END OF TERM ONE EXAMINATION-2022

CLASS: PRIMARY THREE

SUBJECT: LITERACY 1A
Name:______________________________________Stream:______
SECTION A (40 MARKS)
1. Name any one plant found in your environment.
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2. Which part of the body does a P.3 child use to hold a pen while
writing?
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3. Name the animal which guards our homes.
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4. Which garden tool is shown in the diagram below?

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5. Mention any one nonliving thing in your classroom.
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6. Which part of a plant sucks water and mineral salts form the soil?
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7. Write down one seed which is eaten by people.
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8. Give any one way a P.3 child can care for animals at home.
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9. Name the type of clouds which is a sure sign of rain.
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10. Mention one container people use to harvest water.
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11. Apart from carbondioxide, name one other component of air.
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12. Why does a P.3 perform regular physical body exercise?
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13. How do bees protect themselves from enemies?
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14. Name the property of air shown below.

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15. How many main body parts does an insect have?
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16. _______________________- is the breaking down of small rock particles
from the parent rock to form soil. (weathering, soil)
17. Name one room found in a living house.
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18. Give the best type of soil for growing crops.
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19. Name the tool used for slashing tall grass in the compound.
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20. A _________________________ is to a cow as a puppy is to a dog.
21. Which food value do people get from drinking milk?
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22. Give one characteristic of non-living things.
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23. State any one way of preserving food.
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24. Which domestic animal feeds on rats?
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25. Name one animal that lives in the forest.
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26. Name any one member found in a nuclear family.
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27. State one condition necessary for a seed to germinate.
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28. Write down any one building material you know.
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29. How do people get their food?
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30. How can farmers prevent their garden tools from rusting?
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Use the diagram below to answer questions 31 and 32.

31. Name the item above.

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32. From which type of soil is the above item made?
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33. Who treats sick pupils at your school?
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34. Give any one example of things made from timber?
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35. Name the main natural source of light.
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36. Which immunisable disease makes people lame?
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37. Give one example of animals without legs.
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38. Why is a lion called a wild animal?
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39. Mention any one example of bedding.
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40. Apart from mushrooms, give any other example of fungi.
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SECTION B (60 MARKS)
41. a) Mention any one place where people get water from.
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b) Name any one item people use to collect water.
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c) State any two uses of water at home.
i) _____________________________________________________________________
ii)
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42. Draw these food stuffs we eat at home.

fish cassava

b) State any two reasons why people eat food.

i) _____________________________________________________________________
ii)
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43. Study the diagram and use it to answer questions below.

A
D
B

E C

a) Name the parts labeled

a- ________________________ d - ______________________
b) Which letter shows the part used by an insect for breathing.
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c) Name the insect which gives people honey.
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44. Match animals to their movement.
List A List B
man swimming
fish flying
bat wandering
cow walking

45. a) _______________________________ is air in motion.

b) Name any one game a P.3 child can play using air in motion.
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c) Which component of air is used in fire extinguishers?
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d) Name any one property of air.
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46. The diagrams below are of types of weather. Use them to
answer questions correctly.
A B

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 a) Name the type of weather shown in;
A _____________________________________
B ______________________________________
b) Write down one item used to manage the type of weather shown in
A above.
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c) How is the type of weather in B dangerous in the environment?
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47. a) Name the type of soil best for the following activities;
i) making pots
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ii) building
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b) from the list below, choose any two components of soil;
air, germination, water, humus, donkey, flowing
water
i) _____________________________________
ii) _____________________________________
48. Use the animal below to answer questions that follow.

a) Name the animal above.

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 b) Name part P on the animal above.
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c) Where does the animal above live?
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d) How does the animal above move from one place to another?
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49. Name any two common accidents that can happen in the school
compound.
i) _________________________________________________________________
ii)_________________________________________________________________
b) mention any two objects which can cause accidents.
i) _________________________________________________________________
ii)_________________________________________________________________
50. Name the tool people use to cut big trees.

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b) Mention two things people get from trees.
i) _____________________________________________________________________
ii)
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c) How can a P.3 child care for trees in his or her school compound?
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51. ____________________________ is the general cleanliness of our body and
things we use. (Sanitation, Personal hygiene)
b) Write down one activity you as a P.3 child carries out to promote
personal hygiene.
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 c) Draw the items below that are to promote proper personal
hygiene.
sponge soap

52. What are living things?

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b) Give any two examples of living things.
i) _____________________________________________________________________
ii)
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c) State any one characteristics of living things
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53. Name the body sense organs

a) ________________________________________

b) _________________________________________

c) _________________________________________

d) _________________________________________
54. Match animals to ways they protect themselves.
snake changing colour according to the surrounding

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 bee producing a bad smell
chameleon biting
bed bug stinging

a) snake ______________________________________________________________
b) bee ________________________________________________________________
c) chameleon ________________________________________________________
d) bedbug ___________________________________________________________
55. Complete the table below by stating the number of legs each
animal has.
Animal Number of legs
cow __________________
turkey __________________
cockroach __________________
spider __________________

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