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Chinese / HSK1

State a destination and departure time

Say where you are going, when, and how.

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Recall useful words

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去

火车

坐

上海

八点

Listen for a detail

What is the departure time?

Choose the detail you heard

Show script, meaning, and explanation

我明天九点坐火车去上海。

Tomorrow I take a train to Shanghai at nine.

九点 gives nine o’clock; no afternoon is stated.

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王力明天八点坐火车去上海。林安明天九点坐车去学校。王力今天在学校。

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Tomorrow Wang Li takes a train to Shanghai at eight. Lin An goes to school by vehicle at nine. Wang Li is at school today.

Where is Wang Li today?

Show the answer and why

学校 — 今天在学校 refers to today, while the trip is tomorrow.

Speak with a new detail

Ask where a partner is going tomorrow and how. Give your own fictional departure plan.

Try without reading. Work with a partner or make a private recording and listen back. Check the message and the response to your partner; pronunciation needs actual speech.

Show one model

A: 你明天去哪里? B: 上海。 A: 怎么去? B: 坐火车。

Write and revise

Write a travel plan with a time, method, and destination. Change the time from the reading.

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我明天十点坐火车去上海。

  • Include a time before the action.
  • Include 坐 plus transport.
  • Include 去 plus a place.

Your writing is not uploaded or automatically graded. Several responses may fit the task.

Remember for next time

在上海 gives a location; 去上海 gives a destination. Do not answer 去哪里 with only 坐火车.

Tomorrow, recall two words and try the speaking task with a new detail. A few days later, revisit the listening without its script.

Teacher and partner guidance

Model the goal, then let the learner attempt it. Check understanding of the spoken passage with the script hidden. Use the writing checklist to discuss meaning and structure; use actual speech to observe intelligibility and interaction. These public tasks are formative and must not be reused as unseen tests.

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