Core 1,000 Part of Chapter 8
大伟的工作
dà wěi de gōng zuò
David's job
- Reading time
- 3 min
- Total words
- 418
- Unique words
- 207
- Avg frequency
- #161
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.
小李今天去哪里？
Where does Xiao Li go today?
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Drill these words
97-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
97 words
| # | Word |
|---|---|
| 1 | 我wǒI, me |
| 2 | 你nǐyou (singular) |
| 4 | 他tāhe, him |
| 6 | 在zàiat, in, on; to be located at; progressive marker |
| 9 | 不bùnot, no |
| 10 | 这zhèthis |
| 11 | 好hǎogood, well, OK |
| 12 | 什么shén mewhat |
| 13 | 有yǒuto have, there is/are |
| 14 | 就jiùthen, just, exactly, as soon as |
| 19 | 说shuōto say, to speak |
| 20 | 是shìto be (linking verb) |
| 21 | 去qùto go |
| 22 | 很hěnvery, quite |
| 24 | 要yàoto want; will; need to |
| 25 | 也yěalso, too, as well |
| 26 | 他们tā menthey, them (mixed or male group) |
| 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) |
| 37 | 做zuòto do, to make, to work as |
| 40 | 给gěito give; for (beneficiary marker) |
| 41 | 可以kě yǐcan, may (permission or possibility) |
| 45 | 到dàoto arrive; to (destination); result complement |
| 46 | 还háistill, yet; also; even more |
| 47 | 现在xiàn zàinow, at present |
| 48 | 这个zhè gethis one, this (with general measure word) |
| 49 | 能néngcan, to be able to (physical capacity) |
| 54 | 没méinot (past negation); to lack |
| 56 | 走zǒuto walk; to leave, to go |
| 60 | 这里zhè lǐhere, this place |
| 63 | 看kànto look, to watch, to read, to see |
| 64 | 事shìmatter, affair, thing (abstract) |
| 70 | 告诉gào sùto tell, to inform |
| 71 | 为什么wèi shén mewhy, for what reason |
| 73 | 真的zhēn dereally, truly; genuine |
| 74 | 先生xiān shēngMr., sir; husband (informal) |
| 82 | 因为yīn wèibecause, since |
| 84 | 像xiàngto resemble, to be like; image, likeness |
| 85 | 这么zhè meso, this much, like this |
| 87 | 但是dàn shìbut, however (formal) |
| 92 | 叫jiàoto be called; to call out; to order |
| 93 | 快kuàifast, quick; soon; sharp |
| 95 | 觉得jué deto feel, to think, to find (subjective) |
| 98 | 找zhǎoto look for, to seek, to find |
| 103 | 等děngto wait, to wait for |
| 105 | 多duōmany, much, more |
| 108 | 一起yì qǐtogether, with each other |
| 109 | 应该yīng gāishould, ought to, must |