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Lesson 5

Lesson date: 17/02/2026

Lesson time: 6:30pm to 8:30pm

Lesson was held on a zoom session.

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continue Dialogue 2

Pronounication

  • homework feedback/review

Workbook

Tone Combination Exercise

A: Multisyllabic Words

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Listen to the words in the audio, then indicate the tones with 1 (first tone), 2 (second tone), 3 (third tone), 4 (fourth tone), or 0 (neutral tone) in the spaces provided. Note that the images in exercise A depict the meaning of the words.

1 2 3 4 5 6
🇺🇸 🇰🇷 🇪🇸 ✈ 🚆 🚕
7 8 9 10 11 12
🍌 🍎 🍓 👕 👔 👖

Answers

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1 2 3 4 5 6
🇺🇸 🇰🇷 🇪🇸 ✈ 🚆 🚕
měiguó hánguó xībānyá fēijī dìtiě chūzū qìchē
7 8 9 10 11 12
🍌 🍎 🍓 👕 👔 👖
xiāngjiāo píngguǒ cǎoméi chènshān lǐngdài niúzǎikù

Initals, Finals, and Tones: Disyllabic Words

No. a. Option b. Option c. Option Translation
1 làoshī lǎoshī lǎoshí teacher
2 nǔ’ér nǚ’èr nǚ’ér daughter
3 zhàopiàn zhāopiàn zháopiàn photograph
4 wànfàn wǎnfān wǎnfàn dinner
5 shēngrì shéngrì shěngrì birthday
6 zāijiàn zàijiàn záijiàn goodbye
7 xuéshēng xuèsheng xuésheng student
8 diànyǐng diānyǐng diànyìng movie
9 zuòtiān zuótiān zuótiàn yesterday
10 suírán suīrán suīràn although
11 xièxiè shèshe xièxie thanks
12 kāfēi káfēi kāifēi coffee
13 kēlè kèlè kèlà cola
14 píngcháng pēngchán píngchèng normally
15 gōngzuò gōngzhuò gōngzòu work
16 piàoliàng piāoliang piàoliang pretty
17 wèntì wèntí wěntí questions
18 rōngyì lóngyì róngyì easy
19 kāishǐ kāixǐ kāisǐ begin
20 lòudiǎn liùdiǎn liùdǎn six o’clock

Answers

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No. a. Option b. Option c. Option Translation
1 làoshī lǎoshī lǎoshí teacher
2 nǔ’ér nǚ’èr nǚ’ér daughter
3 zhàopiàn zhāopiàn zháopiàn photograph
4 wànfàn wǎnfān wǎnfàn dinner
5 shēngrì shéngrì shěngrì birthday
6 zāijiàn zàijiàn záijiàn goodbye
7 xuéshēng xuèsheng xuésheng student
8 diànyǐng diānyǐng diànyìng movie
9 zuòtiān zuótiān zuótiàn yesterday
10 suírán suīrán suīràn although
11 xièxiè shèshe xièxie thanks
12 kāfēi káfēi kāifēi coffee
13 kēlè kèlè kèlà cola
14 píngcháng pēngchán píngchèng normally
15 gōngzuò gōngzhuò gōngzòu work
16 piàoliàng piāoliang piàoliang pretty
17 wèntì wèntí wěntí questions
18 rōngyì lóngyì róngyì easy
19 kāishǐ kāixǐ kāisǐ begin
20 lòudiǎn liùdiǎn liùdǎn six o’clock

Country and place

  • xini - sydney need to know and Australia.
  • Australian and Sydneysider

review of vocab 2

ye shi - also

Dialogue 2

Dialogue 2: Where are you from?

Workbook page reference 17

Listening Comprehension

Exercise A

  1. ____ Miss Li is a student
  2. ____ Mr. Wang is a teacher
  3. ____ Mr. Wang is American
  4. ____ Miss Li is Chinese

Answers

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  1. True Miss Li is a student
  2. False Mr. Wang is a teacher
  3. False Mr. Wang is American
  4. False Miss Li is Chinese

Exercise B

Listen to the Workbook Dialogue 1 audio, then mark these statements true or false.

  1. ____ Both the man and the woman are Chinese.
  2. ____ Both the man and the woman are American.
  3. ____ The man is Chinese and the woman is American.
  4. ____ The man is American and the woman is Chinese.

Answers

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  1. False Both the man and the woman are Chinese.
  2. False Both the man and the woman are American.
  3. True The man is Chinese and the woman is American.
  4. False The man is American and the woman is Chinese.

Exercise C

Listen to the Workbook Dialogue 2 audio, then mark these statements true or false.

  1. ____ Both the man and the woman are teachers.
  2. ____ Both the man and the woman are students.
  3. ____ The man is a teacher. The woman is a student.
  4. ____ The man is a student. The woman is a teacher.
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  1. False Both the man and the woman are teachers.
  2. True Both the man and the woman are students.
  3. False The man is a teacher. The woman is a student.
  4. False The man is a student. The woman is a teacher.