P4 English CA1 2025 — Maha Bodhi

Q: She ____ to school by bus every day.

A. goes. The phrase 'every day' indicates a habitual action, which requires the simple present tense. 'Goes' is the correct third-person singular form.

Q: We ____ a delicious cake to celebrate my sister's birthday yesterday.

B. baked. The word 'yesterday' signals a completed past action, requiring the simple past tense form 'baked'.

Q: John ____ the movie and he looks forward in sharing the movie with his friends.

C. has watched. The present perfect tense 'has watched' indicates an action completed at an unspecified time in the past with present relevance—he has just finished watching it and now looks forward to sharing it.

Q: The spectators ____ loudly as the Boccia players entered the indoor sports hall.

D. were cheering. The past continuous tense 'were cheering' is used to describe an ongoing past action that was happening at the moment the Boccia players entered.

Q: Ben is weak at his work ____ he is not putting in any effort to improve himself.

B. but. The conjunction 'but' shows contrast between Ben being weak at his work and his failure to put in effort to improve—we would expect a weak student to try harder.

Q: "The group of girls with the most stickers ____ in the canteen," the monitor said.

A. is. The subject is 'The group' (a collective noun treated as singular here) and the reporting verb 'said' frames a present-tense statement, so the singular present 'is' is correct.

Q: It is ____ that it will rain today as the sky is bright and clear.

C. unlikely. A bright and clear sky strongly suggests rain is improbable, so 'unlikely' (meaning not probable) best fits the context.

Q: After the earthquake, the building was ____ to be unsafe and would be demolished soon.

D. considered. 'Considered' here means 'deemed' or 'regarded as', which collocates naturally with 'to be unsafe' to express an official assessment.

Q: The swimmer ____ the world record for the 100-metre freestyle at the Olympic Games.

B. broke. The standard collocation for surpassing a previous record is 'broke the world record'.

Q: The curious boy stooped down and peered ____ at the unusual stone.

B. closely. 'Peered closely' is the natural collocation—to peer means to look intently/with difficulty, and 'closely' reinforces the careful, near examination of the unusual stone.

P4 English 2025 CA1 28 questions 30 marks

Source: Maha Bodhi, 2025

This P4 English CA1 paper from Maha Bodhi (2025) covers cloze passage, vocabulary, grammar and comprehension across 28 questions worth 30 marks. Practise English the way it's tested at P4 level in Singapore, with step-by-step answers on LearnBuddy.

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Q1 MCQ 1 mark

She ____ to school by bus every day.

Q2 MCQ 1 mark

We ____ a delicious cake to celebrate my sister's birthday yesterday.

Q3 MCQ 1 mark

John ____ the movie and he looks forward in sharing the movie with his friends.

Q4 MCQ 1 mark

The spectators ____ loudly as the Boccia players entered the indoor sports hall.

Q5 MCQ 1 mark

Ben is weak at his work ____ he is not putting in any effort to improve himself.

Q6 MCQ 1 mark

"The group of girls with the most stickers ____ in the canteen," the monitor said.

Q7 MCQ 1 mark

It is ____ that it will rain today as the sky is bright and clear.

Q8 MCQ 1 mark

After the earthquake, the building was ____ to be unsafe and would be demolished soon.

Q9 MCQ 1 mark

The swimmer ____ the world record for the 100-metre freestyle at the Olympic Games.

Q10 MCQ 1 mark

The curious boy stooped down and peered ____ at the unusual stone.

Q11 MCQ 1 mark

The toddler squirmed in ____ and kept pulling the tight outfit he was wearing.

Q12 MCQ 1 mark

Punctuation cloze passage: "I just came back from space! It was so fun!" Jane the astronaut said. A little boy named Max smiled (12) ____ had a lot of questions for the astronaut. "Space? What is it like (13) ____ asked. The astronaut replied, "It's amazing! I floated in the air!" — Choose the word with the correct punctuation for blank (12).

Q13 MCQ 1 mark

Punctuation cloze passage (continued): "Space? What is it like (13) ____ asked. — Choose the word with the correct punctuation for blank (13).

Q14 Open-ended 1 mark

Grammar cloze (pronouns — use each word from the box once only: I, he, him, them, they, their). Keith and Ang Siang had been training hard for Boccia. (14) ____ were excited about taking part in the Paralympic Games.

Q15 Open-ended 1 mark

Grammar cloze (pronouns). It was (15) ____ dream to win a medal for Singapore.

Q16 Open-ended 1 mark

Grammar cloze (pronouns). When Keith rolled the ball, the opponents watched (16) ____ closely, while waiting for their turn.

Q17 Open-ended 1 mark

Grammar cloze (pronouns). "(17) ____ am so proud of you!" Ang Siang cheered. He gave Keith a high five.

Q18 Open-ended 1 mark

Vocabulary cloze (use each word from the box once only: accused, confessed, decision, disagreed, glaring, mischief, punished, responsibility). The two sisters were quarrelling. Sue, the elder sister, (18) ____ Rose for taking her stationery without permission.

Q19 Open-ended 1 mark

Vocabulary cloze. (19) ____ at her, Rose asked for proof.

Q20 Open-ended 1 mark

Vocabulary cloze. Sue retorted, "How do you explain the disappearance of my stationery? Are you up to your (20) ____ again?"

Q21 Open-ended 1 mark

Vocabulary cloze. "Err... Oh, I remember! I did take your stationery but I forgot to return it to you!" Rose (21) ____, scratching her head.

Q22 Open-ended 1 mark

Vocabulary cloze. "You can use my stationery but it's your (22) ____ to return it once you're done," Sue continued.

Q23 Open-ended 1 mark

What did Felix do every night? (1m)

Q24 Structured 2 marks

What did Felix do to reach the stars but it failed? Give two actions. (2m) Action 1: ____ Action 2: ____

Q25 Open-ended 1 mark

Which four-word phrase in lines 9 to 11 tells us that Felix had a difficult time looking for the materials for the spaceship? (1m)

Q26 Structured 1 mark

Write 1, 2 and 3 in the blanks below to indicate the order in which the events occurred. (1m) ____ The spaceship began to shake. ____ The spaceship jerked and lurched forward. ____ The fuel cans came loose.

Q27 Structured 1 mark

State if the sentence is True or False. Give a reason why you think so. (1m) Sentence: 'Felix failed in his efforts to reach the stars but he did not give up.'

Q28 Structured 2 marks 🖼 Visual

(a) Referring to lines 17 to 20, which adjective would you use to describe Felix? Tick the correct answer. Options: brave / confident / hardworking. (b) Why do you say so? (2m)

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