LESSON 08 OF 08 · REVIEW

Describe a small daily routine

Combine times, places, and actions in a short introduction.

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BY THE END OF THIS LESSON

Describe a few daily actions with time expressions and a clear word order.

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我早上喝茶。 我晚上在家学习。 我叫安娜。我学中文。 你晚上做什么?

Put events in context

Use time words to anchor your sentence: 早上 means morning, 下午 afternoon, and 晚上 evening. A simple statement often starts with the subject and time.

At a location uses 在 plus a place. Before an action, this phrase describes where the activity happens: 在家学习 means to study at home.

我早上喝茶。
Wǒ zǎoshang hē chá.
I drink tea in the morning.
我晚上在家学习。
Wǒ wǎnshang zài jiā xuéxí.
I study at home in the evening.

Retrieve, then check

Cover the pinyin and English and try to understand the characters. Then listen and repeat, paying attention to tone as well as the meaning. Bring the support back when needed.

Use a short self-introduction rather than a memorized list. Change the name, drink, or place to make a statement true for you, and ask someone a related question.

我叫安娜。我学中文。
Wǒ jiào Ānnà. Wǒ xué Zhōngwén.
My name is Anna. I study Chinese.
你晚上做什么?
Nǐ wǎnshang zuò shénme?
What do you do in the evening?

Lesson vocabulary

Read each word aloud, then test your recall of its meaning.

Lesson vocabulary with English translations
早上
zǎoshang
morning
下午
xiàwǔ
afternoon
晚上
wǎnshang
evening
在家
zài jiā
at home
学习
xuéxí
to study
做
zuò
to do; to make
EXERCISES

Practice questions

Answer the questions and read the explanations. You can repeat the exercises.

1. What does 晚上 mean?
2. Which says “I study at home”?
3. What does 你晚上做什么? ask?
LESSON SUMMARY

Use a small set of familiar words to say something real. Revisit the same language through listening, reading, speaking, and recall.

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