Mandarin Sprout
HSK learning path
0-day streak
40 original HSK 1 lessons
Stage 4 · Checkpoint

Guiding a friend to a new room

Give connected directions from a neighborhood to a room.

Review the previous five lessons2 sessions · 20–25 minutes each0/4 correct without hintsReview the preceding lesson

Listen, read, and retell

Pass 1: understand the situation. Pass 2: hide meanings and read. Pass 3: retell it in your own words.

Conversation

安安
从cóng学校xué xiào怎么zěn me到dào你nǐ家jiā?

How do I get to your home from school?

小禾
我wǒ家jiā在zài学校xué xiào东dōng边bian,书店shū diàn右yòu边bian。

My home is east of school, to the right of the bookshop.

安安
你nǐ的de房间fáng jiān在zài楼lóu上shàng还hái是shì楼lóu下xià?

Is your room upstairs or downstairs?

小禾
楼lóu上shàng。进jìn门mén就jiù看见kàn jiàn桌子zhuō zi,床chuáng在zài桌子zhuō zi后hòu边bian。

Upstairs. The table is by the entrance and the bed is behind it.

Extension reading

安ān安ān来lái到dào小xiǎo禾hé家jiā,先xiān把bǎ手机shǒu jī放fàng在zài桌子zhuō zi上shàng。

An An arrives and places her phone on the table first.

房间fáng jiān里lǐ有yǒu电视diàn shì和hé电脑diàn nǎo,书shū在zài床chuáng旁páng边biān。

The room has a television and computer; books are beside the bed.

Names and helper expressions

小禾 · Xiao He; 安安 · An An; 林老师 · Teacher Lin; 阿文 · A Wen. These helper expressions support comprehension and are not counted in the 499 target entries.

把 bǎ
marker placing an affected object before its action
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