1.	Tā cóngqián bú huì xiě Zhōngguo zì.	他/她從前不會寫中國字。	In the past, he/she couldn’t write Chinese characters.	now he/she can	Tā cóngqián bú huì xiě, xiànzài huì xiě le.	他/她從前不會寫，現在會寫了。	In the past, he/she couldn’t write, now he/she can.	2	8	FSI-Chinese
2.	Tā cóngqián huì xiě Zhōngguo zì.	他/她從前會寫中國字。	In the past he/she could write Chinese characters	no longer	Tā cóngqián huì xiě, xiànzài bú huì xiě le.	他/她從前會寫，現在不會寫了。	In the past he/she could write, now he/she can’t.	2	8	FSI-Chinese
3.	Tā cóngqián bú huì xiě Zhōngguo zì.	他/她從前不會寫中國字。	 In the past he/she couldn’t write Chinese characters.	still can’t	Tā cóngqián bú huì xiě, xiànzài hái bú huì xiě.	他/她從前不會寫，現在還不會寫。	In the past he/she couldn’t write, now he/she still can’t.	2	8	FSI-Chinese
4.	Tā cóngqián bù dǒng Fàwén.	他/她從前不董法文。	In the past he/she didn’t understand French.	now he/she can	Tā cóngqián bù dǒng, xiànzài dǒng le.	他/她從前不董，現在董了。	In the past he/she didn’t understand, now he/she can.	2	8	FSI-Chinese
5.	Tā cóngqián dǒng Fàwén.	他/她從前董法文。	In the past he/she did understand French.	no longer	Tā cóngqián dǒng, xiànzài bù dǒng le.	他/她從前董，現在不董了。	In the past he/she did understand, now he/she cannot anymore.	2	8	FSI-Chinese
6.	Tā cóngqián bù dǒng Fàwén.	他/她從前不董法文。	In the past he/she didn’t understand French.	still can’t	Tā cóngqián bù dǒng, xiànzài hái bù dǒng.	他/她從前不董，現在還不董。	In the past he/she didn’t understand, now he/she still can’t.	2	8	FSI-Chinese
7.	Tā cóngqián bù xiǎng xüé Yīngwén.	他/她從前不想學英文。	In the past he/she didn’t want to learn English.	now he/she does	Tā cóngqián bù xiǎng xüé, xiànzài xiǎng xüé le.	他/她從前不想學，現在想學了。	In the past he/she didn’t want to learn, now he/she wants to.	2	8	FSI-Chinese
8.	Tā cóngqián xiǎng xüé Yīngwén.	他/她從前想學英文。	In the past he/she did want to learn English.	no longer	Tā cóngqián xiǎng xüé, xiànzài bù xiǎng xüé le.	他/她從前想學，現在不想學了。	In the past he/she did want to learn, now he/she doesn’t want to anymore.’	2	8	FSI-Chinese
9.	Tā cóngqián bù xiǎng xüé Yīngwén.	他/她從前不想學英文。	In the past he/she didn’t want to learn English.	still doesn’t	Tā cóngqián bù xiǎng xüé, xiànzài hái bù xiǎng xüé.	他/她從前不想學，現在還不想學？。	In the past he/she didn’t want to learn, now he/she still doesn’t want to. 	2	8	FSI-Chinese
10.	Tā cóngqián bú niàn lìshǐ.	他/她從前不念歷史。	In the past he/she didn’t study history.	now he/she does	Tā cóngqián bú niàn, xiànzài niàn le.	他/她從前不念，現在念了。	In the past he/she didn’t study, now she does study.	2	8	FSI-Chinese
11.	Tā cóngqián niàn lìshǐ.	他他/她從前念歷史。	In the past he/she did study history.	no longer	Tā cóngqián niàn, xiànzài bú niàn le.	他/她從前念，現在不念了。	In the past he/she did study, now he/she doesn’t anymore.	2	8	FSI-Chinese
12.	Tā cóngqián bú niàn lìshǐ.	他/她從前不念歷史。	In the past he/she didn’t study history.	still doesn’t	Tā cóngqián bú niàn, xiànzài hái bú niàn.	他/她從前不念，現在還不念。	In the past he/she didn’t study, now he/she still doesn’t.	2	8	FSI-Chinese