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Multiple-choice practice questions, one best answer each, for HSK 1–3 under HSK 3.0 (the November 2025 exam syllabus): words in context, measure words, 了 过 着, 把, 比, 是…的, complements, short messages and natural replies.

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Practice deck · part of HSK 1–3 (Mandarin) · written against: Every word of HSK 1–3 under HSK 3.0, the HSK exam syllabus published in November 2025 (988 words, levels 1–3), with grammar patterns and in-context cloze; headword levels checked against its word list. Updated 2026-10-10.

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  1. 我爸爸的妈妈，我叫她___。
    (Wǒ bàba de māma, wǒ jiào tā ___.)

    Which word best completes the sentence?

    A) 姐姐 (jiějie)
    B) 奶奶 (nǎinai)
    C) 妻子 (qīzi)
    D) 阿姨 (āyí)
    B) 奶奶 (nǎinai)

    奶奶 (nǎinai) is "grandma" on the father's side, and 我爸爸的妈妈 means "my dad's mom." 阿姨 is a friendly title for a woman of your parents' age, not a grandparent.
    People & Pronouns
  2. A：你昨天为什么没来上课？
    B：___
    (A: Nǐ zuótiān wèishénme méi lái shàngkè? B: ___)

    Which reply is the most natural?

    A) 我是坐地铁来的。(Wǒ shì zuò dìtiě lái de.)
    B) 在教室里上课。(Zài jiàoshì li shàngkè.)
    C) 因为我生病了。(Yīnwèi wǒ shēngbìng le.)
    D) 明天上午来。(Míngtiān shàngwǔ lái.)
    C) 因为我生病了。(Yīnwèi wǒ shēngbìng le.)

    为什么 asks "why," so the reply gives a reason with 因为: "Because I was sick." 我是坐地铁来的 answers 怎么来的, "how did you come," and the speaker did not come at all.
    Question Words
  3. 我昨天给奶奶买___很多水果。
    (Wǒ zuótiān gěi nǎinai mǎi ___ hěn duō shuǐguǒ.)

    Which word best completes the sentence?

    A) 吧 (ba)
    B) 的 (de)
    C) 着 (zhe)
    D) 了 (le)
    D) 了 (le)

    买了很多水果 means "bought a lot of fruit": 了 right after the verb marks a completed action. 着 describes an ongoing state, which does not fit a finished purchase yesterday.
    Particles & Adverbs
  4. 星期六我___去打球，在家写了一天作业。
    (Xīngqīliù wǒ ___ qù dǎ qiú, zài jiā xiěle yī tiān zuòyè.)

    Which word best completes the sentence?

    A) 不 (bù)
    B) 没 (méi)
    C) 别 (bié)
    D) 很 (hěn)
    B) 没 (méi)

    没 (méi) negates something that did not happen: 星期六我没去打球, "I didn't go to play ball on Saturday." 不 states a choice; for a past event that simply didn't happen, the standard negation is 没.
    Negation
  5. ___雨下得很大，___孩子们还是很想出门玩。
    (___ yǔ xià de hěn dà, ___ háizimen háishi hěn xiǎng chūmén wán.)

    Which pair best completes the sentence?

    A) 因为…所以 (yīnwèi…suǒyǐ)
    B) 如果…就 (rúguǒ…jiù)
    C) 一边…一边 (yībiān…yībiān)
    D) 虽然…但是 (suīrán…dànshì)
    D) 虽然…但是 (suīrán…dànshì)

    虽然…但是 means "although … (still)": "Although it's raining hard, the children still really want to go out and play." 还是 ("still") signals a contrast, so 因为…所以, which gives a cause and its result, does not fit.
    Linking Pairs
  6. 他每天早上跑步，跑___很快。
    (Tā měi tiān zǎoshang pǎobù, pǎo ___ hěn kuài.)

    Which word best completes the sentence?

    A) 着 (zhe)
    B) 的 (de)
    C) 得 (de)
    D) 地 (de)
    C) 得 (de)

    Verb + 得 + adjective comments on how an action is done: 跑得很快, "runs fast." 的 links a description to a noun, and 地 comes before a verb, not after it.
    的 地 得

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  • Pinyin, tones, measure words and meanings checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) and the Taiwan Ministry of Education's dictionaries (the Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary and the Cross-Strait Dictionary 兩岸常用詞典, via moedict.tw) (reference only). Levels follow HSK 3.0: the HSK examination syllabus (HSK 考试大纲) published by the Center for Language Education and Cooperation in November 2025, a separate document from the 2021 standard GF 0025-2021, which it cites among its references. Questions are built on the folder's vocabulary and grammar decks, whose sources give the headword levels.

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