P4 English CA1 2025 — Henry Park
Source: Henry Park, 2025
This P4 English CA1 paper from Henry Park (2025) contains 20 questions worth 42 marks. Use it as a study reference for English topics typically tested at P4 level in Singapore schools.
Q1
Structured
20 marks
🖼 Visual
Write a composition of at least 120 words about an act of kindness.
The pictures, not arranged in sequence, are provided to help you think about this topic.
Your composition should be based on one, two or more of these pictures.
Consider the following points when you plan your composition:
• What was the kind act?
• What did you do?
• What happened in the end?
• How did you feel about the act of kindness?
You may use the points in any order and include other relevant points as well.
Helping Words:
• eyes filled with tears
• whispered kind words
• listened patiently
• children in need
• raise funds for charity
• donate generously
• meaningful event
• filled with happiness
Q1
MCQ
1 mark
Sunflowers are beautiful flowers that brighten our days. They grow tall and have big yellow petals. (1)____ some people enjoy growing sunflowers, others prefer different kinds of flowers.
Q2
MCQ
1 mark
People who love sunflowers can (2)____ plant them or buy them from a flower shop.
Q3
MCQ
1 mark
Sunflowers also attract bees (3)____ other pollinators.
Q4
MCQ
1 mark
Sunflowers are loved by many people (4)____ they are perfect for making gardens cheerful.
Q5
Open-ended
1 mark
Dinosaurs were incredible creatures that lived on Earth millions of years ago. They varied greatly in (5)____ with some being enormous and others quite tiny.
Q6
Open-ended
1 mark
Some dinosaurs only ate plants, while others hunted animals. The meat-eating ones were (6)____ sending chills down the spine of their prey.
Q7
Open-ended
1 mark
They often moved (7)____ during hunting, as their prey was fast and hard to catch.
Q8
Open-ended
1 mark
Today, archeologists (8)____ about dinosaurs by the study of fossils found in rocks.
Q9
Structured
1 mark
Rewrite the following pairs of sentences as one sentence without changing the original meaning.
9. This is the teacher. Her students excelled in the science fair.
Q10
Structured
1 mark
Rewrite the following pairs of sentences as one sentence without changing the original meaning.
10. You will not grow strong. You eat healthy food.
Unless
Q11
MCQ
1 mark
11. The boys were using ____ to look at the solar eclipse.
(1) a telescope
(2) their bare eyes
(3) a pair of binoculars
(4) a pair of special glasses
Q12
MCQ
1 mark
12. What was happening to the sun when the boys were looking at it?
(1) It was disappearing.
(2) It was getting brighter.
(3) It was changing colours.
(4) It was moving quickly across the sky.
Q13
Open-ended
1 mark
13. What does the word 'them' in line 16 refer to?
Q14
Structured
1 mark
14. Write the number (1, 2 or 3) in the boxes beside the events below to show the sequence of events in the story.
Sentences:
A cool wind blew across the reservoir.
The sun began to shine again after the eclipse.
The boys reached the open area near the reservoir.
Q15
Open-ended
1 mark
15. Which two-word phrase in line 18 tells us that something unexpected had occurred around them?
Q16
Structured
1 mark
For question 16, state whether the statement is true or false based on the passage. Write T if the sentence is true and F if the sentence is false.
Statement:
Jalen and Marcus took an easy stroll around the edge of the water catchment area.
Q17
Structured
2 marks
For questions 17 and 18, state whether the statement is true or false based on the passage. Write T if the sentence is true and F if the sentence is false. Write your reason for stating so.
Statements:
The boys brought important items for their eclipse expedition.
Q18
Structured
2 marks
Statements:
The boys put on their special glasses as soon as they set off on their walk.
Q19
Structured
2 marks
19. Based on the last paragraph, list two things that show that the eclipse left a deep impression on Jalen.
(i)
(ii)