HSK 1 Lesson 15 - Going to School to Play Ball

Welcome to HSK 1 Lesson 15! In this lesson, we follow a busy Saturday starting with a delicious breakfast, playing ball at school with friends, and enjoying a tasty lunch. You will also practice daily activities such as shopping for cups and books, writing Chinese characters, and talking about your daily routine. This comprehensive reading practice is perfect for building your early Chinese vocabulary and sentence structures.

A group of young friends happily playing basketball on a sunny school court.

Table of Contents

• 1. HSK 1 Chinese Lesson: Complete Guide & Text
• 2. HSK 1 Vocabulary List (with Pinyin & English)
• 3. Free HSK 1 Vocabulary Quiz Online
• 4. HSK 1 Sentence Scramble Practice
• 5. HSK 1 Fill-in-the-Blank Cloze Test
• 6. HSK 1 Reading Comprehension Practice Test
• 7. HSK 1 Listening Comprehension Test (Audio Included)
• 8. Download HSK 1 Lesson PDF & Study Materials
• 9. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

1. HSK 1 Chinese Lesson: Complete Guide & Text

去学校打球

今天天气非常好。早上我七点半起床。爸爸和妈妈也起床了。在家里我们吃早饭。早饭有面包和牛奶。面包很好吃，牛奶也很好。今天是一个星期六。我和朋友一起去学校。朋友在学校门口等我们。我们看见他非常高兴。我们要一起去打球。

我们上午九点来到学校。学校里边的人非常多。我们在学校里打球。朋友打球非常认真。我打球也觉得非常高兴。大家一起玩儿很高兴。我们非常喜欢打球。我们中午一点从学校出来。我们在学校旁边的小饭店吃饭。我们在那里吃米饭和肉。大家都觉得非常好吃。

下午天气有一点冷。我们去商店买东西。朋友买一个新杯子。那个杯子非常好看。杯子一个五块钱。我想买一本汉语书。那本汉语书非常贵。我没有很多钱不买。我们下午四点回家。

晚上我们在家吃饭。妈妈在家里做晚饭。晚饭有米饭和鸡蛋。鸡蛋非常好吃。晚饭后爸爸喝热茶。我和朋友写新汉字。写字要慢一点儿写。晚上九点半去睡觉。今天我们都非常累。明天我们要去上学。我们要在学校学习。

Qù xuéxiào dǎqiú

Jīntiān tiānqì fēicháng hǎo. Zǎoshang wǒ qī diǎn bàn qǐchuáng. Bàba hé māma yě qǐchuáng le. Zài jiālǐ wǒmen chī zǎofàn. Zǎofàn yǒu miànbāo hé niúnǎi. Miànbāo hěn hǎochī, niúnǎi yě hěn hǎo. Jīntiān shì yí ge xīngqīliù. Wǒ hé péngyou yìqǐ qù xuéxiào. Péngyou zài xuéxiào ménkǒu děng wǒmen. Wǒmen kànjiàn tā fēicháng gāoxìng. Wǒmen yào yìqǐ qù dǎqiú.

Wǒmen shàngwǔ jiǔ diǎn lái dào xuéxiào. Xuéxiào lǐbian de rén fēicháng duō. Wǒmen zài xuéxiào lǐ dǎqiú. Péngyou dǎqiú fēicháng rènzhēn. Wǒ dǎqiú yě juéde fēicháng gāoxìng. Dàjiā yìqǐ wánr hěn gāoxìng. Wǒmen fēicháng xǐhuan dǎqiú. Wǒmen zhōngwǔ yì diǎn cóng xuéxiào chūlái. Wǒmen zài xuéxiào pángbiān de xiǎo fàndiàn chīfàn. Wǒmen zài nàlǐ chī mǐfàn hé ròu. Dàjiā dōu juéde fēicháng hǎochī.

Xiàwǔ tiānqì yǒu yìdiǎn lěng. Wǒmen qù shāngdiàn mǎi dōngxi. Péngyou mǎi yí ge xīn bēizi. Nàge bēizi fēicháng hǎokàn. Bēizi yí ge wǔ kuài qián. Wǒ xiǎng mǎi yì běn Hànyǔ shū. Nà běn Hànyǔ shū fēicháng guì. Wǒ mǎiyǒu hěn duō qián bù mǎi. Wǒmen xiàwǔ sì diǎn huíjiā.

Wǎnshang wǒmen zài jiā chīfàn. Māma zài jiālǐ zuò wǎnfàn. Wǎnfàn yǒu mǐfàn hé jīdàn. Jīdàn fēicháng hǎochī. Wǎnfànhòu bàba hē rè chá. Wǒ hé péngyou xiě xīn Hànzì. Xiězì yào màn yìdiǎnr xiě. Wǎnshang jiǔ diǎn bàn qù shuìjiào. Jīntiān wǒmen dōu fēicháng lèi. Míngtiān wǒmen yào qù shàngxué. Wǒmen yào zài xuéxiào xuéxí.

Going to School to Play Ball

Today's weather is extremely good. In the morning, I get up at seven thirty. My father and mother also got up. We eat breakfast at home. Breakfast has bread and milk. The bread is very delicious, and the milk is also very good. Today is a Saturday. My friend and I go to school together. The friend is waiting for us at the school entrance. We are extremely happy to see him. We need to go play ball together.

We arrive at school at nine in the morning. The people inside the school are extremely many. We play ball in the school. The friend plays ball extremely seriously. I also feel extremely happy playing ball. Everyone plays together happily. We like playing ball extremely much. We come out from school at one at noon. We eat at the small restaurant next to the school. We eat rice and meat there. Everyone feels it is extremely delicious.

The afternoon weather is a little cold. We go to the store to buy things. My friend buys a new cup. That cup is extremely good-looking. The cup is five yuan each. I want to buy a Chinese book. That Chinese book is extremely expensive. I do not have a lot of money and do not buy it. We go home at four o'clock in the afternoon.

In the evening, we eat at home. Mother makes dinner at home. Dinner has rice and eggs. The eggs are extremely delicious. After dinner, father drinks hot tea. My friend and I write new Chinese characters. Writing characters needs to be a bit slower. We go to sleep at nine thirty in the evening. Today we are all extremely tired. Tomorrow we need to go to school. We need to study at school.

2. HSK 1 Vocabulary List (with Pinyin & English)

Master the essential HSK 1 vocabulary from this lesson with our comprehensive word list and pinyin guide.

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
打球	dǎqiú	to play ball
天气	tiānqì	weather
起床	qǐchuáng	to get up
妈妈	māma	mother
早饭	zǎofàn	breakfast
牛奶	niúnǎi	milk
好吃	hǎochī	delicious
星期	xīngqī	week
学校	xuéxiào	school
门口	ménkǒu	doorway, entrance
看见	kànjiàn	to see
一起	yìqǐ	together
上午	shàngwǔ	morning
里边	lǐbian	inside
在	zài	at, in, on
认真	rènzhēn	serious, conscientious
高兴	gāoxìng	happy, glad
玩儿	wánr	to play
喜欢	xǐhuan	to like
从	cóng	from
饭店	fàndiàn	restaurant
肉	ròu	meat
觉得	juéde	to feel, think
下午	xiàwǔ	afternoon
东西	dōngxi	thing, stuff
杯子	bēizi	cup, glass
好看	hǎokàn	good-looking, nice
块	kuài	yuan, piece
想	xiǎng	to want to
贵	guì	expensive
没有	méiyǒu	to not have
回家	huíjiā	to go home
吃饭	chīfàn	to eat a meal
家里	jiālǐ	home, inside home
鸡蛋	jīdàn	egg
非常好	fēicháng hǎo	extremely good
茶	chá	tea
汉字	Hànzì	Chinese characters
写字	xiězì	to write characters
睡觉	shuìjiào	to sleep
累	lèi	tired
明天	míngtiān	tomorrow
学习	xuéxí	to study, learn

3. Free HSK 1 Vocabulary Quiz Online

💡 Instructions: Test your memory of the new words! Choose your preferred mode (e.g., Chinese to Meaning) and aim for a perfect score.

4. HSK 1 Sentence Scramble Practice

🧩 Instructions: Drag and drop the word blocks to form grammatically correct Chinese sentences. This is the best way to master HSK syntax!

Sentence Scramble

5. HSK 1 Fill-in-the-Blank Cloze Test

📝 Instructions: Read the sentences carefully and select the missing word that best fits the context. Take your time!

Fill in the Blank

6. HSK 1 Reading Comprehension Practice Test

⚠️ Please scroll up and read the lesson content carefully before taking the test.

📖 Instructions: Try to answer these questions based on the main text without looking at the Pinyin or translation!

Reading Comprehension

7. HSK 1 Listening Comprehension Test (Audio Included)

🎧 Instructions: Play the audio track below and choose the correct answers based on what you hear. You can replay the audio as many times as you need.

🎧 Audio Trilha

Listening Comprehension Test

8. Download HSK 1 Lesson PDF & Study Materials

Download the free PDF worksheet for HSK 1 Lesson 15 to practice writing Chinese characters and reviewing the story offline.

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9. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Q: What grammar structure is used in the text to express going somewhere to do an activity?

A: The text uses the '去 (qù) + Place + Verb' structure, such as '去学校打球' (go to school to play ball) and '去商店买东西' (go to the store to buy things).

Q: How do you say 'very expensive' and 'not very expensive' in Chinese based on this lesson?

A: Very expensive' is translated as '非常贵' (fēicháng guì). To express that you do not buy something because it costs too much, the text uses '我没有很多钱不买' (I don't have much money so I won't buy it).

Q: What time does the narrator go to bed in the story?

A: The narrator goes to sleep at 9:30 PM, which is written in Chinese as '晚上九点半去睡觉' (wǎnshang jiǔ diǎn bàn qù shuìjiào).

Q: What food and drinks are mentioned in the lesson?

A: The text mentions several everyday items: bread (面包), milk (牛奶), rice (米饭), meat (肉), eggs (鸡蛋), and hot tea (热茶).

Q: How does the text describe the correct way to write Chinese characters?

A: The text advises to write characters slowly, using the sentence '写字要慢一点儿写' (when writing characters, you need to write a bit slower).