Intermediate Grammar Clinic HSK 3-4 必修 10 个词

Cause and Condition Connectors

Link reasons, results, conditions, and contrasts without muddying the logic.

目标

Learners can choose 因为/所以, 如果/就, and 虽然/但是 by relationship.

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

grammar clinic pattern practice support vocabulary

因为生病，所以他没来。

Yīnwèi shēngbìng, suǒyǐ tā méi lái.

Because he was sick, he did not come.

如果有空，就来帮忙。

Rúguǒ yǒu kòng, jiù lái bāngmáng.

If you are free, come help.

Build clear cause-and-effect sentences for explanations and excuses.

没有因为，重点会不清楚。

Without 因为, the focus would be unclear.

Pick the grammar piece that controls the sentence role.

他生病了，所以没来上课。

He was sick, so he did not come to class.

所以 introduces the result.

如果你有空，就来我家。

If you are free, come to my home.

如果 introduces the condition.

他一听音乐就高兴。

As soon as he hears music, he gets happy.

就 marks the immediate result.

因为

yīn wèi

Look this over. Continue when you think you’ll remember it.

Meanings

because owing to

词语	拼音	释义	级别	词典
因为	yīn wèi	because	HSK 2.0 2 HSK 3.0 2	词典
所以	suǒ yǐ	therefore	HSK 2.0 2 HSK 3.0 2	词典
如果	rú guǒ	if	HSK 2.0 3 HSK 3.0 3	词典
就	jiù	(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then	HSK 2.0 2 HSK 3.0 2	词典
虽然	suī rán	although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[kě shì] or 但是[dàn shì] etc)	HSK 2.0 3 HSK 3.0 2	词典
但是	dàn shì	but; however	HSK 2.0 2 HSK 3.0 2	词典
迟到	chí dào	to arrive late	HSK 2.0 3 HSK 3.0 3	词典
生病	shēng bìng	to fall ill	HSK 2.0 2 HSK 3.0 1	词典
有空	yǒu kòng	to have time (to do sth)	HSK 2.0 1 HSK 3.0 1	词典
帮忙	bāng máng	to help	HSK 2.0 3 HSK 3.0 2	词典