P4 English SA1 2025 — Red Swastika

Q: We only allow young children to swim in this pool as the water is ____.

D. shallow. Young children are only allowed to swim in pools that are not deep, i.e. shallow, so they are safe.

Q: Having finished the race as the champion, Wendy smiled as the ____ was placed around her neck.

B. medal. A champion of a race is awarded a medal, which is typically hung around the winner's neck.

Q: John managed to ____ his keys which had dropped into the drain.

D. retrieve. 'Retrieve' means to get something back, especially from a place where it is difficult to reach — appropriate for keys that fell into a drain.

Q: The cat slipped ____ into the room to avoid waking up the sleeping dog.

C. stealthily. 'Stealthily' means in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed — fitting for sneaking past a sleeping dog.

Q: ____ rushed to take the evening train, eager to get home as soon as they could.

D. Commuters. 'Commuters' are people who travel regularly between home and work, typically by public transport such as a train.

Q: "He is so ____, thinking he is better than everyone else in class!" grumbled Tim.

A. arrogant. 'Arrogant' describes someone who thinks they are better or more important than others, matching the speaker's complaint.

Q: Joseph who went ____ a lot of challenges such as training five times a week in his CCA, managed to do well in his studies.

D. through. The phrasal verb 'went through' means to experience or endure difficulties — appropriate for facing challenges.

Q: Sally ____ a great game at the badminton tournament yesterday.

B. played. 'Yesterday' indicates a completed action in the past, so the simple past tense 'played' is correct.

Q: ____ colour pencils belong to Ali. He left them here just now.

C. These. The pencils are plural and 'here' (near the speaker), so the correct demonstrative is 'These'.

Q: It was raining heavily, ____ the children went to play football at the field.

B. yet. 'Yet' shows contrast — despite the heavy rain, the children still went to play, which is unexpected.

P4 English 2025 SA1 25 questions 25 marks

Source: Red Swastika, 2025

This P4 English SA1 paper from Red Swastika (2025) covers editing and spelling and visual text and situational writing across 25 questions worth 25 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

We only allow young children to swim in this pool as the water is ____.

Q2 MCQ 1 mark

Having finished the race as the champion, Wendy smiled as the ____ was placed around her neck.

Q3 MCQ 1 mark

John managed to ____ his keys which had dropped into the drain.

Q4 MCQ 1 mark

The cat slipped ____ into the room to avoid waking up the sleeping dog.

Q5 MCQ 1 mark

____ rushed to take the evening train, eager to get home as soon as they could.

Q6 MCQ 1 mark

"He is so ____, thinking he is better than everyone else in class!" grumbled Tim.

Q7 MCQ 1 mark

Joseph who went ____ a lot of challenges such as training five times a week in his CCA, managed to do well in his studies.

Q8 MCQ 1 mark

Sally ____ a great game at the badminton tournament yesterday.

Q9 MCQ 1 mark

____ colour pencils belong to Ali. He left them here just now.

Q10 MCQ 1 mark

It was raining heavily, ____ the children went to play football at the field.

Q11 MCQ 1 mark

This is the man ____ son is going to be a policeman.

Q12 MCQ 1 mark

The children seldom come home at night, ____?

Q13 MCQ 1 mark 🖼 Visual

Visual context

Poster titled 'Fantastic Fantasy Fair' announcing that Eagles Language School is celebrating its 20th anniversary on-site, from 7 to 9 June 2024, 12 p.m. to 6 p.m., with free admission, sponsored by Creative Works Studios. A fairy character is illustrated on the left. Four activity bubbles are shown: Props Creation Workshop (12 p.m. to 2 p.m., fee $10 per person, construct your own sword, wand or staff with professional props designers; all materials provided), Costume Parade (5 p.m. to 6 p.m., the participant with the most audience votes wins), Photo Booth (12 p.m. to 6 p.m., variety of accessories for fun pictures), and Quiz (2 p.m. to 3 p.m., answer simple questions about popular movies and books; participant with the most correct answers wins four movie tickets). The main text invites visitors to come as their favourite character from any movie or book, meet like-minded friends, participate in a costume parade and stand a chance of winning a Sparks Entertainment Store voucher worth $100.

The event will be held at ____.

Q14 MCQ 1 mark 🖼 Visual

Melissa can only attend the event from 3 p.m. onwards. Which of the following activities will she miss?

Q15 MCQ 1 mark 🖼 Visual

According to the poster, those attending the Props Creation Workshop will ____.

Q16 MCQ 1 mark 🖼 Visual

Which of the following statements about the fair is true?

Q17 MCQ 1 mark 🖼 Visual

This poster invites people to ____.

Q18 Open-ended 1 mark

Correct the underlined word/punctuation for spelling or punctuation: The sun was finally up. "wake up now!" shouted Mrs Wong.

Q19 Open-ended 1 mark

Correct the bold word for spelling: He had been on his kompiuter the whole night playing games and watching online videos.

Q20 Open-ended 1 mark

Correct the bold word for spelling: It was becoming worrisome as Andy had been falling asleep in class and not handing in his assignments punchually.

Q21 Open-ended 1 mark

Correct the underlined punctuation: Andy was still staring at the ceiling when he heard his mother ask angrily, "What are you waiting for," He bolted to the bathroom immediately.

Q22 Open-ended 1 mark

Kumar and his friends decided to go on a camping trip to Pulau Ubin. They ____ their phones, food, cooking utensils, clothes and toiletries in their bags before heading off.

Q23 Open-ended 1 mark

Everyone was excited ____ the trip!

Q24 Open-ended 1 mark

Then, together, ____ started a bonfire to keep themselves ____.

Q25 Open-ended 1 mark

Then, together, ____ started a bonfire to keep themselves ____.