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Singapore Primary 5 Chinese, synonyms (词义替换): find the word closest in meaning to the underlined one, testing vocabulary and precision — the options often include words that are near enough to be tempting. 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 push towards the PSLE on synonyms. This page has 16 skill points and 78 questions.

What is tested in P5 synonyms

In P5 and P6 this is a fixed question in the language-use section by our five-year count. The underlined word is usually a two-character written-register word or an idiom, and the four options come from one synonym cluster, with only one fitting this sentence. Most of the eighty commonest words here are the emotion and action words used in narrative writing.

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How to practise

Practise by cluster, not by single word: take four or five words that sit together and write down where each one is used. When answering, decide whether the underlined word is approving or disapproving and how strong it is, then find the option that matches on both.

P5 synonyms · worked examples

  1. 看到弟弟快要从椅子上摔下来，小乐马上扑过去，把他抱住了。 “扑”在这句话中的意思是：

    • ・大声地喊叫起来
    • ✓ 快速地向前冲去
    • ・轻轻地伸出手
    • ・慢慢地走过去

    Why: The answer is "快速地向前冲去" (rushing forward quickly). His little brother was about to fall off the chair, so Xiaole had to get there at once and catch him, a fast and urgent movement, which is "扑". "慢慢地走过去" is wrong: walking slowly would be too late. "大声地喊叫起来" is wrong: "扑" is a body movement, not shouting. "轻轻地伸出手" is wrong: Xiaole threw his whole body forward to catch his brother, not just reached out a hand.

  2. 爸爸说，周末晚上我们全家一起去公园看露天电影，可以一边看电影一边看星星。 “露天”的意思是：

    • ・在戏院里，四周很暗
    • ・在屋里，四面都有墙壁
    • ・在大厅里，头上有屋顶
    • ✓ 在屋外，上面没有屋顶

    Why: The answer is "在屋外，上面没有屋顶" (outdoors, with no roof overhead). The family watches the film in a park and can "一边看电影一边看星星" (watch the stars at the same time), so there is nothing overhead; that is "露天". "在屋里，四面都有墙壁" is wrong: the film is shown in a park, not indoors. "在大厅里，头上有屋顶" is wrong: with a roof overhead you could not see the stars. "在戏院里，四周很暗" is wrong: they are going to a park, not a cinema.

  3. 小和发现小乐把班上的盆栽打翻了，他吓了一跳，眼睛直直地（盯）着地上的泥土。 “盯”的意思是：

    • ✓ 目不转睛地看
    • ・随随便便地看
    • ・东张西望地看
    • ・怒气冲冲地看

    Why: The answer is "目不转睛地看" (stare without taking one's eyes off). "盯" means to keep looking at one spot. Xiao He was startled and stared straight at the soil, which is looking without moving his eyes. "怒气冲冲地看" is wrong because he was startled, not angry. "东张西望地看" means looking around everywhere, the opposite of "直直地". "随随便便地看" is wrong because staring "直直地" shows he was looking intently, not casually.

Pin down what the underlined word means in this sentence before comparing options; do not go by how similar they look.

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词义替换

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