Primary 2 Chinese Practice Paper 5

TuitionGoWhere Practice Paper - Chinese Primary 2 — Answer Key

Paper: Hanyu Pinyin 汉语拼音 Topic Quiz (Version 5 of 5) Total Marks: 40

General marking notes:

• Unless a question says otherwise, tone marks are required for full credit.
• Accept neat handwritten variants of the same letters/tone marks.
• Teaching idea for students new to pinyin: every syllable = 声母 + 韵母 + 声调. First find the sounds, then place the tone mark on the main vowel.

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Section A: Multiple Choice (Questions 1–5)

1. Answer: A) sēn lín (2 marks)

• 森 = sēn (s + en, first tone); 林 = lín (l + in, second tone).
• Why the others are wrong: B uses sh and íng; C uses sēng (eng is a back nasal); D writes líng instead of lín.
• Common mistake: mixing en/eng and in/ing. Tip: say the word slowly — 森林 ends with the front nasal sounds -en and -in, so your tongue stays forward, not toward -ng.

2. Answer: C) 红 (2 marks)

• Back nasal finals end in -ng: ang, eng, ing, ong. 红 = hóng, final -ong.
• 山 shān (-an), 春 chūn (-un), 心 xīn (-in) are all front nasals ending in -n.
• Method: look at the last letter of the final. -n = front nasal; -ng = back nasal.

3. Answer: A) qù (2 marks)

• Rule: after j, q, x, ü is written as u without the two dots, but it is still pronounced ü.
• So 去 = q + ü → written "qu".
• B) qū has the wrong tone; C) chù has the wrong initial; D) qǜ wrongly keeps the dots after q.
• Memory aid: j, q, x are "polite" — when ü meets them, ü takes off its hat (dots).

4. Answer: B) zhǎng (2 marks)

• 长 is a 多音字. zhǎng = to grow (长高、长大); cháng = long (很长、长发).
• The sentence means "older brother has grown taller", so 长 = grow = zhǎng.

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TuitionGoWhere Practice Paper - Chinese Primary 2 — Answer Key

Paper: Hanyu Pinyin 汉语拼音 Topic Quiz (Version 5 of 5) Total Marks: 40

General marking notes:

• Unless stated otherwise, tone marks are required for full credit.
• Teaching idea for students new to pinyin: every syllable = 声母 + 韵母 + 声调. First find the sounds, then place the tone mark on the main vowel.
• At teacher's discretion, half marks may be given for correct letters with one wrong/missing tone.

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Section A: Multiple Choice (Questions 1–5)

1. Answer: A) sēn lín (2 marks)

• 森 = sēn (s + en, first tone); 林 = lín (l + in, second tone).
• Why the others are wrong: B uses sh and íng; C uses sēng (eng is a back nasal); D writes líng instead of lín.
• Common mistake: mixing en/eng and in/ing. Tip: say the word slowly — 森林 ends with the front nasal sounds -en and -in, so your tongue stays forward, not toward -ng.

2. Answer: C) 红 (2 marks)

• Back nasal finals end in -ng: ang, eng, ing, ong. 红 = hóng, final -ong.
• 山 shān (-an), 春 chūn (-un), 心 xīn (-in) are all front nasals ending in -n.
• Method: look at the last letter of the final. -n = front nasal; -ng = back nasal.

3. Answer: A) qù (2 marks)

• Rule: after j, q, x, ü is written as u without the two dots, but it is still pronounced ü.
• So 去 = q + ü → written "qu".
• B) qū has the wrong tone; C) chù has the wrong initial; D) qǜ wrongly keeps the dots after q.
• Memory aid: j, q, x are "polite" — when ü meets them, ü takes off its hat (dots).

4. Answer: B) zhǎng (2 marks)

• 长 is a 多音字. zhǎng = to grow (长高、长大); cháng = long (很长、长发).
• The sentence means "older brother has grown taller", so 长 = grow = zhǎng.
• Tip: ask whether the word describes length (cháng) or growing/becoming bigger (zhǎng).

5. Answer: B) niú (2 marks)

• 牛 = niú, second tone.
• Rule: when the final is "iu", the tone mark goes on u (i and u together — mark the later one), so it must be written niú.
• A) níu puts the mark on the wrong vowel; C) nìu is fourth tone; D) niū is first tone.

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Section B: Short Answer (Questions 6–15)

6. Answer: cǎi hóng (2 marks)

• 彩 cǎi (c + ai, third tone); 虹 hóng (h + ong, second tone).
• Both tone marks required; accept reasonable spacing.

7. Answer: 太阳 (2 marks)

• tài yáng = 太阳. Award 1 mark per correctly written character.

8. Answer: (2 marks)

类别	字
前鼻音 (-n)	蓝 lán、春 chūn
后鼻音 (-ng)	星 xīng、风 fēng

• 1 mark per row fully correct.

9. Answer: 亮 (2 marks)

• In 月亮 (yuèliang), 亮 is read in the neutral tone (轻声); 月 keeps its fourth tone.
• Note: 亮 by itself is liàng, but in this word it loses its tone.

10. Answer: qù (2 marks)

• His mistake: he kept the two dots on ü after q. After j, q, x, the dots are removed: q + ü → qu.
• Correct pinyin: qù (fourth tone).

11. Answer: 1—C　2—A　3—D　4—B (2 marks)

• 健康 jiàn kāng → C；礼物 lǐ wù → A；帮忙 bāng máng → D；眼睛 yǎn jing → B.
• Half mark per correct match.

12. Answer: mài (2 marks)

• 卖 = mài, fourth tone; compare 买 = mǎi, third tone. Same sounds m + ai, different tones and meanings.
• Tip: 买 dips down and up (third tone); 卖 falls sharply (fourth tone). Watch the tone, not just the letters.

13. Answer: lǜ (2 marks)

• After l (which is not j/q/x), ü KEEPS its two dots: 绿 = lǜ, fourth tone.
• Contrast: 去 qù (dots removed after q) vs 绿 lǜ (dots kept after l).

14. Answer: huán (2 marks)

• 还 is a 多音字: huán = to return/give back (还书、还钱); hái = still/also (还有、还是).
• "还书" means return books, so 还 = huán, second tone.

15. Answer: xué xiào (2 marks)

• 学 xué (x + üe, second tone); 校 xiào (x + iao, fourth tone).
• Reminder: after x, üe is written "ue" without the dots.

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Section C: Application (Questions 16–20)

16. Answer: l-a-o-s-h-i（laoshi）(2 marks)

• Typing the full pinyin "laoshi" lets him choose 老师.
• Also accept "ls" if the device supports initial-only smart input; the core expected answer is laoshi.

17. Answer: D) 新 xīn (2 marks)

• 东 dōng, 空 kōng, 送 sòng all have the final -ong; 新 xīn has the final -in (front nasal).

18. Answer: xiǎo xué shēng；3 个音节 (2 marks — 1 for pinyin, 1 for count)

• 小 xiǎo + 学 xué + 生 shēng = three syllables, one syllable per character.

19. Answer: (a) cháng　(b) zhǎng (2 marks — 1 each)

• (a) 头发很长：长 describes length → cháng.
• (b) 弟弟长高了：长 means to grow → zhǎng.

20. Answer: A) gōng yuán (2 marks)

• 公 gōng (-ong, back nasal); 园 yuán (y + uán, second tone).
• B) gūn wrong initial/final; C) gōng yún wrong final for 园; D) gōng yuàn wrong tone (yuàn = 院).

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Marks recap: Section A 10 + Section B 20 + Section C 10 = 40 marks

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