Chinese HSK 1 Standard Course book

Lesson 1: 你好 Hello

Lesson 2: 谢谢你 Thank you

Lesson 3: 你叫什么名字 What's your name

  什么 [shénme]

  是 [shì]

  Yes / No questions with 吗 [ma] / Preguntas de sí / no con 吗 [ma]

  Fill in the blanks activity


Lesson 4: 她是我的汉语老师 She is my Chinese teacher

  谁 [shéi]

  哪 [nǎ]

  Possesive with 的 [de]

  Interrogative Particle 呢 [ne] 1


Lesson 5: 她女儿今年二十岁 Her daughter is 20 years old this year

  Interrogative Pronoun 几 [jǐ]

  Numbers 1-10

  Numbers 1-*99

  了 [le] for change of state

  Interrogative Phrase 多大 [duō dà]


Lesson 6: 我会说汉语 I can speak Chinese

  Modal Verb 会 [huì] 1

  Sentences with an Adjectival Predicate

  Interrogative Pronoun 怎么 [zěnme] 1


Lesson 7: 今天几号 What's the date today

  Expressing the Date 1: month, day, day of the week 

  Months of the year

  Sentences with a Nominal Predicate

  To go to a place to do something with 去 [qù]



Lesson 8: 我想喝茶 I'd like some tea

  Modal Verb 想 [xiǎng]

  Interrogative Pronoun 多少 [duōshao]

  Measure Words 个 [ge] and 口 [kǒu]

  Money in Chinese


Lesson 9: 你儿子在哪儿工作 Where does your son work

  在 [zài] as a preposition

  在 [zài] as a verb

  Interrogative Pronoun 哪儿 [nǎr]

  Interrogative Particle 呢 [ne] 2


Lesson 10: 我能坐这儿吗 Can I sit here

  有 [yǒu] to indicate existence

  Conjunction 和 [hé]

  Modal Verb 能 [néng]

  请 [qǐng]


Lesson 11: 现在几点 What's the time now

  Expressing Time 

  The time in Chinese sentence

  前 [qián]

  Page 88 Activity on The time


Lesson 12: 明天天气怎么样 What will the weather be like tomorrow

  怎么样 [zěnmeyàng]

  Sentences with a Nominal Predicate

  Adverb 太 [tài]

  Modal Verb 会 [huì] 2


Lesson 13: 他在学做中国菜呢 He is learning to cook Chinese food

  Interjection 喂 [wèi]

  Action in Progress with 在…呢 [zài...ne] 

  Telephone Numbers

  Suggestions with 吧 [ba]


Lesson 14: 她买了不少衣服 She has bought quite a few clothes

  了 for completed actions 

  后 [hòu]

  Modal Particle 啊 [a]

  Adverb 都 [dōu]


Lesson 15: 我是做飞机来的 I came here by air

  是...的 [shì...de] structure for emphasis

  Dates 2

  Page 115 Fill in the blanks activity