Lesson 1
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Listening and speaking
Vocabulary
Grammar exercises
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Multiple choice
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 Question: Tell your friend that your Chinese teacher is very
good.
 Hint
1 The verb 是 to be is not used
Hint 2 A monosyllabic stative verb such as 好 is often preceded by 很
Answer 我 的 中 文 老 师 很 好 。 Listen
Comments 好
hăo
to be good or to be well is here used as a stative verb, as in: 你 的 车 好 吗
nĭ de chē hăo ma is your bike / car good? 是
shì
to be is not needed here. The statement 他 很 好
tā hěn hăo can mean either his health is very good or
he is very good. The true meaning of this sentence depends on the context. Other usages of 好
hăo : 1. If 好
hăo is followed by a verb, it means nice to..., or
easy to ..., 中 文 很 好 学
Zhōngwén hěn hăo xué
Chinese is very nice to study or Chinese is very easy to study. 2. If 好
hăo is followed by a stative verb, it means
really, or truly, 我 今 天 好 忙 啊!
jīntiān wŏ hăo máng
I am really busy today!
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