LUCKY JUNIOR SCHOOL-KYENGERA

MID TERM TWO EXAMINATIONS -2024

PRIMARY THREE - ENGLISH

Time allowed: 2hours: 15mins

Name: __________________________________________________
School: __________________________________________________
SECTION A 70 MARKS:
1. Fill in the missing letters.
gar ____en mo – k – y fl______wer ele – ha- t

2. Filling in the blank spaces with a suitable word.

a) She is eating ___________apple.
b) The farmer is suffering ___________________malaria.
c) That is the man ______________gave me a gift.
2. Use the correct form of the word given in the brackets.
a. George goes to church _____________________. (day)
b. The children are __________________ football now. (play)
c. My grand father is a __________________. (farm)
d. Who has taken ________________pen? (me)
e. A cheetah is the __________________animal. (fast)
3. Name the pictures below

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4. Complete correctly by filling in the right masculine and feminine
a. Man is to woman as prince is to __________.
b. Gander is to goose as __________to ewe.
c. Stallion is to_____________ as lion is to lioness.
d. King is to queen as __________is to lady.
e. ________________is to bride as mister is to mistress.
5. Re-arrange the words in ABC order.
cat, pencil, pan, plan
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pot, pencil, plan, pot
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(b) Re-arrange the words to make correct sentences.
young is man he a.
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is your what name?
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babies sick All are the.
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6. Construct sentences using these words.
bird: __________________________________________________________
bad:__________________________________________________________
calf:__________________________________________________________
(b) Write the following in full.
Dr. _____________________________________________________________
Mon. ___________________________________________________________
tr. ___________________________________________________________
7. Write the plurals of these words.
chief ________________________________________________________
mosquito _____________________________________________________
bench _______________________________________________________
a mango_______________________________________________________
a thief_______________________________________________________

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8. Give the opposites of the underlined words.
a. Joel is a very short boy.
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b. That man stole our maize.
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c. Some pupils go to school early.

d. His cup is full.

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e. This mango is sweet.
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f. Her daughter was sick.
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g. The dog barked at the thief.
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9. Rewrite giving one word for the underlined group of words.
a. The young dogs are lying in the kennel.
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b. He was in the village for a period of seven days.
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c. We are going to a place where Christians pray from.
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d. I saw a dead young pig.
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e. A young bird sings
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10. Use ‘has’ or ‘have’ in the sentences below.
a. The girl _________________a blue pen.
b. All boys __________________gone to play football.
c. That animal ________________a very long tail.
d. It _________________ been a wonderful day
e. All books _________________ to be taken to the library

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11. Use ‘some’ or ‘any’ to fill in the gaps.
a. Daddy did not buy for me ____________gift.
b. We have ________________rivers in our division.
c. Did you see________________ in the office
d. Nakato wanted ________________ money for shopping.
e. Kamau did not have ________________means of transport to day
12. Use the correct form of the words in brackets.
a. Buses are ______________ than trains. (fast)
b. I have the ______________ book in the whole class. (neat)
c. Victoria scored the __________________ marks in Mathematics. (high)
d. Boys are _______________ than girls. (few)
e. They are _______________ than us. (quick)
f. Brian is the___________ boy. (tall)
13. Underline the odd man out.
cat, dog, rabbit, woman.
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church, school, lorry, mosque
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14. Complete the gaps below in the comparative and superlative.
Positive comparative superlative
slow __________________ __________________
soft __________________ __________________
quick __________________ __________________
tall __________________ __________________
neat __________________ __________________
bright __________________ __________________
clever __________________ __________________
cold __________________ __________________
few __________________ __________________
high __________________ __________________

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15 (A) Arrange these words to make a good story.
1. Her mother took her to hospital.
2. She was treated by the doctor.
3. Last Friday, Angel fell sick.
4. She was brought back home after treatment.
5. She told her mother that she was sick.
1. ________________________________________________________________
2. ________________________________________________________________
3. ________________________________________________________________
4. ______________________________________________________________
5. _______________________________________________________________
B
1. He marks the books and returns those books to us.
2. The teacher gives us morning work.
3. We do corrections after the teacher has marked our books.
4. Every morning, we go to school.
5. We enter our classroom and sit down.
1. ________________________________________________________________
2. ______________________________________________________________
3. ____________________________________________________________
4. ______________________________________________________________
5. ________________________________________________________________
SECTION B (30 MARKS
JOEL’S BIRTHDAY
16. Saturday 29th May, 2023 was Joel’s tenth birthday. His birthday party
was held at his home in Najjeera. He invited his friend Mark to the party.
He was standing at the door way when his sister Julie brought him a
flower.

Joel

Julie Mark

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 Questions.
1. Whose birthday party was it?
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2. How many people are in the picture?
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3. Where was the party held?
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4. How old is the birthday boy?
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5. When was the birthday party?
_____________________________________________________________________
6. In which month was the party held?
_____________________________________________________________________
7. What is the relationship between Joel and Julie?
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8. Write two small words from Saturday
(i) __________________________ (ii) __________________________
9. Name the gift that Julie gave Joel.
_____________________________________________________________________
17. Read the poem below and use it to answer the question in full
sentences.
MY LOVELY MOTHER
Mother, mother, mother
What a caring person you are!
So patient and kind
What a lovely mother I have!

When I fall sick

She keeps awake
To check on me
To feed and give me medicine
What a lovely mother I have!

Even when everyone is busy

Mother is always around

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 In every sickness
She is by my side
What a lovely mother I have!
Mataniah P.3
Questions.
(a) What is the poem about?
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(b) How many stanzas are in the poem?
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(c) Who wrote the poem?
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(d) In which class is the writer?
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(e) When does the writer’s mother keep awake?
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(f) How many lines are in the first stanza?
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(g) Where is mother when everyone is busy?
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(h) Write two small words from, mother.
(i)___________________________ (ii) ________________________
(i) Write the title of the poem in capital letters.
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18 . Use the words given in the table to complete the guided composition.

meeting, drive, crops, died, village, tired, push

of, gardens, school,

There was hunger in the _________________. Some children refused to

go to ______________because of hunger. Some people ____________

and lost lives. Farmers had no _____________ to harvest from their

___________________.

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 Most roads were also destroyed because ____________ floods. The

drivers failed to ___________the vehicles on the bad roads.

Some drivers kept on calling people to help them ___________their

cars. The people pushed cars and got very ____________. The

chairman LCI called the villagers for a ________________to solve the

problems.

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