Describe What Happened: 被 & Passive Sentences

By the end you can

• Describe what happened to you and your things: 我的自行车被人偷了。
• Get the details right: result endings, 没有被, 差点被 and the spoken 叫, 让 and 给
• Know when to flip a sentence to 把 — and when Chinese needs no 被 at all

What’s inside

• Unit 1: Learn: The 被 Pattern · Learn: Never End on a Bare Verb · Practice: Build Your First 被 Sentences
• Unit 2: Learn: Who Did It? 被人 or No Doer
• Reference: Bad-Luck Verbs for 被
• Unit 2: Practice: Bad-Luck Verbs in Action
• Story 1: Lin Hao's Terrible Day · Practice: What Happened to Lin Hao?
• Unit 3: Learn: Negatives and Adverbs Before 被 · Practice: Get the Word Order Right
• Unit 4: Learn: Spoken Passive: 叫, 让 and 给 · Practice: 被, 叫 or 让? Pick the Marker
• Review: What Happened to You?
• Unit 5: Learn: Flip It: 把 and 被 · Practice: Flip the Sentence
• Unit 6: Learn: When Chinese Skips 被 · Learn: Good News with 被 and 受 · Practice: 被 or No 被?
• Story 2: Xiaoyu's Lost Suitcase · Practice: What Happened in Chengdu?
• Cards: Bad Luck, Good News Cards
• Review: Final Review: Tell Your Story

Who it’s for

Learners past the basics who want to say more, and say it more naturally.

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