Primary 5 Chinese exam paper analysis: 2015
PaperLah has 31 Primary 5 Chinese exam papers from 2015, set by 12 Singapore primary schools, with 1,284 questions worth 2,799 marks. The topics carrying the most marks were 阅读理解 Comprehension (46%), 词语 Vocabulary (44%) and 汉语拼音 Hanyu Pinyin (4.4%); together the top 2 topics account for half of all marks. 词语 Vocabulary appears in 100% of the papers. Multiple-choice questions make up 44% of marks, and 12% of questions are worth 3 marks or more, which usually means showing working. A typical paper has about 41 questions and 90 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.
Compared with all years: 阅读理解 Comprehension took 46% of marks in 2015 (all years: 37%); 词语 Vocabulary took 44% of marks in 2015 (all years: 42%); 汉语拼音 Hanyu Pinyin took 4.4% of marks in 2015 (all years: 4.1%).
Where the marks are
Topics ranked by their share of all marks. The blue ones above the line together make up half.
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| Topic | % of marks | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 阅读理解 Comprehension | 45.7 | in 31 of 31 papers |
| 词语 Vocabulary | 44.3 | in 31 of 31 papers |
| 汉语拼音 Hanyu Pinyin | 4.4 | in 31 of 31 papers |
| 作文 Composition | 2.9 | in 1 of 31 papers |
| 短文填空 Cloze | 0.9 | in 2 of 31 papers |
| 句子 Sentences | 0.8 | in 5 of 31 papers |
| 关联词与语法 Grammar | 0.4 | in 3 of 31 papers |
| 听力理解 Listening | 0.2 | in 2 of 31 papers |
| 汉字 Characters | 0.2 | in 2 of 31 papers |
| 词语搭配 Collocations | 0.1 | in 1 of 31 papers |
What a paper is made of
How children answer, as a share of marks.
- Multiple choice 44%
- Open-ended (show working) 22%
- Short answer 12%
- Word bank 12%
- Other 10%
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| Format | % of marks |
|---|---|
| Multiple choice | 43.8 |
| Open-ended (show working) | 22.3 |
| Short answer | 12.1 |
| Word bank | 11.6 |
| Cloze passage | 5.1 |
| Composition | 2.9 |
| Fill in the blank | 2.2 |
| Listening | 0 |
Marks per question
Share of questions worth 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5+ marks. 1% have no marks printed. Higher-mark questions usually need working.
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| Marks | % of questions |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3.2 |
| 2 | 84 |
| 3 | 5.8 |
| 4 | 5.7 |
| 5+ | 0.2 |
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 |
|---|---|
| 词语 Vocabulary | 100 |
| 阅读理解 Comprehension | 100 |
| 汉语拼音 Hanyu Pinyin | 100 |
| 句子 Sentences | 16.1 |
| 关联词与语法 Grammar | 9.7 |
| 短文填空 Cloze | 6.5 |
| 听力理解 Listening | 6.5 |
| 汉字 Characters | 6.5 |
| 作文 Composition | 3.2 |
| 词语搭配 Collocations | 3.2 |
Exam types
Which school exams these papers come from.
Key facts
- 31 papers, 1,284 questions, 2,799 marks, from 12 schools.
- 2 topics carry half of all marks.
- Most-tested topic: 阅读理解 Comprehension, 46% of marks.
- Most common topic across papers: 词语 Vocabulary, in 100% of papers.
- 12% of questions are worth 3 marks or more.
- Exam types: End-of-Year / SA2, Mid-Year / SA1 and Weighted Assessment / CA.
Questions parents ask
What topics come up most in Primary 5 Chinese exam papers in 2015?
By share of marks, the most-tested topics were 阅读理解 Comprehension (46%), 词语 Vocabulary (44%), 汉语拼音 Hanyu Pinyin (4.4%), 作文 Composition (2.9%) and 短文填空 Cloze (0.9%).
How many questions and marks are in a Primary 5 Chinese paper?
A typical paper in this set has about 41 questions and 90 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?
31 papers from 12 schools, from these exam types: End-of-Year / SA2, Mid-Year / SA1 and Weighted Assessment / CA. 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 · Maha Bodhi · Maris Stella High · Methodist Girls' · Nan Hua · Nanyang · Pei Chun · Pei Hwa · Raffles Girls' · Red Swastika · Rosyth · Rulang · Singapore Chinese Girls' · St Hilda's · Tao Nan
Schools with Primary 5 Chinese 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 marks, 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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