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O-Level Chinese help and practice
Secondary school, working toward the Singapore-Cambridge GCE O-Level. Rae explains, marks and drills Chinese with your level in mind. Free to try, no install.
What Rae does for Chinese
- 作文 marked in Chinese with 好词好句 upgrades, explained in English alongside.
- 阅读理解 passages and 成语 in context, pitched at your level.
- 口试 practice: 朗读 and 会话, with feedback on a voice note.
- Snap a photo of the problem, send a voice note, or attach the file.
- Revisit topics with Rae’s notes and practice tools.
Tell Rae your O-Level subject and syllabus, then check the explanation against your course materials.
How the exam is structured
Paper 1 (Writing) - 2 hours, 60 marks / 30%
- Practical writing (email) (20 / 10% marks): One open-ended email task: either reply to a given email or compose an email based on supplied material.
- Composition (40 / 20% marks): One extended composition drawn from narrative, expository and argumentative text types.
Paper 2 (Language use and reading comprehension) - 1 hour 30 minutes, 70 marks / 35%, 30 questions total
- Language use - A: Comprehensive cloze (5 / 2.5% marks): Multiple-choice cloze: pick the best fit from context in one passage.
- Language use - B: Word replacement (10 / 5% marks): Open-response: replace words used incorrectly according to the passage and context.
- Reading comprehension 1 (20 / 10% marks): Multiple-choice questions on functional texts such as adverts, flyers and news reports.
- Reading comprehension 2 (35 / 17.5% marks): Open-response questions answered from the passages.
Paper 3 (Oral) - about 15 minutes, 50 marks / 25%
- Reading a passage aloud (10 / 5% marks): Read one short passage aloud (everyday-life pieces, commentary or news).
- Conversation (40 / 20% marks): Hold a conversation with the examiner about a video clip shown and the examiner's questions, on everyday-life topics.
Listening comprehension - about 30 minutes, 20 marks / 10% (grouped with Oral in the blueprint)
- Listening comprehension (20 / 10% marks): Multiple-choice questions on three short dialogues or passages plus three comprehension texts, covering everyday conversation, adverts, explanations, stories and news.
What the exam rewards
- 1 Listening comprehension of spoken Chinese
- 2 Spoken conversation and interaction
- 3 Knowledge of vocabulary and practical use of the language
- 4 Reading comprehension
- 5 Writing emails and compositions across different text types
How it works
Open Rae on the web or in Telegram. Ask a question, attach your working or use voice. Read the explanation, try a follow-up question and use the notes and practice tools to revisit what you learned. AI feedback can make mistakes; check it against your syllabus and your teacher’s guidance.