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Mandarin · Chapter 6

Aspect markers: 了, 在/正在, 过

9 vocabulary lessons, 1 grammar primer, 3 story milestones.

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  1. Vocabulary

    Words 301 to 312

  2. Review session

    Word Bubbles review session

    Pop the words you just met by matching each one to its meaning. A couple of rounds and the batch is yours.

  3. Vocabulary

    Words 314 to 324

  4. Review session

    Tone Shooter review session

    Shoot the words you just met into their tones by colour. The quickest way to fix a tone in place.

  5. Vocabulary

    Words 326 to 336

  6. Review session

    Word Bubbles review session

    Pop the words you just met by matching each one to its meaning. A couple of rounds and the batch is yours.

  7. Vocabulary

    Words 338 to 347

  8. Review session

    Tone Shooter review session

    Shoot the words you just met into their tones by colour. The quickest way to fix a tone in place.

  9. Vocabulary

    Words 348 to 358

  10. Common mistake

    要 or 想?

    Both come out as want, and one of them is considerably blunter.

  11. Grammar primer

    Aspect markers: 了, 在/正在, 过

    Mandarin replaces tense with aspect. 了 for completion and new states, 在/正在 for ongoing action, 过 for 'have ever' experience.

  12. Vocabulary

    Words 359 to 368

  13. Review session

    Word Bubbles review session

    Pop the words you just met by matching each one to its meaning. A couple of rounds and the batch is yours.

  14. Vocabulary

    Words 369 to 379

  15. Review session

    Tone Shooter review session

    Shoot the words you just met into their tones by colour. The quickest way to fix a tone in place.

  16. Vocabulary

    Words 380 to 391

  17. Review session

    Word Bubbles review session

    Pop the words you just met by matching each one to its meaning. A couple of rounds and the batch is yours.

  18. Vocabulary

    Words 392 to 400

  19. Read a story

    Extra reading: At the restaurant

    在饭馆: a GCSE-level reader at the level you have reached.

  20. Themed review

    Telling the time

    Days, months and the words for when. Notice the pattern: yesterday, today and tomorrow are all built on the same word for day.

  21. Community

    Say hello on a Discord server

    Join a Chinese-learning community and introduce yourself in a general channel - a great way to practise SPEAKING without leaving the house.

  22. Conversation

    Lao Chen's noodles

    Ten lines with Lao Chen, at your door with a bowl.

  23. Listen first

    Listen first: 两碗米饭

    Hear this chapter's story before you read it: the text stays hidden until you want it, then answer the questions.

  24. Read a story

    Story milestone: top 400 words

    Written inside the top 400 words, all of them taught by now; any new word is listed at the top of the story.

  25. Arcade review

    Arcade review

    Replay this chapter's words as games - a different kind of repetition, and it counts.

Play this chapter's words

Word Bubbles Plus featurePop this set by matching each word to its meaning.Tone Shooter Plus featureShoot these words into their tones by colour.Word Search Plus featureFind these words hidden in a grid of characters, clued in English.Crossword Plus featureCross this chapter's vocabulary, clued in English.
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This chapter ends in a story you can read

New words a few at a time, a grammar article and drill where you need it, games on the same words, and a graded story to finish. Chapters 1 and 2 are free.

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