Classical Chinese/Exercise 1: Structure

1 Which of these has correct word order?

吾食不一果
吾食一果
吾一果食
一果食吾

2 Which of these has correct word order?

老人不跑能
老人不能跑
老人跑不能
不能老人跑

3 Which of these has correct word order?

吾施(give)台於書
吾台施(give)書
施(give)台吾書
吾施(give)書於台

4 Which of these has the correct word order?

走兔市
走市兔
兔市走
兔走市

5 Which of these has the correct word order?

鳥高飛
鳥飛高
高飛鳥
飛高鳥

6 Where should the character 治 be placed if you wanted to write the sentence the king rules the country?

王國
王國

7 Where should the character 大 be placed if you wanted to write the sentence I see a large/big mountain?

見吾大山
吾見山大
大山吾見
吾見大山

8 Where should the character 鳥 be placed if you wanted to write the sentence the black bird eats?

黑鳥食
食鳥黑
黑食鳥
鳥黑食

9 Which sentence would be considered past tense?

今老走
君說臣
吾施金
昔人不能飛

10 Which sentence would be considered past tense?

來年兵攻國
昨兵攻國
國兵攻城
兵攻國

11 Which sentence would be considered past tense?

今國無君
前代有君
此日無須食
子將載國史

12 Which sentence would be considered future tense?

兵將攻京
昨兵攻京
兵攻京
兵將攻京