Guessing new words in a short story about a school day
Mandarin Chinese · Grade 11 · about 40 minutes
Read a short story about a typical day at school that contains unfamiliar words and use surrounding words and phrases to guess their meanings.
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- 1 practice task with hints and worked answers
- A quiz that marks itself as you go
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