Practice Drills and Exercises

1. Do the substitution drills according to the sentence patterns

(1) Nǐ gēge shì dàifu ma?

Wǒ gēge bù shì dàifu, wǒ bàba shì dàifru.

(2) Bǐdé shēntǐ hǎo ma?

Bǐdé shēntǐ hěn hǎo.

Tā tàitai ne?

Tā tàitai shēntǐ zuìjìn bù tài hǎo.

(3) Nǐ rènshi Lǐ tàitai ma?

Wǒ bù rènshi tā. Tā shì nǐ de péngyou ma?

Tā shì wǒ de péngyou.

2. Make the following sentences interrogative and give a negative answer.

(1) Wǒ shì lǎoshī.

(2) Tā bàba yě shì lǎoshī.

(3) Dàwèi shì Wáng xiānsheng de dìdi.

(4) Tāmen dōu hěn gāoxìng.

(5) Bǐdé de māma shì dàifu.

(6) Mǎlì de bàba māma dōu shì dàifu.

(7) Tā hěn lèi. (tired)

(8) Wǒ shì tā de mèimei. (younger sister)

3. Complete the following sentences.

(1) Tāmen shì lǎoshī ma?

Shì,　　　　　　　　　.

(2) Dàwèi shì nǐ de péngyou ma?

Shì,　　　　　　　　　.

(3) Nǐ bàba shì dàifu ma?

Bù,　　　　　　　　　.

(4) Tā shì Wáng xiānsheng de gēge ma?

Bù,　　　　　　　　　.

4. Translate the following sentences into English.

(1) Hǎojiǔ bù jiàn.

(2) Wǒ bàba de lǎoshī hěn máng.

(3) Wáng tàitai de gēge shì dàifu.

(4) Rènshi nǐ wǒ hěn gāoxìng.

(5) Tāmen dōu shì lǎoshī.

(6) Dàwèi shì Mǎlì de hǎo péngyou.

(7) Nǐ shì wǒ mèimei de tóngxué ma?

(8) Bǐdé yě shì wǒ mèimei de tóngxué.

(9) Wǒ zuìjìn shēntǐ bù tài hǎo.

(10) Nǐ māma zuìjìn shēntǐ hǎo ma?

5. Situational dialogue

You meet a Chinese friend for the first time. You and he greet each other and ask about each other's health and work.

6. Read the following passage and say whether each of the statements is true or false.

Wǒ shì Mǎlì. Wǒ rènshi Dàwèi. Dàwèi shì wǒ de hǎo péngyou. Wǒ yě rènshi tā bàba māma. Rènshi tāmen wǒ hěn gāoxìng. Tā bàba shì lǎoshī, tā māma shì dàifu. Tāmen shēntǐ dōu hěn hǎo, tāmen gōngzuò yě dōu hěn máng. Dàwèi de mèimei wǒ yě rènshì, tā shì wǒ de tóngxué. Tā zuìjìn bù tài máng.

(1) Mǎlì rènshi Dàwèi.

(2) Dàiwèi de mèimi yě rènshi Mǎlì.

(3) Dàwèi de bàba māma dōu shì dàifu.

(4) Tāmen de gōngzuò dōu bù tài máng.

(5) Dàwèi de mèimei zuìjìn hěn máng.