Primary 1 English exam paper analysis: 2024
PaperLah has 6 Primary 1 English exam papers from 2024, set by 2 Singapore primary schools, with 163 questions. The topics carrying the most questions were Vocabulary (20%), Comprehension (13%) and Grammar - word order and sentences (13%); together the top 4 topics account for half of all questions. Vocabulary appears in 100% of the papers. Multiple-choice questions make up 45% of questions, and 0% of questions are worth 3 marks or more, which usually means showing working. A typical paper has about 27 questions.
These figures describe the school papers in PaperLah's collection, not official MOE or SEAB weightings. They help with planning revision; they can't predict a particular exam.
This page is based on 6 papers from 2 schools, so the figures may not be typical (we look for at least 10 papers from 3 schools). See all years for a fuller picture.
Compared with all years: Vocabulary took 20% of questions in 2024 (all years: 26%); Comprehension took 13% of questions in 2024 (all years: 22%); Grammar - word order and sentences took 13% of questions in 2024 (all years: 3.9%).
Where the marks are
Topics ranked by their share of all questions. The blue ones above the line together make up half.
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| Topic | % of questions | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| Vocabulary | 20.2 | in 6 of 6 papers |
| Comprehension | 12.9 | in 5 of 6 papers |
| Grammar - word order and sentences | 12.9 | in 5 of 6 papers |
| Grammar - pronouns | 12.3 | in 6 of 6 papers |
| Vocabulary cloze | 7.4 | in 3 of 6 papers |
| Grammar - verbs and tenses | 6.7 | in 4 of 6 papers |
| Punctuation | 6.1 | in 3 of 6 papers |
| Listening comprehension | 4.9 | in 2 of 6 papers |
| Grammar - articles and quantifiers | 4.9 | in 4 of 6 papers |
| Grammar - prepositions | 4.3 | in 5 of 6 papers |
| Grammar - subject-verb agreement | 4.3 | in 4 of 6 papers |
| Picture identification | 1.2 | in 1 of 6 papers |
| Phonics | 0.6 | in 1 of 6 papers |
| Grammar - conjunctions | 0.6 | in 1 of 6 papers |
| Grammar - other | 0.6 | in 1 of 6 papers |
What a paper is made of
How children answer, as a share of questions.
- Multiple choice 45%
- Cloze passage 15%
- Rewrite / synthesis 13%
- Word bank 10%
- Other 18%
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| Format | % of questions |
|---|---|
| Multiple choice | 44.8 |
| Cloze passage | 14.7 |
| Rewrite / synthesis | 12.9 |
| Word bank | 9.8 |
| Editing (find the error) | 5.5 |
| Listening | 5.5 |
| Short answer | 3.1 |
| Open-ended (show working) | 2.5 |
| Fill in the blank | 0.6 |
| Other | 0.6 |
Marks per question
Share of questions worth 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5+ marks. 100% have no marks printed. Higher-mark questions usually need working.
Nothing recorded for this selection.
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| Marks | % of questions |
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How likely a topic comes up
The share of papers with at least one question on the topic.
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| Topic | % of papers |
|---|---|
| Vocabulary | 100 |
| Grammar - pronouns | 100 |
| Comprehension | 83.3 |
| Grammar - word order and sentences | 83.3 |
| Grammar - prepositions | 83.3 |
| Grammar - verbs and tenses | 66.7 |
| Grammar - articles and quantifiers | 66.7 |
| Grammar - subject-verb agreement | 66.7 |
| Vocabulary cloze | 50 |
| Punctuation | 50 |
| Listening comprehension | 33.3 |
| Picture identification | 16.7 |
| Phonics | 16.7 |
| Grammar - conjunctions | 16.7 |
| Grammar - other | 16.7 |
Exam types
Which school exams these papers come from.
Key facts
- 6 papers, 163 questions, from 2 schools.
- 4 topics carry half of all questions.
- Most-tested topic: Vocabulary, 20% of questions.
- Most common topic across papers: Vocabulary, in 100% of papers.
- Exam types: Quiz / Review / Test.
Questions parents ask
What topics come up most in Primary 1 English exam papers in 2024?
By share of questions, the most-tested topics were Vocabulary (20%), Comprehension (13%), Grammar - word order and sentences (13%), Grammar - pronouns (12%) and Vocabulary cloze (7.4%).
How many questions and marks are in a Primary 1 English paper?
A typical paper in this set has about 27 questions. Papers vary by school and by exam (weighted assessments are shorter than mid-year and end-of-year exams).
Which exams and schools are included?
6 papers from 2 schools, from these exam types: Quiz / Review / Test. The schools are listed further down this page.
Can I download these papers?
No. PaperLah doesn't share the papers as downloads. Children practise them online one question at a time, with instant marking, and parents see which topics need work.
Schools included
ACS (Primary) · Ai Tong · Anglo-Chinese School · CHIJ · CHIJ St Nicholas Girls' · Catholic High · Henry Park · Holy Innocents · Kong Hwa · Maha Bodhi · Maris Stella High · Methodist Girls' · Nan Hua · Nanyang · Pei Chun · Pei Hwa · Raffles Girls' · Red Swastika · River Valley · Rosyth · Rulang · Singapore Chinese Girls' · St Andrew's · St Joseph's · Tanjong Katong · Tao Nan · Temasek
Schools with Primary 1 English papers in the collection (all years). Papers are past school assessments; PaperLah is not affiliated with MOE, SEAB or the schools.
How this analysis is made
Every question in each paper is tagged with its topic, format and marks as printed. The figures above are counts over those questions: a topic's share of questions, the share of papers that include it, and so on. Topic names come from the papers and their answer keys, so similar topics can appear under slightly different names. Only aggregate figures are shown here; the questions themselves are practised inside PaperLah.
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