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In the study of second language acquisition, examining the acquisition order of the learners' target language is critical to understanding their interlanguage characteristics. The order of ZAI by Korean learners was studied in this paper. First, the grammatical point of ZAI was divided into four parts: verbs, prepositions as adverbs, prepositions as complement, and adverbs. Next, the required Chinese sentences from the questions of the HSK Level 4 mock test were selected and adapted into three types: choice, judgement, and translation. The Korean learners were asked to answer the questions, and their data were analyzed then. The main points to consider in this study were (1) does the Korean learners acquire ZAI with the same order of the grammar points presented in their textbook? (2) Is the language acquisition order of ZAI affected by the question types? The results showed that, the sequence of ZAI presented in the textbook is essentially consistent with the language acquisition order of the learners, and their language acquisition order varies with the question types.