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Bibles has he? Three or four.

  1. What is his business? He selis tables and chairs.
  2. Whose affairs are you enquiring about?
  3. This is strange, I see fat Mr. Li sells tracts. Yes, he a colporteur.
  4. I am listening.
  5. The cook has bought matches, bread and flour. I only want to buy tea.
  6. How much will you sell that donkey for? It is not for sale.
  7. There are over a thousand ‘soldiers
  8. Please read the twenty-first verse of the seventeenth chapter.

V.

  1. There is a God.
  2. How many people are there in the chapel?
  3. Is there a church here?
  4. Are not these two books his?
  5. What else does he want?
  6. What is he doing on the street?
  7. Do you understand the meaning of this character?
  8. Are four pencils enough?
  9. Why did you not ask him to sit down?
  10. Two guests have come. They want two eggs anda tin of milk.
  11. There are three hundred and eighty-five Bibles.
  12. 6824 boxes. How many scholars are there? 326.
  13. Five guests have come. Will there be enough bread?
  14. I want more fruit.
  15. The scholars may walk two abreast.
  16. Why is the broom not downstairs?

VI.

  1. I have not heard him speak Chinese.
  2. Can you see?
  3. He preaches the doctrines of the Bible well.
  4. There are only small ones, there are no big ones; I shall cut his cash.
  5. He has gone to the street to preach.
  6. That teacher writes well, but his pupils write badly.
  7. I have seen the Girls’ School. There are only 20 scholars.
  8. There is no-one here who can preach. What! Haven’t you heard Pastor Li preach?
  9. Can he write Chinese characters? No, he only can write Romanized.
  10. Tell the cook that 20 people have come to drink tea.
  11. There are only a few scholars in the school. Yesterday two of them played “hookey”.
  12. Have you eaten enough? Yes, I have had enough.
  13. I want your boys and girls to come to school.
  14. Is there any red paper to be bought on the street?
  15. Is there any one outside?

VII.

  1. Has he come?
  2. God sent the Savior.
  3. Is this correct? All right!
  4. You speak that sentence too fast.
  5. He rode home on the donkey.
  6. He cannot walk back.
  7. His words are severe,but