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Beginner Grammar Clinic HSK 1 Required 8 words

Demonstratives 这 and 那

Focused practice for Demonstratives 这 and 那 with support vocabulary and targeted demos.

Goal

Learners can recognize the pattern, explain its role, and produce two new sentences.

Write two original sentences with this pattern, then replace one noun or verb and keep the grammar stable.

Focus

grammar clinic pattern practice support vocabulary

Useful examples

这是我的书。

Practice sentence from the linked grammar guide.

这个句子里的这让意思更清楚。

The 这 in this sentence makes the meaning clearer.

这 and 那: This, That, Here, There, and 有的

Point to people, things and places with 这, 那, 这个, 这些, 这儿 and 那里, and pick out “some” of a group with 有的 and 有些.

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Practice sentences

他这个人很热情。

He’s a really warm person.

A pointing word + measure word + 人 that names him again.

Try a few cards from this module

这
zhè
Meanings
(pronoun) this; these (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun)

Module word list

Word Pinyin Meaning Dictionary
这 zhè (pronoun) this; these Dictionary
语法 yǔ fǎ grammar Dictionary
句子 jù zi sentence Dictionary
结构 jié gòu structure Dictionary
表达 biǎo dá to express; to convey Dictionary
例子 lì zi case Dictionary
意思 yì si idea Dictionary
练习 liàn xí to practice Dictionary