Beginner Grammar Clinic HSK 1-2 Required 10 words

Starter Sentence Order

Stabilize who, when, where, and what happens before adding more grammar.

Goal

Learners can build short subject-time-place-action sentences without English word order.

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

grammar clinic pattern practice support vocabulary

我今天在学校学习中文。

Wǒ jīntiān zài xuéxiào xuéxí Zhōngwén.

I study Chinese at school today.

明天我们去北京。

Míngtiān wǒmen qù Běijīng.

Tomorrow we go to Beijing.

Build reliable starter sentences by placing people, time, place, action, and object in a natural order.

我是学生。

I am a student.

Use this word for I or me.

你叫什么名字？

What is your name?

Use this word for you in a casual question.

我今天学习中文。

I study Chinese today.

Time usually comes before the verb.

明天见。

See you tomorrow.

Use this word for tomorrow.

我

wǒ

Meanings

I; me; my

Word	Pinyin	Meaning	Level	Dictionary
我	wǒ	I; me; my	HSK 2.0 1 HSK 3.0 1	Dictionary
你	nǐ	you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nín])	HSK 2.0 1 HSK 3.0 1	Dictionary
今天	jīn tiān	today	HSK 2.0 1 HSK 3.0 1	Dictionary
明天	míng tiān	tomorrow	HSK 2.0 1 HSK 3.0 1	Dictionary
在	zài	to exist; to be alive	HSK 2.0 1 HSK 3.0 1	Dictionary
学校	xué xiào	school	HSK 2.0 1 HSK 3.0 1	Dictionary
学习	xué xí	to learn	HSK 2.0 1 HSK 3.0 1	Dictionary
中文	zhōng wén	Chinese language	HSK 2.0 4 HSK 3.0 1	Dictionary
去	qù	to go	HSK 2.0 1 HSK 3.0 1	Dictionary
来	lái	to come	HSK 2.0 1 HSK 3.0 1	Dictionary