Primary 2 English exam paper analysis: 2025
PaperLah has 5 Primary 2 English exam papers from 2025, set by 3 Singapore primary schools, with 165 questions worth 16 marks. The topics carrying the most questions were Comprehension (28%), Vocabulary (21%) and Grammar - pronouns (8.5%); together the top 3 topics account for half of all questions. Comprehension 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 33 questions and 3 marks.
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 5 papers from 3 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: Comprehension took 28% of questions in 2025 (all years: 25%); Vocabulary took 21% of questions in 2025 (all years: 19%); Grammar - pronouns took 8.5% of questions in 2025 (all years: 5.9%).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Comprehension | 27.9 | in 5 of 5 papers |
| Vocabulary | 21.2 | in 5 of 5 papers |
| Grammar - pronouns | 8.5 | in 5 of 5 papers |
| Grammar - word order and sentences | 7.9 | in 3 of 5 papers |
| Vocabulary cloze | 6.7 | in 3 of 5 papers |
| Grammar - subject-verb agreement | 6.1 | in 3 of 5 papers |
| Grammar - verbs and tenses | 6.1 | in 5 of 5 papers |
| Grammar - prepositions | 6.1 | in 3 of 5 papers |
| Punctuation | 4.8 | in 2 of 5 papers |
| Grammar - articles and quantifiers | 3.6 | in 4 of 5 papers |
| Grammar - conjunctions | 0.6 | in 1 of 5 papers |
| Grammar - adjectives and adverbs | 0.6 | in 1 of 5 papers |
What a paper is made of
How children answer, as a share of questions.
- Multiple choice 45%
- Cloze passage 24%
- Rewrite / synthesis 8%
- Short answer 8%
- Other 15%
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| Format | % of questions |
|---|---|
| Multiple choice | 45.5 |
| Cloze passage | 23.6 |
| Rewrite / synthesis | 7.9 |
| Short answer | 7.9 |
| Editing (find the error) | 4.8 |
| Word bank | 4.2 |
| Open-ended (show working) | 3 |
| Fill in the blank | 3 |
Marks per question
Share of questions worth 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5+ marks. 90% have no marks printed. Higher-mark questions usually need working.
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| Marks | % of questions |
|---|---|
| 1 | 9.7 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Comprehension | 100 |
| Vocabulary | 100 |
| Grammar - pronouns | 100 |
| Grammar - verbs and tenses | 100 |
| Grammar - articles and quantifiers | 80 |
| Grammar - word order and sentences | 60 |
| Vocabulary cloze | 60 |
| Grammar - subject-verb agreement | 60 |
| Grammar - prepositions | 60 |
| Punctuation | 40 |
| Grammar - conjunctions | 20 |
| Grammar - adjectives and adverbs | 20 |
Exam types
Which school exams these papers come from.
Key facts
- 5 papers, 165 questions, 16 marks, from 3 schools.
- 3 topics carry half of all questions.
- Most-tested topic: Comprehension, 28% of questions.
- Most common topic across papers: Comprehension, in 100% of papers.
- Exam types: Quiz / Review / Test.
Questions parents ask
What topics come up most in Primary 2 English exam papers in 2025?
By share of questions, the most-tested topics were Comprehension (28%), Vocabulary (21%), Grammar - pronouns (8.5%), Grammar - word order and sentences (7.9%) and Vocabulary cloze (6.7%).
How many questions and marks are in a Primary 2 English paper?
A typical paper in this set has about 33 questions and 3 marks. 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?
5 papers from 3 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 (Junior) · ACS (Primary) · Ai Tong · Anglo-Chinese School · CHIJ · CHIJ St Nicholas Girls' · Catholic High · Henry Park · Holy Innocents · Maha Bodhi · Maris Stella High · Methodist Girls' · Nan Hua · Nanyang · Paya Lebar Methodist Girls' · Pei Chun · Pei Hwa · Raffles Girls' · Red Swastika · Rosyth · Rulang · Singapore Chinese Girls' · St Andrew's · Tao Nan · Temasek
Schools with Primary 2 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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