6. Dictation Exercises

Dictation Exercise 1

PRONUNCIATION AND ROMANIZATION: INITIALS

NAME ___________ COURSE _ DATE _

Based on the recording for this exercise, write in the correct Pinyin initials. The finals and tones are indicated. You may listen to the recording as many times as needed.

1. ā

2. ū

3. ī

4. ō

5. āi

6. iā

7. ōu

8. āo

9. iē

10. īn

11. ēn

12. uī

13. ān

14. ū

15. ū

16. ē

17. ā

18. ī

19. ī

20. iān

21. uē

22. ēng

23. ōng

24. uān

25. uān

26. āng

27. uī

28. ā

29. āo

30. ī

Dictation Exercise 2

PRONUNCIATION AND ROMANIZATION: FINALS

NAME _ COURSE _ DATE _

Based on the recording for this exercise, write in the correct Pinyin finals, which are all in Tone One. The initials are indicated. You may listen to the recording as many times as needed.

1. f

2. j

3. t

4. x

5. j

6. c

7. sh

8. y

9. z

10. ch

11. r

12. g

13. w

14. l

15. zh

16. b

17. x

18. m

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21. y

22. z

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24. r

25. n

26. j

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29. z

30. zh

Dictation Exercise 3

PRONUNCIATION AND ROMANIZATION: TONES

NAME _ COURSE _ DATE _____

Based on the recording for this exercise, add the correct Pinyin tones. The initials and finals are indicated. You may listen to the recording as many times as needed.

1. ta

2. ma

3. wo

4. shei _

5. hao _

6. lei

7. sha ___

8. gui

9. ni

10. mei _

11. zhi

12. shu ___

13. tan

14. lü

15. lu

16. ru

17. rou

18. lüe

19. ku

20. li

21. xue _

22. lan

23. mai ___

24. mai _

25. pai

26. er

27. xiu

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29. kuang _

30. feng _

Dictation Exercise 4

PRONUNCIATION AND ROMANIZATION: INITIALS, FINALS, AND TONES

NAME ___ COURSE _ DATE _

Based on the recording for this exercise, write the initial, final, and tone for the syllables you hear. You may listen to the recording as many times as needed.

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Dictation Exercise 5

CLASSROOM EXPRESSIONS 1–32

NAME _ COURSE _ DATE _

Based on the recording for this exercise, write below the English equivalents for the Chinese expressions you hear. Note that some of the classroom expressions from the textbook have here been combined or slightly rearranged. You may listen to the recording as many times as needed.

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Dictation Exercise 6

UNIT 3, PART 2: NUMBERS 1–99 AND AGES

NAME _ COURSE _ DATE ___________

Based on the recording for this exercise, write the number or age that you hear (in the case of ages, write “_ years old”). You may listen to the recording as many times as needed.

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Dictation Exercise 7

UNIT 3, PART 3: NUMBERS 1–9,999 AND MONEY AMOUNTS

NAME ___ COURSE _ DATE _

Based on the recording for this exercise, write the number or money amount that you hear (in the case of money amounts, assume it is American money and indicate $ or ¢ as appropriate). You may listen to the recording as many times as needed.

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Dictation Exercise 8

UNIT 3, PART 4: CLOCK TIMES AND AMOUNTS OF TIME

NAME _ COURSE _ DATE _

Based on the recording for this exercise, write the clock time or amount of time that you hear. (Write clock times as hour followed by minutes, e.g., “5:35”; indicate amounts of time with “hours” or “minutes”, e.g., “2 hours” or “10 minutes.”) You may listen to the recording as many times as needed.

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Dictation Exercise 9

UNIT 4, PART 2: DATES

NAME _ COURSE _ DATE _

Based on the recording for this exercise, write the date that you hear, including day of the week, month, day of the month, and year. For example, if you hear the Chinese for “Monday, July 4, 2011,” then write below in this order and with these abbreviations: “Mon., 7/4/2011.” You may listen to the recording as many times as needed.

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Dictation Exercise 10

UNIT 4, PART 4: LARGE NUMBERS

NAME _ COURSE _ DATE _

Based on the recording for this exercise, write numerically the number that you hear as it would be written in the U.S. For example, for “one billion three hundred million,” write “1,300,000,000.” If the Chinese uses duō to indicate “more than,” then use a plus mark (+) after the number. You may listen to the recording as many times as needed.

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