Practice Makes Perfect: Basic Chinese, Premium Second Edition

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PrefacePart I1 Pronouns · Simple sentence structure · Nations and nationalities2 The verb you (I) to have · Family3 Questions with ma · Fruits4 Adverbs ye and dou· Food5 Sentences with a verbal predicate · Time words and daily activitiesReview 1 Lessons 1-5Part II6 Questions with an interrogative pronoun · Beverages7 Numbers 1-100 · Arithmetic expressions8 Sentences with a nominal predicate · Expressing age · Telling time9 Years, months, dates, days of the week · Expressing dates10 Numeral measure words · Demonstratives with a numeral measure word · Clothing · Verbs for put on/wearReview 2 Lessons 6-10Part III11 Sentences with an adjectival predicate · Elliptical questions with ne · Greetings and descriptions12 Affirmative-negative questions · Moods and tastes13 Alternative questions · Occupations14 Attributives · Demonstratives and noun phrases · The school15 The de phrase · Questions with ba · Colors and more clothingReview 3 Lessons 11-15Part IV16 The verb you (II) indicating existence · More measure words · The classroom17 Location words · Verbs you, shì, zài indicating existence18 Verb reduplication · Tag questions with hao ma· Activities and chores19 The complement of state · Classroom activities20 Sentences with subject-predicate as predicate · Adjective reduplication · Parts of the bodyReview 4 Lessons 16-20Part V21 Pivotal sentences · Sentences with double objects · Entertainment22 Prepositional phrases with zài, cóng, dào · Public places23 Adverbials · Sentences with serial verb phrases · Daily Routines24 Auxiliary verbs (I) xiang, yào, huì, néng, keyi · Sports and games25 Events that are going to take place · Future plansReview 5 Lessons 21-25Part VI26 The sentence-final particle le· Shopping27 The perfective particle le · Expressing completed actions28 The sentence-final particle · Auxiliary verbs (II) huì, kenéng, bìxu, yinggai, yào, dei · Weather conditions29 Comparative constructions · Quantity complement · Making comparisons30 The progressive aspect of an action · Expressing actions in progressReview 6 Lessons 26-30English-Chinese glossaryChinese (Pinyin)-English glossaryAnswer keyTranslations of Ni zhidao ma? Do you know?McGraw-Hill Language Lab app:Flashcards: 30 setsAudio: Answers to 54 exercises