Comprehend common sight words including:

• Standard Chinese characters with multiple pronunciations and meanings (e.g., 多duō音yīn多duō义yì字zì: 的 – 我wǒ的de，目mù的dì；发 - 头tóu发fà，出chū发fā); and,
• Standard Chinese characters with multiple meanings (e.g., 心xīn, 把bǎ).

Analyze the effect of linguistic conventions on communication, including:

• reflexive pronouns (e.g., “自z ì 己j ǐ”);
• conjunctions in sentences (e.g., “又yòu … 又yòu…”, “要yào是shi … 就jiù…”, “不bú是shi … 就jiù是shi …”, “不bú但dàn …而ér且qiě…”, “虽suī然rán … 但dàn是shì/也y ě…”, “假jiǎ如r ú … 就jiù…”, “一y ì边biān …一y ì边biān …”);
• passive voice in a sentence (e.g., “被bèi”, “让ràng”, “给gěi”, “叫jiào”);
• percentage and fractional expressions in Standard Chinese (e.g., “百bǎi分fēn之zhī”(percentage), “三sān分fēn之zhī二è r” (²⁄₃)). (Note the difference between how the percentage and fractions are read in Standard Chinese compared to English.); and,
• adjectives to describe intensity (e.g., “太tài…+adjective+ …了l e”).