AEIS Secondary 1 Placement Test — English & Math
Complete the contact gate first, then answer the 12 multiple-choice questions for scoring (composition is not included in the quiz score).
Introduction & Contact Gate
This test is a snapshot of your child's readiness for Secondary 1 AEIS (Singapore MOE syllabus, no Cambridge component). It is benchmarked to the Primary 6 syllabus and takes about 50 minutes. This is a shortened diagnostic assessment and not an official exam.
Student Full Name
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Parent / Guardian Full Name
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First Name
Last Name
Parent / Guardian Email Address
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example@example.com
Parent / Guardian Contact Number
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Country Code
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Area Code
Phone Number
Student's Current School / Grade Level
SECTION A: English — Composition
Time: about 27 minutes | Total: 32 marks
Choose ONE of the topics below. Write between 200 and 300 words.
Which composition topic will you write about?
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Topic 1: You witnessed a classmate being wrongly blamed for something they did not do. Write about what happened, how you felt, and what you did.
Topic 2: Continue the story from this sentence, giving your own ending: 'The moment the classroom door creaked open, everyone turned to look — including me.'
Write your composition here (200–300 words):
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SECTION A: English — Multiple-Choice Quiz
Honey bees are remarkable insects that play a vital role in our ecosystem. Each bee (7) ___ to a hive of thousands of other bees, working together as a team. When a bee finds a good source of nectar, it returns to the hive and performs a special dance to (8) ___ the location to other bees. This behaviour, discovered by scientists, shows that bees are far more intelligent (9) ___ many people once believed.
Q7. Choose the correct word for gap (7).
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belong
belongs
belonging
belonged
Q8. Choose the correct word for gap (8).
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hide
forget
communicate
ignore
Q9. Choose the correct word for gap (9).
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than
then
as
that
Ever since I could remember, my grandfather had a small vegetable garden behind his house. Every weekend, I would visit him, and he would let me help him water the plants and pull out weeds. I used to complain that it was boring, but he always smiled and told me that patience was the key to growing anything worthwhile. Last month, my grandfather fell ill and could no longer tend to his garden. Without thinking twice, I began visiting every day after school to take care of it for him. It was only then that I realised how much effort he had put into something I once thought was tedious. When he recovered and saw his garden still thriving, his eyes lit up with a joy I will never forget.
Q10. Why did the narrator start visiting the garden every day?
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The narrator wanted to grow vegetables to sell.
The narrator's parents told him to.
The narrator was bored and had nothing else to do.
The grandfather fell ill and could not tend to it himself.
Q11. What did the narrator realise after taking care of the garden?
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How much effort the grandfather had put into something once thought tedious.
That gardening was easy and required little effort.
That he preferred gardening to going to school.
That his grandfather no longer needed the garden.
Q12. What can be inferred about the grandfather's feelings when he saw the garden was still thriving?
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He was angry that the narrator had changed his garden.
He felt indifferent about the garden's condition.
He was disappointed that the garden had changed.
He felt touched and joyful that his grandson had cared for it.
Q1. By the time the bell rang, all the students ___ left the hall.
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have
has
having
had
Q2. Neither of the answers ___ correct.
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are
is
were
have been
Q3. If I ___ harder, I would have passed the test.
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study
studied
had studied
have studied
Q4. The detective was very ___, noticing details that others missed.
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careless
observant
forgetful
impatient
Q5. Despite the heavy rain, the determined hikers continued their ___ journey up the mountain.
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arduous
effortless
brief
pleasant
Q6. The manager's ___ decision to cut costs upset many employees.
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generous
welcomed
controversial
forgotten
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SECTION B — MATH
Level: Primary 6 syllabus | Time: about 24 minutes | Total: 28 marks. Calculators are not allowed.
Q1. Study the pattern: 4, 9, 19, 39, 79, ___. What is the next number?
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159
149
169
158
Q2. Study the pattern: 3, 8, 15, 24, 35, ___. What is the next number?
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46
47
48
50
Q3. What is the value of the digit 7 in 472,608?
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7,000
70,000
700,000
7
Q4. In a survey of 200 students, 25% chose Math as their favourite subject. How many students chose Math?
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40
45
55
50
Q5. Two angles on a straight line are in the ratio 2:3. Find the smaller angle.
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72°
60°
90°
108°
Q6. The ratio of boys to girls in a class is 3:4. If there are 12 boys, how many girls are there?
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9
12
16
20
Q7. A car travels 150 km in 2.5 hours. What is its average speed?
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50 km/h
60 km/h
55 km/h
65 km/h
Q8. If a = 4, find the value of 3a² − 5.
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33
37
47
43
Mrs Tan baked 48 cookies. She gave 3/8 of them to her neighbours. How many cookies did she give away?
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A piece of ribbon is 4.75 m long. It is cut into 5 equal pieces. What is the length of each piece?
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Ali, Ben and Chen share $360 in the ratio 2:3:4. How much does Ben receive?
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A parking garage charges $2 for the first hour and $1.20 for every additional 30 minutes or part thereof. How much would 2 hours 15 minutes of parking cost?
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A rectangular garden is 15 m long and 9 m wide. A gravel path 1 m wide is built around it, on the outside. What is the area of the path?
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Over 5 days, a shop sold 32, 45, 28, 51 and 39 items. What was the average number of items sold per day?
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At a school fair, the ratio of the number of adults to children was 3:5. After 40 more children arrived, the ratio became 3:7. (a) How many children were there at first? (b) What was the total number of people at first? Show your full working.
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A school ordered 850 pencils to be packed into boxes. Each box holds either 15 pencils or 25 pencils. Exactly 40 boxes were used and all pencils were packed with none left over. How many boxes held 25 pencils? Show your full working.
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