The SA1 (Semestral Assessment 1) Higher Chinese paper from Nanyang Primary tests comprehension (including classical Chinese passages), vocabulary (成语/四字词语), grammar, and composition. It is more challenging than Standard Chinese and is taken only by students who opted in for the HCL elective.
This paper was set by Nanyang Primary, a Singapore primary school, for the 2018 academic year. Nanyang Primary follows the MOE Primary 5 Higher Chinese syllabus.
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Yes. Past-year SA1 papers from Nanyang Primary are widely used by P5 students preparing for the PSLE Higher Chinese exam. SA1 and SA2 in particular mirror the PSLE HCL format and are the most useful for pre-PSLE practice.