Result complements 好 / 完 / 错 (how it turned out)
IntroducedFinishing does not prove correctness
- A student finishes all the homework but writes one answer incorrectly.
- homework作业do做finish完(completed / change)了，but可是to have / there is有together一道to create a work of…题写wrongly错(completed / change)了。 — finish完 marks completion, while wrongly错 marks an incorrect result.
A student finishes all the homework but writes one answer incorrectly. What does 作业做完了，可是有一道题写错了。 communicate?
完 marks completion, while 错 marks an incorrect result. 做完 does not imply 做对. 做好 may mean properly completed or ready, depending on the activity. Select the result that answers the intended question.
Build the form
- The pattern in this lesson is Result complements good好 / finish完 / wrongly错 (how it turned out). Locate it in the original interlinear examples below.
- Keep the words in their demonstrated positions; the pattern must fit the intended situation as well as the sentence form.
homework作业do做finish完了。
Using the lesson pattern in this demonstrated example: Finished the homework: 作业做 ____ 了。
完 = finished: 做完了 = (I've) finished doing it.
Read examples in context
I我write写wrongly错了。
- In the opening example, homework作业do做finish完(completed / change)了，but可是to have / there is有together一道to create a work of…题写wrongly错(completed / change)了。: finish完 marks completion, while wrongly错 marks an incorrect result.
- Explain who acts, what is described and which time or group is relevant before choosing an English paraphrase.
What does 写错了 mean?
错 = wrongly: 写错了 = wrote it wrong (写完了 = finished writing).
Match each complement to its meaning.
完 finished · 好 done/ready · 错 wrongly.
Build: “(I've) finished the homework.”
Verb + Result + 了: 作业 + 做完 + 了.
Know the boundary
- do做finish完 does not imply do做to / towards / correct对.
- do做good好 may mean properly completed or ready, depending on the activity. Select the result that answers the intended question.
做完 guarantees that every answer is correct.
做完 does not imply 做对. 做好 may mean properly completed or ready, depending on the activity. Select the result that answers the intended question. 完 marks completion, while 错 marks an incorrect result.
Use the distinction
- finish完 marks completion, while wrongly错 marks an incorrect result.
- do做finish完 does not imply do做to / towards / correct对. do做good好 may mean properly completed or ready, depending on the activity. Select the result that answers the intended question.
Read the full reference: HSK 3 grammar — Complements.
A student finishes all the homework but writes one answer incorrectly. Close the examples. Say a Mandarin response, then write it in Chinese. Explain briefly in English what the lesson’s pattern adds. Compare with the model, then change one detail and try again.
This is supported productive practice. Compare meaning and structure; your answer need not copy the model. A partner or teacher must hear the spoken response to comment on pronunciation.