MID-TERM I EXAMINATION 2019

PRIMARY THREE
LITERACY I
Time allowed: 2 hours 15 minutes

Name: ___________________________________________STREAM: _________________

School: _____________________________________________________________________

FOR EXAMINER’S USE ONLY

Read the following instructions carefully:
1. The paper has two sections: A and B

2. Section A has 40 questions (40 marks)

3. Section B has 15 questions (60 marks) FOR EXAMINER’S USE ONLY

4. Answer ALL questions. All answers to both Sections A

Qn. No MARK SIGN
and B must be written in the spaces provided.
1 – 10
5. All answers must be written using a blue or black ball
11 – 20
point pen or ink. Diagrams should be drawn in pencil.
21 – 30
6. Unnecessary crossing of work may lead to loss of marks.
31 – 40
7. Any handwriting that cannot be easily read may lead to 41 – 43
loss of marks. 44 – 46

8. Do not fill anything in the boxes indicated For Examiner’s 47 – 49

use only. 50 – 52

53 – 55

Turn over TOTAL

SECTION A
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 For questions 1 to 5, fill in the correct words.
1. _________________ is a mixture of gases.
2. The best soil for growing crops is _________________ soil.
3. A potter uses _________________ to make pots and bowls.
4. Plants get _________________ from soil.
5. We must _________________ our hands after visiting the toilet.

In each of the questions 6 to 15, complete the sentence with a suitable

word from the brackets.
6. Plants use their _________________ to make food. (lives, leaves)
7. Oxygen is part of _________________. (hair, air)
8. _________________ spread diseases. (Fries, Flies)
9. We make _________________ from animal skins. (bugs, bags)
10. Birds use their _________________ to keep warm. (fathers, feathers)
11. We get _________________ from sheep. (wood, wool)
12. The nearest _________________ gives us rain. (crowd, cloud)
13. We can use umbrellas in _________________ weather. (sunny, suny)
14. The gas needed by plants is _____________________. (oxygen, carbon dioxide)
15. Bees give us ___________________. (works, wax)

For questions 16 and 17, make a sentence using each word given below.
16. humus _________________________________________________________
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17. vapour _________________________________________________________
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Write the following abbreviations in full.

18. PHC ___________________________________________________________
19. T.B ____________________________________________________________
20. Dr. ____________________________________________________________
Use the diagram below to answer questions 21 to 23.
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21. What is the weather like?
__________________________________________________________________
22. Why do you think it is day time?
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
23. Name the source of heat shown above?
__________________________________________________________________

For questions 24 to 27, give the way of movement for each animal.
24. Man moves by ___________________________________________________
25. Dogs move by __________________________________________________
26. Caterpillar moves by _____________________________________________
27. Fish move by ________________________________________________

Give one word for the underlined group of words.

28. The soil for making pots is got from swamps.
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29. The growing of a seed into a seedling.
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30. A young hen lives in our house.
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For questions 31 to 34, complete the sentence correctly.
31. Wool is to sheep as _________________ is to rabbit.
32. Cub is to lion as kid is to __________________.
33. A bird lives in a _________________ but a snake lives in a hole.
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34. We wear __________________ clothes in hot weather but in cold weather we
wear heavy clothes.
35. Which of these insects is harmful to man? Grasshopper, wasps, white ants,
butterflies
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36. Which of these is not a gas? Carbon dioxide, nitrogen, mercury, oxygen.
__________________________________________________________________
37. The following are components of soil. Which one is not? water, air, living
organisms, clouds _________________________________________________
38. Which one of the following is not a natural change?
rusting, landslides, cutting a tree, windy weather
__________________________________________________________________

In questions 39 and 40, read and answer Yes or No.

39. Is a young plant called a nestling? ____________________
40. Is our skin a sense organ? _______________________

SECTION B (60 marks)

41. Study the experiment below and answer the questions that follow.
cover
X
soil

a) Name the parts marked X and Y.

i) X __________________________________________________________________
ii) Y __________________________________________________________________
b) What does the experiment above tell us about soil?
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
c) Give the use of soil to farmers.

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 __________________________________________________________________
42. Read the changes below and answer questions that follow.
i) movement of clouds
ii) ripening of fruits
iii) movement of air
iv) removal of top soil by running water
v) germination
a) Write two changes that occur in the sky.
i) __________________________________________________________________
ii) __________________________________________________________________
b) Write two changes that occur in plants.
i) __________________________________________________________________
ii) __________________________________________________________________

43. Match the problem in A to the way of solving it in B correctly.

A (problem) B (way of solving it)
a) Floods by mulching the garden.
b) drought by painting all metals
c) Rusting by planting many trees to form rain.
d) Soil erosion by digging trenches for passage of water.

44. Circle the odd member in each list below.

A B C D

Flower Black jack Sunshine Top soil

Leaf Squirrels Rainfall Sub soil
Stem Star grass Water vapour Loam soil
Air Mat grass Temperature Gravel & stones
Roots Milk grass Erosion

45 Study the diagram below and answer questions that follow.

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(a) Name the parts marked A, B and C.
i) A __________________________________________________________________
ii) B __________________________________________________________________
iii) C __________________________________________________________________
b) What is the use of the body part shown above?
__________________________________________________________________
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46. The sentence below are not arranged in order. Re-arrange them in order
to make a good story about “Deforestation”.
- This makes the land infertile.
- Deforestation is the cutting down of trees without planting new ones.
- When rain falls, the water easily washes away top soil.
- It leaves the land without any covering.
Good story
(a) _____________________________________________________________
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(b) ____________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
(c) _______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
(d) _______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________

47. Tick the way of keeping our school compound clean.

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 reading running slashing

sweeping picking dancing

praying singing scrubbing

48a) Identify the soil type with the arrangement of particles shown below.

i)
_____________________

ii) ______________________

iii) _______________________

b) What is soil texture?

______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
49. Read and answer True or False
a) Drought causes floods. ________________________
b) Strong wind is an agent of erosion. ____________________
c) A scald or burn is a natural change. _____________________
d) Overspeeding can cause an accident. ____________________
50 Draw these things we use to keep our homes clean.

dustbin broom slasher hoe

51a) What are mulches?

________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
b) Mention two examples of mulches.

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i) ________________________________________________________________
ii) ________________________________________________________________
c) Give one reason why people mulch their gardens.
________________________________________________________________
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52. Use the lifecycle of an insect below and answer questions that follow.

a) Name the stages marked P and Q.

i) P ________________________________________________________________
ii) Q ________________________________________________________________
b) Write two harmful things insects do to people.
i) ________________________________________________________________
ii) ________________________________________________________________

53. Read the passage below and fill in the missing words.
(Aluminium, Iron, Oxygen, metal)
Rust is a reddish brown substance that forms on a __________________. It
occurs when a metal is left in a dump place that has plenty of
_________________. Examples of Metals include iron, steel, Aluminium and
copper. __________________ and steel can rust while ______________________
and copper do not rust.
54a) Write any two problems of too much rain in an area.
i) ________________________________________________________________
ii) ________________________________________________________________
b) Mention the instrument used to measure rainfall.
________________________________________________________________
c) Which tool can you use to protect yourself from rain?

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 ________________________________________________________________

55. The list below shows foods. Use it to answer the following questions.
Cassava
Mango
Sugarcane
Sweet potatoes
a) Which food in the list is a fruit?
________________________________________________________________
b) Which food is a stem?
________________________________________________________________
c) Write two foods which are roots.
i) ________________________________________________________________
ii) ________________________________________________________________

Good Luck

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