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五个苹果三块钱

Five Apples, Three Yuan

Shopping for fruit is a common daily task in China. Practice saying prices, counting items, and using simple shopping phrases while buying five apples for three yuan.

HSK 1 By Jiao Yu (焦雨) ~1 min read · 57 chars · 23 words Teacher Verified
#daily-life #food
Tone Guide

我 很 爱 买 东 西 。

今 天 我 在 一 个 商 店 买 东 西 。

这 个 商 店 有 很 多 水 果 。

我 有 三 块 钱 。

今 天 我 买 了 五 个 苹 果 。 这 五 个 苹 果 都 是 中 国 苹 果 。

Reading Comprehension 4 questions

Question 1 of 4

Test your understanding of this story with 4 comprehension questions.

Question 1

Multiple Choice

What did the author buy?

Explanation

The article states '今天我买了五个苹果' meaning 'Today I bought five apples.'

Question 2

Multiple Choice

How much money did the author have?

Explanation

The article says '我有三块钱' meaning 'I have three yuan.'

Question 3

True or False

The apples are from China.

Explanation

The article states '这五个苹果都是中国苹果' meaning 'These five apples are all Chinese apples.'

Question 4

True or False

The author bought apples at a supermarket.

Explanation

The article mentions '今天我在一个商店买东西' meaning 'Today I went shopping at a store.' It does not specify a supermarket.

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Key Vocabulary in This Story Tap any word to explore collocations & usage
8 Core Words
买 mǎi
To exchange money or goods for something in return. To buy, purchase, or obtain anything; also to win over or bribe. A net (乛) cast over a coin (贝, now 头) shows money trading hands.
Essential verb for shopping and transactions.
苹果 píng guǒ
apple
Common fruit; central to article title.
水果 shuǐ guǒ
fruit
Common category word for food shopping.
钱 qián
A spade-like metal farming tool used in ancient times. Money, cash, coins, or wealth in general. Two crossed spears (戋) over metal (钅) — metal shaped into valuable currency.
Core noun for money and prices.
块 kuài
A clod of earth or a lump of soil. Measure word for chunks and pieces; colloquial term for a yuan (money). Earth (土) split by a crack (夬) into a solid broken-off lump.
Colloquial unit for yuan in prices.
个 gè
A single bamboo stalk or sliver split off as one countable unit. The default measure word for people, objects, and concepts; one individual unit. A vertical bamboo stick slashed apart to mark one separate piece.
Most common measure word for objects.
商店 shāng diàn
shop; store
Useful noun for place where buying happens.
三 sān
The cardinal number 3, represented by three stacked horizontal strokes. Three; also "several" or "many" in idioms (e.g., 三思而行, repeatedly). Three parallel horizontal lines — count one, two, three — simple as it gets.
Basic number used in price phrase.
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爱 东西 都 个 很 今天 块 了 买 苹果 钱 三 商店 是 水果 我 五 一 有 在 这 这个 中国
Key Grammar in This Story Core HSK 1 sentence patterns & formulas
3 Patterns
处所+有+数量短语+名词 特殊句型
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Key HSK1 pattern for saying what a place has and in what quantity, as in 这个商店有很多水果.
用动态助词“了1”表示
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Essential action completed marker 了 marking a completed action, as in 今天我买了五个苹果.
都1 副词
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都 ('all / both') sweeps together all five apples, showing every single one of them comes from China.
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这、那、这儿、那儿、这里、那里、这些、那些、有的、这个、那个、有些 代词 一、二/两、三、四、五、六、七、八、九、零、十、百、半、千 数词 专用名量词：本、个、家、口、块、件、只、元 量词 非常、很、太、真、有（一）点儿 副词 都1 副词 在、正在 副词 了1 助词 表示领有 特殊句型 处所+有+数量短语+名词 特殊句型 用动态助词“了1”表示
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