Topic 4 · Practice

Reading Practice 📖

Read each passage across the different date and time contexts, then answer the comprehension questions.

Context: Birthdays我们的生日
我们的生日
Our Birthdays (Presentational)

你好！我叫李明。我的生日是一九九八年十月五号。我有一个哥哥和一个妹妹。我哥哥的生日是二零零零年三月十二号。我妹妹的生日是二零零四年八月二十号。明天是我妹妹的生日！

Nǐ hǎo! Wǒ jiào Lǐ Míng. Wǒ de shēng rì shì yī jiǔ jiǔ bā nián shí yuè wǔ hào. Wǒ yǒu yí ge gēge hé yí ge mèimei. Wǒ gēge de shēng rì shì èr líng líng líng nián sān yuè shí èr hào. Wǒ mèimei de shēng rì shì èr líng líng sì nián bā yuè èr shí hào. Míng tiān shì wǒ mèimei de shēng rì!

Hello! My name is Li Ming. My birthday is October 5th, 1998. I have one older brother and one younger sister. My older brother's birthday is March 12th, 2000. My younger sister's birthday is August 20th, 2004. Tomorrow is my younger sister's birthday!

✏️ Comprehension Questions — Passage A
1. 一九九八年是谁的生日？(Whose birthday is in 1998?)
✓ Correct!
The text says "我的生日是一九九八年..." (My birthday is 1998...).
✗ Not quite
The correct answer is A. The speaker (Li Ming) says his birthday is in 1998.
2. 哥哥的生日是几月几号？(When is the older brother's birthday?)
✓ Correct!
"我哥哥的生日是...三月十二号" (March 12th).
✗ Not quite
The correct answer is A. It says "三月十二号" for the brother.
3. 明天是谁的生日？(Whose birthday is tomorrow?)
✓ Correct!
The last sentence says: "明天是我妹妹的生日！" (Tomorrow is my younger sister's birthday).
✗ Not quite
The correct answer is B. Read the final sentence: "明天是我妹妹的生日！"
Context: Schedule现在几点？
现在几点？
What time is it? (Dialogue)
A
王芳，现在几点？
Wáng Fāng, xiàn zài jǐ diǎn?
Wang Fang, what time is it right now?
B
现在是上午十点一刻。
Xiàn zài shì shàng wǔ shí diǎn yí kè.
Right now it is 10:15 AM in the morning.
A
今天是星期几？
Jīn tiān shì xīng qī jǐ?
What day of the week is today?
B
今天是星期五。昨天是星期四。
Jīn tiān shì xīng qī wǔ. Zuó tiān shì xīng qī sì.
Today is Friday. Yesterday was Thursday.
A
太好了！明天是星期六。
Tài hǎo le! Míng tiān shì xīng qī liù.
Great! Tomorrow is Saturday.
✏️ Comprehension Questions — Passage B
1. 现在是几点？(What time is it right now?)
✓ Correct!
"一刻" (yí kè) means one quarter, or 15 minutes.
✗ Not quite
The correct answer is A. "一刻" means 15 minutes.
2. 昨天是星期几？(What day was yesterday?)
✓ Correct!
Speaker B says "昨天是星期四" (Yesterday was Thursday).
✗ Not quite
The correct answer is A. Today is Friday, so yesterday was Thursday (星期四).
3. 为什么男孩说“太好了”？(Why does the boy say "Great!"?)
✓ Correct!
He says "太好了！明天是星期六" (Great! Tomorrow is Saturday).
✗ Not quite
The correct answer is B. He is happy because tomorrow is the weekend (星期六).
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