Announcing the structure of the 10th grade exam in 2026 in Ho Chi Minh City

(NLDO) - This morning, October 22, the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City officially announced the structure and sample exam questions for the 10th grade exam in 2026.

The Department of Education and Training of the City requires assessment of the capacity and thinking level for admission to grade 10 of high school in the subjects of literature, math and English. Specifically as follows:

Literature

Reading comprehension:

Source: Textbook materials.

Text type: Literary text and one of two types: argumentative text or informational text.

Capacity: Total length of the test materials is not more than 1,300 words.

Writing: Write a paragraph (about 200 words). One of the following two requirements must be met: Write a paragraph recording your feelings about a poem or a poem section. Write a paragraph analyzing the content, the unique features of the work's artistic form, and its aesthetic effect.

Write an essay. One of the two following requirements must be met: Write an argumentative essay on a life issue, clearly presenting the issue and the writer's opinion (agree or disagree) on that issue; provide convincing arguments and evidence.

Write an essay on a problem that needs to be solved; present a feasible and convincing solution.

The basis for assessing literature is the reading and writing requirements in the 2018 General Education Program - literature at secondary school level, mainly grades 8 and 9.

Note: The test is designed to integrate reading comprehension and writing skills, and the content in the writing section is related to the text in the reading comprehension section.

There is 1 question about Vietnamese in the reading comprehension section of literary texts. Some Vietnamese knowledge to note: Metaphor, metonymy, hyperbole, understatement, inversion, rhetorical questions, alliteration, rhyme: characteristics and functions. Figurative words and onomatopoeia: characteristics and functions. Isolated components in a sentence: characteristics and functions. Explicit and implicit meanings of a sentence. Imperative sentences, exclamatory sentences, reduced sentences and special sentences: characteristics and functions. Differences between direct and indirect quotations; punctuation marks used when quoting directly and indirectly.

Math:

Assessment orientation: Students know how to apply learned knowledge to solve practical problems. Encourage self-study and creativity, avoid rote learning.

The assessment test content aims to help students orient themselves on some necessary knowledge and skills when entering high school....

Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training officially announced the structure and reference exam questions for the 10th grade exam in 2026.

English subject:

Assessment orientation: Assessment of language competence is not only based on students' rote knowledge of grammar and vocabulary; it requires assessment of their ability to understand and apply language knowledge in appropriate contexts, especially real-life situations.

Changing the assessment method in line with the use of appropriate teaching materials, changing the way of teaching and learning English from mainly using traditional methods to combining with communicative methods, focusing on students and learning and applying language to practical situations.

Target assessment at specific language skills, specific goals for each knowledge stream.

Scope of assessment:

Phonetics: How to pronounce basic vowels and consonants. How to place word stress correctly. Vocabulary, grammar.

Diversity of vocabulary and semantics according to the curriculum framework. Grammar points according to the curriculum framework. Communication, connection to real-life situations. Ability to understand and respond to simple situations of real-life language.

Writing: Write the correct word form to complete meaningful sentences. Write simple sentences based on given information. Write sentences using your knowledge of grammatical structures and word combinations.

Reading Comprehension: Read a 180-200 word text and find information. Read and fill in the blanks of an 80-100 word text.

DETAILED STRUCTURE OF GRADE 10 EXAM HERE

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