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40 HSK 4 (HSK 3.0) grammar points in 12 groups. Open any point to see its pattern, usage, examples and notes.
Correlative conjunction pairs in complex sentences expressing progression, condition, concession, and inference (不但…而且…, 只要…就…, 只有…才…, 即使…也…, 既然…就…).
Fixed correlative patterns expressing simultaneity, immediate sequence, coordination, or contrast (一边…一边…, 又…又…, 一…就…, 不是…而是…, 一方面…另一方面…).
Preposing a definite object before the verb with 把 to emphasize how an action disposes of, affects, or changes the object.
Passive sentences using 被, 叫, 让, 给, 由, and 被…所… where the subject undergoes or is affected by an action.
Causative verbs and patterns expressing permission, instruction, or emotional/state causation (让, 叫, 使, 令, 请, 派).
Post-verbal and post-adjectival complements expressing result, degree, direction, potential, and duration.
Structures expressing how long an action lasts or has ceased, along with object placement and verbal frequency complements (次, 遍, 趟, 下).
Adverbs expressing speaker attitude, realization, unexpectedness, or discourse contrast (原来, 果然, 竟然, 到底, 究竟, 却, 倒, 反正, 幸亏).
Prepositional phrases indicating location, direction, recipient, source, and basis (在, 从, 到, 离, 往, 对, 给, 跟, 为, 由, 按, 根据).
Multiples, fractions, approximations, and preference comparisons (倍, 一半, 不如, 与其…不如…).
Structures highlighting past details (是…的), extreme examples (连…也/都…), total negation (一点儿也/都不), and universal wh-pronouns.
Ordering multi-layered attributives (的) and adverbials (地), and using prepositional or verbal phrases as modifiers.
Structures: 不仅……而且 / 还…… · 即使 + Condition,也 + Verb phrase · 无论 + 疑问代词,都 / 也 + Verb phrase
Exam tip: In Sentence Reordering, find correlative conjunction pairs first to quickly determine the clause order (A-B-C).
Structures: Subject + 竟然 + Verb phrase · 难道 + Clause + 吗? · 并 + 不 / 没有 + Verb phrase
Exam tip: Pay attention to position: modal adverbs precede verbal predicates or negations to heighten attitude.
Structures: 差不多 + Number ↔ 几乎 + 所有 / 每 · 本来(原先的打算)↔ 原来(发现真相)
Exam tip: Rule: 差不多 can directly modify numbers (差不多十天); 几乎 cannot modify numbers directly without adjectives.
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Structures: Subject + 把 + Object + Verb + 成 / 作 / 在 / 到 / 给 + Noun
Exam tip: HSK 4 frequently tests verbs combined with 成 (into) or 作 (as) to indicate transformation of the object.
Structures: 对 + Person + 来说 · 在 + Person + 看来 · 以 + A + 为 + B
Exam tip: These structures open the sentence to set the premise, viewpoint, or guideline before a comma.
Structures: 连 + Noun + 也 / 都 + Verb phrase · Clause 1,甚至 + (连) + Noun + 也 / 都 + Verb phrase
Exam tip: Elements after 连 can be subject, object, or predicate; the following clause must contain 也 or 都.
Structures: 来不及 + Verb phrase · 受不了 + Noun
Exam tip: Tested on reflexes: 来不及 refers to insufficient time; 受不了 refers to intolerable physical/mental endurance.
Structures: 散散步 / 游游泳(AAB) · 个个 / 人人 / 天天(AA) + 都
Exam tip: Separable verbs only reduplicate the A syllable (散散步); never ABAB. Reduplicated measure AA means 'every'.
Structures: 总的来说,Conclusion · 拿 + Noun + 来说,Clause · 无论如何,Subject + 都 + Verb phrase
Exam tip: Highly versatile for transitioning, summarizing, or providing concrete examples in the Writing section.
Structures: 为了 + Purpose + 而 + Verb phrase · 既然 + Fact,就 + Verb phrase · Event,于是 + Verb phrase
Exam tip: Distinguish: 于是 marks immediate sequential emergence; 因此 stresses calculated causal outcome.
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