Pronounce the following elements clearly and slowly:

• the remaining 12 finals (four triphthong finals and eight nasal compound finals); and,
• the formation of related syllables with specific tones in hanyu pinyin (see Appendix A).

Produce common sight words, including:

• one character with multiple meanings (e.g., 多音多义字); and,
• same pronunciation of different characters (e.g., 同音不同义字).

Produce short phrases and sentences using the following linguistic conventions, including:

• demonstrative adjectives and pronouns (e.g., “这zhè”, “那n à”, “这zhè些xiē”, “那n à些xiē”) with measure words in Standard Chinese;
• punctuations in Standard Chinese writing (e.g., 。and 、);
• auxiliary word (e.g., “得d é”) after verbs to complement or emphasize the actions taken;
• conjunctions (e.g., “和h é”, “跟gēn”) to combine two sentences into one;
• the difference between an action verb (e.g., + “了l e”) and an action verb (e.g., + “过guò”);
• transitional words (e.g., “但dàn是shì”, “可k ě是shì”, “不b ú过guò”) to combine two sentences;
• adverbs (e.g., “又yòu”, “再zài”, “重chóng新xīn”) in a sentence to indicate a repeated action;
• alternative words (e.g., “或huò者zhě”, “还hái是shì”) to express choice;
• comparative words (e.g., “比b ǐ”, “比b ǐ较jiào”, “更gèng”) in a sentence; and,
• the superlative word (e.g., “最zuì”) in a sentence.