Chinese1 Review U1-5

Which date is January 25, 1987?

• 一九八七年一月二十五号

• 一九八七年二十五号一月

• 二十五号一月一九八七年

• 二十五号一九八七年一月

Answer explanation

一九八七年一月二十五号

The correct order should be year, month, and day.

Choose the best answer for the question:   “你每天什么时候上课？”

• 我上课九点钟每天。

• 我每天上课什么时候九点钟。

• 我上课每天九点钟。

• 我每天九点钟上课。

Answer explanation

你每天什么时候上课？

Nǐ měitiān shénme shíhòu shàngkè? What time do you go to class every day? 我每天九点钟上课。Wǒ měitiān jiǔ diǎn zhōng shàngkè. I go to class at nine o'clock every day.

How do you say, "My brother and I play basketball together"?

• 我打篮球和哥哥一起。

• 我和哥哥一起打篮球。

• 我打篮球和哥哥一起。

• 我和哥哥打篮球一起。

Answer explanation

我和哥哥一起打篮球。Wǒ hé gēgē yīqǐ dǎ lánqiú.

The sentence “她下课以后回家做作业。” means:

• After finishing class, she goes home and does her homework.

• She goes to class after doing her homework.

• She does her homework in class.

• She finishes class, does her homework, then goes home.

Answer explanation

After finishing class, she goes home and does her homework.

The sentence “他花了两个小时上网。” means:

• He spent two hours online.

• He went to two different websites.

• He is on internet at two o’clock.

• He spent two days on internet.

Answer explanation

他花了两个小时上网。Tā huāle liǎng gè xiǎoshí shàngwǎng. He spent two hours online.

Which sentence means, “American food and Chinese food are equally delicious”?

• 中国菜比美国菜好吃。

• 美国菜和中国菜一样好吃。

• 美国菜没有中国菜好吃。

• 美国菜比中国菜好吃。

Answer explanation

美国菜和中国菜一样好吃。Měiguó cài hé zhōngguó cài yīyàng hào chī. American food is as good as Chinese food.

她很会打篮球，很不会打棒球。

What sport is this she good at?

• basketball

• swimming

• baseball

• football

Answer explanation

她很会打篮球，很不会打棒球。Tā hěn huì dǎ lánqiú, hěn bù huì dǎ bàngqiú. She's good at basketball and bad at baseball.

How do you say “My brother is shorter than me.”?

• 我比我弟弟小。

• 我比我弟弟矮。

• 我弟弟是小我。

• 我弟弟比我矮。

Answer explanation

我弟弟比我矮。Wǒ dìdì bǐ wǒ ǎi. My brother is shorter than I.

The verb “play” in Chinese can be:

• 玩 in 玩游戏

• 打 in 打蓝球

• 弹 in 弹钢琴

• All of the above.

Answer explanation

"玩" in 玩游戏. Wán in wán yóuxì. Play in play games. "打" in 打蓝球. Dǎ in dǎ lánqiú. "弹" in 弹钢琴. Dán in dán gāngqín. All of them means "play".

Which sentence means, "My mom is both beautiful and smart"?

• 我妈妈又美丽又聪明。

• 我妈妈是美丽也聪明。

• 我妈妈是很美丽和聪明。

• 我妈妈很美丽也聪明。

Answer explanation

我妈妈又美丽又聪明。Wǒ māmā yòu měilì yòu cōngmíng. My mother is beautiful and smart. 又...又 means both...and...