Xiǎomíng shì shénme shíhou qù Běijīng de? 小明是什么时候去北京的？ When did Xiaoming go to Beijing? Audio/shidewhatisleft1.mp3 Xiǎomíng shì gēn shéi qù Běijīng de? 小明是跟谁去北京的？ With whom did Xiaoming go to Beijing? Audio/shidewhatisleft2.mp3 Xiǎomíng shì zěnme qù Běijīng de? 小明是怎么去北京的？ How did Xiaoming go to Beijing? Audio/shidewhatisleft3.mp3 Xiǎomíng shì zuótiān qù Běijīng de ma? 小明是昨天去北京的吗？ Did Xiaoming go to Beijing yesterday? (last year? etc.) Audio/shidewhatisright1.mp3 Xiǎomíng shì yí gè rén qù Běijīng de ma? 小明是一个人去北京的吗？ Did Xiaoming go to Beijing alone? (with his mom? etc.) Audio/shidewhatisright2.mp3 Xiǎomíng shì zuò fēijī qù Běijīng de ma? 小明是坐飞机去北京的吗？ Did Xiaoming fly to Beijing? (go by bus? /train? etc.) Audio/shidewhatisright3.mp3 Tā shì zuótiān qù Běijīng de. 他是昨天去北京的。 He went to Beijing yesterday. Audio/shidewhatisanswer1.mp3 Tā shì gēn tā fùqin qù Běijīng de. 他是跟他父亲去北京的。 He went to Beijing with his father. Audio/shidewhatisanswer2.mp3 Tā shì kāi chē qù Běijīng de. 他是开车去北京的。 He drove to Beijing. Audio/shidewhatisanswer3.mp3 Wǒ shì zuótiān gēn tā kāi chē qù Shànghǎi de. 我是昨天跟他开车去上海的。 I drove to Shanghai with him yesterday. It was yesterday that I drove to Shanghai with him. Audio/shidestructureA.mp3 Wǒ zuótiān shì gēn tā kāi chē qù Shànghǎi de. 我昨天是跟他开车去上海的。 I drove to Shanghai with him yesterday. It was with him that I drove to Shanghai yesterday. Audio/shidestructureB.mp3 Wǒ zuótiān gēn tā shì kāi chē qù Shànghǎi de. 我昨天跟他是开车去上海的。 I drove to Shanghai with him yesterday. Audio/shidestructureC.mp3 Tā shì zuótiān zǒu de. 他是昨天走的。 He left yesterday. It was yesterday that he left. Audio/shideplacementA1.mp3 Wǒ shì zuò huǒchē huílái de. 我是坐火车回来的。 I came back by train. It was by train that I came back. Audio/shideplacementA2.mp3 Wǒ shì zài Fǎguó rènshi tā de. 我是在法国认识她的。 I met her in France. It was in France that I met her. Audio/shideplacementB1.mp3 Tā shì zài huí shàng pīpíng wǒ de. 他是在会上批评我的。 He criticized me in the meeting. It was in the meeting that he criticized me. Audio/shideplacementB2.mp3 Wǒ shì zuò huǒchē lái Běijīng de. 我是坐火车来北京的。 I came to Beijing by train. It was by train that I came to Beijing. Audio/shideplacementC1.mp3 Wǒ shì zuò huǒchē lái de Běijīng. 我是坐火车来的北京。 I came to Beijing by train. It was by train that I came to Beijing. Audio/shideIIC2.mp3 Wǒ shì zài diànyǐngyuàn qiántou mài de piào. 我是在电影院前头卖的票。 I sold the ticket in front of the cinema. It was in front of the cinema that I sold the ticket. Audio/shideplacementD1.mp3 Tā shì gēn wǒ yíkuàir kàn de diànyǐng. 他是跟我一块儿看的电影。 He saw the movie with me. It was with me that he saw the movie. Audio/shideplacementD2.mp3 Wǒ shì zài diànyǐngyuàn qiántou mài piào de. 我是在电影院前头卖票的。 I sell tickets in front of the cinema. I am a ticketseller in front of the cinema. Audio/shideplacementD3.mp3 Wáng tàitai shì qiánnián bāndào Shànghǎi qù de. 王太太是前年搬到上海去的。 It was the year before last that Mrs. Wang moved to Shanghai. Audio/shideplacementE1.mp3 Tā shì zuótiān dǎlái diànhuà de 他是昨天打来电话的。 He called yesterday. It was yesterday that he called. (Call was made to the speaker.) Audio/shideplacementE2.mp3 Tā shì zuótiān mǎilái māo de. 他是昨天买来猫的。 It was yesterday that he bought the cat. Audio/shideplacementE3.mp3 Wáng Xiānsheng shì shénme shíhou huí Běijīng de? 王先生是什么时候回北京的？ When did Mr. Wang return to Beijing? Wáng Xiānsheng shì qùnián huí Běijīng de. 王先生是去年回北京的。 Mr. Wang returned to Beijing last year. It was last year that Mr. Wang returned to Beijing. Wáng Xiānsheng shì něi nián huí Běijīng de? 王先生是哪年回北京的？ In which year did Mr. Wang return to Beijing? Audio/shidefocus1.3.mp3 Wáng Xiānsheng shì qùnián huí Běijīng de ma? 王先生是去年回北京的吗？ Was it last year that Mr. Wang returned to Beijing? Audio/shidefocus1.4.mp3 Wáng Xiānsheng shì bú shì qùnián huí Běijīng de? 王先生是不是去年回北京的？ Was it last year that Mr. Wang returned to Beijing? Audio/shidefocus1.5.mp3 Nǐ shì zài nǎr xué de Yīngyǔ? 你是在哪儿学的英语？ Where did you study English? Audio/shidefocus2.1.mp3 Wǒ shì zài Yīngguó xué de Yīngyǔ. 我是在英国学的英语。 I studied English in England. It was in England that I studied English. Audio/shidefocus2.2.mp3 Nǐ shì zài shénme dìfang xué de Yīngyǔ? 你是在什么地方学的英语？ Where did you study English? Audio/shidefocus2.3.mp3 Nǐ shì zài něi guó xué de Yīngyǔ? 你是在哪国学的英语？ In which country did you study English? Audio/shidefocus2.4.mp3 Nǐ shì zài Yīngguó xué de Yīngyǔ ma? 你是在英国学的英语吗？ Was it in England that you studied English? Audio/shidefocus2.5.mp3 Nǐ shì bú shì zài Yīngguó xué de Yīngyǔ? 你是不是在英国学的英语？ Was it in England that you studied English? Audio/shidefocus2.6.mp3 Tā shì gēn shéi qù de? 他是跟谁去的？ With whom did he go? Audio/shidefocus3.1.1.mp3 Tā shì gēn tā mèimei qù de. 他是跟他妹妹去的。 He went with his younger sister. It was with his younger sister that he went. Audio/shidefocus3.1.2.mp3 Tā shì gēn tā mèimei qù de ma? 他是跟他妹妹去的吗？ Was it with his younger sister that he went? Audio/shidefocus3.1.3.mp3 Tā shì bú shì gēn tā mèimei qù de? 他是不是跟他妹妹去的? Was it with his younger sister that he went? Audio/shidefocus3.1.4.mp3 Tā shì bú shì zìjǐ qù de? 他是不是自己去的? Did he go alone? Audio/shidefocus3.1.5.mp3 Jīntiān Zhāng Huá shì zénme lái xuéxiào de? 今天张华是怎么来学校的？ How did Hua Zhang come to school today? Audio/shidefocus3.2.1.mp3 Jīntiān tā shì zǒulù lái xuéxiào de. 今天他是走路来学校的。 He came to school on foot today. Audio/shidefocus3.2.2.mp3 Jīntiān tā shì zǒulù lái xuéxiào de ma? 今天他是走路来学校的吗？ Was it on foot that he came to school today? Audio/shidefocus3.2.3.mp3 Jīntiān tā shì bú shì zǒulù lái xuéxiào de 今天他是不是走路来学校的？ Was it on foot that he came to school today? Audio/shidefocus3.2.4.mp3 Nǐ shì zěnme xiě de xìn? 你是怎么写的信？ How did you write the letter? Audio/shidefocus3.3.1.mp3 Wǒ shì yòng máobǐ xiě de xìn. 我是用毛笔写的信。 I wrote the letter with a writing brush. It was with a writing brush that I wrote the letter. Audio/shidefocus3.3.2.mp3 Nǐ shì yòng shénme xiě de xìn? 你是用什么写的信？ With what did you write the letter? Audio/shidefocus3.3.3.mp3 Nǐ shì yòng máobǐ xiě de xìn ma? 你是用毛笔写的信吗？ Did you write the letter with a writing brush? Was it with a writing brush that you wrote the letter? Audio/shidefocus3.3.4.mp3 Nǐ shì bú shì yòng máobǐ xiě de xìn? 你是不是用毛笔写的信？ Did you write the letter with a writing brush? Was it with a writing brush that you wrote the letter? Audio/shidefocus3.3.5.mp3 Tā qù nàr tā fùmǔ zěnme bù zhīdào? 他去那儿他父母怎么不知道？ How come his parents didn't know that he went there? Audio/shidefocus3.4.1A.mp3 Tā shì tōutōu qù de. 他是偷偷去的。 He went secretly. Audio/shidefocus3.4.1B.mp3 Tā shì tōutōu qù de ma? 他是偷偷去的吗？ Did he go secretly? Audio/shidefocus3.4.2.mp3 Tā shì bú shì tōutōu qù de? 他是不是偷偷去的？ Did he go secretly? Audio/shidefocus3.4.3.mp3 Zhèi jiàn shìqíng shì shéi gàosù nǐ de? 这件事情是谁告诉你的？ Who told you this? Audio/shidefocus4.1.mp3 Zhèi jiàn shìqíng shì Wáng Huá gàosù wǒ de. 这件事情是王华告诉我的。 Hua Wang told me about it. It was Hua Wang who told me about it. Audio/shidefocus4.2.mp3 Zhèi jiàn shìqíng shì tā gàosù nǐ de ma? 这件事情是他告诉你的吗？ Did HE tell you about this matter? Was it he who told you about this matter？ Audio/shidefocus4.3.mp3 Zhèi jiàn shìqíng shì bú shì tā gàosù nǐ de? 这件事情是不是他告诉你的？ Did HE tell you about this matter? Was it he who told you about this matter？ Audio/shidefocus4.4.mp3 Zhèi jiàn shìqíng nǐ shì zěnme zhīdào de (focus on manner) 这件事情你是怎么知道的？ How did you know about this matter? Audio/shidefocus4.5.mp3 Zhèi fú huà tā shì wèi nǐ huà de. 这幅画他是为你画的。 It was for you that he painted this painting. Audio/shidefocus5.1.mp3 Nà yì qiāng tā shì cháo wǒ dǎ de. 那一枪他是朝我打的。 It was at me that the gunshot was fired. Audio/shidefocus5.2.mp3 Zhèi píng jiǔ wǒ shì tì biérén mǎi de. 这瓶酒我是替别人买的。 It was for other people that I bought this wine. Audio/shidefocus5.3.mp3 Zhèi wǎn tāng wǒ shì gěi nǐ zuò de. 这碗汤我是给你做的。 I made the soup for you. It was for you that I made the soup. Audio/shidefocus5.4.mp3 Zhèi wǎn tāng nǐ shì gěi shéi zuò de? 这碗汤你是给谁做的？ For whom did you make the soup? Audio/shidefocus5.5.mp3 Zhèi wǎn táng nǐ shì gěi wǒ zuò de ma? 这碗汤你是给我做的吗？ Did you make the soup for me? Audio/shidefocus5.6.mp3 Zhèi wǎn tāng nǐ shì bú shì gěi wǒ zuò de? 这碗汤你是不是给我做的？ Did you make the soup for me? Audio/shidefocus5.7.mp3 Nǐ zěnme bù hē diǎnr tāng? 你怎么不喝点儿汤？ Why aren't you having some soup? Audio/shidefocus5.8.mp3 Wǒ bú shì zài Měiguó xué de Yīngwén, wǒ shì zài Yīngguó xué de. 我不是在美国学的英文，我是在英国学的。 It was not in America that I studied English, it was in England. Audio/shidenegative1.mp3 Zhèi jiàn shìqíng bú shì tā gàosù wǒ de. 这件事情不是他告诉我的。 It was not he who told me about it. Audio/shidenegative2.mp3 Wǒ yě shì zài Měiguó xué de Yīngwén. 我也是在美国学的英文。 I, too, studied English in America. Audio/shideadverb1.mp3 Wǒ shì zài Měiguó xué de Yīngwén, yě shì zài Měiguó xué de Xībānyáwén. 我是在美国学的英文，也是在美国学的西班牙文。 It was in America that I studied English and it was also in America that I studied Spanish. Audio/shideadverb2.mp3 Wǒmen dōu shì zài Měiguó xué de Yīngwén. 我们都是在美国学的英文。 We all studied English in America. Audio/shideadverb3.mp3 Jīntiān tā yòu shì jiǔ diǎn bàn huílái de. 今天他又是九点半回来的。 He came back at 9:30 again tonight. It was again 9:30 that he came back tonight. Audio/shideadverb4.mp3 Jīntiān tā shì jiǔ diǎn bàn cái qǐchuáng de. 今天他是九点半才起床的。 Today he finally got up at 9:30. Today it was at 9:30 that he finally got up. Audio/shideadverb5.mp3 Wáng Xiānsheng shì qùnián huí Běijīng de. 王先生是去年回北京的。 Mr. Wang returned to Beijing last year. It was last year that Mr. Wang returned to Beijing. Audio/shidestress1.mp3 Jīntiān tā shì bú shì zǒulù lái xuéxiào de? 今天他是不是走路来学校的？ Was it on foot that he came to school today? Audio/shidestress2.mp3 Zhèi jiàn shìqíng shì lǎoshī gàosù wǒ de. 这件事情是老师告诉我的。 The teacher told me about it. It was the teacher who told me about it. Audio/shidestress3.mp3 Wǒ (shì) zuò huǒchē lái de. 我坐火车来的。 I came by train. It was by train that I came. Audio/shideomissionA.mp3 Wǒ bú shì zài Shànghǎi dǎ de diànhuà. 我不是在上海打的电话。 It was not in Shanghai that I called. I did not call in Shanghai. Audio/shideomissionB.mp3 Zhè shì zài Běijīng mǎi de. 这是在北京买的。 This was bought in Beijing. It was in Beijing that this was bought. Audio/shideomissionC.mp3 Tā rén hěn hēi, shì shài de. 他人很黑，是晒的。 He is dark and that 's because of his exposure to the sun. Audio/shideomissionD.mp3 Nǐ shì zǒu lù lái de háishì zuò chē lái de. 你是走路来的还是坐车来的？ Did you come on foot or by bus? Audio/shidequestion1.mp3 Nǐ shì zài Měiguó xué de Yīngwén háishì zài Yīngguó xué de Yīngwén. 你是在美国学的英文还是在英国学的英文？ Was it in America or England where you studied English? Audio/shidequestion2.mp3 Nǐmen shì zài Běijīng rènshi de ba? 你们是在北京认识的吧？ You met in Beijing, did you not? Audio/shideVIIIba.mp3 Nǐ mǎi shū le ma? 你买书了吗？ Have you bought the books yet? Audio/shideIX1.mp3 Mǎi le. 买了。 Yes, I have. Audio/shideIX2.mp3 (Shì) shénme shíhou mǎi de? (是) 什么时候买的？ When did you buy them? Audio/shideIX3.mp3 (Shì) zuótiān mǎi de. (是) 昨天买的。 I bought them yesterday. Audio/shideIX4.mp3 (Shì) zài nǎr mǎi de? (是) 在哪儿买的？ Where did you buy them? Audio/shideIX5.mp3 (Shì) zài Xīnhuá shūdiàn mǎi de? (是) 在新华书店买的。 I bought them at the Xinhua Bookstore. Audio/shideIX6.mp3 Xīnhuá shūdiàn hěn yuǎn, nǐ shì zěnme qù de? 新华书店很远，你是怎么去的？ Xinhua Bookstore is far, how did you go there? Audio/shideIX7.mp3 (Shì) zuò chē qù de. (是) 坐车去的。 I went by bus. Audio/shideIX8.mp3 Zuòle duō cháng shíjiān? 坐了多长时间？ How long was the ride? Audio/shideIX9.mp3 Zuòle yí ge zhōngtóu de chē. 坐了一个钟头的车. The ride was an hour long. Audio/shideIX10.mp3 Nǐ (Shì) yí gè rén qù de ma? 你(是) 一个人去的吗？ Did you go there alone? Audio/shideIX11.mp3 Bú shì (yí gè rén qù de). 不是(一个人去的)。 No, I didn't go there alone. Audio/shideIX12.mp3 (Shì) gēn shéi qù de? (是)跟谁去的？ With whom did you go there? Audio/shideIX13.mp3 (Shì) gēn Wáng Tóng qù de. (是) 跟王同去的。 I went with Tong Wang. Audio/shideIX14.mp3 Tā yě mǎi shū le ma? 他也买书了吗？ Did he buy books, too? Audio/shideIX15.mp3 Tā méi mǎi. 他没买。 No, he didn't. Audio/shideIX16.mp3 Nǐ mǎile jǐ běn? 你买了几本？ How many did you buy? Audio/shideIX17.mp3 Wǒ mǎile wǔ běn 我买了五本。 I bought five. Audio/shideIX18.mp3