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HSK 2Unit 12 Review

Spaces & Exploration

空间探索 Kōng jiān tàn suǒ

You can now compare different spaces and activities, emphasize details of past actions, and describe giving and receiving actions with clarity.

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24 words 3 grammar 26 exercises 100 XP

What You Can Now Do

Four skills you've built across this unit — revisit any lesson to sharpen them.

Listen

You can understand conversations comparing spaces and activities, emphasizing past actions, and describing giving and receiving actions.

Speak

You can compare spaces using equality and inferiority, emphasize details of past actions, and describe giving and receiving actions effectively.

Read & Write

You can read descriptions of spaces and actions and write sentences that compare, emphasize past actions, and describe double object scenarios.

Culture & Use

You can appropriately discuss preferences and past experiences in various contexts, using spatial vocabulary and expressions of giving and receiving.

Vocabulary Review

All 24 words from Unit 12. Tap any word to visit its dictionary page.

Grammar Review

3 grammar patterns covered in this unit.

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Comparative Sentences 3: Equality and Inferiority

比较句3 · bǐjiào jù 3

Express equality with 跟……一样 and inferiority with 不如

Pattern(1) A 跟 B 一样/相同 | (2) A 跟 B 一样 + 形容词 | (3) A 不如 B (+ 形容词)Pattern 1: A 跟 B 一样 means A and B are the same. Pattern 2: A 跟 B 一样 + adjective means A is equally [adjective] as B. Pattern 3: A 不如 B means A is not as good as B — a polite way of saying B is better.

我的爱好跟姐姐一样。

Wǒ de àihào gēn jiějie yíyàng.

My hobbies are the same as my sister's.

他的想法跟我相同。

Tā de xiǎngfa gēn wǒ xiāngtóng.

His idea is identical to mine.

姐姐跟妹妹一样可爱。

Jiějie gēn mèimei yíyàng kě'ài.

The older sister is just as cute as the younger sister.

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"是……的" Sentences: Emphasizing Details of Past Actions

"是……的"句1 · "shì……de" jù 1

Emphasize the time, place, manner, or agent of a past action using the 是……的 construction

Pattern主语 + 是 + (时间/地点/方式/施事) + 动词 + 的 (+ 宾语)Wrap the emphasized detail (time, place, manner, or agent) between 是 and the verb, with 的 at the end. The action is already known to have happened — 是……的 zooms in on a specific detail about how, when, where, or by whom it happened.

我是昨天到北京的。

Wǒ shì zuótiān dào Běijīng de.

I arrived in Beijing yesterday. (emphasis: yesterday)

他是在网上买的手机。

Tā shì zài wǎng shàng mǎi de shǒujī.

He bought the phone online. (emphasis: online)

我们是坐飞机来的。

Wǒmen shì zuò fēijī lái de.

We came by plane. (emphasis: by plane)

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Double Object Sentences

双宾语句 · shuāng bīnyǔ jù

Use verbs that take two objects — an indirect object (person) and a direct object (thing)

Pattern主语 + 动词 + 宾语1(人)+ 宾语2(物)Certain verbs like 给, 送, 教, 借 can take two objects: the first is usually a person (indirect object) and the second is a thing (direct object). Some verbs require 给 to be inserted between the verb and the indirect object.

我给妹妹一本书。

Wǒ gěi mèimei yì běn shū.

I gave my younger sister a book.

爸爸送我一辆汽车。

Bàba sòng wǒ yí liàng qìchē.

Dad gave me a car (as a gift).

朋友借给我一千块钱。

Péngyou jiè gěi wǒ yìqiān kuài qián.

A friend lent me 1,000 yuan.

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Cumulative Exercises

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