PSLE Past Years Composition Questions

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PSLE PAST YEARS COMPOSITION QUESTIONS

Strengthen your child’s writing skills in preparation for the PSLE English Composition with our proven STORYBANKING® technique. This approach helps W@W students build and refine a personalised library of story ideas, improving their understanding of key writing elements like language mechanics, story structure, literary devices, and suspense-building techniques. Through regular practice in our weekly English tuition classes, our PSLE graduates managed to tackle these PSLE past years composition questions with ease.

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Year 2024

PSLE COMPOSITION QUESTION

Write a composition of at least 150 words about trying something new

The pictures are provided to help you think about this topic. 

Your composition should be based on one or more of these pictures. 

Consider the following points when you plan your composition: 

  • What was the new experience? 
  • How did it turn out? 


You may use the points in any order and include other relevant points as well.

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2024 PSLE Composition Question

CCA Open House

2024 PSLE Composition Question

A sandwich

2024 PSLE Composition Question

Picnic by the beach with a tent

Year 2023

PSLE COMPOSITION QUESTION

Write a composition of at least 150 words about a change for the better.

Consider the following points when you plan your composition:

  • What change was needed?
  • What actions were done to make the change?
  • What improvements did the change bring?

You may use the points in any order and include other relevant points as well.

3 PICTURES’ DETAILS

Past Years PSLE Composition Questions

An untidy room.

Past Years PSLE Composition Questions

A boy jogging around a park.

Past Years PSLE Composition Questions

A laptop.

Year 2022

PSLE COMPOSITION QUESTION

Write a composition of at least 150 words about a long wait.

Consider the following points when you plan your composition:

  • What was the wait about?
  • What happened in the end?

You may use the points in any order and include other relevant points as well.

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2022 PSLE Composition Question

A girl sitting on the chair looking at her drink.

2022 PSLE Composition Question

A calendar where the date ’20’ is circled.

2022 PSLE Composition Question

A queue of boys and girls. (some people are using their phones)

Year 2021

PSLE COMPOSITION QUESTION

Write a composition of at least 150 words about a promise.

Consider the following points when you plan your composition:

  • What was the promise?
  • Was the promise kept?

You may use the points in any order and include other relevant points as well.

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A girl writing.

2021 PSLE Composition Question

A watch.

A hamburger.

Year 2020

PSLE COMPOSITION QUESTION

Write a composition of at least 150 words about something that was lost.

Consider the following points when you plan your composition:

  • How did it get lost?
  • Was it found?

You may use the points in any order and include other relevant points as well.

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2020 PSLE Composition Question

There is a bench in the outdoors that are surrounded by plants. There is a mobile phone on the bench.

2020 PSLE Composition Question

A boy is walking towards an Information Counter. There is a lady standing behind the Information Counter.

2020 PSLE Composition Question

A poster with the picture of a cat and the word ‘MISSING’ on it.

Year 2019

PSLE COMPOSITION QUESTION

Write a composition of at least 150 words about a celebration.

Consider the following points when you plan your composition:

  • What was the reason for the celebration?
  • How was the occasion celebrated?

You may use the points in any order and include other relevant points as well.

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2019 PSLE Composition Question

There are 4 people performing on a stage (2 girls and 2 boys). They are standing side by side in one straight line and each of them has struck a pose. There are 5 members in the audience watching the performance by the 4 people on stage.

2019 PSLE Composition Question

A photo frame that has a family photo in it. The photo shows a man, a woman carrying a baby, and a young boy. All of them in the photo are seated close together.

2019 PSLE Composition Question

A card with the words ‘YOU ARE INVITED’ on it.

Year 2018

PSLE COMPOSITION QUESTION

Write a composition of at least 150 words about teamwork.

Consider the following points when you plan your composition:

  • How did the team members work together?
  • What did the team members hope to achieve?

You may use the points in any order and include other relevant points as well.

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2018 PSLE Composition Question

There are 2 girls and 1 boy who are dressed in school uniforms. All 3 students are standing around a computer, and one of the girls is typing on the keyboard.

2018 PSLE Composition Question

There are 2 children (one boy and one girl) and 1 male adult in the picture. All 3 of them are wearing aprons and chef’s hats, and holding saptulas. There is a cooking pan and 2 carrots on the table in front of them.

2018 PSLE Composition Question

A trophy

Year 2017

PSLE COMPOSITION QUESTION

Write a composition of at least 150 words about a special gift.

Consider the following points when you plan your composition:

  • How did the team members work together?
  • What did the team members hope to achieve?

You may use the points in any order and include other relevant points as well.

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2017 PSLE Composition Question

There is a boy holding a sqaure box that has a ribbon tied around it.

2017 PSLE Composition Question

A cup with the words ‘Best Friends’ on it.

2017 PSLE Composition Question

A sport jersey with the number ‘1’ printed on its back.

Year 2016

PSLE COMPOSITION QUESTION

Write a composition of at least 150 words about a secret.

Consider the following points when you plan your composition:

  • What was the secret?
  • Why it was kept a secret?

You may use the points in any order and include other relevant points as well.

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2016 PSLE Composition Question

There are 2 girls in the picture. One of the girls is whispering into the ear of the other girl.

2016 PSLE Composition Question

An envelope with the word ‘secret’ on it.

2016 PSLE Composition Question

A metal gate that has a metal chain around it, and a padlock that keeps the gate locked.

Year 2015

PSLE COMPOSITION QUESTION

Write a composition of at least 150 words about being considerate.

Consider the following points when you plan your composition:

  • Who was / were considerate?
  • How did the person(s) act in a considerate way?

You may use the points in any order and include other relevant points as well.

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2015 PSLE Composition Question

A shelf with a ‘TRAY RETURN’ sign on it. There are 4 trays on the shelf which are filled with dirty utensils and cutlery.

2015 PSLE Composition Question

A man sitting on a sofa and he is facing a television that is showing the volume sign on screen. The man is holding a remote control and he has stretched out his arm to point the remote control at the television. His finger is pressing a button on the remote control.

2015 PSLE Composition Question

A ‘Reserved Seating’ sign

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