AQA GCSE Mandarin · 8673
25 Mandarin speaking questions and role-play lines, grouped by the AQA themes, each with a model answer. The model answers do what examiners reward: an opinion, a reason, a second time frame and a detail, using only words on the GCSE vocabulary list.
The situation: You are staying with a family in Taiwan. The other person is the mother of the family. You are fifteen, you have one younger sister, and your dad is a teacher.
Say hello and thank you.
你好！欢迎你！
你好，谢谢！
Say you have one younger sister.
你有妹妹吗？
有，我有一个妹妹。
Say she is very funny.
你妹妹怎么样？
她很幽默。
Say no, he is a teacher.
你爸爸是医生吗？
不，他是老师。
!Answer the question.
你多少岁？
我十五岁。
你喜欢吃什么？
What do you like to eat?
我很喜欢吃饺子，因为很好吃。昨天晚上我跟妈妈做饭了，我们吃了面条和鸡肉。
你每天用手机吗？
Do you use your phone every day?
我每天都用手机，因为我常常跟朋友聊天。我觉得手机很有用，可是很贵。昨天我用手机拍照了。
你喜欢什么节日？为什么？
Which festival do you like? Why?
我很喜欢春节，因为有红包，而且我们都吃饺子。我希望可以去中国过春节，因为那儿有舞龙舞狮。
你怎么过生日？
How do you celebrate your birthday?
我常常跟朋友去饭馆，我们吃蛋糕，我觉得很有意思。上个周末是我哥哥的生日，我买了一个礼物，他很高兴。
你常常去饭馆吗？
Do you often go to restaurants?
我很少去饭馆，因为很贵。可是上个周末我和爸爸妈妈去了一家饭馆，菜单上有海鲜和鸭肉，我吃了鸭肉，很好吃。
你和爸爸妈妈常常吵吗？
Do you often argue with your parents?
有时候我们会吵，因为我妈妈很严格，而且我爸爸很严肃。上个周末我们吵了一次，因为我没有写作业。不过我觉得他们很爱我，我希望他们能相信我。
你喜欢什么乐器？
Which musical instrument do you like?
我很喜欢弹钢琴，因为很有意思，而且我妈妈也会弹钢琴。我已经学了三年了。下个月我要参加一个演出，我希望能成功！
你每天上网多长时间？
How long do you spend online every day?
我每天上网两个小时，因为我常常下载音乐，也写博客。我觉得上网不但方便，而且很有意思，可是有时候会上瘾。昨天晚上我上网上了四个小时，真糟糕！
你觉得社交媒体怎么样？
What do you think of social media?
我觉得社交媒体有好处，也有坏处。好处是可以跟朋友联系，坏处是有一些风险，比如网上约会不安全。上个周末我删除了我的博客，因为我觉得很麻烦。
你们怎么过春节？
How do you celebrate the Spring Festival?
每年春节我们都去爷爷奶奶家吃饺子。我觉得春节很热闹，因为亲戚都来，而且有鞭炮和灯笼。上个春节我收了五个红包，我很高兴！
The situation: You are at a railway station in China. The other person works at the ticket office. You want to go to the Great Wall tomorrow morning, you want a return ticket, and you have your passport with you.
Say you want to go to the Great Wall.
你好！你要去哪儿？
我要去长城。
Say you want a return ticket.
你要单程票还是往返票？
往返票。
Say tomorrow morning.
你想什么时候去？
明天早上。
!Answer the question.
你有护照吗？
有，这是我的护照。
Ask if you can pay in cash.
往返票一百块。
我可以用现金吗？
The situation: You are on holiday in Taiwan and you have lost your passport. You are at a police station and the other person is a police officer. You lost it on the platform this morning, you are staying next to the museum, and you go home to Britain the day after tomorrow.
Say you have lost your passport.
你好！怎么了？
我丢了护照。
Say you lost it on the platform this morning.
你在哪儿丢的？
今天早上在站台上。
Say you are staying next to the museum.
你住在哪儿？
我住在博物馆旁边。
!Answer the question.
你什么时候回英国？
后天。
Say thank you and goodbye.
好，我们会联系你。
谢谢，再见！
Learn it in the order the specification sets it
The GCSE Mandarin course teaches the specification's words and grammar, Foundation before Higher, with drills that remember what you already know.
Give more than the question asks for. A strong answer has an opinion, a reason for it, a second time frame (what you did last week, or will do next year) and one concrete detail. Every model answer on this page is built that way, so read a few aloud and copy the shape rather than the words.
Learn the building blocks, not whole answers. Examiners ask follow-up questions, and a memorised paragraph falls apart the moment the question changes. Practise saying your own version of each model answer, then change one detail each time.
It marks a prompt you have not been warned about: you hear it and answer on the spot. The best preparation is being able to say where, when, how much and why in the present, past and future, because those are what an unprepared question usually asks.
Themes and tiers from the AQA GCSE Mandarin (8673) specification. Kilo Lingo is not affiliated with or endorsed by AQA.
