These eight questions train the four skills of an argumentative composition in SPM Bahasa Cina argumentative writing: a clear position, reasons with examples, a fair look at the other side, and a conclusion that follows. Try each one on paper first, then open the answer.
All tasks and examples are original and written for practice. If you want a planning frame for Question 8, the Chinese composition structure planner gives you one.
Questions 1 to 3: position and reasons
Question 1
Task: 《学校应该允许学生在课堂上使用手机吗？》Write one sentence that states your position and includes a limit.
Answer
Model: 我认为学校可以允许学生在老师指定的环节使用手机查资料，但不应该让手机占据整节课。
The sentence answers the question directly (允许 or 不允许), so the reader knows your side at once. The limit (指定的环节) makes the position specific and easier to defend with examples later. A sentence such as 手机有好处也有坏处 fails because it names no side.
Question 2
Task: 《学校应该规定学生每天阅读三十分钟吗？》Which opening sentence is the clearest position?
- A. 阅读是一个很重要的话题。
- B. 有人赞成，有人反对，各有道理。
- C. 我认为学校应该规定学生每天阅读三十分钟，因为这能帮助他们养成习惯。
Answer
C. It names a side, repeats the key wording of the task (每天阅读三十分钟) and gives a first reason.
A only announces the topic. B describes the debate without choosing a side, so a marker cannot tell what you will argue. Copying the task wording in a position sentence keeps your essay tied to what was asked.
Question 3
Your position is 《青少年应该学会理财》. Your first reason is 理财能培养责任感. Write one concrete example for this reason, two or three sentences long.
Answer
Model: 小明每个月有五十令吉的零用钱，他把其中二十令吉存进储蓄簿，想买一副新的羽毛球拍。三个月后，他不但买到球拍，还发现自己不再随便买零食了。
The example has a person, an amount, an action and a result, and it links back to 责任感 through the choice to save. A line such as 很多人都会这样 is not an example, because nothing specific can be checked.
Questions 4 to 6: examples, alternative views and conclusions
Question 4
Paragraph: 我认为学生应该参加课外活动。因为课外活动很有用。课外活动对每个人都好。所以学生应该参加。
What is the main weakness, and how would you repair the second sentence?
Answer
The paragraph repeats the claim in different words and gives no example, so the reader learns nothing new after the first sentence.
Repair: 因为课外活动能锻炼团队合作。比如在校运会的接力赛中，四名队员必须配合好交棒的时机，一个人跑得再快也赢不了比赛。
Question 5
Position: 《网上购物比到商店买东西更好》. Write a fair sentence that recognises the opposite view and then returns to your position.
Answer
Model: 诚然，实体店能让顾客亲手试穿和检查质量，这一点是网购比不上的；但对于住在偏远地区的人来说，网购省下的时间和交通费更值得重视。
The first half states the other side in its strongest form (诚然, not a weak version). The second half uses 但 to return to the position with a reason. Dismissing the other side with 这种想法很愚蠢 makes the argument weaker, not stronger.
Question 6
A composition argued that 学校应该设立午休时间 with three reasons. Which conclusion builds from that argument?
- A. 午休很好，大家都应该睡觉。
- B. 由此可见，午休让学生恢复精神、提高下午的专注力，也减少了疲劳带来的错误，因此学校应该设立午休时间。
- C. 午休时间的问题还有不少，值得大家继续思考。
Answer
B. It collects the three reasons in a short line and repeats the position as a result of them.
A changes the claim into a different idea (大家都应该睡觉). C opens a new point and leaves the reader without an answer. A conclusion should close the argument you actually built.
Questions 7 and 8: edit and plan
Question 7
Position: 《学生不应该带手机回学校》. Find the sentence that drifts from the position and explain why.
第一段：手机会让学生在课堂上分心。第二段：一个学生每次手机一响就低头查看，错过了老师讲解的重点。第三段：其实手机也可以用来查字典，对学习很有帮助。
Answer
The third paragraph drifts. It argues for phones, which contradicts the position, and it does not present itself as an alternative view to be answered.
Repair: 有人认为手机可以用来查字典，这固然方便；但学校图书馆和课室里的字典同样可以使用，不必让手机进入课堂。
Question 8
Task: 《青少年应该花更多时间陪伴家人吗？》Write a five-line outline: position, reason 1 with example, reason 2 with example, alternative view with reply, conclusion.
Answer
Model outline:
- 观点：应该，陪伴家人能让青少年在遇到困难时有人可以倾诉。
- 理由一：增进沟通。例：每晚一起吃饭，爸爸才知道孩子在学校被同学误会。
- 理由二：学习生活习惯。例：周末和奶奶一起做饭，学会计划采购和分工。
- 另一看法：朋友同样重要。回应：朋友与家人不冲突，关键是安排好时间。
- 结论：陪伴家人帮助沟通、也培养生活能力，所以青少年应该每周固定留出家庭时间。
Check each line against the task word 更多 (more time), and confirm every reason has its own example.
If you got these wrong
Match the question to the lesson and redo it a few days later.
- Questions 1 and 2: writing a clear position in response to the task.
- Questions 3 and 4: developing reasons with concrete examples.
- Questions 5 and 7: addressing an alternative view fairly.
- Question 6: building a conclusion from the argument.
- Question 8: all four lessons together, so plan it again with the Chinese composition structure planner.
Record each wrong answer in the mistake log with one line on why, so the pattern shows up. A teacher in online one-to-one Chinese tuition can use that log to choose what to teach next.