Primary 4 Chinese Language syllabus: topics and practice questions
These are the topics and skills of Primary 4 Chinese Language in the MOE syllabus, with 65 original practice questions. Each topic below has a sample question: try it, then open the worked answer.
识字与词语 Characters and words
认字 Characters
9 practice questions
多音字 Read a character correctly in each word
形旁和声旁 What the parts of a character tell you
Sample question
“银行”的拼音是哪一个?
(Which is the pinyin for 银行, bank?)
Ayín xíng
Byín háng
Cyíng háng
Dyín hàng
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Answer:(B) yín háng
How: “行”在“银行”里读 háng,所以“银行”读 yín háng。
Why:“行”读 xíng 时和走路、做事有关(行走、行动);读 háng 时和行业、排列有关(银行、一行字)。行 is xíng in 行走 but háng in 银行.
词语 Words
13 practice questions
选用恰当的词语 Choose the word that fits
常用成语 Common idioms
根据上下文推断词语的意思 Work out a word from the sentence
Sample question
爱迪生(空格)了电灯,人们晚上再也不用点蜡烛了。
(Choose the word that fits.)
A发现
B发明
C发生
D发出
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Answer:(B) 发明
How: 电灯以前没有,是爱迪生想出来、造出来的,所以用“发明”。
Why:“发明”是造出世界上本来没有的东西;“发现”是找到本来就有、但没人知道的东西。发明 means to invent something new; 发现 means to find something that was already there.
句子与标点 Sentences and punctuation
句子 Sentences
13 practice questions
用对关联词 Linking words (虽然……但是…… 如果……就……)
找出和修改病句 Find what is wrong in a sentence
"把"字句和"被"字句 把 and 被 sentences
Sample question
志强(空格)发烧了,(空格)还是坚持完成了作业。
(Choose the pair of linking words.)
A虽然……但是……
B如果……就……
C因为……所以……
D只有……才……
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Answer:(A) 虽然……但是……
How: 发烧了本来应该休息,志强却还完成了作业,前后意思相反,用“虽然……但是……”。
Why:前后意思转折(相反)时用“虽然……但是……”。句子里的“还是”也是提示。虽然……但是…… links two ideas that contrast.
阅读 Reading
读短文 Passages
10 practice questions
读懂主要内容 Understand what a passage is mainly about
辨识广告、通知和故事 Tell adverts, notices and stories apart
Sample question
读短文,回答问题:这篇短文主要写了什么?
(What is the passage mainly about?)
Why:书信和电邮的格式:称呼、问候语、正文、祝颂语、署名、日期。The email has everything except a closing wish (祝颂语).
段落 Paragraphs
4 practice questions
排列句子成段 Order sentences into a paragraph
Sample question
把下面的句子排成一段通顺的话。
(Put the sentences in order.)
①我刷完牙,洗了脸。
②早上六点,闹钟响了。
③吃过早餐,我背着书包出门了。
④我马上从床上爬起来。
A②④①③
B②①④③
C④②①③
D③①④②
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Answer:(A) ②④①③
How: 闹钟响了(②)→ 起床(④)→ 刷牙洗脸(①)→ 吃早餐出门(③)。
Why:按照事情发生的先后顺序排列。表示时间的词语(早上六点、吃过早餐)是线索。Order the actions as they happen; time words are clues.
Practise all 65 Primary 4 questions
With an account, practice adapts to your child: hints one step at a time, feedback on the mistake behind a wrong answer, review of older topics and a Primary 4 mock paper.