Free Primary 6 (P6) English Exam Paper Hong Kong (HK)
Looking to help your child improve their English reading skills for the Primary 6 exam or SSPA interview? We’ve got you covered.
📚 Download a free P6-level English reading exercise in PDF format – perfect for at-home practice or revision.
✅ What’s Included:
One full Primary 6 reading passage. 📝
20 Primary 6 English questions 🖊️
Designed to reflect the SSPA-level English required by top secondary schools in Hong Kong. 🇭🇰
Suitable for use in timed practice or as guided reading. 📚
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Primary 6 English Preparation
Do Students need to revise for The SSPA?
Yes — absolutely. The SSPA Discretionary Places stage is highly competitive, with far more Primary 6 students applying to top secondary schools than there are available places. While selection is based on a student’s school performance and interview, the process demands strong preparation. Applicants need to be confident in handling English-medium interviews, demonstrating clear and accurate communication, and responding to questions about complex reading passages or scenarios quickly and effectively.
Where can I find practice materials for the SSPA?
How can I help my child prepare for their Primary 6 English Assessments
There are many ways you can support your child's preparation for the SSPA.
1. SSPA English Tuition 👩🏫
Tuition can be a useful tool to assist your child’s preparation for Primary 6 English because it can help them progress faster than they otherwise would do at school. There are several different types of tuition available for Primary 6 students, each with their own benefits.
🙋🏿♂️ Individual Tuition: learning alone provides a 1-on-1 environment in which some students thrive due to uninterrupted attention from a tutor. This can be done in-person or online, and it can achieve great results for your child. Particularly in subjects such as maths, where students are required to fully understand each step of the question in order to arrive at the correct answer.
👨👧👧 Group Tuition: group tuition provides a collaborative learning environment where students can interact with peers and learn from each other, as well as their tutor. A collaborative learning environment is especially helpful in SSPA subjects such as English comprehension and composition. Students can listen to and analyse each other’s answers in order to improve and refine their own.
Group tuition can achieve exceptional results compared to a class in school because all of the children are highly-motivated and ready to learn. The tutor must also teach the class at the appropriate level to achieve excellent SSPA performance, not at the level of the least able student (as in school). It's also a more cost-effective option.
👩🏽🏫 In-Person Tuition: this traditional approach involves face-to-face sessions with a tutor, either individually or in a small group. In-person tuition allows for personalised attention and immediate feedback, but it can often be less thoroughly planned and more improvised than online tuition.
👩🏼💻 Online Tuition: learning online is an increasingly popular choice. It offers flexibility and convenience, allowing students to learn from the comfort of their own homes with top-rated tutors from across the US and UK.
Furthermore, the lesson plans are more robust and less improvised than in-person tuition because, in order to effectively deliver an online lesson, the teacher absolutely must have a variety of pre-prepared and well-structured resources ready to be shown through the screen.
⏩ Intensive Courses: intensive courses are designed to cover a significant amount of material in a short period of time. They're ideal for parents who want a more structured learning programme with a clear start and end point. At times, tuition sessions can drag on without the progress or structure of the learning totally evident. Intensive courses are a good remedy for this problem.
The Exam Coach: Your Partner In Primary 6 English Tuition
The Exam Coach delivers group online tuition for children studying to sit the SSPA. We offer weekly online tuition workshops that fit in with your schedule and set your child on a steady path of improvement.
Our 11 Plus Tuition Model
👨🏼🏫 Expert Tutors: our tutors are experienced, top-performing teachers who are passionate about helping children succeed in English.
✅ Proven Approach: our approach is based on years of experience and has helped countless students achieve their goals.
🎯 Targeted Skill Development: sessions are focused on essential English techniques and skill development in order to score marks in the exam.
⏰ Online and Flexible: our online tuition options offer flexibility and convenience, allowing your child to learn from home.
📚 Comprehensive Preparation: we specialise in the core SSPA English disciplines, including comprehension, revision and editing.
🏆 Build Exam Confidence: our supportive and encouraging group learning environment helps build your child's confidence and reduces anxiety about the SSPA.
With The Exam Coach tuition team, your child will be well-prepared and confident on exam day.
2. Practice Tests and Mock Exams 📝
Practice tests are a vital preparation resource for several reasons:
😱 Familiarisation with Format: working through practice tests helps your child become comfortable with the structure, timing, and types of questions they'll encounter in the actual SSPA.
🔎 Identify Areas for Improvement: by reviewing their answers with a mark schemes, you can work with your child to pinpoint their strengths and weaknesses.
💪 Build Exam Technique: practice tests help develop essential exam skills, such as time management, careful reading, and clear answer presentation.
Complete the form below to access our free SSPA English exercise.
3. Focus on Key Skills 🔑
The NCEE draws heavily on concepts taught through Primary 6, but success often comes down to how fluently students can apply those skills under pressure. Here are four high-impact areas to prioritise during prep:
📖 Active Reading Practice: Encourage your child to read regularly across different genres—fiction, non-fiction, biographies, science articles, and persuasive writing. Exposure to varied writing styles helps build the comprehension and inference skills needed for the NCEE’s English section. Ask questions like: What’s the main idea? What’s the author’s tone? Why did they include that detail?
🧠 Mental Maths & Estimation: Quick recall of number facts, factors, and basic calculations makes problem-solving much faster—especially since calculators aren’t allowed on the NCEE. Practise estimation strategies, arithmetic shortcuts, and number sense using flashcards, brainteasers, or even real-life maths during shopping or cooking.
📝 Grammar & Editing Awareness: Build a strong foundation in grammar by practising sentence corrections and short editing exercises. Focus on common NCEE issues: verb tense consistency, punctuation, transitions, and logical sentence flow. You can even pause during reading to ask, Could this sentence be clearer?
💬 Vocabulary Building: NCEE passages often contain advanced vocabulary, so aim to introduce a few new words each week. Use vocabulary journals, word maps, or synonym challenges. Encourage your child to use new words in their writing or daily conversations to reinforce them naturally.
