Build a sentence from the words
HSK 5 · Writing · questions 91–98
Questions 91–98: each item gives 4–6 shuffled words or phrases to arrange into one correct sentence. Writing gives 40 minutes: finish these eight in 8–10 minutes to keep 30 minutes for the two short essays.
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Explanation
Step 1: find the main verb — “引起了” (aroused, attracted). Step 2: ask “what caused it?” → the subject is “这个消息” (this news); news can attract attention, attention can't cause news. Step 3: the object is the noun phrase “大家的 + 注意”: a modifier with “的” always comes before its noun. Step 4: put it together as Subject + Verb + Object: “这个消息 + 引起了 + 大家的注意”. “引起……注意” is a common HSK 5 collocation (like “引起……兴趣”, “引起……重视”).
Explanation
Step 1: seeing “把” means the 把 frame: (请) + subject + 把 + object + verb + something after it. Step 2: a request starts with “请你”. Step 3: “把那份合同” already carries the object (that contract), so it comes right after “请你”. Step 4: the verb with its result complement, “翻译成” (translate into), must be followed by the result: “越南语”. Full sentence: “请你 + 把那份合同 + 翻译成 + 越南语”. Vietnamese learners often put “越南语” straight after “翻译” as in Vietnamese (“dịch tiếng Việt”), but Chinese needs “翻译成越南语”.
Explanation
Step 1: “被” signals a passive: receiver + 被 + doer + verb + extra element. Step 2: who was criticised? “他” is the receiver and “车间主任” (the workshop supervisor) is the doer, so “被车间主任” goes together. Step 3: “批评了一顿” (gave a telling-off) ends the sentence. Step 4: the time word “昨天” can follow the subject (“他昨天……”) or open the sentence (“昨天他……”), but it always comes before “被”. “他被车间主任昨天批评了一顿” is wrong — time can't sit between “被 + doer” and the verb.
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