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What are the different types of questions that can be asked in the Paper 2 Comprehension section?

Current 2026 answer: PSLE English Paper 2 contains both multiple-choice and open-ended language/comprehension tasks. The older version of this page used a superseded Paper 2 total and Visual Text/Editing counts; the current component map is below.

Component	Item type	Items	Marks
Grammar	MCQ	10	10
Vocabulary	MCQ	5	5
Vocabulary Cloze	MCQ	5	5
Visual Text Comprehension	MCQ	5	5
Grammar Cloze	OE	10	10
Editing for Spelling & Grammar	OE	10	10
Comprehension Cloze	OE	15	15
Synthesis / Transformation	OE	5	10
Comprehension Open-Ended	OE	10	20

What question types appear inside comprehension work?

Literal retrieval: locate what the text states.
Reference: identify what a pronoun, phrase or idea points to.
Inference: combine clues without exceeding the text.
Cause / reason: distinguish why something happened from what happened.
Sequence: reconstruct order and change.
Vocabulary in context: determine the active meaning of a word or phrase.
Evidence-based explanation: support an answer with the relevant textual relationship.

Visual Text is a multimodal reading task

Visual Text Comprehension is not simply a non-fiction passage. The pupil must combine written wording with layout, image, headline, labels and other visual features, then answer the exact question from that combined evidence.

Comprehension Cloze is different from Open-Ended Comprehension

Comprehension Cloze removes words from a passage and requires the pupil to generate language that satisfies grammar, collocation, cohesion and meaning. Open-Ended Comprehension provides the text and asks the pupil to construct evidence-based answers. They share reading, but the production jobs differ.

Canonical routes

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A word is familiar, but using it is difficult.

Move from recognising a word to retrieving it in a new context. Understand vocabulary plateaus.

Try it without the guide: Choose one word you already know. Close the guide and use it in a new sentence. Explain why it fits; try another context tomorrow.

A piece of writing has ideas, but the reader loses the thread.

Make the order of events and the links between sentences clear. Explore composition writing.

Try it without the guide: Choose one short paragraph. Read the relevant explanation, close it, and revise the paragraph. Ask someone to tell you what happened and why.

The Mathematics seems familiar, but marks still disappear.

Find the first point where the working stops being reliable. Find Secondary 4 A-Math mark leakage.

Try it without the guide: For a Secondary 4 A-Math question you have attempted, locate the first uncertain line. Repair that step, then try a comparable question without the worked answer.

A Science fact is remembered, but the explanation is incomplete.

Connect the evidence to a scientific idea and the resulting change. Follow the Primary Science learning route.

Try it without the guide: Choose a familiar Primary Science example. Explain the evidence, the idea and the result without notes. Then change one condition and explain your prediction.

Two accounts of the world seem to disagree.

Check the question, source, date and evidence before combining claims. Explore the World Knowledge research library.

Try it without the guide: Take one claim. Find the source best placed to support it, note its date, and state what remains uncertain. Return to your original question.

There is plenty of help, but independence is hard to see.

Check what the learner can understand and do after support is removed. Understand how education works.

Try it without the guide: Choose one small task the child has practised. Agree on a calm, brief attempt without prompts. Use what happens to choose one next step, then stop.

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