HSK 5 grammar is dense, but five patterns carry more weight than all the others combined. If you can use these comfortably, you can read an HSK 5 passage:
- 不但…而且 / 不仅…还 (bùdàn…érqiě / bùjǐn…hái) — “not only… but also”
- 既然…就 (jìrán…jiù) — “since… then”
- 尽管…还是 / 虽然…但是 (jǐnguǎn…háishi / suīrán…dànshì) — concessive
- 随着 (suízhe) — “along with / as X progresses”
- 通过 (tōngguò) — “through / by means of”
Each pattern comes with three authentic-style example sentences drawn from HSK 5 reading passages, the pinyin, the natural English translation, and one HSK 5-style practice question. Pair the PDF with the HSK Quiz app’s adaptive algorithm — when you can land 80% accuracy on HSK 5 multiple-choice items that use these patterns, you are ready for the exam.