Just because it's Friday doesn't mean we're going to ease up and give you a break from our HSK test prep materials. In the interests of balancing some of the more difficult podcasts and listening exercises that came out early this week though, we are turning down the notch a bit with a sample test designed for Beginner students.

If you're an intermediate student or above, you should find this a breeze, with most questions focusing on knowledge of basic Chinese vocabulary and grammar. As with the real HSK though, in this sample test simply being grammatically correct is not always enough: in all cases you are expected to provide the best possible answer. There can only be one!