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HSKK Beginner · Speaking · questions 26–27

Questions 26–27: two personal questions (family, hobbies, habits, study, work…) printed on the paper. You get 7 minutes to prepare, then speak for about 1.5 minutes on each, at least five sentences. The two items are worth about 40 of 100 points — the heaviest part of HSKK Beginner.

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Tips

  • Split the 7 minutes of preparation between the two questions (about 3 minutes each, 1 minute to review). Don't write the whole answer: note keywords following your structure plus 2–3 sentences you are sure you can say correctly.
  • Three-part structure: open by answering the question directly (我最喜欢秋天。) → body with 2–3 points of 1–2 sentences each, linked by 第一、第二 / 先……然后…… / 还有 → close with a summary or a feeling (所以我最喜欢…… / 我很喜欢……).
  • When the task says 为什么, the reasons are the core: say 因为…… in your second sentence and give each reason a concrete detail (a time, a place, a number).
  • 1.5 minutes ≈ 8–10 short sentences spoken slowly and clearly. A short correct sentence beats a long wrong one; use safe patterns: 不……也不……, 又……又……, 一边……一边……, ……的时候.
  • Build a stock of sentences for common topics (yourself, family, your day, hobbies, your city, school / company): many lines work for several topics, e.g. 我在一家中国公司工作、我家在河内.
  • If you run out of ideas with time left, add an example (去年……), a comparison (比……) or a plan (我打算…… / 我希望……) instead of falling silent.

Common traps

  • Reciting a memorised model answer that drifts off topic: you are scored against the question, so always open with a sentence that answers it.
  • Going silent while searching for a word: talk around it with easy words (forget 堵车? say 路上车很多，走不动). Long pauses cost fluency points.
  • Translating word for word from Vietnamese: “tôi đi Hà Nội” is 我去河内, not 我走河内 (走 means to walk / to leave); an answer to 多长时间 must be a length of time, not a clock time.
  • Tones fading as you talk longer: keep them clear to the end, especially tone 2 vs tone 3 (学习 xuéxí, 朋友 péngyou vs 很好 hěn hǎo) and the zh/ch/sh sounds.

Worked examples

回答问题· Answer the question

你每天是怎么过的？请说一说。

Explanation

The task: “How do you spend your day? Tell us.” It is the easiest topic for practising a three-part answer. In the 7-minute preparation don't write the whole text: note only the times and key verbs (6:30 起床, 8:00 上班, 12:00 吃饭, 5:30 下班, 11:00 睡觉). Open with when you get up, move through the day with connectors 以后、然后、先……然后……, and close with one sentence about how you feel. Telling it this way easily gives five or more sentences and you will hardly run out of ideas. Watch the retroflex sounds in 上班 (shàngbān), 睡觉 (shuìjiào), 吃 (chī) and the number 十一点 (shíyī diǎn).

Words in this question每天起床上班睡觉
回答问题· Answer the question

你喜欢什么季节？为什么？

Explanation

The task: “Which season do you like? Why?” Because of 为什么, the reasons are the core. Answer directly in the first sentence (我最喜欢秋天) without circling around. In the 7-minute preparation, note three reason keywords such as 天气 / 走走、照片 / 水果 and turn each into 1–2 sentences. Close with 所以…… repeating your opening — the examiner hears a clear structure. Familiar patterns such as 不……也不……, 一边……一边…… and 又……又…… make sentences longer but stay safe; mind 秋天 (qiūtiān) with the aspirated q, and 季节 (jìjié), a fourth tone then a second.

Words in this question季节秋天因为所以

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