Lesson 3

Video and text
Listening and speaking
Vocabulary
Grammar exercises
Characters
Multiple choice

Question: Ask your classmate if there are any grammar exercises for today. [Use a choice-type question].

Hint 1   Grammar exercises: 语 法 练 习yŭfă liànxí; today 今 天 jīntiān
Hint 2   The negative form of 有 is 没 有
Answer  今 天 有 没 有 语 法 练 习? Listen
Comments  Alternatively: 今 天 有 语 法 练 习 没 有 jīntiān yŏu yǔfă liànxí méiyou? Choice-type questions are formed in the following two ways: 1. V不V  VbuV as in 你 作 不 作 练 习 nĭ zùò bu zuò liànxí do you do exercises or not? Or V没V  VméiV  for actions that have taken place as in 你 作 没 作 练 习 nĭ zuò méi zuò liànxí did you do your exercises or not? 2. V-O不V V-ObuV or V-O没V  V-OméiV for actions which have taken place as in 你 作 练 习 不 作 nĭ zùò liànxí bu zuò do you do exercises or not? Or V了O没有 VleOméiyou for actions which have taken place as in 你 作 了 练 习 没 有 nĭ zuòle liànxí méiyou did you do your exercises or not?
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