ABSTRACT

Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar Workbook is a book of exercises and language tasks for all learners of Mandarin Chinese.

Divided into two sections, the Workbook initially provides exercises based on essential grammatical structures, and moves on to practise everyday functions such as making introductions, apologizing and expressing needs.

With a comprehensive answer key at the back to enable students to check on their progress, main features include:

  • exercises graded according to level of difficulty
  • cross-referencing to the related Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar 
  • topical exercises that develop students' vocabulary base.

Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar Workbook is ideal for all learners of Mandarin Chinese, from beginner to intermediate and advanced students. It can be used both independently and alongside the Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar.

part |2 pages

Part A: Structures

chapter 2|1 pages

Syllable, meaning, and word

chapter 3|2 pages

The Chinese writing system: an overview

chapter 4|3 pages

Phrase order in the Mandarin sentence

chapter 5|1 pages

Nouns

chapter 6|4 pages

Numbers

chapter 7|2 pages

Specifiers and demonstratives

chapter 8|3 pages

Classifiers

chapter 9|4 pages

Noun phrases

chapter 10|2 pages

Adjectival verbs

chapter 11|2 pages

Stative verbs

chapter 12|3 pages

Modal verbs

chapter 13|2 pages

Action verbs

chapter 14|3 pages

Prepositions and prepositional phrases

chapter 15|2 pages

Adverbs

chapter 16|1 pages

Conjunctions

chapter 17|2 pages

The passive

part |2 pages

Part B: Situations and functions

chapter 19|2 pages

Introductions

chapter 20|2 pages

Greetings and goodbyes

chapter 21|2 pages

Basic strategies for communication

chapter 23|2 pages

Negating information

chapter 24|6 pages

Asking questions and replying to questions

chapter 26|2 pages

Describing people, places, and things

chapter 27|3 pages

Describing how actions are performed

chapter 29|5 pages

Making comparisons

chapter 30|3 pages

Talking about the present

chapter 31|2 pages

Talking about habitual actions

chapter 32|3 pages

Talking about the future

chapter 35|4 pages

Talking about duration and frequency

chapter 36|2 pages

Expressing additional information

chapter 37|4 pages

Expressing contrast

chapter 38|3 pages

Expressing sequence

chapter 39|3 pages

Expressing simultaneous situations

chapter 41|2 pages

Expressing conditions

chapter 43|3 pages

Expressing location and distance

chapter 45|5 pages

Talking about clock time and calendar time

chapter 46|2 pages

Expressing obligations and prohibitions

chapter 47|3 pages

Expressing commands and permission

chapter 48|3 pages

Expressing ability and possibility

chapter 50|3 pages

Expressing knowledge, advice, and opinions

chapter 53|5 pages

Topic, focus, and emphasis

chapter 54|1 pages

Guest and host

chapter 55|2 pages

Giving and responding to compliments

chapter 58|3 pages

Invitations, requests, and refusals

chapter 60|2 pages

Expressing congratulations and good wishes