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  <p class="MsoFooter"><span><a name="Subject-Verb-Object" id=
  "Subject-Verb-Object">The Subject-Verb-Object (SVO) sentence
  patterns</a> (9)</span></p>
  <p><span class="english">Most commonly-used Chinese sentences are
  like English ones, and use a subject-verb-object
  pattern:</span></p>
  <p><span class="hanzi">我</span> <span class="hanzi">是</span>
  <span class="hanzi">中</span> <span class="hanzi">国</span>
  <span class="hanzi">留</span> <span class="hanzi">学</span>
  <span class="hanzi">生</span></p>
  <p><span class="english">wǒ shì</span> <span class=
  "english">Zhōngguóliú xuéshēng</span> <span class=
  "english"><a href=
  "Sound/wo%20shi%20zhongguo%20liuxuesheng.wav"><img src=
  "../Misc/BD18249_.WMF" /></a></span></p>
  <p><span class="english">I am an overseas student from
  China</span></p>
  <p><span lang="ZH-TW" xml:lang="ZH-TW">我</span> <span lang=
  "ZH-TW" xml:lang="ZH-TW">叫</span> <span lang="ZH-TW" xml:lang=
  "ZH-TW">丁</span> <span class="hanzi">云</span></p>
  <p><span class="english">wǒ jiào Dīng Yún</span> <span class=
  "english"><a href="Sound/wo%20jiao%20ding%20yun.wav"><img src=
  "../Misc/BD18249_.WMF" /></a></span></p>
  <p><span class="english">I am called Ding Yun</span> <span class=
  "english">.</span></p>
  <p><span class="english">If you have any questions about this
  explanation, please click here.</span></p>
  <p><span class="english"><a title=
  "These must be submitted before your lessons." target="_blank"
  href="Lessons%201-13.htm#svo" style=
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  <p>Translate the following sentences into Chinese (9, svo)</p>
  <p>I drink Chinese tea.</p>
  <p>British people drink coffee and English tea.</p>
  <p>I study Chinese.</p>
  <p>I know Mr Ding.</p>
  <p>His surname is Wang.</p>
  <p>Mr Ding smokes Chinese cigarettes.</p>
  <p>We all drink French wine. French wine is nice to drink.</p>
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