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MID TERM 1 EXAMS 2025
PRIMARY THREE
ENGLISH
For Examiner’s
Time Allowed: 2hours 15 minutes
Name: ______________________________________________
use only
A
School: _____________________________________________
B

Class: ___________________________________________
TOTAL
SECTION A
Fill in the blank space with a suitable word.
1. We like rice more ______________________ posho.
2. This is the man ________________________ took our goat away.
3. ____________________ are you standing here?
4. The doctor is ___________________ a patient now.
5. Farmers keep ____________________ for both mutton and wool.
6. Stop shouting _____________________ your friends.
Write the abbreviations in full.
7. T V _____________________________ 9. Dr. _____________________________
8. shan’t __________________________
Use the words in brackets to complete the sentences.
10. Patrick ______________________ for milk yesterday. (cry)
11. February is the _______________________ month of the year. (two)
12. Where __________________ your father work? (do)
13. Nankya ____________________ her skirt last Sunday. (cut)
14. This bag is __________________ . (my)
15. Sugar is sold ________________ at Mwebe’s shop. (cheap)
16. A lorry is _______________ than a car. (heavy)
17. Susan taught ___________________ how to play the piano. (she)
Arrange the words in alphabetical order.
18. Ritah , Betty, Charity, Mary
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19. cow, goat, sheep, dog.
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20. apple, pineapple, orange, mango
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Join the words to form one big word.
21. tea and pot ____________________________
22. bed and room ____________________________
Re-write the sentences giving the opposite of the underlined word.
23. My shirt is wet.
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24. This is the tallest building in the school.
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25. Why have you picked a heavy stick?
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Arrange these words to form a correct sentence.
26. father a His fisherman is.
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27. smart a he boy What is!
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28. Three in Mary is Primary?
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Re-write the sentence giving a single word for the underlined group of words.
29. My mother bought oranges, apples and mangoes.
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30. She has bought good chairs, tables and cupboards.
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31. His dog produced five young ones.
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Underline the noun in the sentences below.
32. The man is sitting down.
33. Your sweater is torn.
34. I come from Gulu.
Write the plural form of the following words.
35. key _______________________
36. watch _________________________
37. pair of shorts _______________________
Fill in the spaces with ‘many’ or ‘much’.
38. He has ______________________ ducks on his farm.
39. Jalia put ______________________ salt in the sauce.
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40. How __________________ books did she buy?
41. Betty has too ____________________ work to do.
Complete the simile correctly.
42. As slow as ____________________________
SUB – SECTION II
Re-write the sentence as instructed in the brackets.
43. I fell down. I was walking down the stairs. (Join using:……….when……….)
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44. Mother was cooking. The children were washing clothes. (Join
using:…….while…………..)
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45. Mummy is a teacher. Daddy is a teacher. (Begin: Both………………….)
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46. I met the woman. Her daughter was kind to me. (Use:…….whose………..)
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47. That is the hospital. Our grandfather worked there. (Use:……..where……)
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48. He did not come to school. He was sick. (Join using:…….because………)
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49. We have money. We can buy meat. (Join using:……..enough to……………)
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50. I like football. I don’t like volleyball. (Join using:……….prefer………..)
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SECTION B
51. Read the passage and answer the questions that follow in full sentences.
PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY
People in Kasawo village are very hardworking. Most of them are farmers.
They grow crops and keep animals like cows, goats, sheep and birds like
chicken. They also carry out dairy farming and have many dairy cows. The
neighbouring Kiwoko village gets milk from dairy farms of Kasawo village.

People in Kasawo village are very happy because they have a big swamp
where they go fishing. Fishing is a very good business. They eat fish and sell
some of them to get money. People also get papyrus from the swamps for
making local crafts. These crafts are bought by people from the nearby town.
Questions
a) What is the passage about?
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 b) Which village is talked about in the passage?
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c) Write one animal the people in the village keep.
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d) What type of farming do people in Kasawo practice?
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e) Which village gets milk from Kasawo village?
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f) Why are the people in Kasawo village very happy?
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g) Why do people of Kasawo village sell fish?
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h) What is papyrus used for?

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i) Which people buy the crafts?
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j) Give the opposite of the underlined word in the story.
Happy _____________________________________

52. A) Re-arrange the sentences to form a meaningful story.

a) He called her mother for help.
b) She started bleeding.
c) The broken bottle went deep.
d) She stepped on a broken bottle.
e) Yesterday, Pamela was playing in the grass.
a) __________________________________________________________________
b) __________________________________________________________________
c) __________________________________________________________________
d) __________________________________________________________________
e) ___________________________________________________________________
B) Form five correct sentences from the table.
I firewood.
buy
We paraffin.
sell
Musa shall stove.
carry
Zahara will charcoal.
cook
The pupils kites.
make
kato a pot.

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 i) _______________________________________________________________
ii) _______________________________________________________________
iii) _______________________________________________________________
iv) _______________________________________________________________
v) _______________________________________________________________
53. A. Study John’s shopping list for every weekend and answer the questions
in full sentences.
Item Amount
1kg of beef 10, 000/=
1 loaf of bread 4,500/=
A litre of milk 2,000/=
1 packet of tea leaves 500/=
Total 17,000/=
Questions
i) Which item on the list is the cheapest?
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ii) How many items are on the shopping list?
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iii) How much does a kilogram of meat cost?
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iv) Which item costs four thousand five hundred shillings?
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v) Whose shopping list is shown above?
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53.B) Complete the table below.
Verb Continuous tense Past tense
put __________________ put
bite biting __________________
go going __________________
_________________ giving gave

sit __________________ sat

54. A) Complete the table below.
Positive Comparative Superlative
big bigger ___________________
light ___________________ lightest
good ___________________ best
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 cleaner cleanest
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__________________ slower ____________________

54. B) Use ‘Yes’ or ‘No’.

i) Animals lay eggs. ________________________________
ii) Doctors treat sick people in hospitals. ______________________
iii) Good children always disobey their parents. ____________________
iv) A young one of a dog is a puppy. ____________________
v) Insect build nests to live in. ______________________
55. A) Study the calendar and answer the questions that follow in full sentences.
SUN MON TUE WED THURS FRI SAT
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30

KEY
PUBLIC HOLIDAYS
Martyrs’ day
Heroes’ day
Questions
a) For which month is the calendar above?
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b) On which day did the month begin?
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c) How many Fridays were in that month?
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d) Write Sat. in full.
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e) Why is 3rd on this calendar observed every year?
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55. B) Match people to their places of work.
Reverend garden
Carpenter office
Nurse church
Farmer workshop
Secretary hospital

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