Yr 8 Chinese Making arrangements to go out (Practice sheet)

Master Chinese arrangements! Practice sports, time, and text messages. Perfect for Year 8 students.

1. Yùndòng (Sports) Match the Chinese to the English tī zúqiú play football yóuyǒng swimming Wǒmen dǎ pīngpāngqiú, hǎo ma? Shall we play table tennis? Wǒ xǐhuān dǎ gǎnlǎnqiú I like playing rugby Xiànzài jǐ diǎn? What time is it? Wǒmen dǎ wǎngqiú - hǎo ma? Shall we play tennis? 2. Match the times to the Chinese 6.00am zǎoshang liù diǎn 6.30pm wǎnshang liù diǎn bàn 6.00pm wǎnshang liù diǎn 6.30am zǎoshang liù diǎn bàn 6.15pm wǎnshang liù diǎn shí wǔ fēn 6.35pm wǎnshang liù diǎn sān shí wǔ fēn 3. You receive the following text messagea) When does the sender want to know if you're free?Select a, b, c or d Tuesday early morning Tuesday morning (after 8am) Tuesday afternoon Tuesday evening b) How would you say you're sorry - you're playing cricket? Bù hǎo yìsi. Wǒ dǎ lánqiú Bù hǎo yìsi. Wǒ dǎ wǎngqiú Bù hǎo yìsi. Wǒ dǎ gǎnlǎnqiú Bù hǎo yìsi. Wǒ dǎ bǎnqiú 4. Read this text messagea) What is this friend suggesting you do? play rugby play netball play hockey play football b) What time does he suggest? 6.15pm 6.10am 2.30pm 2.15pm 5. Read this text conversation and fill in the blanks below 1. Zhang Li is asking you if you are free on Sunday evening2. Your reply is no(yes / no)3. He next asks if you are free on Wednesdayevening4. You are free, so he suggests you go running at seven o'clock Read the conversation below and then sort the statements below into true (duì), false (bù duì) or whether we don't know (bù zhīdào) from what is said. Duì 对 (True) Xiao Li wants to know if Da Wei is free on Friday evening They arrange to go swimming Xiao Li doesn't like football Bù duì 不对 (False) Da Wei is playing tennis with his little brother on Friday evening Xiao Li says he is free on Saturday morning They arrange to swim at half past six Bù zhīdào 不知道 (we don't know) Xiao Li likes basketball Da Wei is busy on Sunday afternoon Xiao Li has a little sister