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A useful situation

• Your goal: Find a lesson time and describe a school facility.
• Before you start, recall week星期xīng qī weekdays, clock times and have / there is有yǒu for existence. do not have / there is no没有méiyǒu states ordinary absence; course and facility words are glossed in the fresh tasks.

Words you will use

• Chinese language中文zhōng wénsubject课kè Zhōngwén kè — Chinese lesson. Chinese language中文zhōng wénsubject课kè九点jiǔ diǎnbegin开始kāishǐ。
• begin开始kāishǐ kāishǐ — begin. 九点jiǔ diǎnbegin开始kāishǐ。
• have / there is有yǒu yǒu — have / there is. school学校xué xiàohave / there is有yǒulibrary图书馆túshūguǎn。
• do not have / there is no没有méiyǒu méiyǒu — do not have / there is no. school学校xué xiàodo not have / there is no没有méiyǒuswimming pool游泳池yóu yǒng chí。
• library图书馆túshūguǎn túshūguǎn — library. I / me我wǒto go去qùlibrary图书馆túshūguǎn。

Build the meaning

• have / there is有yǒu states having or existence; its ordinary negative is do not have / there is no没有méiyǒu. school学校xué xiàohave / there is有yǒulibrary图书馆túshūguǎn and school学校xué xiàodo not have / there is no没有méiyǒuswimming pool游泳池yóu yǒng chí describe different facilities.
• Chinese language中文zhōng wénsubject课kèwhat time?几点jǐ diǎnbegin开始kāishǐ asks when the Chinese lesson starts. Match the correct subject and time before answering.

Work through a decision: A timetable says Wednesday星期三xīng qī sān，Chinese language中文zhōng wénsubject课kè八点bā diǎnbegin开始kāishǐ，数学课shù xué kè九点jiǔ diǎnbegin开始kāishǐ — on Wednesday, Chinese begins at eight and mathematics at nine. Asked Chinese language中文zhōng wénsubject课kèwhat time?几点jǐ diǎnbegin开始kāishǐ, first find the requested subject Chinese language中文zhōng wénsubject课kè, then take its attached time 八点bā diǎn. The nearby nine belongs to mathematics. The timetable gives no finishing times.

Compare a plausible mistake: school学校xué xiàohave / there is有yǒulibrary图书馆túshūguǎn reports a library at the school; school学校xué xiàodo not have / there is no没有méiyǒulibrary图书馆túshūguǎn reports its absence. Use do not have / there is no没有méiyǒu for this ordinary negative rather than not不bùhave / there is有yǒu. A lesson’s start time says nothing about when the library opens; they are separate facts.

Listen for a fresh detail

• Listen before revealing the script.
• Replay as often as you need. If the audio will not play, read the script instead.

Read a different account

Monday星期一xīng qī yī，Chinese language中文zhōng wénsubject课kè九点jiǔ diǎnbegin开始kāishǐ，数学课shù xué kè十点shí diǎnbegin开始kāishǐ。school学校xué xiàohave / there is有yǒulibrary图书馆túshūguǎn，do not have / there is no没有méiyǒuswimming pool游泳池yóu yǒng chí。

• The reading and listening have different details. Use the material for the question you are answering.
• Read once for the situation, then again for the relevant detail. Reveal help when needed.

Speak, write, and review

• Ask when a fictional Chinese class starts. Then ask about a library and reply with have / there is有yǒu or do not have / there is no没有méiyǒu.
• Record yourself or practise with a partner. Try it without the model first, then compare the meaning and word order.

• Write a small timetable note and one sentence about a facility.
• Tomorrow, invent a two-subject timetable and answer one subject-specific question from memory. A few days later, change the day, both times and one facility. Ask which facts are stated and which opening or finishing times remain unknown.

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