Fill-in-the-Blanks Exercise #6:

The aspectual particle is a tricky beast, and despite the impression Professor Zhang may have given
you in quickly sweeping the entire subject under the carpet to return to discussing the Great Wall, the
difference between the three is very important. Proper use of , and is so essential, in fact, that
we've created this separate test devoted just to it.
The material here is so foundational, in fact, that we recommend this test to students far above the
Beginner level ("just to be safe..."). So wade forth into our 15 sample exercises which test you on the
foundations of using aspectual particles. Can you tell them apart? Do you know what they mean? If you
run into trouble, feel free to leave questions in the discussion section below. We're more than happy to
explain why some answers are correct and others... just plain wrong.

Questions :
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8. Which sentence below has the same meaning with He is in Tokyo now?
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b)
c)
d)
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c)
d)
10. !
a) ............
b) ............
c) ............
d) ............

11. Which sentence below has the same meaning with I have read half of the book,
and I may go on reading it.?

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b)
c)
d)
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c)
d)

13.
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c)
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14. Which sentence below has the same meaning with He went to Shanghai last month,
but he has already come back.?
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b)
c)
d)
15.

a)
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c)
d)
Answers: 1 - d, 2 - c, 3 - b, 4 - d, 5 - b, 6 - a, 7 - c, 8 - b, 9 - d, 10 - d, 11 - a, 12 - c, 13 - b, 14 - a, 15 - d.