
Core 5,000 Part of Chapter 18
错过的火车
cuò guò de huǒ chē
The train they missed
- Reading time
- 5 min
- Total words
- 352
- Unique words
- 192
- Avg frequency
- #409
Story
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Comprehension drill
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Quick multiple choice on the story. Same questions appear as open-ended prompts on the printable worksheet.
小美早上先做了什么?
What does Xiao Mei do first in the morning?
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Drill these words
79-word session
A quick mix of exercises - recognise, recall, type and build each word. Miss one and it comes back round until it sticks.
Words in this story
Curriculum
79 words
| # | Word |
|---|---|
| 6 | 在zàiat, in, on; to be located at; progressive marker |
| 19 | 说shuōto say, to speak |
| 21 | 去qùto go |
| 24 | 要yàoto want; will; need to |
| 29 | 想xiǎngto think; to want; to miss |
| 30 | 人rénperson, people |
| 33 | 来láito come |
| 36 | 没有méi yǒudo not have; have not; not (past negation) |
| 39 | 让ràngto let, to allow; to make (causative) |
| 40 | 给gěito give; for (beneficiary marker) |
| 43 | 呢neand what about...? (question particle) |
| 45 | 到dàoto arrive; to (destination); result complement |
| 46 | 还háistill, yet; also; even more |
| 56 | 走zǒuto walk; to leave, to go |
| 61 | 这样zhè yànglike this, this way, such |
| 63 | 看kànto look, to watch, to read, to see |
| 68 | 过guòexperiential aspect marker; to pass |
| 78 | 已经yǐ jīngalready |
| 93 | 快kuàifast, quick; soon; sharp |
| 95 | 觉得jué deto feel, to think, to find (subjective) |
| 99 | 里lǐinside, in, within |
| 101 | 时候shí hòutime, moment, period |
| 102 | 东西dōng xīthing, object, stuff |
| 103 | 等děngto wait, to wait for |
| 105 | 多duōmany, much, more |
| 108 | 一起yì qǐtogether, with each other |
| 115 | 一下yí xiàa moment, once, briefly |
| 123 | 还是hái shìor, still, had better |
| 133 | 真zhēnreally, truly, genuine |
| 135 | 然后rán hòuthen, after that, afterwards |
| 143 | 今天jīn tiāntoday |
| 144 | 拿náto take, to hold, to grab |
| 147 | 事情shì qíngmatter, affair, thing |
| 168 | 太tàitoo, excessively |
| 171 | 时间shí jiāntime (duration/point) |
| 177 | 打dǎto hit, to beat, to make a call |
| 180 | 钱qiánmoney |
| 188 | 一点yì diǎna little, a bit |
| 190 | 那里nà lǐthere, over there, that place |
| 206 | 一些yì xiēsome, a few |
| 229 | 生活shēng huólife, to live, livelihood |
| 236 | 可是kě shìbut, however, yet |
| 260 | 先xiānfirst, in advance, earlier |
| 269 | 最后zuì hòulast, finally, in the end |
| 274 | 正在zhèng zàicurrently, right now, in the process of |
| 277 | 高兴gāo xìnghappy, glad, pleased |
| 289 | 出chūto exit, to come out, to produce |
| 295 | 电话diàn huàtelephone, phone call |
| 311 | 买mǎito buy, to purchase |
| 339 | 见到jiàn dàoto meet, to see, to encounter |