Unit 3 Grammar

Question 1

The use of 以后

Answer 1

以后 forms a time phrase/clause
以后 is placed after the noun phrase
E.g. 下课以后
Meaning: after class

Question 2

Example of 以后

Answer 2

以后 always goes before the main clause
E.g. 我下课以后回家
Meaning: I after class go home.

Question 3

Order of time and place in a sentence

Answer 3

Time comes before place
Sentence structure:
Either Subject, time, place, verb phrase
or time, subject, place, verb

Question 4

Example of time and place

Answer 4

我们中午在学校吃午饭
中午我们在学校吃午饭

Question 5

Order of times/dates

Answer 5

Always say the larger entity before the smaller entity
So the order would be: year, month, date, day of the week, a.m./p.m., hour, minute

Question 6

Example of times/dates

Answer 6

2008年，十月，三日，学期二，晚上，六点，二十分

Question 7

Measure word 门

Answer 7

When indicating the number of courses/subjects one takes, you use the measure word 门

Question 8

Interrogative pronoun 哪

Answer 8

哪, meaning “which”, must be followed by a measure word and the noun. However, there are some exceptions

Question 9

Examples of 哪

Answer 9

哪个月 - which month
哪只狗 - which dog
你喜欢哪门课? - which class do you like?
我们去哪个电影院? - which cinema shall we go to
Exception: 我们哪天去? - when are we going

Question 10

The use of 要

Answer 10

Verb: want, would like
E.g. 你要什么? - what would you like
Optative verb: will, want to, plan to
E.g. 我要做作业。- I will do my homework

Question 11

The use of 快乐

Answer 11

快乐 is often used to offer good wishes
E.g. 周末快乐。- have a good weekend
生日快乐。- Happy birthday
工作快乐。- Enjoy your work