A1 Chinese grammar worksheet
汉语的顺序很固定:谁、什么时候、在哪儿、做什么,时间一定在地点的前面。
12 gap-fill exercises on 基本语序:主语+时间+地点+动词, the first thing most beginners get wrong in Chinese. Answer in the browser and the rule appears with each answer, or print the PDF and work through it on paper.
This A1 sheet is free on the web. The graded set from A2 to C2 lives in the oqou app, where A1 is part of Pro as well.
Practise it here
After each answer you get the rule, written in Chinese. That is deliberate: the sheets are made to be worked through in the language you are learning.
Exercise 1 of 12
我。
Choose the word that fills the gap.
A1 Chinese grammar worksheet
- 是、有、的和量词
- 疑问句:吗、呢、什么、几、多少
- 基本语序:主语+时间+地点+动词
- 否定:不 和 没
- 在、有、是:东西在哪儿
- 形容词谓语句:为什么要说「很」
Print it
The same worksheet as a print-ready A4 PDF, with the answer key on the last page. Free to use in a classroom, and free to share.
Download the PDF基本语序:主语+时间+地点+动词
我___。
她___。
我们___。
他___。
王老师___。
我的同事___。
我妹妹___。
他们___。
小李___。
今天没有课,我们___。
我爸爸___。
张先生___。
Answer key
我明天在家看书。
顺序是:时间、地点、做的事。先说明天,再说在家。
她星期五在学校学汉语。
时间放在地点的前面,「星期五」要说在「在学校」之前。
我们星期六在公园跑步。
「在+地点」要放在动词的前面,不能放在后面。
他晚上在房间听音乐。
地点不能走到时间的前面,也不能走到动词的后面。
王老师上午在教室上课。
什么时候、在哪儿都说完了,最后才说做什么。
我的同事中午在饭馆吃饭。
汉语不像英语,地点要说在动词的前面:在饭馆吃饭。
我妹妹下午在图书馆学习。
两个都在动词前面的时候,时间在前,地点在后。
他们早上在学校打球。
动词放在最后,前面是时间和地点。
小李星期天在商店买东西。
先说星期几,再说在哪儿,这个顺序不能换。
今天没有课,我们下午在朋友家玩。
时间和地点都要说在动词前面,动词自己在最后。
我爸爸晚上在家看电视。
「在家」是地点,要放在「晚上」后面、动词前面。
张先生星期一在北京见朋友。
时间、地点、动词,三个的前后顺序是固定的。
The rest of the Chinese grammar set
The oqou app carries the full graded set, one worksheet per CEFR level, alongside the reading it is meant to support. Grammar practice is part of Pro.
- A2了:完成和变化14 exercisesIn the app
- A2正在、着、过:进行与经历12 exercisesIn the app
- A2能、会、可以12 exercisesIn the app
- A2比较句:比、跟…一样、没有12 exercisesIn the app
- A2连动句 和 兼语句12 exercisesIn the app
- A2语气助词:吧、呢、啊、了12 exercisesIn the app
- B1把和被14 exercisesIn the app
- B1离合词:可以分开用的动词12 exercisesIn the app
- B1关联词语:成对出现的连接词12 exercisesIn the app
- B1是…的:说清楚事情是怎么发生的12 exercisesIn the app
- B1存现句 和 方位词:什么地方出现了什么12 exercisesIn the app
- B1条件复句:只要…就、只有…才、一…就12 exercisesIn the app
- B2补语:结果、方向和可能14 exercisesIn the app
- B2让、叫、给:被动和使役12 exercisesIn the app
- B2反问句:难道、不是…吗12 exercisesIn the app
- B2副词的细微差别:就、才、又、再、还12 exercisesIn the app
- B2介词短语:对、给、跟、向、由12 exercisesIn the app
- B2数量和概数:左右、多、来、几12 exercisesIn the app
- C1书面语连接词和正式语体14 exercisesIn the app
- C1书面语句式:加以、予以、进行、给予12 exercisesIn the app
- C1复杂定语的顺序和「的」字结构12 exercisesIn the app
- C1语篇衔接:指代、省略和名词的重复12 exercisesIn the app
- C1强调的说法:连…都、除了…以外、无论…都12 exercisesIn the app
- C1比较和程度的书面说法:相对于、相比之下、尤为12 exercisesIn the app
- C2成语和文言残留14 exercisesIn the app
- C2语体:口语、书面语和公文体12 exercisesIn the app
- C2修辞:比喻、排比和反语12 exercisesIn the app
- C2新闻标题的语言特点12 exercisesIn the app
- C2谚语、歇后语和惯用语12 exercisesIn the app
- C2近义词辨析与搭配12 exercisesIn the app
Questions about the worksheets
Are these grammar worksheets really free?
Yes. The A1 worksheet for every language is free on this site, both to practise online and to download as a PDF, with no account and no email. You may print them for a class.
Where are the A2, B1 and higher worksheets?
In the oqou app, one worksheet per CEFR level per language, as part of Pro. A1 is free here on the web and part of Pro in the app, which is a deliberate exception rather than an oversight.
Can I use these with my students?
Yes. Print the PDF, hand it out, keep the answer key. A link back to this page is appreciated but not required.