饭吧。

Answer 20

Dōu shí èr diǎn le, wǒmen qù chīfàn ba.
It’s already twelve o’clock, let’s go and eat.

Question 21

你都买这么多东西了, 别买了。

Answer 21

Nǐ dōu mǎi zhème duō dōngxī le, bié mǎi le.
You’ve bought so many things, stop buying things.

Question 22

我要回去了。

Answer 22

Wǒ yào huí qù le.
I’m going back home.

Question 23

天晴了。

Answer 23

Tiānqíng le.
It’s clearing up.

Question 24

天阴了。

Answer 24

Tiān yīnle.
It’s getting cloudy.

Question 25

你们已经到学校了吗？

Answer 25

Nǐmen yǐjīng dào xuéxiào le ma?
Вы уже в школе?

Question 26

你少看了个零吧？

Answer 26

Nǐ shǎo kànle ge líng ba?
Did you miss a zero?