了 practice

了 practice

An interactive quiz!

The rules

• 了 is placed after the verb, before the object

• It indicates that an action has been completed

Multiple Choice

我吃了牛肉 means...

• I eat beef

• I ate beef

• I will finish eating beef

Multiple Choice

Which means 'Did you eat chicken?' ?

• 你吃鸡肉吗？

• 你吃了鸡肉吗？

• 你吃鸡肉了吗？

More rules

• The 了 must go after the verb and before the object

Multiple Choice

Which means 'he drank tea'?

• 她喝茶了

• 她了喝茶

• 他喝了茶

Multiple Choice

Which means 'they went to Germany‘?

• 他们去了德国

• 他们去德国了

• 他们去德了国

More more rules

• To say 'haven't done' or 'didn't do', use 没 or 没有 before the verb.

• 了 is not used in negative sentences.

Multiple Choice

我没学法文 means...

• I don't study French

• I won't study French

• I haven't studied French

Multiple Choice

Which means 'we didn't attend lessons'?

• 我们没上课

• 我们没上了课

• 我们没上课了

Multiple Choice

Which means 'Didn't you go to China'?

• 你没去中国吗？

• 你不去中国吗？

• 你去不去中国吗？

Multiple Choice

Which means 'I didn't watch TV'?

• 我没有看电视

• 我不有看电视

• 我看了电视没有

More more more rules

• You don't need to know this one...

• 了 is also used at the end of a sentence to indicate something has CHANGED

Multiple Choice

下雨了 means

• It rained

• It will rain

• It's raining now

Multiple Choice

我去西班牙了 means

• I went to Spain

• I'm going to Spain now

• I didn't go to Spain