Primary 6 Chinese exam paper analysis and topic trends
PaperLah has 357 Primary 6 Chinese exam papers from 27 Singapore primary schools, set between 2011 and 2026, with 14,881 questions in total. The topics carrying the most marks are 词语 Vocabulary (42%), 阅读理解 Comprehension (39%) and 作文 Composition (11%); together the top 2 topics account for half of all marks. 阅读理解 Comprehension appears in 100% of the papers. Multiple-choice questions make up 46% of marks, and 14% of questions are worth 3 marks or more, which usually means showing working. A typical paper has about 42 questions and 97 marks.
These figures describe the school papers in PaperLah's collection, including prelims, not official PSLE papers or topic weightings. They help with planning revision; they can't predict a particular exam.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 词语 Vocabulary | 42.1 | in 356 of 357 papers |
| 阅读理解 Comprehension | 39.3 | in 357 of 357 papers |
| 作文 Composition | 10.7 | in 219 of 357 papers |
| 汉语拼音 Hanyu Pinyin | 4 | in 349 of 357 papers |
| 关联词与语法 Grammar | 1.7 | in 158 of 357 papers |
| 句子 Sentences | 0.9 | in 63 of 357 papers |
| 短文填空 Cloze | 0.7 | in 23 of 357 papers |
| 汉字 Characters | 0.3 | in 24 of 357 papers |
| 听力理解 Listening | 0.2 | in 20 of 357 papers |
| 词语搭配 Collocations | 0 | in 3 of 357 papers |
What a paper is made of
How children answer, as a share of marks.
- Multiple choice 46%
- Open-ended (show working) 17%
- Composition 10%
- Word bank 10%
- Other 16%
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| Format | % of marks |
|---|---|
| Multiple choice | 46.5 |
| Open-ended (show working) | 17.1 |
| Composition | 10.4 |
| Word bank | 9.9 |
| Short answer | 9.4 |
| Cloze passage | 4.3 |
| Fill in the blank | 2.3 |
| Listening | 0.1 |
| Rewrite / synthesis | 0 |
Marks per question
Share of questions worth 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5+ marks. 3% have no marks printed. Higher-mark questions usually need working.
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| Marks | % of questions |
|---|---|
| 1 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 81 |
| 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 7.6 |
| 5+ | 0.6 |
How topics change over the years
The most-asked topics, as a share of each year's questions. Darker means asked more that year. Use it to spot topics schools are asking more often now.
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| Topic | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 词语 Vocabulary | 52.6 | 50 | 50.9 | 48.6 | 51.9 | 52.2 | 49.3 | 50.2 |
| 阅读理解 Comprehension | 34.8 | 31.7 | 33.7 | 33.8 | 35.2 | 35.1 | 33 | 36.1 |
| 汉语拼音 Hanyu Pinyin | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.5 |
| 作文 Composition | 4 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 5.5 |
| 关联词与语法 Grammar | 2.7 | 3.8 | 2.1 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 2 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 听力理解 Listening | 0 | 4.2 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 0 | 1.2 | 5 | 0 |
| 句子 Sentences | 0.6 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
| 汉字 Characters | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0 |
| 词语搭配 Collocations | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.7 |
| 短文填空 Cloze | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 |
|---|---|
| 阅读理解 Comprehension | 100 |
| 词语 Vocabulary | 99.7 |
| 汉语拼音 Hanyu Pinyin | 97.8 |
| 作文 Composition | 61.3 |
| 关联词与语法 Grammar | 44.3 |
| 句子 Sentences | 17.6 |
| 汉字 Characters | 6.7 |
| 短文填空 Cloze | 6.4 |
| 听力理解 Listening | 5.6 |
| 词语搭配 Collocations | 0.8 |
Exam types
Which school exams these papers come from.
Key facts
- 357 papers, 14,881 questions, 34,502 marks, from 27 schools.
- 2 topics carry half of all marks.
- Most-tested topic: 词语 Vocabulary, 42% of marks.
- Most common topic across papers: 阅读理解 Comprehension, in 100% of papers.
- 14% of questions are worth 3 marks or more.
- Exam types: End-of-Year / SA2, Mid-Year / SA1, Prelim (P6), Weighted Assessment / CA and Quiz / Review / Test.
Questions parents ask
What topics come up most in Primary 6 Chinese exam papers?
By share of marks, the most-tested topics are 词语 Vocabulary (42%), 阅读理解 Comprehension (39%), 作文 Composition (11%), 汉语拼音 Hanyu Pinyin (4%) and 关联词与语法 Grammar (1.7%).
How many questions and marks are in a Primary 6 Chinese paper?
A typical paper in this set has about 42 questions and 97 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?
357 papers from 27 schools, from these exam types: End-of-Year / SA2, Mid-Year / SA1, Prelim (P6), Weighted Assessment / CA and 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 · Christian Brothers · Henry Park · Maha Bodhi · Maris Stella High · Methodist Girls' · Nan Hua · Nanyang · Paya Lebar Methodist Girls' · Pei Chun · Pei Hwa · Raffles Girls' · Red Swastika · River Valley · Rosyth · Rulang · Singapore Chinese Girls' · Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan · St Hilda's · Tao Nan · Temasek
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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