TEST 1 - GREETINGS

Written Test 1
A. Translate the following words into Pinyin, using the correct tone marks:
1. I, me __________

2. Not, no ___________

3. mistake, bad __________

4. can, may __________

5. thanks __________

6. also, as well _________

7. question particle __________ 8. also, fairly __________

9. use, take __________

10. very, quite __________

11. particle __________

12. OK, pretty good __________

A. Write the Chinese characters for:

1. how are you __________________
2. I, me __________________
3. not, no __________________
Reading Test 1
A. Translate the following characters into Pinyin, using correct tone marks.

______ 2. _______
4. _______ 5. ________
7. _______ 8. _______
1.

_______
6. ________
3.

B. Translate the following character phrases into Pinyin & English:

? ___________ ___________
b: ___________ ___________

1. a:

.___________ ___________
b: .____________ ___________

2. a:

 ? ___________ ___________
b: , . ? ___________________________________
__________________________________________
a: . _____________________ _________________
3.a:

. ___________ ___________
b: . ___________ ___________
a: ? ___________ ___________
b: . ____________ ___________

4. a:

a:

. __________ ___________

Speaking Test 1
B. Translate the words you hear into Pinyin and say them to your laoshi.
1.__________
5.__________
9. __________

2.__________
6. __________
10. __________

3.__________ 4. __________
7. __________ 8. __________
11. __________

B. Laoshi will ask you a question in Pinyin, say the best answer in Pinyin from the list
below :
a. not bad, thanks.
b. Im very good, how about you?
c. Good morning.
c. pretty good, thanks. Goodbye.
Listening Test 1
A. Translate into English the Chinese words you hear:
1.__________
2.__________
3.__________ 4. __________
5.__________
6. __________
7. __________ 8. __________
9. __________

TEST 2 - NUMBERS
Writing Section
1. Write the following words in pinyin:
A. Your _______________

B. Mine______________

C. My friends _________________

D. Your friend ______________________

2.Using the Pinyin words below, put this sentence in the correct Chinese grammatical
order: You are my good friend
wo
hao
shi pengyou ni de
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
Reading Section
1. Translate the following numbers into Pinyin, remembering the correct tones.
A. 36

B. 41

C.72

D. 18
G. 25

E. 63
H. 25

F. 94
I. 66

J. 52

K. 27

2. Translate the following numbers into regular numerals AND place the correct tone marks on
the Pinyin that is written
A. er shi yi

B. liu shi wu

C. san shi si

D. liu shi

E. ling

F. shi liu

G. qi shi ba

H. shi wu

I. si shi er

J. bas hi liu

K. qi shi

3. Translate the following characters into regular numerals or English words where appropriate.
A.

B.

C.

D.

E.

F.

G.

H.

J.

K.

M.

I.
L.

Listening Section Listen to the speaker on the tape say a number, then write the number in
roman numerals. The speaker will say the number twice.
1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

16.

Speaking Section - Read aloud each number in Pinyin to your supervisor, remembering to give
the correct tones.

TEST 3 - DATES
Reading Section
Question 1 Pretend todays date is 19th September 2009.
2009 Answer the following questions by
circling the right date and put the question number beside it. For question 10, answer in the
space provided:
1. Zuotian
2. xia ge qingqi er
4. Er yue shi wu hao
5. Si yue er shi yi hao xingqi san
7.Mingtian
8. shi yi yue shi si hao
10. Qu nian shi nei nian? ___________

3.shang ge yue
6. xia ge yue
9.shang ge yue

Question 2 Translate the following dialogue between Dawei and Ling into English
Dawei: Jnnin er ling ling wu nian ma?
____________________________________________________________________________________
Ling: Jinnian bu shi er ling ling wu nian, jinnian shi er ling ling jiu nian.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
Dawei: Jintian shi nei nian ji yue ji hao?
____________________________________________________________________________________

Ling: Jintian shi yi qi ba san nian liu yue er hao.

____________________________________________________________________________________
Dawei: Zhei ge xingqisi shi ji hao?
____________________________________________________________________________________
Ling: Zhei ge xingqi si shi shi wu hao.
____________________________________________________________________________________
Question 3 Translate the following dialogue into Pinyin.
A: What day of the week is the 25th of May?
____________________________________________________________________________________
B: The 25th of May is a Sunday.
____________________________________________________________________________________
A: What date is next Wednesday?
____________________________________________________________________________________
B: Next Wednesday is the 28th of May.
____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

A: What year is it this year?

______________________________________________________________________________
B: This year is 1984.
______________________________________________________________________________
Question 4 Translate the following dialogue into English:
A:

______________________________________________________________________________

B:

______________________________________________________________________________
A:

______________________________________________________________________________
B:

______________________________________________________________________________
A:

nei ?

_____________________________________________________________________________

B:

_____________________________________________________________________________

Listening section
Question 1 Listen to the speaker and answer (write down)the following questions in English:
1. What month and day is it today? _______________________________
2. What day of the week will it be tomorrow?_______________________
Question 2 Listen to the speaker on the tape and circle the correct answer. The speaker will
say the date once.
1. last year February

last year March

next year February

2. last year April

this year April

last year January

3. next year November

next year July

4. last month 9th

next month 19th

next month 9th

5. this month 20th

next month 20th

last month 20th

this year July

6. last week Monday

7. next week Thursday

this week Tuesday

this week Wednesday
August 6th

8. August 9th
9. January 1st

January 21st

10. June 8th

March 8th

Speaking Section
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

Ask your supervisor what is the date today?

Tell your supervisor what todays date is.
Ask your supervisor what day of the week is it?
Tell your supervisor what day of the week it is today.
Ask your supervisor Is it Tuesday tomorrow?
Ask your supervisor What day was it yesterday?
Tell your supervisor that last year was 2008.

Writing Section
Write the characters for the following sentences.
1.What is todays month and date?

2. Today is October 29th.

3. This year is 1987.

next week Friday

next week - Wednesday
February 6th
January 12th
August 6th