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P2 Chinese collocations practice

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Singapore Primary 2 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 17 skill points and 67 questions.

What is tested in P2 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.

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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.

P2 collocations · worked examples

  1. 因为植物园里有很多美丽的花朵，所以（　　）。

    • ・我们决定去听音乐会
    • ・我们决定去坐缆车
    • ・我们决定去游泳
    • ✓ 我们决定去拍照

    Why: The answer is “我们决定去拍照”. Because the botanical garden has many beautiful flowers, people would want to take photos. “游泳” needs a pool or beach, “听音乐会” needs a concert hall, “坐缆车” needs mountains or high places, none are related to flowers.

  2. 因为水很重要，所以（　　）。

    • ✓ 我们要节约用水
    • ・我们要浪费水
    • ・水龙头坏了
    • ・水可以用来冲凉

    Why: The answer is "我们要节约用水". Because water is important, we should save water, which is logical. "我们要浪费水" contradicts; "水可以用来冲凉" and "水龙头坏了" are not direct conclusions from importance.

  3. 消防员很勇敢，（　　）。

    • ・因为他们会开车
    • ✓ 因为他们会灭火
    • ・因为他们常常种花
    • ・因为他们保护坏人

    Why: The answer is "因为他们会灭火" (because they can put out fires). Firefighters are brave because they fight fires. "因为他们常常种花" (because they often plant flowers) and "因为他们会开车" (because they can drive) are not their main job, and "因为他们保护坏人" (because they protect bad people) is wrong.

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

Skill points on this page (17)

Skill point 1 / 17下L17·我的衣服小了
句子搭配

妈妈带我去买衣服，我试了一件运动衣，（　　）。