Time and Events
时间事件
You can now narrate past events with emphasis on habitual actions, express nuanced intensity and limitations, and describe time relationships and recurring patterns effectively.
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What You Can Now Do
Four skills you've built across this unit — revisit any lesson to sharpen them.
Listen
You can understand narratives that emphasize habitual actions and the frequency of events in past contexts.
Speak
You can narrate past experiences while expressing degrees of intensity and limitations, and discuss future plans with clarity.
Read & Write
You can read and write about past events, focusing on habitual actions and time relationships using appropriate adverbs.
Culture & Use
You can navigate discussions about past experiences and future plans with an awareness of how time and frequency influence social interactions.
Vocabulary Review
All 40 words from Unit 17. Tap any word to visit its dictionary page.
Grammar Review
5 grammar patterns covered in this unit.
Measure Word Reduplication: AA Pattern
量词重叠：AA · liàngcí chóngdié: AAUse reduplicated measure words to express "every" or "each" in Chinese
家家都有本难念的经。
Every family has its own problems.
这些衣服件件都好看。
Every piece of these clothes looks good.
条条大路通罗马。
All roads lead to Rome.
Degree Adverbs: 比较, 更加, 还, 相当
程度副词：比较、更加、还³、相当 · chéngdù fùcí: bǐjiào, gèngjiā, hái, xiāngdāngExpress nuanced degrees of intensity using 比较, 更加, 还, and 相当
我比较喜欢游泳。
I relatively prefer swimming.
她以前学习就很努力，现在更加努力了。
She was already hardworking before; now she works even harder.
这个房间不干净，那个房间还干净一些。
This room is not clean; that room is somewhat cleaner.
Scope Adverbs: 光, 仅, 仅仅, 就, 至少
范围、协同副词：光、仅、仅仅、就³、至少 · fànwéi, xiétóng fùcí: guāng, jǐn, jǐnjǐn, jiù, zhìshǎoUse scope adverbs to express limitation ("only") and minimum thresholds ("at least")
他每天光玩儿不学习。
He does nothing but play every day — no studying at all.
今天来上课的仅有五个学生。
Only five students came to class today.
这次旅行仅仅花了三千块。
This trip only cost 3,000 yuan.
Time Adverbs: 本来, 才, 曾经, 从来, 赶紧, 赶快, 立刻, 连忙, 始终, 已, 早已
时间副词：本来、才²、曾经、从来、赶紧、赶快、立刻、连忙、始终、已、早已 · shíjiān fùcí: běnlái, cái, céngjīng, cónglái, gǎnjǐn, gǎnkuài, lìkè, liánmáng, shǐzhōng, yǐ, zǎoyǐExpress nuanced time relationships including original plans, lateness, past experience, urgency, and persistence
会议本来在星期一举行，但是现在改时间了。
The meeting was originally on Monday, but the time has been changed.
他才起床，让我们等一下儿。
He only just got up — let us wait a moment.
你怎么才来就要走？
How come you just arrived and already want to leave?
Frequency Adverbs: 通常, 往往, 总, 总是
频率、重复副词：通常、往往、总、总是 · pínlǜ, chóngfù fùcí: tōngcháng, wǎngwǎng, zǒng, zǒngshìDescribe habitual actions and recurring patterns using frequency adverbs
李经理通常很早就到公司。
Manager Li usually arrives at the company very early.
为了记住一个汉字，他往往要写很多遍。
In order to remember a character, he often has to write it many times.
我总弄不明白什么时候用"把"字句，常常一说就错。
I can never figure out when to use 把-sentences — I always get it wrong as soon as I speak.
Cumulative Exercises
Practice all vocabulary and grammar from the entire unit in one session.
What stands between you and the cumulative review
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Take the HSK 3 Unit 17 Exam
A short mini-mock drawn from this unit's vocab, grammar, and lessons. The natural next step after this review.