MID-TERM I EXAMINATION 2019

PRIMARY THREE
ENGLISH
Time allowed: 2 hours 15 minutes

Name: ______________________________________________________________

School: _____________________________________________________________

FOR EXAMINER’S USE

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

2. Section A Sub-Section I has 35 questions (35 marks)

FOR EXAMINER’S USE ONLY
and Sub-Section II has 15 questions (15 marks)

3. Section B has 5 questions (50 marks) Qn. No MARK SIGN

4. Answer ALL questions. All answers to both Sections A 1 – 16

and B must be written in the spaces provided. 17– 26

27 – 35
5. All answers must be written using a blue or black ball
36 – 44
point pen or ink. Diagrams should be drawn in pencil.
45 – 50
6. Unnecessary crossing of work may lead to loss of marks.
51 – 52
7. Any handwriting that cannot be easily read may lead to
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loss of marks. 54
8. Do not fill anything in the boxes indicated 55

For Examiner’s use only. TOTAL

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SECTION A
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 Sub-section I
In each of the questions 1 to 5, complete the sentence with a correct word.
1. What ____________ your father’s name?
2. An insect ____________ six legs.
3. Both Rose ____________ Ruth play netball.
4. A ____________ teaches children.
5. There isn’t ____________ sugar in the tea.

In questions 6 to 10, use the correct form of the word given in brackets to
complete the sentence.
6. Sarah bought many ________________. (knife)
7. A plane is ________________ than a car. (fast)
8. The baby ________________ milk everyday. (drink)
9. I am ________________ food now. (eat)
10. Pauline ________________ to the market yesterday. (ride)

In questions 11 and 14, write the singular form of the underlined words.
11. William has good teeth.
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12. Who of those policemen arrested Susan?
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13. There is too much salt in the tin.
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14. Those are their houses.
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In questions 15 to 17, write full forms of the given abbreviations.

15. Rd. _______________________________

16. isn’t ____________________________

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17. Wed. ____________________________

In questions 18 and 20, arrange the given words in alphabetical order.

18. boy, buy, beg, bag
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19. fish, hyena, goat, cow
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20. one, nine, three, five
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In questions 21 to 23, re-arrange the words to form a good sentence.

21. cooking food is mother.
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22. wild animal a hyena is.
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23. goat is the grass eating.
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In questions 24 to 26, fill in the missing letters.

24. ch__ld__en
25. do___key
26. sc __ __ ol

In questions 27 to 30, use “was” or “were” to complete the sentences.

27. Kato and Wasswa ____________________ fighting an hour ago.
28. He __________________ not at home last night.
29. There __________________ some water in the jug.
30. The nurse __________________ so rude to the patient.

In questions 31 to 34, circle the correct spelling.

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31. faruty, fourty, frouty, forty
32. garden, graden, gdraen gaerden
33. sekan, sanke, snake, skean
34. writing, writting, wrtting wirting

In questions 35 and 36, use the given word in a sentence.

35. here _____________________________________________________________
36. ear _____________________________________________________________

In questions 37 and 40, give one word for the underlined group of words.
37. I saw a young dog in the kennel.
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38. Moses was born in the fifth month of the year.
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39. The class monitor told us not to make noise.
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40. Moslems are in their place of worship.
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Sub-section II
In questions 41 to 50, re-write as instructed in the brackets.
41. It rained heavily. We didn’t go to school. (Join using: ………because…….)
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42. Mary has a pen. Sarah has a pen. (Join using: ………and………)
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43. Here is the man. His son is a doctor. (Use ………who………...)
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44. John is short. James is shorter. (Join using: …..than…….)

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45. William is young. He is already in school. (Join using: ………but……..)
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46. This is a leaf. (Re-write the sentence beginning: These……..)
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47. Luke likes drawing more than shading. (Join using: ………prefers……..)
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48. Here is the book. I bought it yesterday. (Use: …………which……….)
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49. Susan is weak. She cannot walk to school. (Join using: ………..too…………to)
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50. david is reading a book (Punctuate the sentence correctly.)
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SECTION B
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51A Read the story and answer the questions in full sentences.
There was a storm yesterday afternoon. Strong wind blew and it broke some
trees. Joseph and Sarah took shelter on the verandah. Some pupils took shelter inside
the classrooms.
Musoke didn’t want to take shelter. He went on playing. Mr. Tito the classteacher
saw him. He told him to stop playing in the rain. Mr. Tito told him, It is not good to play
in the rain, you will fall sick. Musoke entered the classroom but he was wet. He was
feeling cold.
Questions:
(a) What happened yesterday?
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(b) Where did Joseph and Sarah take shelter?
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(c) Who didn’t shelter?
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(d) What is the name of the classteacher in the story?
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(e) Is it good to play in the rain?
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51B. Complete the table below.

(a) write _________________ wrote

(b)
_________________ going went

(c) come _______________ came

(d) ________________ dancing danced

(e) speak _______________ spoke

52A Re-arrange the sentences below to form correct sentences.

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 a) As he was digging, he saw a snake.
b) Yesterday, Tom woke up early.
c) He dressed up and got his hoe.
d) He hit it on the head with a hoe.
e) He went to the garden.
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52B.
a) He met a mad man.
b) Tom was going to school.
c) Who was talking to himself.
d) And ran back home.
e) Tom got very scared.
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53. Make correct sentences from the table.

teachers at our school.
are many water in the jug.
There is much stoves in our school.
builders in our town.
salt in the sauce.
sand in our village.

(a) _____________________________________________________________
(b) _____________________________________________________________
(c) _____________________________________________________________
(d) _____________________________________________________________
(e) _____________________________________________________________

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53B. Match correctly.
A doctor drives motor vehicles
A teacher works in a pharmacy
A pharmacist treats sick people
A barber teaches children
A driver works in a school
works in a salon
works in a barber’s shop
(a) ____________________________________________________________
(b) ____________________________________________________________
(c) ____________________________________________________________
(d) ____________________________________________________________
(e) ____________________________________________________________

54. Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow in full
sentences.
I have a little cough sir.
In my little chest sir.
Every time I cough sir
It gives me a little pain, sir
Ahem Ahem Ahem
There it is again sir.

Questions
(a) What is the writer suffering from?
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(b) When does the writer cough?
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(c) How many lines does the poem have?
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(d) Is the writer an adult or a child?
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(e) Where is the little cough?
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(f) How many stanzas does the poem have?
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(g) Give the opposite of these words.
(i) sir ______________________
(ii) little __________________________
(h) Write a small word from the word again. _________________
(i) Write the plural of “my” _____________________________

55. Use the words given in the box below to complete the story.
shoes wakes, because, school, comers
smart, early, want, iron, run

Kato ___________________ up very ___________________ in the morning to start

preparing himself to go to ___________________. He has to ___________________ his
uniform and polish his ___________________ in order to look ___________________.
Sometimes he has to ___________________ all the way to school _________________
his teacher does not ___________________ late ___________________.

Good Luck.

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