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P4 Chinese collocations practice

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Singapore Primary 4 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 make steady progress on word pairings. This page has 21 skill points and 77 questions.

What is tested in P4 collocations

In P3 and P4 this question mixes verb-object, subject-predicate and modifier pairings — 提高水平, 改正错误, 养成习惯 — testing collocations that belong to writing, where speech often puts it differently.

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How to practise

Record collocations by verb: one line per verb listing the nouns it can take. Keep the mistake book by verb too, so every miss on the same verb sits together.

P4 collocations · worked examples

  1. 在巴刹，妈妈买完菜，双手都提满了袋子，走得很吃力。（　　）。

    • ・小安把水壶也交给妈妈
    • ・小安请妈妈帮他提书包
    • ・小安催妈妈走快一点
    • ✓ 小安连忙帮妈妈提一袋

    Why: The answer is "小安连忙帮妈妈提一袋". Mum's hands are full and she is struggling to walk, so carrying one bag for her makes it easier. "小安请妈妈帮他提书包" is wrong because her hands are already full, and carrying his school bag would make it even harder. "小安把水壶也交给妈妈" is wrong because she has no free hand, and a water bottle would make it harder. "小安催妈妈走快一点" is wrong because she is carrying heavy bags and cannot walk faster; rushing her only makes it tougher.

  2. 虽然节目很精彩，（　　）。

    • ・因为他觉得内容很有趣
    • ・而且他也很喜欢
    • ・所以他一直很精神
    • ✓ 但是他还是打起了瞌睡

    Why: The answer is "但是他还是打起了瞌睡". The sentence starts with "虽然" (although), which sets up a contrast, so the second half should state the opposite: the show is exciting, but he still dozed off. "所以他一直很精神" and "因为他觉得内容很有趣" are cause-effect, which don't match; "而且他也很喜欢" is additive, also wrong.

  3. 妈妈在厨房煮饭，发现酱油用完了，她（　　）。

    • ✓ 叫小和去杂货店买一瓶回来
    • ・叫小和赶快回房间去写作业
    • ・叫小和去冰箱拿一瓶牛奶来
    • ・叫小和去杂货店买一包白糖

    Why: The answer is "叫小和去杂货店买一瓶回来". Mum finds the soy sauce has run out while cooking, so she needs more and asks Xiao He to buy a bottle. "叫小和去杂货店买一包白糖" is wrong because it is the soy sauce that has run out; buying sugar does not let her carry on cooking. "叫小和赶快回房间去写作业" is wrong because homework has nothing to do with the soy sauce running out. "叫小和去冰箱拿一瓶牛奶来" is wrong because milk cannot replace soy sauce, so she still cannot carry on cooking.

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

Skill points on this page (21)

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句子搭配

因为小乐没有完成功课，所以妈妈（　　）。