Hong Kong Primary 1 English Practice Paper with Answers | Grammar, Reading, Writing

Hong Kong Primary 1 English Practice Paper with Answers | Grammar, Reading, Writing | 50 Minutes, 100 Marks

2026-10-28

Practice paper · Primary English

A Primary 1 English paper in the local primary format: grammar 30 marks, reading 40 marks and writing 30 marks, 26 questions in 50 minutes, with a full answer key, marking notes and a model composition.

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Paper details Level: Primary 1 | Subject: English Language | Time: 50 minutes | Total: 100 marks | Questions: 26

Section A — Letters, Words and Grammar (30 marks)

A1. Write the missing letter. (6 marks)

#	Question	Answer and marking notes
1	A B C ______ E	D
2	m n ______ p q	o
3	S T U ______ W	V

A2. Put the letters in the right order to make a word. Follow the example. (8 marks)

#	Question	Answer and marking notes
1	t a c → ______	cat
2	g o d → ______	dog
3	o b o k → ______	book
4	p e n → ______	pen

A3. Fill in each blank with a or an. (6 marks)

#	Question	Answer and marking notes
1	I have ______ orange in my bag.	an
2	This is ______ red pen.	a
3	Ben is ______ good boy.	a

A4. Fill in each blank with is or are. (6 marks)

#	Question	Answer and marking notes
1	My bag ______ blue.	is
2	The boys ______ in the classroom.	are
3	This ______ my sister.	is

A5. Write the plural form. (4 marks)

#	Question	Answer and marking notes
1	one cat → two ______	cats
2	one bus → two ______	buses

Section B — Reading Comprehension (40 marks)

Ben and His Red Bag

Ben is 6 years old. He is in Primary One. Every morning he goes to school with his mother.

Ben has a red bag. His grandmother gave him the bag. In the bag there are 3 books, one pencil case and a bottle of water. The bag is heavy, but Ben likes it.

On Monday Ben could not find his bag. He looked under the table. He looked behind the door. He looked in the cupboard. Then his sister Kate said, “Look on the chair in the kitchen!”

Ben ran to the kitchen. His red bag was on the chair next to the fridge. Ben was very happy. “Thank you, Kate,” he said.

B1. Are the sentences true or false? If a sentence is false, write the correct information. (12 marks)

#	Question	Answer and marking notes
1	Ben is seven years old.	False. He is 6 years old.
2	Ben’s bag is red.	True.
3	There are 3 books in Ben’s bag.	True.
4	Kate found the bag in the classroom.	False. The bag was on a chair in the kitchen, next to the fridge.

B2. Answer the questions in complete sentences. (16 marks)

#	Question	Answer and marking notes
1	Who gave Ben the red bag?	His grandmother gave him the bag.
2	How many books are there in Ben’s bag?	There are 3 books in his bag.
3	Where did Ben look for his bag first?	He looked under the table.
4	Where was the bag?	It was on a chair in the kitchen, next to the fridge.

B3. Find a word in the passage that means the same as the words below. (6 marks)

#	Question	Answer and marking notes
1	not light; difficult to carry	heavy
2	the room where you cook food	kitchen

B4. Answer in two sentences. (6 marks)

#	Question	Answer and marking notes
1	Where do you put your school bag at home? Write two sentences.	Model: I put my school bag on a chair in my room. I put my books and my pencil case on my desk. (Any sensible answer: question answered 3 marks, two clear sentences 3 marks.)

Section C — Writing (30 marks)

Write three sentences about your school bag. Use some of these words: red, blue, big, small, book, pencil, water. Begin each sentence with a capital letter and end it with a full stop.

Item	marks
Content — three sentences, all about your school bag	12
Language — capital letters, full stops, correct words	12
Organisation — the sentences are in a sensible order	6

My school bag is blue. I have two books and a pencil case in my bag. I like my school bag because it is big.

Marking notes for tutors

Three sentences are required — one sentence, however long, scores at most 10 of 30.
Write the corrected sentence — if capital letters or full stops are missing throughout, take the marks off Language and write one corrected sentence above the pupil’s work.
Words in a list are not a sentence — a pupil who writes “red blue big” without a verb scores 0 for content.

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