Exercise 1
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Like most East Asian languages, Mandarin Chinese is a tonal language. As you begin to learn Chinese, you will find that words can have different meanings depending on the tone used when speaking it. There are four tones to practice as you learn Mandarin, and these are displayed using the four tone marks over the vowels in Pinyin.
Our exercises will constantly test and reinforce your mastery of the tones when you're learning Chinese. Where possible we will present options where listening to and identifying the correct tone is essential to selecting the correct answer. So by collecting gold achievements as you work through the exercises, you'll naturally begin to distinguish the four tones.
About our Listening Exercises
Practice training your ear by selecting the correct Chinese sound that represents the word or sentence shown.
This will develop your listening skills, helping you to engage in conversation. You can understand a large
amount of sentences based on different combinations of the words you have learned up to now!
Usability Tips
The following shortcuts allow you to use your keyboard to complete this exercise:
Press 1: Selects option number 1
Press 2: Selects option number 2
Press 3: Selects option number 3
Press 4: Selects option number 4