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P5 Chinese comprehension practice

Singapore Primary 5 Chinese, comprehension (阅读理解): read a passage and answer on it, testing understanding, inference, summary and retrieval together — the heaviest section, and the one that separates the marks. 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 comprehension. This page has 17 skill points and 81 questions.

What is tested in P5 comprehension

In P5 and P6 the first comprehension section is five multiple-choice questions worth ten marks under the board's specification. The passage runs three to four hundred characters and is usually narrative, with questions rising from surface retrieval through inference, summary and the meaning of a word or phrase. In our five-year count the last question or two is nearly always inference or main idea — and that is where the marks separate.

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How to practise

Read through for the gist, then take the questions back to the passage one at a time. Underline the sentence supporting each answer and check the option against it word by word — one word's difference is enough to be wary. Leave time for the last question; it is worth the most.

P5 comprehension · worked examples

  1. 阅读短文,回答问题: 桌角的纸巾 ①星期六中午,小贩中心里坐满了人。子谦和浩然拿着鸡饭找了好久,才在角落找到两个空位。旁边一张桌子没有人坐,只放着一包纸巾。刚进来时,子谦看见一位穿蓝衣服的叔叔把纸巾往桌上一放,就去对面的面摊排队了。那里的人龙长得快排到走道上了。 ②没多久,一家人走了过来。奶奶带着两个小孩,妈妈抱着小宝宝,爸爸两手各拿着一碗汤面,来来回回地找位子。小宝宝哭了起来,爸爸手里的汤差点洒出来。 ③子谦看了看那包纸巾,又回头望了望面摊。蓝衣叔叔前面还有十几个人。子谦放下汤匙,把纸巾移到桌角,对他们说:“你们先坐这里吧。” ④浩然拉了拉他的衣角,小声说:“那是别人先占的位子,你怎么可以乱动?”子谦没有回答,低着头大口大口地吃起饭来。 ⑤二十分钟后,蓝衣叔叔拿着一盘面回来,看见桌子旁坐满了人,停住了脚步。那位爸爸连忙站起来:“不好意思,我们快吃完了。” ⑥这时,子谦早就吃完了,一直坐着没走。他拿起盘子,对叔叔说:“叔叔,您坐我这里吧。”叔叔看了看他,又看了看桌角那包纸巾,没有说话,慢慢地坐了下来。 问题:桌上的纸巾是谁放的?他放下纸巾后去做什么?

    • ・清洁阿姨放的,她去收拾盘子
    • ・那位爸爸放的,他去排队买面
    • ✓ 蓝衣叔叔放的,他去排队买面
    • ・蓝衣叔叔放的,他去排队买鸡饭

    Why: The answer is "蓝衣叔叔放的,他去排队买面". Paragraph ① says Zi Qian saw "一位穿蓝衣服的叔叔把纸巾往桌上一放,就去对面的面摊排队了", and in paragraph ⑤ he comes back "拿着一盘面". "蓝衣叔叔放的,他去排队买鸡饭" is wrong because it is Zi Qian and Hao Ran who have chicken rice. "那位爸爸放的,他去排队买面" is wrong because that family only arrives later, looking for seats. "清洁阿姨放的,她去收拾盘子" is wrong because no cleaner is mentioned in the story.

  2. 阅读短文,回答问题: 六点五十分 ①今年,我们的校车换了一位司机,大家叫他符叔叔。第一天,他就对我们说:“校车六点五十分开,不等人。”我们这一站是第一站,后面还要接四个站的同学。 ②星期一早上,校车正要开,晋文背着书包从对面的组屋跑过来。大家都喊:“等一等!”符叔叔看了看手表,什么也没说,关上车门,把车开走了。车上一下子安静了,嘉恩小声说:“只差一分钟啊……” ③到了第二站,天还没完全亮,七八个同学已经排好队,两个一年级的小朋友还在打哈欠。他们上车后,符叔叔没有马上开车,而是拿出手机打电话。我听不清他说了什么。 ④第一节课上到一半,晋文才走进课室。他说,校车开走没多久,他妈妈就接到了符叔叔的电话。 ⑤星期四下大雨。六点四十五分,符叔叔把校车停在组屋楼下,车门正对着有盖走廊(láng)的出口,我们一步就上了车,鞋子一点也没湿。六点五十分,车门准时关上。这次,晋文是第一个上车的。 ⑥今天,嘉恩问符叔叔:“要是那天晋文只差十秒钟呢?”符叔叔系好安全带,说:“那也是迟到。坐好,要开车了。” 问题:第一天,符叔叔对大家说了什么?

    • ✓ 校车六点五十分开,不等人
    • ・大家要排好队,按顺序上车
    • ・迟到的同学要自己去学校
    • ・校车六点四十五分到楼下

    Why: The answer is "校车六点五十分开,不等人". Paragraph ① says that on the first day Uncle Fu told everyone: "校车六点五十分开,不等人。" "校车六点四十五分到楼下" is wrong because 6:45 is when the bus parked downstairs on the rainy day in paragraph ⑤, not what he said on the first day. "大家要排好队,按顺序上车" is wrong because it was the pupils at the second stop who had queued up; Uncle Fu never said this. "迟到的同学要自己去学校" is wrong because he never said this; when Jin Wen missed the bus, he even phoned Jin Wen's mother.

  3. 阅读短文,回答问题: 最后一排左边 ①华文课上,老师把每人读课文的样子拍下来,放给全班看。轮到思齐,平板里传出一个低低的、有点粗的声音。思齐呆了一下,心想:这是我吗?我的声音什么时候变得像爸爸了? ②星期一下午,合唱团在礼堂练国庆庆典的歌。唱到最高的那几句,思齐悄悄把声音压得很低。他心里数着:还有两句,还有一句……钢琴前的老师抬起头,往他这边看了一眼。 ③这几天晚上,思齐的房门总是关着,里面有时传出几句很轻的歌,唱到高的地方就停了。妹妹敲敲门:“哥哥,你在唱歌吗?”里面一下子没有了声音。 ④星期三练习休息时,最后一排左边的几个男生围在钢琴旁,小声唱着他们的低声部。其中一个看见思齐,朝他招招手:“你也来试试?”思齐走过去跟着唱,唱得很顺。练习结束后,思齐走到老师面前,说了几句话。老师看看他,点点头,在名单上改了几个字。 ⑤下一个星期一,思齐站到了最后一排左边。唱到最高的那几句,他跟着身边的男生,低低地唱。钢琴前的老师一直低着头弹琴。 问题:华文课上,老师做了什么?合唱团又是为什么活动练歌?

    • ✓ 拍下大家读课文的样子,为国庆庆典练歌
    • ・拍下大家读课文的样子,为合唱比赛练歌
    • ・拍下大家唱歌的样子,为国庆庆典练歌
    • ・放了爸爸唱歌的录音,为国庆庆典练歌

    Why: The answer is "拍下大家读课文的样子,为国庆庆典练歌". Paragraph ① says the teacher "把每人读课文的样子拍下来,放给全班看", and paragraph ② says the choir was "在礼堂练国庆庆典的歌". "拍下大家唱歌的样子,为国庆庆典练歌" is wrong because the teacher filmed the pupils reading the text, not singing. "拍下大家读课文的样子,为合唱比赛练歌" is wrong because no singing competition is mentioned; the choir was practising songs for the National Day celebration. "放了爸爸唱歌的录音,为国庆庆典练歌" is wrong because the tablet played Si Qi's own voice reading the text; "像爸爸" is only what Si Qi thought to himself.

Read through for the gist first, then take each question back to the passage; for summary questions, choose the option that covers the main point of the whole passage.

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Skill point 1 / 17阅读理解·组屋楼下的巴士站

📖 Passage — refer back as you answer

每个星期二放学后,小安都会和朋友在组屋楼下的巴士站等车回家。那天,天空突然下起了大雨,小安赶紧躲进巴士站的小棚子里。她看见一位老奶奶提着几袋东西,站在雨里,衣服都湿了。小安心里想:“奶奶一定很冷吧。”她走过去,对老奶奶说:“奶奶,您进来躲雨吧,这里比较干。”老奶奶感激地笑了笑,说:“谢谢你,小朋友。”雨越下越大,小安看见老奶奶的袋子破了,里面的水果滚了出来。她连忙蹲下,帮老奶奶把水果捡起来,放进自己的书包里。老奶奶说:“你真是个好孩子,我家就住在前面的组屋,你愿意送我回去吗?”小安点点头,和朋友一起撑着雨伞,陪老奶奶走到前面的组屋楼下。老奶奶拿出一个苹果,递给小安说:“这个送给你,谢谢你帮我。”小安摇摇头说:“不用了,奶奶,帮助别人是应该的。”小安回到家后,想起老奶奶的笑容,心里暖暖的。

阅读理解Question 1 / 5

问题:小安在巴士站躲雨时,看到老奶奶怎么了?