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P1 Chinese collocations practice

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Singapore Primary 1 Chinese, collocations (句子搭配): choose the verb or phrase that completes a sentence — 弹钢琴, 放风筝, 打篮球 — testing verb-object pairing and idiomatic usage. Everything here follows the MOE syllabus. You can try one set free without signing up, and it is marked as you go — get one wrong and the same point comes back asked a different way, so your child can build the foundation on word pairings. This page has 18 skill points and 65 questions.

What is tested in P1 collocations

In P1 and P2 this question completes a sentence with a verb or a noun — 打篮球, 放风筝, 弹钢琴 — testing the settled expressions of daily life. The options are far apart at this level, so the point is recognising the words and being used to saying them.

Common traps

How to practise

Learn the verb and its object as one unit and say the whole thing out loud. Most misses at this level are simply phrases the child has never had occasion to say.

P1 collocations · worked examples

  1. 儿童节那天，小乐上台表演了节目，他（　　）。

    • ・一直坐在台下看表演
    • ・提着一个漂亮的灯笼
    • ・和家人一起吃月饼
    • ✓ 觉得这个活动很有趣

    Why: The answer is "觉得这个活动很有趣" (felt the activity was fun). Xiao Le performed on stage on Children's Day, so feeling it was fun fits. "一直坐在台下看表演" (sat below the stage the whole time) is wrong: the sentence says he went on stage to perform. "和家人一起吃月饼" (ate mooncakes with family) and "提着一个漂亮的灯笼" (carried a pretty lantern) are Mid-Autumn Festival activities, not Children's Day.

  2. 小乐：妈妈，我们今天去巴刹买菜吗？ 妈妈：昨天已经买过了，所以今天（　　）。

    • ・我们再去买一些
    • ✓ 不用去了
    • ・可以去熟食中心
    • ・要早点去

    Why: The answer is "不用去了". Mom says bought vegetables yesterday, so today no need to buy again, "不用去了" is best. "我们再去买一些" is wrong because already bought. "要早点去" is wrong because no need to go. "可以去熟食中心" is wrong because it's not about buying vegetables.

  3. 小乐刷牙前，先把（　　），然后挤上牙膏。

    • ・镜子擦亮
    • ・毛巾挂起来
    • ・马桶冲干净
    • ✓ 牙刷洗干净

    Why: The answer is "牙刷洗干净". Before brushing teeth, you should wash the toothbrush first, then put toothpaste on it. "毛巾挂起来" is not related to brushing; "马桶冲干净" is not related; "镜子擦亮" is not something you do before brushing.

Notice the settled expressions around you; pairings are mostly picked up by reading and listening.

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句子搭配

早上，小乐来到学校，看到老师，他（　　）。