HSK 3 (Pre-Intermediate) HSK 3 grammar list Talking About Recent Actions: 刚 vs 刚才 Talking About Repeated Actions: 又 vs 再 Emphasizing Earliness or Lateness: 就 vs 才 Expressing Gradual Change: 越来越 + Adjective / Mental Verb Doing Two Actions at the Same Time: 一边……一边…… Describing a Sequence of Actions: 先……，再 / 又……，然后…… Making Conditional Sentences: 如果……(的话)，(S)就…… Expressing a Sufficient Condition: 只要……就…… Expressing Complete Negation: 一……也 / 都 + 不 / 没…… Using Interrogative Pronouns to Mean “Everyone / Everything / Everywhere” Using a Rhetorical Question: “能……吗？” Making Equal Comparisons: A 跟 B 一样 (+ Adj.) Making Unequal Comparisons: 比字句 and 没有 Comparison Showing Parallel Change: 越A越B Result Complement 好: Doing Something Successfully / Satisfactorily Potential Complements: V + 不 / 得 + Complement Simple Directional Complements: 上、下、进、出、回、过、起 Compound Directional Complements: Verb + Direction + 来 / 去 Directional and Resultative Meanings with 起来 / 上去 / 出来 Using 下来 / 下去 to Show Change in State Describing Two Parallel Qualities: 又……又…… Expressing a Strong Degree: 极了 / 坏了 / 得很 Adjective Reduplication for a Softer or More Vivid Tone Expressing Interest: 对……有 / 感兴趣 Expressing Immediate Sequence: V1了……就V2…… Expressing Inclusion or Exception: 除了……以外，都 / 还 / 也…… Expressing the Only Condition: 只有……才…… Expressing Purpose: 为了……，…… Using 那 to Indicate a Result The 把 Sentence : A does something to B, changing it Passive Sentences: 被 / 叫 / 让 Pivotal Sentences with 使 / 让 / 叫 Introducing a Topic: 关于…… Using 根据 to Express “According to” Degree Complement with 得: Describing Extent or State Reduplication of Disyllabic Verbs Location Word + V着 + NP: Describing Existence or Placement V1着(O1) + V2(O2): One Action Accompanies Another Existential Sentences: Describing Appearance or Disappearance Connecting Choices: 还是 / 或者 Flexible Use of Interrogative Pronouns (1): “X就X” Patterns Expressing Duration of an Action Flexible Use of Interrogative Pronouns (2): “什么” for Indefinite Reference Expressing Possibility: 会……的 Fixed Pattern for Time to Act: 该……了 Approximate Numbers (2): Using Two Adjacent Numbers Approximate Numbers (3): Using 左右 Multiple Attributives Before a Noun Expressing Viewpoints and Perspective: 看来 / 在……看来 / 对……来说 / 一般来说 The Pattern “X什么(啊)” for Negation, Questioning, or Emphasis Expressing a Starting Point in Time: 从……起 Expressing a Very Short Time: 不一会儿
