PRIMARY THREE

LITERACY ONE:A

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SCHOOL:...............................................................................................
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1. This paper has two sections: A and B. Section

A has 40 questions(40 Marks) and Section B
has 15 questions(60 Marks)

2. Answer ALL questions. A ll answers to both

Sections A and B must be written in the
spaces provided.

3. All answers must be written using a blue or APROVED BY

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 SECTION:A
1. Name any one common disease.
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2. Give a reason for trimming our fingernails short.
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3. State any one component of soil.
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4. Mention any one disease spread by mosquitoes.
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5. Give the meaning of air.
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6. Write down one use of wind to people.
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7. Identify the best layer of soil for growing crops.
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8. Give one reason why animals move from one place to another.
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9. Name the habitat for a fish.
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10. Mention the type of clouds that gives us rain.
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11. Non living things are things which do not have life while
_______________________________________ are things which have life.
12. State one way a dog is able to protect itself from enemies.
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13. Name any one domestic animal that gives us milk.
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14. Give any one source of water in the environment.
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15. _______________________________ is the way of keeping an area clean.
16. Identify the body organ used for seeing.
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17. Mention any one agent of soil erosion.
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18. Name the part of an insect used for breathing.
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19. List down the legs that a spider has.
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20. State any one way of caring for crops in the garden.
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21. Name any one material at home made out of clay.
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22. __________________________ is the development of a seed into seedling.
The diagram below shoes an animal. Use it to answer questions 23
and 24.

23. Name the animal drawn above.

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24. State the way how the animal above move from one place to another.
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25. Identify any one component of air.
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26. Apart from a hen, name one other example of a domestic bird.
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27. Identify one plant that gives us fibre for making dolls.
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28. Write down the living component of the environment that gives us timber.
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29. Give any one role of a mother at home.
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30. Name any one animal that lives in water.
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31. Identify any one use of soap at home.
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32. State the month of the year with the least number of days.
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33. Suggest one way we can keep our bodies clean.
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34. Give a reason why a bean plants is said to be a flowering plant.
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35. Mention any one reason why people eat food.
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36. ____________________ is the covering of top soil with dry plant materials.
37. Name the season in which farmers harvest their crops.
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38. Name any one raw material used by plants to make their own food.
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39. Write down one product got from animal hides.
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40. Give the use of gills to a fish.
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SECTION: B

41.(a) Match the garden tools to their uses correctly.

Garden tool Use
A rake watering crops
A hoe collecting rubbish
Watering can slashing tall grass
Slasher weeding
(i) A rake: ___________________________________________________________
(ii) A hoe: ___________________________________________________________
(iii) Watering can: ___________________________________________________
(iv) Slasher: _________________________________________________________
42. A house is a living building that is used by a family.
(a) Write two materials used for constructing a permanent house.
(i) ______________________________ (ii) _________________________________
(b) Give two places where people can get building materials.
(i) ______________________________ (ii) _________________________________
43. Write 4Fs in full.
(i) __________________________________________________________________
(ii) __________________________________________________________________
(ii) __________________________________________________________________
(iv) _________________________________________________________________
44.(a) Give the meaning of personal hygiene.
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(b) Write down any two activities done to promote personal hygiene.
(i) _______________________________ (ii) ________________________________
(c) State any one danger of poor personal hygiene.
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45.(a) List down any two examples of useful insects.
(i) _______________________________ (ii) ________________________________
(b) Mention any one example of harmful insects.
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(c) Identify one way insects are dangerous to people.
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46. Below is a life-cycle of an insect. Use it to answer the questions that
follow.

(a) Name the stages A and B in the above life-cycle.

(i) A: ____________________________ (ii) B: ______________________________
(b) Name any one disease spread by the above insect.
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(c) Write down any one place where the above insect can be found.
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47. The diagram below shows the vertical arrangement of soil layers.
Use it to answer the questions that follow.

(a) Name the above vertical arrangement of soil.

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(b) Identify the best layer of soil for growing crops.
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(c) Identify the layers of soil marked C and D above.
(i) C: ___________________________ (ii) D: _______________________________
48.(a) Give the meaning of vectors.
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(b) Name any two examples of vectors.
(i) _____________________________ (ii) _________________________________

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 (b) State one way we can control vectors in our areas.
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49. The diagram below is of a food store found in Siwa Village in Tororo
District. Use it to answer the questions that follow.

(a) Name the food store shown above.

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(b) Give the importance of structures marked Z on the food store above.
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(c) Identify any two crops that can be stored in the food store above.
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50.(a) Write down any two sources of food.
(i) _____________________________ (ii) ________________________________
(b) Name the food value got from eating fruits.
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(c) Mention any two places where people get food from.
(i) _____________________________ (ii) ________________________________
51.(a) Identify any two crops planted in a nursery bed.
(i) _____________________________ (ii) ________________________________
(b) List down the methods of planting crops.
(i) _____________________________ (ii) ________________________________
52. Give the young ones of the following animals below.
(a) Goat: _________________________________________________________
(b) Cat: _________________________________________________________
(c) Pig: _________________________________________________________
(d) Cow: _________________________________________________________
53.(a) Write down any two dangerous objects at school.
(i) _____________________________ (ii) ________________________________
(b) Mention any two accidents caused by dangerous objects.
(i) _____________________________ (ii) ________________________________
54.(a) Briefly explain the meaning of soil erosion.
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 (b). Write any two agents of soil erosion.
(i) _____________________________ (ii) ________________________________
(c) Identify one way we can control soil erosion in a school compound.
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55.(a) Name the main natural source of heat and light in the environment.
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(b) Give any two artificial sources of light in the environment.
(i) _____________________________ (ii) ________________________________
(c) State one way of saving energy at home.
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