Popup Cantonese — Basic: Listening Test #3

1. What is the tone on the word for tired / 攰? a) tone 1 b) tone 2 c) tone 3 d) tone 6 2. Ask someone if they're hungry by saying 餓唔餓. What are the tones? a) tone 1, 4, 1 b) tone 3, 4, 3 c) tone 6, 3, 6 d) tone 6, 4, 6 3. What is this sentence about? 我要⼀支啤酒 a) ordering a drink b) buying dinner c) greeting someone d) making smalltalk 4. The phrase “American” is 美國⼈. What are the tones on that? a) tone 5,3,4 b) tone 6,6,4 c) tone 2,6,3 d) tone 4,4,6 5. How do you say, “I don't speak Cantonese, I speak English?”a) 我識講廣東話，我講中文b) 我唔識講廣東話，我講英文c) 我識講中文，我唔講英文d) 我唔識講中文，我唔講英文6. Listen to this sentence and pick the right translation:a) Where's the bus stop?b) Where's the taxi station?c) Where's the subway station?d) Where's the airport?7. If someone tells you 飲水啦, what are you?a) hungryb) thirstyc) tiredd) busy8. There are many ways of saying “I'm thirsty”. Which of the following is incorrect?a) 我要飲水b) 我肚餓c) 我⼝渴d) 我頸渴9. How do you say, “Excuse me, can you speak more slowly? ”a) 唔好意思，唔該講快啲b) 唔該，講慢啲c) 唔該，講好啲d) 唔好意思，唔該講慢10. Airport is 機場. What are the tones on that?a) tone 1,3b) tone 3,6c) tone 1,4d) tone 3,411. What does 香港機場好好 mean？a) Hong Kong transport is great.b) The Hong Kong airport is great. c) Hong Kong airplane is great. d) Hong Kong is great. 12. How do you say “Where's the supermarket?” a) 超級市場好唔好 b) 有冇超市？ c) 有冇超級市場？ d) 超市喺邊？ 13. To ask “is it X” in Cantonese, where X is any adjective, we do the following: a) use the pattern X 没 X b) use the pattern X 不 X c) use the pattern X 唔 X d) change the tone to the 2nd tone 14. Listen to this sentence and pick the correct translation: a) Where's the restaurant b) This restaurant is really good c) Is there a restaurant here? d) Which restaurant is better? 15. You want to go to the bathroom. What should you NOT say? a) 洗手間喺邊 b) 我要去洗手間 c) 呢度有冇洗手間 d) 呢個洗手間好好 Answers: 1 - d, 2 - d, 3 - a, 4 - a, 5 - b, 6 - c, 7 - c, 8 - b, 9 - b, 10 - c, 11 - b, 12 - d, 13 - c, 14 - d, 15 - d.