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Primary 2 Chinese Language syllabus: topics and practice questions

These are the topics and skills of Primary 2 Chinese Language in the MOE syllabus, with 66 original practice questions. Each topic below has a sample question: try it, then open the worked answer.

汉语拼音 Hanyu Pinyin

拼读音节 Syllables

10 practice questions

  • 拼读三拼音节，认读整体认读音节 Read three-part and whole syllables
  • 看拼音选词语 Match pinyin to words

Sample question

哪一个是整体认读音节？
(Which one is a whole syllable, read as one unit?)
  1. A ya
  2. B yi
  3. C bo
  4. D hua
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Answer: (B) yi

How:
yi 是整体认读音节，直接读 yī，不用拼。ya 要拼：y—a→ya。

Why: 整体认读音节一共有 16 个，yi、wu、yu 都在里面；ya 是两拼音节。There are 16 whole syllables (yi, wu, yu …); ya is spelled out from y + a.

识字与词语 Characters and words

认字 Characters

9 practice questions

  • 按偏旁部首归类 Group characters by radical
  • 分辨形近字和同音字 Tell look-alike and sound-alike characters apart

Sample question

哪个字有提手旁“扌”？
(Which character has the hand radical 扌?)
  1. A 怕
  2. B 拍
  3. C 柏
  4. D 伯
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Answer: (B) 拍

How:
“拍”的左边是提手旁，拍手要用手。

Why: “怕”是竖心旁，“柏”是木字旁，“伯”是单人旁。拍 (to clap) uses the hand, so it has 扌.

词语 Words

13 practice questions

  • 用对量词 Use the right measure word
  • 找反义词 Find the opposite
  • 词语搭配 Words that go together (穿衣服、戴帽子)

Sample question

一大象
(Choose the measure word.)
  1. A 本
  2. B 头
  3. C 张
  4. D 件
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Answer: (B) 头

How:
一头大象。

Why: “头”常用在大的动物身上：一头大象、一头牛。头 is used for big animals such as elephants and cows.

句子与标点 Sentences and punctuation

句子 Sentences

8 practice questions

  • 词语排成句子 Put words in order to make a sentence
  • 用对标点符号 Use 。？！，

Sample question

把词语排成句子：我 ／ 吃 ／ 喜欢 ／ 西瓜
(Put the words in order.)
  1. A 我喜欢吃西瓜。
  2. B 我吃喜欢西瓜。
  3. C 西瓜喜欢吃我。
  4. D 喜欢我吃西瓜。
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Answer: (A) 我喜欢吃西瓜。

How:
谁：我；喜欢做什么：喜欢吃西瓜。——我喜欢吃西瓜。

Why: “喜欢”放在“吃西瓜”前面。喜欢 comes before the activity: 喜欢吃西瓜.

阅读 Reading

读短文 Short texts

11 practice questions

  • 找出具体信息 Find who, when, where and what
  • 读通知和卡片 Read notices and cards

Sample question

读短文，回答问题：谁带“我”和妹妹到楼下玩？
(Who takes the writer and the sister downstairs?)

中秋节的晚上

中秋节的晚上，奶奶带我和妹妹到组屋楼下玩。

楼下有很多小朋友，他们提着灯(dēng)笼(lóng)，有的是兔子灯笼，有的是星星灯笼。妹妹的灯笼是一条红色的鱼。

我们一边吃月(yuè)饼(bǐng)，一边看月亮。月亮又圆又亮，真美！

妹妹指着天空说：“我们走，月亮也走。月亮在跟着我们回家呢！”奶奶听了，哈哈大笑。

  1. A 妈妈
  2. B 奶奶
  3. C 爸爸
  4. D 小朋友
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Answer: (B) 奶奶

How:
第一段说：“奶奶带我和妹妹到组屋楼下玩。”

Why: 答案在第一句里。The first sentence says Grandma took them.

聆听 Listening

听一听 Listen

5 practice questions

  • 听懂具体信息 Understand who, when, where and what

口语互动 Speaking with others

对话 Conversations

5 practice questions

  • 提出请求，作出回应 Ask for something and answer

Sample question

你想借同学的橡(xiàng)皮(pí)擦(cā)，应该怎么说？
(You want to borrow a classmate's eraser. What do you say?)
  1. A 给我橡皮擦！
  2. B 你的橡皮擦可以借我用一下吗？
  3. C 我不要你的橡皮擦。
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Answer: (B) 你的橡皮擦可以借我用一下吗？

How:
“你的橡皮擦可以借我用一下吗？”有礼貌地问别人。

Why: 请别人帮忙，要用“可以……吗？”“请……”，不能命令别人。Ask politely with 可以……吗？ instead of giving an order.

书面表达 Writing to others

便条和贺卡 Notes and cards

5 practice questions

  • 写便条和贺卡 Notes and greeting cards

Sample question

读便条，回答问题：这张便条少了什么？
(What is missing from this note?)

便条

小华：

我借了你的故事书，明天带来学校还给你。谢谢你！

小明

  1. A 称呼
  2. B 署名
  3. C 日期
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Answer: (C) 日期

How:
有称呼“小华：”，有正文，有署名“小明”，少了日期。

Why: 日期写在署名的下面，让人知道是哪一天写的。The date goes under the name so the reader knows when it was written.

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