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Lesson 7

Common verbs

Talk about what you do every day — go places, see, hear, study, work, sleep.

📚 New vocabulary · 18

lái
to come
to go
huí
to return
kàn
to look, to watch
看见
kànjiàn
to see (catch sight of)
tīng
to listen
shuō
to speak
to read
xiě
to write
学习
xué
to study, to learn
工作
gōngzuò
to work; job
zuò
to do, to make
mǎi
to buy
zuò
to sit; to take (transport)
睡觉
shuìjiào
to sleep
kāi
to open, to start, to drive
打电话
diànhuà
to make a phone call
qǐng
please; to invite

💡 Grammar note

Verbs in Chinese never conjugate. 我 看, 你 看, 他 看 — same form everywhere. To say 'I am watching TV' add 在 before the verb: 我 在 看 电视. Past actions can be marked with 了 after the verb: 我 看 了.

🏋️ Quick practice

10 mixed questions: pinyin → meaning, character → meaning, listening, English → character, and fill-in sentences.

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🏋️ More practice

Open the full exercises page scoped to just this lesson's vocabulary — all three vocab-based modes (pinyin → meaning, listen → recognise, match) using only the 18 words you just learned.

🎓 Full lecture practice

The full workout, broken into stages. We split this lesson's vocabulary into small sub-groups and run a short drill for each — easier to absorb than 20 mixed questions in a row. Then the final stage mixes every type: pinyin → meaning, character → meaning, listening, English → character, fill the blank, English → 中 builder, word order, and tone identification. Includes a 🎤 pronunciation challenge when your mic + Whisper are available.

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