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Beginner Grammar Clinic HSK 1-2 Required 10 words

Question Words and A-not-A

Ask information questions and compact yes-or-no questions without adding 吗.

Goal

Learners can place question words in answer slots and form A-not-A questions.

Make three new sentences with this module’s grammar pattern and support words.

Focus

grammar clinic pattern practice support vocabulary

Useful examples

你想喝什么?

Nǐ xiǎng hē shénme?

What do you want to drink?

你有没有时间?

Nǐ yǒu méi yǒu shíjiān?

Do you have time?

A-not-A Questions

Make compact yes-or-no questions like 好不好 and 去不去 without 吗.

Open the grammar article

Practice sentences

他是队长,他说什么就是什么。

He’s the captain; what he says goes.

Use the same question word as in the second half.

谁是你的朋友?

Who is your friend?

The missing answer is a person.

你家在哪里?

Where is your home?

Use this word to ask where.

这个多少钱?

How much is this?

Use this word to ask how much or how many.

Try a few cards from this module

什么
shén me
Meanings
what? something

Module word list

Word Pinyin Meaning Dictionary
什么 shén me what? Dictionary
谁 shéi who Dictionary
哪里 nǎ lǐ where? Dictionary
多少 duō shao how much? Dictionary
怎么 zěn me how? Dictionary
是不是 shì bu shì is it or not Dictionary
有没有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...? Dictionary
好不好 hǎo bu hǎo (coll.) all right? Dictionary
时间 shí jiān time Dictionary
朋友 péng you friend Dictionary