NAMAGUNGA PRIMARY BOARDING SCHOOL

TERM I HOLIDAY WORK - 2020

PRIMARY THREE – LITERACY 1B

NAME: _______________________________STREAM: ___________

SECTION A
1. Name one animal which provides milk to people.
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2. Give any one useful thing we get from bees.
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3. How is firewood useful at home?
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4. Why do we need nail clippers when cleaning our bodies?
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5. Write any one example of insects eaten by man.
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6. Name any one food that builds the body.
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7. Which animal roars for protection?
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8. What do we call crops grown for sale?
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9. Which part of a house allows in light?
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10. How is this garden tool useful to a farmer?

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 11. Name any one insect that protects itself by biting?
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12. Which childhood immunisable disease leads to lameness?
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13. Write the health practice a person should do after visiting a
toilet.
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14. Name the best type of soil for growing crops.
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15. What do we call birds kept at home?
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16. Why do animals move from place to place?
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17. Name the type of weather below.

i. __________________

18. What is formed when dead plant and animal remains rot?

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19. Which sense organ is used for tasting?

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20. Why do we need light in our classrooms?

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 21. Apart from babies name any one other group of vulnerable
people.

22. Name one animal which moves by swimming.

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23. How do we care for babies at home?
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24. State any one role of a mother in a family.
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25. Why is it bad to play with a razor blade?
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26. Apart from bandages, name any one other first aid kit.
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27. Write any one thing we make using animal skins.
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28. How are eggs from hens helpful to people?
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29. Why do we do physical body exercises?
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30. In the space below, draw this animal without legs.

snake

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 31. State any one danger of much rainfall.
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32. Name any one disease spread through drinking dirty water.
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33. How is a mop useful when cleaning the dormitory?
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34. State any one use of water at home.
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35. Which part do birds use to pick food?
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36. Why should pit latrines be kept clean?
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37. In which type of season do farmers mainly grow crops?
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38. How is clay soil useful to people?
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39. Name any one example of vegetables we eat.

40. How do farmers care for garden tools?

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SECTION B
41. a) Name the young ones of the following animals.
i) dog -_______________________
ii) duck -____________________
b). How do people care for animals at home?
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 42. What do we call plants which bear flowers?
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b). Give two examples of plants which bear flowers?
i)________________________
ii)_______________________
c) State any one use of flowers to people?

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43. The diagram below shows soil profile.

Name the soil layers A, B and C

A)________________ B)_______________
C)_________________

b) Why is the layer 1 good for growing crops?

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44. a)Write the three main body parts of an insect.

i)________________________
ii)__________________________
iii)__________________________

b). How are spiracles useful to insects?

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 45. Apart from tanks, give any two other things we use to store
water at school.

i)__________________________________

ii)___________________________________

b) How is water made dirty ?

i)___________________________________________

ii)__________________________________________

46. What are food crops?

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b) Give any two examples of food crops.

i)__________________________________________

ii)________________________________________
c) Why do people grow food crops?

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47. a) How are children mistreated at home?

i)_____________________________________________

ii)____________________________________________

b) Write any two groups of people who mistreat children at

school.
i._____________________________________________
ii)____________________________________________

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48. Match correctly.

a. bedbugs by biting

b. snails by stinging

c. bees by producing a nasty smell

d. snakes by withdrawing into hard shells.

49. a) What are non-living things?

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b) State any two characteristics of non –living things.

i)_________________________________________
ii)__________________________________________

c) Why do we need stones in our environment?

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50. a)Use the tool below to answer the question correctly.

Name the above tool.

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 b) How is the above tool useful at school?
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51. Apart from the above tool, give any two other tools we use to
clean our classroom.

i)_____________________________________________

ii)_____________________________________________

b) .Complete the table correctly.

Sense organ Use

_____________________ for vision

nose for____________________

_______________________ for tasting

ears for_______________________

52.a)What do we call a meal containing all food values in their right

amount?

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b) State any two classes of food.
i)__________________________________________
ii)__________________________________________
c) Why do we eat food?
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53.a) How do we keep our bodies clean?
i)_____________________________________________
ii)____________________________________________
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 b) State two dangers of having dirty teeth?
i)_____________________________________________

ii)____________________________________________

54.Use the diagram below to answer the questions correctly.

a). Name the above way of preserving food.

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b). Which element of weather helps the beans above to dry?
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c). Apart from beans, give any two other foods we can
preserve using the above way.
i)_________________________
ii)_________________________
55a). Give two examples of utensils.

i)_________________________________

ii)_________________________________

b) How do we keep utensils clean?

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Why should utensils be washed before serving on food?

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