Hong Kong Primary 1 General Studies Practice Paper (Set 1) | 24 Questions, Answers & PDF

Paper at a glance

This is a free TutorZone practice paper for Hong Kong Primary 1 General Studies. It has 24 questions, lasts 50 minutes and carries 100 marks. Questions and answers are written in Chinese, the language of the subject.

What this paper covers

Two passages are used. The first follows a boy whose school bus leaves at 7:30 and reaches school at 7:55, so the ride lasts 25 minutes; of his 32 classmates, 18 bring a water bottle and 14 do not, a difference of four. The second passage visits a neighbourhood park open from 8 am to 4 pm, with three bins emptied every two hours, twelve trees and four benches seating three children each. The knowledge part asks how many hours a day has, how many days a week has, the freezing point of water, which organ we breathe with, the colour that means stop, the 999 emergency number, a healthier snack, how often to brush teeth and how to dry hands. The last part asks a child to write about crossing a road, cutting waste, escaping a fire and drinking enough water. A sample question reads: the park opens at 8 am and closes at 4 pm, so how many hours is it open? The working is 16 minus 8, giving eight hours, with one mark for the subtraction and one for the unit. Two further marks are given for explaining that putting the bottle in the brown bin keeps plastic out of the landfill. Pupils often leave out the unit, write a bare number or answer in one word, so the marking notes ask for a full sentence in the final four questions. Parents should mark beside each question rather than at the end of the page, so a child can see which skills to revisit before a class test. The paper suits a parent reading each passage aloud first, then letting the child answer alone; answers should be checked against the brown bin, the 999 number and the bus timetable facts.

Skills practised

Reading for facts, addition and subtraction in context, everyday knowledge, short written answers. Each answer comes with marking notes, so a parent can mark the paper the same way a class teacher would.

How to use the paper

1. Sit the paper in one go, timed at 50 minutes, with no dictionary.
2. Mark it with the answer PDF and write the lost marks next to each question.
3. Redo only the questions that lost marks, one week later.

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Question paper (PDF) · Answers and marking notes (PDF)

Frequently asked questions

Is this a past paper? No. Every question is original; the format follows local primary school practice.

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