HSK 5 Vocabulary Workbook: Collocations, Word Families & Recall

By the end you can

• Use about 150 HSK 5 words with the partner words they really go with
• Tell look-alike families apart, such as 改善, 改进 and 改正
• Read and retell two short articles built from the book's words

What’s inside

• Unit 1: Words: The Workplace · Learn: Improve, Correct or Change? · Practice: Work Words in Use
• Unit 2: Words: Education and Learning · Learn: Three Kinds of Training · Practice: Study Words in Use
• Unit 3: Words: Health and Lifestyle · Learn: Prevent or Avoid? · Practice: Health Words in Use
• Unit 4: Words: Money and Consumption · Learn: Two Ways to Save · Practice: Money Words in Use
• Story 1: Leaving the Big City · Practice: Check and Retell
• Unit 5: Words: Science and Technology · Learn: Three Ways to Keep · Practice: Tech Words in Use
• Unit 6: Words: Culture and Tradition · Learn: Set Phrases on the List · Practice: Culture Words in Use
• Unit 7: Words: Nature and the Environment · Learn: Damage or Harm? · Practice: Nature Words in Use
• Unit 8: Words: Society and Relationships · Learn: Grow, Developed, Bring Out · Practice: People Words in Use
• Story 2: Working From a Café · Practice: Check and Give Your View

Who it’s for

Learners preparing for HSK 5 on the new HSK 3.0 exam, or studying at that level.

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