Tones Review / 四声复习 As you know and we have discussed many times, accurate tones are extremely important in Chinese. The ability to pronounce tones correctly, and to distinguish them when you hear them, makes the difference between okay Chinese and good Chinese. Work through this presentation to review and tune up your tones.

Use the language to engage in interpersonal communication. (Interpersonal Communication : Person-to-Person Communication) Understand words and concepts presented in the language. (Interpretive Communication: Listening and Reading) Tones Review / 四声复习 Standards This review and exercise falls under the ACTFL Standards for Foreign Language Learning in the 21st Century:

Tones Review / 四声复习 We will use certain icons to help you navigate: *A lets you move forward to the next page. *A lets you go back to the start of a section. *A takes you right back, letting you try again. *Whenever you see a you need to click on it to hear the audio. *Whenever you see a you need to click on it to view the video. (Just close the window to return here.)

Tones Review / 四声复习 There are 4 tones in Mandarin, plus a neutral tone. When writing pinyin, we can represent the tones in one of two ways, either with a number or with a diacritical mark, as follows: 高 gāogao11 st tone 忙 mángmang22 nd tone 好 hǎohao33 rd tone 累 lèilei44 th tone 吗 mamaneutral (Note that neutral tone is sometimes written as ma5.)

Tones Review / 四声复习 One way of thinking about the sounds of the four tones is by using the English exclamation “man”: First tone, a high and even tone: Oh, mān, why did you do that?!?! Second tone, a rising tone, as in a question: What did you see, mán? Third tone, a flat, dipping tone: Come on, mǎn, you can do it! Fourth tone, a falling exclamation: Màn, is that hot!

Tones Review / 四声复习 Let’s remind ourselves of what each of the tones sounds like: 高 gāogao11 st tone 忙 mángmang22 nd tone 好 hǎohao33 rd tone 累 lèilei44 th tone

Tones Review / 四声复习 If we want to represent the 4 tones visually, they might look something like this:

Tones Review / 四声复习 Let’s see if we can hear the differences between the 4 tones. 1 st tone 2 nd tone 3 rd tone 4 th tone

Tones Review / 四声复习 不对。再来一遍。 Think about the shape or direction of the tone, and then think about the four pictures.

Tones Review / 四声复习 对。非常好！

Tones Review / 四声复习 Let’s try another one: 1 st tone 2 nd tone 3 rd tone 4 th tone

Tones Review / 四声复习 不对。再来一遍。 Think about the shape or direction of the tone, and then think about the four pictures.

Tones Review / 四声复习 对。非常好！

Tones Review / 四声复习 Let’s try another one: 1 st tone 2 nd tone 3 rd tone 4 th tone

Tones Review / 四声复习 不对。再来一遍。 Think about the shape or direction of the tone, and then think about the four pictures.

Tones Review / 四声复习 对。非常好！

Tones Review / 四声复习 Let’s try one more: 1 st tone 2 nd tone 3 rd tone 4 th tone

Tones Review / 四声复习 不对。再来一遍。 Think about the shape or direction of the tone, and then think about the four pictures.

Tones Review / 四声复习 对。非常好！

Tones Review / 四声复习 Before we look at tone combinations, let’s review tone changes. We have learned that certain tone combinations result in a change in the way they are pronounced. How are two third tones in a row pronounced? Click on the correct answer. Q1: 你好。 nǐ hǎo 1) nǐ hǎo2) nǐ háo 3) ní hǎo4) ní háo

Tones Review / 四声复习 不对。再来一遍。 Think about what would make it easier to pronounce.

Tones Review / 四声复习 对。非常好！

Tones Review / 四声复习 Sometimes we have a string of tones together. How are three third tones in a row pronounced? Click on the correct answer. Q2: 我很好。 wǒ hěn hǎo 1) wǒ hěn hǎo2) wó hěn hǎo 3) wó hén hǎo4) wǒ hén hǎo

Tones Review / 四声复习 不对。再来一遍。 Again, think about what is going to make this combination easier to pronounce, and about the two third tones together.

Tones Review / 四声复习 对。非常好！

Tones Review / 四声复习 Rules: When two third tones occur together, the first changes to second tone. When three third tones occur together, we have two pairs of two third tones. We can resolve both if the second one changes to second tone.

Tones Review / 四声复习 We have learned that 不 bù changes tone when followed by characters with a certain tone. How does 不 bù change when followed by another 4 th tone? Click on the correct answer. Q1: 不是。 bù shì 1) bù shì2) bú shì 3) bū shì4) bǔ shì

Tones Review / 四声复习 不对。再来一遍。 Think about what would make the combination more natural.

Tones Review / 四声复习 对。非常好！

Tones Review / 四声复习 How does 不 bù change when followed by a 3 rd tone? Click on the correct answer. Q2: 不好。 bù hǎo 1) bù hǎo2) bú hǎo 3) bū hǎo4) bǔ hǎo

Tones Review / 四声复习 不对。再来一遍。 (This is a trick question!)

Tones Review / 四声复习 对。非常好！

Tones Review / 四声复习 Rule: When 不 bù is followed by another fourth tone, it changes to a second tone. Otherwise it does not change.

Tones Review / 四声复习 We have learned that 一 yī changes depending on the tone of the character that follows it. How does 一 yī change when followed by another 1 st tone? Click on the correct answer. Q2: 一张 yī zhāng 1) yī zhāng2) yí zhāng1) yī zhāng2) yí zhāng 3) yǐ zhāng4) yì zhāng

Tones Review / 四声复习 不对。再来一遍。 This one you just have to remember.

Tones Review / 四声复习 对。非常好！

Tones Review / 四声复习 How does 一 yī change when followed by a 2 nd tone? Click on the correct answer. Q2: 一毛 yī máo 1) yī máo2) yí máo1) yī máo2) yí máo 3) yǐ máo4) yì máo

Tones Review / 四声复习 不对。再来一遍。 This is kind of like the opposite of the 不 rule.

Tones Review / 四声复习 对。非常好！

Tones Review / 四声复习 How does 一 yī change when followed by a 3 rd tone? Click on the correct answer. Q2: 一起 yī qǐ 1) yī qǐ2) yí qǐ1) yī qǐ2) yí qǐ 3) yǐ qǐ4) yì qǐ

Tones Review / 四声复习 不对。再来一遍。

Tones Review / 四声复习 对。非常好！

Tones Review / 四声复习 How does 一 yī change when followed by a 4 th tone? Click on the correct answer. Q4: 一块 yī kuài 1) yī kuài2) yí kuài1) yī kuài2) yí kuài 3) yǐ kuài4) yì kuài

Tones Review / 四声复习 不对。再来一遍。 This change is similar to that with 不.

Tones Review / 四声复习 对。非常好！

Tones Review / 四声复习 Rules: When 一 yī is followed by a fourth tone, it changes to second tone. When 一 yī is followed by a first, second, or third tone, it changes to fourth tone. When 一 yī is used in counting, or when it occurs at the end of the word, it remains first tone.

Tones Review / 四声复习 Let’s review what the various combinations sound like. Click on the combinations below that you are unsure about, or review them all. When you are ready to test yourself, click on the forward arrow Important note: After viewing a video, close the video window to return here, but note that you may have to go find the Powerpoint icon to open the presentation again.

Tones Review / 四声复习 Now that you can distinguish between the 4 tones, and we’ve reviewed the tone changes and listened to combinations, let’s see whether we can distinguish tone combinations, which is how we normally encounter tones. Remember that there are 20 combinations of two tones: four possibilities for the first, and five for the second (including the neutral tone). On each screen, click on the icon to hear as many times as you need to, then choose the correct combination.

Tones Review / 四声复习

Tones Review / 四声复习 对。非常好！

Tones Review / 四声复习

Tones Review / 四声复习 对。非常好！

Tones Review / 四声复习

Tones Review / 四声复习 对。非常好！

Tones Review / 四声复习

Tones Review / 四声复习 对。非常好！

Tones Review / 四声复习

Tones Review / 四声复习 对。非常好！

Tones Review / 四声复习

Tones Review / 四声复习 对。非常好！

Tones Review / 四声复习

Tones Review / 四声复习 对。非常好！

Tones Review / 四声复习

Tones Review / 四声复习 对。非常好！

Tones Review / 四声复习

Tones Review / 四声复习 对。非常好！

Tones Review / 四声复习

Tones Review / 四声复习 对。非常好！

Tones Review / 四声复习

Tones Review / 四声复习 对。非常好！

Tones Review / 四声复习

Tones Review / 四声复习 对。非常好！

Tones Review / 四声复习

Tones Review / 四声复习 对。非常好！

Tones Review / 四声复习

Tones Review / 四声复习 对。非常好！

Tones Review / 四声复习

Tones Review / 四声复习 对。非常好！

Tones Review / 四声复习 不对。 You need to break down the two tones that you are hearing. Please go back and listen again.

Tones Review / 四声复习 恭喜！ By making it this far, you’ve demonstrated that you have a firm grasp on tones. To review the combinations To redo the combinations exercises

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