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DISTINCTION

GRADE 6

ENCYCLOPAEDIA

ANSWER BOOKLET

QUALITY IS OUR
CONCERN

COMPETENCY BASED CURRICULUM

DISTINCTION ENCYCLOPAEDIA i GRADE 6 ANSWERS


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DISTINCTION ENCYCLOPAEDIA ii GRADE 6 ANSWERS


Table of Contents

1. Mathematics 1

2. English 10

3. Kiswahili 20

4. Science 39

5. Agriculture 43

6. Social Studies 46

7. CRE 54

8. IRE 56

7. Home Science 63

8. Physical and Health Education 66

11. Music 76

12. Art and Craft 78

DISTINCTION ENCYCLOPAEDIA iii GRADE 6 ANSWERS


DISTINCTION ENCYCLOPAEDIA iv GRADE 6 ANSWERS
MATHEMATICS GRADE 6 ANSWERS
Practice exercise 2
NUMBERS
1. Total value b) 1093765
Whole numbers a) 607482 1000000
Practice exercise 1 600000 0
1. Place value chart 0 90000
Number 7000 3000

Ten thousands
400 700
Hundreds of

Thousands
thousands
80 60

Hundreds
Millions

2 5

Ones
Tens
c) 2913785 d) 942738
2000000 900000
a) 397214 3 9 7 2 1 4 900000 40000
b) 654321 6 5 4 3 2 1 10000 2000
c) 6345019 6 3 4 5 0 1 9 3000 700
d) 4967639 4 9 6 7 6 3 9 700 30
e) 8481739 8 4 8 1 7 3 9 80 8
2. a) 5 – ones 5
1 – ten
2 – hundreds e) 47386 f) 7230865
7 – thousands 40000 7000000
9 – Tens of thousands 7000 200000
3 – Hundreds of thousands 300 30000
4 – millions 80 0
b) 1- one 6 800
2 – tens 60
6 – hundreds 5
7 – thousands 3. 700000
8 – ten thousands 4. 90000
9 – hundreds of thousands 5. 0
c) 5256054 6. a) 40000
4 – ones b) 7000000
5 – tens c) 900000
0 – hundred d) 900000
6 – thousands e) 300
5 – ten thousands 7. 2 – hundreds of thousands
2 – hundreds of thousands
5 – millions Practice activity 3
d) 9989341 1. a) 4028 – four thousand and twenty eight
1 – one b) 9391 – Nine thousand three hundred
4 – tens and ninety one
3 – hundreds c) 64307 – sixty four thousand three
9 – thousands hundred and seven
8 – tens of thousands d) 73939 – seventy three thousand nine
9 – hundreds of thousands hundred and thirty nine.
9 – millions e) 80056 – eighty thousand and fifty six
2. a) 23 976 – twenty three thousand nine
3. 2 – hundreds of thousands hundred and seventy six
4. a) 7 b) 8 c) 2 b) 68 213 – sixty eight thousand two
5. 4 – hundreds of thousands hundred and thirteen
c) 95 108 – ninety five thousand one
hundred and eight
DISTINCTION ENCYCLOPAEDIA 1 GRADE 6 ANSWERS
d) 99999 – ninety nine thousand nine Practice activity 7
hundred and ninety nine 1. a) 169 b) 289
3. a) 87532 –eighty seven thousand five c) 441 d) 1600
hundred and thirty two 2. a) 81 b) 49
b) 23575 – twenty three thousand five c) 144 d) 324
hundred and seventy five e) 729 f) 1296
4. Two hundred and seventy three thousand g) 2916 h) 5625
eight hundred and sixteen 3. a) 529 b) 1156
5. a) 54 365 - fifty four thousand three c) 6561 d) 8836
hundred and sixty five e) 256 f) 2809
b) 64354 – sixty four thousand three g) 5929 h) 3136
hundred and fifty four 4. 36 square metres
c) 89 897 – eighty nine thousand eight 5. 2025
hundred and ninety seven 6. 100 square metres
d) 99 867 – ninety nine thousand eight
hundred and sixty seven Practice activity 8
1. a) 11 b) 17
Practice activity 4 c) 18 d) 23
1. a) Fourty four thousand seven hundred and e) 25
sixty seven 2. a) 6 b) 13
b) ninety three thousand and sixty four c) 14 d) 12
c) eighty seven thousand four hundred and e) 26 f) 9
eight g) 10 h) 16
d) ninety six thousand five hundred and forty 3. a) 7 b) 15
2. a) 89 536 b) 47717 c) 30 d) 600
c) 56430 d) 60 719 e) 24 f) 45
e) 99360 g) 33 h) 90
3. 76000 i) 100
4. 83 949 4. 50 m
5. 33 039 5. 7 glasses
6. a) 27 tiles b) 870 cm
Practice activity 5
1. a) 80606, 86006, 86026, 86116, 86206 Multiplication
b) 210800, 211160, 211280, 218432, 231248 Practice activity 1
c) 180025, 180052, 180502, 185002, 850020 1. a) 17605 b) 35724
d) 606666, 660006, 660060, 660600, 660660 c) 38898 d) 37198
2. Kimani,Vincent, Amina e) 18441 f) 53578
3. a) 11100, 11011, 11010, 11001 2. a) 10494 b) 9615
b) 23020, 22300, 22203, 22023 c) 18864 d) 14133
c) 49153, 45916, 45691, 45169 3. 31150 km
d) 83522, 83225, 38225, 38215 4. 48500
e) 99999, 90990, 90909, 89909 5. 9388
Practice activity 6 Practice activity 2
1. a) 87000 b) 77000 1. a) 629820 b) 49400
c) 57000 d) 61000 c) 97382
2. a) 14000 b) 99 000
c) 77000 d) 30000 2. a) 96292 b) 253880
e) 76000 f) 25000 c) 139706 d) 468724
g) 92000 h) 100000 3. sh. 100500
3. 100000 square kilometres 4. sh. 30900
4. Sh. 88000 5. 170172 masks
5. 36000 6. Assess the relevant answer
6. 99450

DISTINCTION ENCYCLOPAEDIA 2 GRADE 6 ANSWERS


Practice activity 3 Fractions
1. a) 69000 b) 133200 Practice activity 1
c) 101000 d) 25600 1. a) 8 b) 12
e) 125700 f) 118800 c) 30 d) 36
2. 115200 exercise books e) 56 f) 48
3. 406800 seedlings g) 15 h) 24
4. 246300 litres
5. a) 51600 b) 132500 2. 20 books
c) 134100 d) 176000 3. 24
e) 166400 f) 334200 4. 42
6. a) 504000 b) 275700 5. 12 minutes
c) 355200
Practice activity 2
Practice activity 4 1.
1. a) 256 b) 1620 a) 3 b) 11 c) 5 d) 13
c) 5625 d) 637, 1001 4 15 6 14
e) 560, 1120 f) 1764, 1681 e) 11 f) 7 g) 1 h) 7
2. a) 250, 500, 1000, 2000 15 9 3 15
b) 10, 50, 250, 1250 2.
c) 3, 6, 12, 24
d) Assess relevant answer. a) 1 b) 7 c) 2 d) 1
4 15 9 5
3. 2600, 3000, 3400, 3800, 4200, 4600, 5000
4. Assess the learner e) 4 f) 1 g) 1 h) 5
15 8 16 14
3.
DIVISION
7 1 11
Practice activity 1 a) 15 b) 1 3 c) 12
1. a) 180 b) 71 rem 4
c) 202 d) 180 rem 7 5 3 1
d) 12 e) 8 f) 15
2. a) 20 b) 9 rem 2
c) 21 d) 40 4. 1 5. 13 6. 4
e) 8 rem 7 f) 11 2 42 15
3. 48 learners Practice activity 3
4. 64 books 1.
5. 30 crates
a) 5 b) 2 c) 7
6. 93 packets 46 6 15 7 12

Practice activity 2 d) 1 e) 11 f) 5
10 4 5 40 6 12
1. a) 126 rem 10 b) 89 rem 10
2.
c) 255 d) 39 rem 10
e) 84 rem 10 f) 96 rem 40 a) 1 b) 1 c) 1
24 9 15 36
2. a) 39 rem 110 b) 61 rem 125
c) 25 rem 140 d) 38 rem 20 d) 1 e) 3 f) 5
1 12 34 3 12
3. 440 tree seedlings
4. 50.93 litres 3 5
5. 200818 eggs 3. 2 4 4. 6 8

Practice activity 3 Practice activity 4


1. a) 1768 b) 1536 1. Assess fractions formed
c) 144 d) 386 2.
2. a) 224 b) 68 a) 11 b) 9 c) 13 d) 12
c) 133 d) 351 5 3 =3 11 17
3. a) 615 b) 2040
e) 3 f) 15 g) 1 h) 1
c) 638 d) 427 13 19 5 8

DISTINCTION ENCYCLOPAEDIA 3 GRADE 6 ANSWERS


1) 12 j) 8 k) 5 l) 11

Decimal point

Thousandths
7 4 9

thousandths
hundredths
m) 20 n) 7 o) 4 p) 15
11 4 3 14

tenths
Practice activity 5

ones
tens

Ten
1. Number
4 25 9 a) 60.1578 6 0 . 1 5 7 8
a) 49 b) 81 c) 25
b) 72.034 7 2 . 0 3 4
49 36 4 c)19.0005 1 9 . 0 0 0 5
d) 10 e) 81 f) 121
d) 1.2636 1 . 2 6 3 4
2. 3. a) 6 – hundredths
16 25 1 b) 7 – thousandths
a) 81 b) 49 c) 12 4
c) 4 – ten thousandths
d) 5 49
11
e) 121
196
f) 32 9
1 d) 9 – thousandths
e) 1 – ten thousandth
3. 246 46 f) 1 – tenth
49 g) 8 – ten thousandths
Practice activity 6
h) 3 – thousandths
50 60 80 90
1. 100 2. 100 3. 100 4. 100 4. digit 6
70 75 56 8. 85 Practice activity 2
5. 100 6. 100 7. 100 100 1. a) 2.8 b) 11.2
c) 9.5 d) 15.3
Practice activity 7 2. a) 0.27 b) 2.98
1. c) 11.77 d) 79.11
a) 80% b) 90% c) 70% d) 84% 3. a) 11.263 b) 43.988
e) 50% f) 75% g) 92% h) 87.5% c) 21. 009 d) 1.235
2. 4. a) 3.72 b) 34.2
a) 39 3 6 24 c) 34.569 d) 23.246
50
b) 10 c) 25 d) 25 5. a) 0.224 b) 4.957
e) 7 13 79 h) 9 c) 355.769 d) 76.908
10 f) 20 g) 100 25 6. a) 34.27 b) 98.35
c) 56.00 d) 34.50
3. 4 4. 60% e) 33.00
5

Decimals Practice activity 3


Practice activity 1 1.
1. Place value chart a) 25
3
b) 20
9
c)
4
d) 25
12
5
Thousandths

thousandths

1 11 9 3
hundredths

e) 25 f) 20 g) 100 h) 3 4
Decimal

tenths

2. 1 3. 1
point
ones
tens

2 4
Ten

Number 4. a) 0.5 b) 0.25


a) 7.635 7 . 6 3 5 c) 0.28 d) 0.82
b) 93.0125 9 3 . 0 1 2 5 e) 0.4 f) 1.125
c) 5.9134 5 . 9 1 3 4 g) 3.25 h) 0.625
2. Assess the learners as shown in the 5. 0.875
following table.
Practice activity 4
1. a) 40% b) 60% c) 25% d) 50%
e) 75% f)20% g) 150% h) 80 %
2. 70 % 3. 55%
DISTINCTION ENCYCLOPAEDIA 4 GRADE 6 ANSWERS
Practice activity 5 Practice activity 3
1. a) 0.4 b) 0.25 1. a) 60mm b) 90mm
c) 0.005 d) 0.3 c) 110mm d) 240mm
e) 0.1 f) 0.78 e) 150mm f) 70mm
g)0.35 h) 0.06 g) 140mm h) 180mm
i) 0.5 j) 0.6 2. a) 56mm b) 37mm
2. 0.80 c) 93mm d) 145mm
3. 0.45 e) 129mm f) 88mm
4. 0.08 g) 116mm h) 15mm
3. 160mm
Practice activity 6 4. 26mm
1. a) 22.94 b) 163.383
c) 62.893 d) 90.749 Practice activity 4
e) 8.327 f) 232.871 1. a) 8cm 9mm b) 17cm 2mm
2. a) 21.516 b) 36.841 c) 17cm 0mm d) 30cm 6mm
c) 102.5744 d) 132.49 e) 62cm 8mm f) 77cm 7mm
3. 0.9857 2. 68cm 4mm
4. 199% 3. 90cm 5mm
5. Assess the relevant answers 4. 28cm 7mm
5. 2cm 3mm
Practice activity 7
1. a) 9.12 b) 124.8719 Practice activity 5
c) 17.801 d) 13.17 1. a) 16cm 1mm b) 4cm 8mm
e) 29.1339 f) 41.53 c) 28 cm 1mm d) 7cm 9mm
2. a) 3.979 b) 6.5768 e) 9cm 0mm f) 4cm 0mm
c) 18.677 d) 3.551
2. 2cm 3mm
7529
3. 10000 3. 6cm 4 mm
4. 5.237 4. 6cm 9mm
5. 2.423
6. 190.6 Practice activity 6
7. Assess 1. a) 47cm 0mm b) 25cm 1mm
c) 99cm 2mm d) 63cm 6mm
MEASUREMENT e) 124cm 0mm f) 130cm 9mm
2. 62 cm
Length 3. 79cm 2mm
Practice activity 1
4. 82cm 8mm
1. Assess all the objects measurement are
about 1mm to 3mm
2. a) 37mm or 3.7cm Practice activity 7
b) 56mm or 5.6 cm 1. a) 6cm 2mm b) 4cm 1mm
c) 47 mm or 4.7 cm c) 5cm 4mm d) 5cm 3mm
d) 28mm or 2.8 cm e) 5cm 9mm f) 6cm 2cm
2. 12cm 3mm
Practice activity 2 3. 10cm 7mm
1. a) 6cm b)4cm
c) 3cm d) 9cm Practice activity 8
e) 2cm f) 10cm 1. Assess
2. a) 5cm 9mm b) 8cm 8mm 2. Assess
c) 15cm 4mm d) 72cm 6mm 3. Assess
e) 63cm 8 mm
3. 13cm Practice activity 9
4. 8cm 7mm 1. a) 7cm b) 13cm
5. 18cm 0mm c) 28cm d) 14cm
e) 11cm f) 33cm

DISTINCTION ENCYCLOPAEDIA 5 GRADE 6 ANSWERS


2. a) 16cm b) 48cm 8. Assess the conversion of units from
c) 84 cm d) 130mm millilitres to litres and vice versa.
e) 168cm f) 176cm
3. 70cm Mass
4. 70cm Practice activity 1
5. o 1. Sand, sugarcane, cement, vehicles, timber
6. etc
7. 140 cm 2. tonnes – tractor, car, elephant, rhino,
cargoboxes, truck, huge stone
Area kilograms – table, a tuktuk, bicycle,
Practice activity 1 motocycle
1. a) 70cm2 b) 48cm2 3. assess
c) 150cm2
d) 67.5cm2 4. Assess the learner’s work
2. a) 72cm2 b) 81cm2
c) 400cm2
Practice activity 2
3. 150cm2 1. 1 tonne = 1000kg
4. 75cm2 2. a) 1000 kg b) 2000 kg
5. 3000cm2 c) 5000 kg d) 10000 kg
6. 84cm2 3. Assess examples
7. 408cm²
Practice activity 3
Practice activity 2 1. a) 3 tonnes b) 7 tonnes
1. a) 18cm2 b) 30cm2 c) 12 tonnes d) 26 tonnes
c) 25cm2
d) 72cm2 2. a) 11000 kg b) 13000 kg
2. 116cm2 c) 21000 kg d) 9400 kg
3. a) 61cm2 b) 80cm2 e) 7500 kg f) 14250 kg
c) 144cm2 d) 70cm2 g) 23500 kg h) 8750 kg
4. 46cm 2
3. 2000 kg
4. 6000 kg = 6 tonnes
Capacity
Practice activity 1 Practice activity 4
1. a) 1 litre b) 1litre 1. a) 54t 660 kg b) 22t 370 kg
c) 2000ml d) 3000cm3 =3000ml c) 40t 730kg d) 60t 550kg
e) 29t 70kg f) 22t 500kg
2. 1000 cubic centimetres g) 37t 600kg h) 46t 908kg
3. 1000ml 2. 300t 359kg
3. 12t 300kg
Practice activity 2 4. a) 3t 220kg b) 6t 850kg
1. a) 4litres b) 8litres c) 13t 300kg d) 17t 970kg
c) 12lites
5. 1t 230kg
2. conversion chart 6. 13t 870kg
Capacity in litres(l) Capacity in
Practice activity 5
millilitres(ml)
1. a) 29tonnes b) 68t 110kg
4 4000 c) 69t 200kg d) 383t 200kg
7.5 7500 2. 50t 400kg
90 90000 3. 85t 750kg
95 95000 4. 9t 500kg
3. 90 litres 5. a) 6t 200kg b) 9t 120kg
4. 50000ml c) 8t 800kg d) 5t 400kg
5. 800000ml e) 5t 430kg f) 4t 80kg
6. 160000ml 6. 940kg
7. 70litres
DISTINCTION ENCYCLOPAEDIA 6 GRADE 6 ANSWERS
Time Practice activity 3
Practice activity 1 1. income tax – tax paid by teachers, police
1. 1:20pm officers
2. 5:30am Value added tax – goods (bread, salt , sug-
3. 3:30am ar etc) and services (printing,etc)
4. 11:30am 2. sh 3100 3. sh 260
5. 6:00 am 4. sh 54500 5. sh 21000
6. 3:00am 6. Assess the answers
7. a) sh 8700
Practice activity 2 b) sh 478
1. a) 2:00am b) 5:00am c) to carry out development of roads,
c) 6:00am d) 10:00pm hospitals, schools and provide essential
e)10:00am f)11:00am services to citizens
g) 8:00pm
2. Yes, because the time is the same. Practice activity 4
1. sh 100
Practice activity 3 2. sh 500
1. a) 5:40pm b) 7:00 am 3. sh 840
c) 9:40 am d) 11:00pm 4. assess the answers
e) 6:30am f) 6:00pm 5. Assess on digital devices
2. a) 1900hours b) 2145hours
c) 0800hours d) 0430hours GEOMETRY
e) 0105 hours f) 1415 hours LINES
Practice activity 1
3. a) 11:00pm b) 4:20pm 1. Assess the parallel lines
c) 4:45pm d) 10:00am
Practice activity 2
4. a) 6hours Assess accurate drawing
b) 6 hours 15 minutes
c) 5 hours 15 minutes Practice activity 3
d) 8:00am Assess accurate drawing
e) 1415 hours
f) 1500 hours Angles
Practice activity 1
Money 1. a) Angle ABD = 350 and angle CBD = 1450
Practice activity 1 b) angle NFE = 1150 and angle GFN = 650
1. Budget c) angle JKM = 400 and angle LKM = 1400
2. Sugar, salt, bread, sweet, book and pencil d) angle QTP = 600 and angle QTR = 600
3. To avoid buying what we don’t need. and angle STQ = 1200
Not to waste money 2. a) 900 b) 1600
Not to forget what to buy c) 850 d) 500
Assess any relevant answer
Practice activity 2
Practice activity 2 1. a) 61º b) 420
1. a) profit of sh 100 2. a) 390 b) 330 c) 660
b) profit of sh 600 3. a) Angle ACB =570
c) loss of sh 100 b) Angle ABC =480
d) loss of sh 175 c) Angle BAC =700
2. sh 500 3. sh 600 d) Angle BAC =460
4. sh 80 5. sh 2300
6. sh 7500 7. sh 2600 3-D OBJECTS
8. sh 5800 9. sh 120000 Practice activity 1
10. sh 12700 1. a) cuboid

DISTINCTION ENCYCLOPAEDIA 7 GRADE 6 ANSWERS


b) cube Practice activity 2
c) square based pyramid 1. a) June
d) cylinder b) May
e) triangular based pyramid c) 17
f) rectangular based prism 2. a) 12 cars
b) 6
2. Assess the objects showing any shape in c) matatus
number 1 above. d) 46 vehicles
3. Completed table 3. table
Shape No. of No. of No. of Day Mon Tue Wed Thurs Fri Sat
faces edges vertices No. of 7 5 9 4 3 11
a) Cube 6 12 8 patients
b) cuboid 6 12 8
Assess the information on piles
c) triangular 4 6 4 Practice activity 3
based
pyramid
1. a) Assess
b) 30
d) square 4 8 5 c) 2 absent
based
pyramid
d) 4
e) 10
e) Rectangular 4 8 5 f) 12
based
2. a) assess
pyramid
b) 350C
f) cylinder 3 c) 330C
3. Assess on digital devices
Practice activity 2
1. assess
2. tent, hut, tank, van Algebra
3. assess where 3-d are used Forming simple
4. assess Practice activity 1
5. 1. a) 3 < 5
b) 8 > 7
c) 16 > 15
Data handling d) 13 < 16
Practice activity 1 2. a) 543 > 456
1. a) 15 b) 421 < 763
b) 6 c) 1782 > 1760
c) 50 d) 8784 > 7971
d) Assess the piles 3. Group A = 267
Group B = 378
2. Table representing data 267 < 378
4. a) 10 > 9
b) a fortnight > a week
c) A decade < A century
d) 2 years > 52 weeks
5. Achapa’s land < Tom’s land
6. Assess the relevant answer

Practice activity 2
1. a) x >15
b) t < 8
c) 4a < 64
mango cedar cypress pine jaca- paw- d) b > 5
randa paw e) d<6
f) 18 > g
DISTINCTION ENCYCLOPAEDIA 8 GRADE 6 ANSWERS
2. 2x > 33
3. a) 96 > 12d
b) 8 < y
c) 10 > t
4. g < 16
5. 4p > 225
6. 7w > 31

ANSWERS TO MODEL ASSESSMENTS


MODEL ASSESSMENT TASK 1
1. C 3. D 4. C 5. D 6. B 7. C 8. B 9. A 10. B
11. C 12. D 13. D 14. A 15. B 16. D 17. C 18. B 19. D 20. A
21. 22. C 23. D 24. A 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.

MODEL ASSESSMENT TASK 2


1. A 2. A 3. C 4. D 5. B 6. A 7. D 8. A 9. B 10. C
11. D 12. A 13. A 14. D 15. C 16. B 17. B 18. B 19. C 20. B
21. B 22. B 23. D 24. A 25. C 26. C 27. C 28. C 29. C 30. C

MODEL ASSESSMENT TASK 3


1. A 2. A 3. C 4. D 5. C 6. B 7. D 8. C 9. D 10. B
11. C 12. A 13. C 14. A 15. B 16. B 17. B 18. C 19. A 20. D
21. A 22. C 23. B 24. B 25. A 26. D 27. C 28. C 29. A 30. D

MODEL ASSESSMENT TASK 4


1. A 2. A 3. B 4. D 5. A 6. C 7. C 8. B 9. A 10. D
11. C 12. A 13. D 14. A 15. B 16. A 17. C 18. D 19. C 20. C
21. D 22. B 23. A 24. C 25. B 26. A 27. D 28. C 29. C 30. A

MODEL ASSESSMENT TASK 5


1. D 2. D 3. A 4. B 5. A 6. C 7. A 8. C 9. D 10. A
11. A 12. C 13. A 14. D 15. D 16. A 17. C 18. A 19. B 20. C
21. C 22. D 23. C 24. B 25. C 26. D 27. C 28. A 29. D 30. A

DISTINCTION ENCYCLOPAEDIA 9 GRADE 6 ANSWERS


ENGLISH GRADE 6 ANSWERS
1. CHILD LABOUR 6. Children are the future means that they
A. Oral Work are the people who should change the
Activity 1: world in the future.
i) Right to education
Right to protection E. Grammar
Right to food, shelter and clothing Activity 5
Assess the responses given 1. any
ii) 1. A journey of a thousand miles begins 2. little
with a single step. 3. more
2. A bad workman always quarrels with his 4. Some
tools. 5. enough
3. Many hands make light work. 6. some
4. Never judge a book by its cover.
5. Charity begins at home. F. Writing
6. Better late than never. Activity 6: Assess
7. Once bitten, twice shy.
iii) Assess whether the sentences constructed 2. CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS
are correct. CELEBRATIONS
Activity 1: A. Muslims
B. Sounds B. Christians
Activity 2 C. Christians
Assess D. Muslims
Proverbs-
C.Vocabulary 1. A bird in hand is better than two in the
Activity 3 bush.
1. Underage- below the legal age. 2. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
2. Orphanage- a place where children. 3. Make hay while the sun shines.
3. Salary-money that an individual receives 4. Better late than never.
from work or business. 5. Cleanliness is second to godliness.
4. Employer- a person who provides jobs to
other people. B. Sounds
5. Chores- routine work done at home. Activity 2:
6. Income- payment that a person gets 1. Arrive
regularly for the work done. 2. right
7. Servant- a person employed by another 3. fly
person. 4. leader
5. rock
D. Reading 6. collect
Activity 4 7. crown
News, Paper, Book, Poetry, Ray, Comic,
magazine, Story C.Vocabulary
Activity 3
Poetry 1. Anniversary
1. Right to live a life without fright. 2. Reception
2. Adults 3. Festival
3. Fight and night, peace and ease, please 4. Folk dance
and knees. 5. Traditions
4. A guardian is a person who protects or 6. Ethnic
defends something. 7. Annual
5. Accept any correct response. 8. Guest

DISTINCTION ENCYCLOPAEDIA 10 GRADE 6 ANSWERS


D. Reading 3.TELEPHONE ETIQUETTE
Activity 4 A. Oral work
1. Ramogi festival is attended by people from Activity 1
other communities and nationalities. Assess the presentation.
2. Once in a year. Polite words- May I, I am afraid, kindly,
3. a) It was full of people please, thank you.
b) There was a lot joy and celebration
4. Both wore colourful sisal skirts B. Sounds
5. Their songs and dances got the guests on Activity 2
1. cattle 2. word
their feet. Excitement reigned supreme s
3. leaned 4. bath
everyone dances and joined in the singing. 5. bad 6. farm
6. Nyamgondho started mistreating her.
7. Fish, Aliya (dried meat) and ugali. C.Vocabulary
8. As happy as a lark Activity 3
Ensure the vocabulary words created by the
E. Grammar learners are correct.
Activity 5
i) D. Reading
1. Adventure 1. Answering professional calls is very
2. Bravery different from answering personal calls.
3. Intelligence 2. If your entails always being available to
4. Determination callers, you should be available.
5. Freedom 3. Mention the name of the company,
6. Gossip institution or the organisation that has
7. Unemployment just been called.
8. Death 4. So as not to keep the customers waiting
after a string of endless ringing.
9. Pride
5. The caller may miss your words.
10. Confusion 6. Ask the caller to hang up and call back.
7. Audibly- loud enough
ii) Upset- to irritate or annoy
Concrete nouns Abstract nouns Courteous- being careful about something
Seat Strength 8. Put them in their place. He or she should
take a moment to step into their shoes
Window Hunger and recognise why they are upset. He or
Guest Talent she should remain positive and friendly
Leader Sound especially in the face of negativity.
Stairs Relaxation
E. Grammar
Wound Pain Activity 5
Speed 1. Neither Lucy nor Joan eats fish.
Worry 2. Neither dogs nor cats eat grass.
iii) Assess whether the sentences have been 3. Neither my mother nor my father has a
correctly written. car.
4. There is neither food nor water in the
house.
F. Writing 5. I neither like swimming nor riding a bicycle.
Activity 6 6. The teacher is neither in class nor in the
Assess the composition staff room.

Sentence completion
1. or 2. nor 3. or
4. nor 5. or 6. nor
DISTINCTION ENCYCLOPAEDIA 11 GRADE 6 ANSWERS
E. Writing Epidemic- A widespread disease that
i) affects many individuals in a population.
1. Captain Security- Freedom from apprehension.
2. Department
3. Juniour D. Reading
4. Limited Activity 4
5. Kenya Parents Association 1. The field was large and was covered with
6. Sergeant grass. It was safe for them to play there.
7. United Nations 2. To concede a goal means to agree for a
8. World Health Organization defeat.
9. United States of America 3. They heard a loud explosion.
10. Eleven kilograms 4. They were curious to know what had
caused the explosion.
ii) Eight, five, nine, forty, fifteen, seventeen, 5. Several people were killed and others
thirteen, three, ten, eleven. seriously injured.
6. To help rescue the victims of the explosion.
4. EMERGENCY RESCUE 7. They are people trained to practise
SERVICES medical interventions in an emergency
pre-hospital setting.
8. i) Deceased- dead
A. Oral work ii) Unconscious- without directed thought
Activity 1
or awareness.
i)
1. When there is fire outbreak.
2. When someone gets sick E. Grammar
3. When someone gets injured that they Activity 5
cannot walk on their own. i)
4. Can be used to climb steep objects. i) everyone ii) we
5. Can be used to float on water in case of iii) Nobody iv) Each
emergencies. v) Somebody vi) You
6. Can be used to give someone first aid ii)
when they get hurt. 1. who 2. whom
ii) Assess the correctness of the answers 3. that 4. whose
given. 5. which
iii) 1.Verb 2. Adjective iii)
3. Noun 4.Verb 1. Someone 2. No one
5. Noun 6. Adjective 3. anything 4. Each
7.Verb 8. Adjective 5. somebody

B. Sounds F. Writing
Assess the pronunciation of the sounds. Assess the letter

C.Vocabulary
Activity 3 5. OUR TOURIST ATTRACTIONS
1. mask 2. aid A. Oral work
3. precaution 4. doctors Activity 1
5. unconscious 6. emergency
7. rescue i) Assess the answers given
ii) Amputate- to surgically remove a part of ii) The big give animals are the lion, the
the body. elephant, leopard, and buffalo.
Hazard- danger or risk
Critical- Extremely important B. Sounds
Casualty- A person suffering from injuries Activity 2
or who has been killed due to an accident. Assess

DISTINCTION ENCYCLOPAEDIA 12 GRADE 6 ANSWERS


C.Vocabulary ii) Assess
Activity 3
1. poach 2. foreign B. Sounds
3. nature 4. guide Activity 2
5. protect 6. video 1. Believe
7. attract 2. Serves
3. Strife
D. Reading 4. Waive
Activity 4 5. Fault
1. It offers tourists many reasons to visit. It is 6. Vain
the best tourist destination in Africa.
2. The big give animals are the lion, the C.Vocabulary
elephant, leopard, and buffalo. Activity 3
3. The game ranger ensures the safety and 1. Responsible
security of the tourist. 2. Occupation
4. Between July and the end of August. 3. Drawer
5. It is infested with crocodiles. Several 4. Unethical
animals crossing this river fall prey to the 5. Team work/workmate
crocodiles. 6. Virtue
6. At the break of dawn. 7. Integrity
7. They travel from place to place to find 8. Honest
fresh pasture for their animals and have
no permanent homes. D. Reading
8. a) Habitat-home Activity 4
b) Flora and fauna- plants and animals 1. He had graduated from the university four
c) Annually- yearly years back. He was jobless.
d) Thrilling- exciting and delightful 2. He lacked job experience.
3. He got First Class Honours degree in
E. Grammar Computer Science at the university.
Activity 5 4. Very hard working
1. ambitious, young, light-skinned, American 5. No institution can attain its goals without
2. new, red, tight, costly teamwork.
3. nice, large, modern, dining 6. Cooperation, coordination
4. beautiful, round, blue, Italian 7. He impressed the panelists.
5. large, new, green, comfortable 8. Full of joy/ happiness
Filling in E. Grammar
1. kindness 2. further Activity 5
3. neatest 4. smarter i)
5. proudest 6. older 1. Plenty of
7. tallest 8. older 2. Several
9. more careful 10. wiser 3. Little
4. Pinch
F. Writing 5. Some
Assess the story 6. A few
6. JOBS AND OCCUPATION: ii) Assess the correctness of the sentences.
WORK ETHICS
A. Oral work F. Writing
Activity 1 Activity 6
i) Assess the composition
1. Musician 2. Fire fighting
3. Farming 4. Law
5. Business 6. Teaching

DISTINCTION ENCYCLOPAEDIA 13 GRADE 6 ANSWERS


7. SCIENTIFIC INNOVATIONS 2. Winny asked, “Where is the wedding
A. Oral work taking place?”
Activity 1 3. The boy said, “My mother and I shall
Assess travel to the Mombasa City on Friday.”
4. Moses said, “The pupils of Kapsabet
B. Sounds Primary School went to the Museum on
Activity 2 Saturday.”
1. Cot 2. Fox 5. “What is your name?” the old man asked.
3. Rod 4. Port
5. Short 6. Stock 8.THE FARM- ANIMAL SAFETY
AND CARE
C.Vocabulary A. Oral work
Activity 3 Activity 2
1. Engineer, Laboratory, Invent, Device, 1. Kennel
Computer, Electronic, Digital. 2. Kitten
3. Veterinary
D. Reading 4. Orphanage
Activity 4 5. Game reserve/ Game park
1. It has made us healthier and made people 6. Donkey
to live longer. It has made the cure of
illnesses easier. B. Sounds
2. Vaccines are medicines that prevent Activity 2
different diseases. 1. Wash 2. Chores
3. Computers 3. Sheer 4. Wishes
4. Very important 5. Dishes 6. Ship
5. Virtually
6. An instruction written by a medical C.Vocabulary
practitioner that authorizes a patient to Activity 3
be issued with a medicine or treatment. i) Assess
7. Asthma, cancer, arthritis, Diabetes ii) Filling in gaps
1. Protect
E. Grammar 2. Cage
Activity 5 3. Overwork
1. Trevor will be ironing his clothes. 4. Care
2. Mary will be taking a photo of the wild 5. Sanctuary
animals. 6. Cruel
3. The children will be playing football. 7. Danger
4. Felix will be going to the market by bus.
5. The patient will be taking her medication. D. Reading
6. The surgeon will be operating on the Activity 4
patient. 1. To fetch firewood
7. The lab technician will be giving us the 2. Dangerous animals such as lions,
results. elephants, leopards, cheetahs and buffaloes
8. The architect will be designing a beautiful could not be found in such a small forest.
structure. 3. Many of them liked going to that forest
9. Scientists will be planning to get cures for to fetch firewood. When they heard some
more diseases. noise, they decided to check out the
10. The principal will be calling for a virtual source of the sounds.
staff meeting for teachers. 4. They were relieved and surprised.
5. They looked hungry and weak. Martha
F. Writing sympathized with the dogs.
Activity 6 6. A doctor specialized in treatment of
1. The boy exclaimed, “What an interesting animals.
story that was!”
DISTINCTION ENCYCLOPAEDIA 14 GRADE 6 ANSWERS
7. Kennel C.Vocabulary
8. She adopted the dogs. The parents Activity 3
organized for a veterinary doctor to 1. Obese- to be very fat in an unhealthy way.
check if the dogs needed medication. She 2. Stroke- a sudden illness that makes a
got some nice food for the dogs. She asked person unable to move or talk.
her carpenter uncle to make kennel for 3. Distress- a feeling of great worry or
the dogs. She gave them beautiful names. unhappiness.
She took them for a walk whenever she 4. Diet- the food that you eat or drink
could. regularly.
5. Exercise- physical activity you do to stay
E. Grammars healthy.
Activity 5 6. Allergy- a medical condition that causes
i) you to react badly when you eat or touch
1. The door is being closed (by the boy). certain substances or food.
2. The classroom is swept daily (by the 7. Incurable- cannot be cured.
children).
3. A letter was being written (by Halima). D. Reading
4. I will be visited next week (by George). Activity 4
5. Water has been drunk (by Triza). 1. They cannot be contracted from one
6. They were helped to arrange the seats in person to another.
the hall (by us). 2. They have become an issue of grave
7. Bicycles were being ridden by Felix and concern for governments both globally
Ben. and regionally. It is estimated that more
than 50% deaths annually are caused by
ii) Assess the correctness of the sentences. lifestyle diseases.
3. Diabetes, Obesity, High Blood Pressure,
Heart related diseases.
F. Writing 4. Because they are readily available, tasty
Assess the composition. and attractive.
5. People spend a lot of time on their
9. LIFESTYLE DISEASES gadgets during their free time, depriving
A. Oral work them an opportunity to exercise and
Activity 1 therefore, make them obese.
i) Assess 6. They use their gadgets late into the night,
ii) Proverbs chatting. They do not have time to engage
1. Not all that glitters is gold. in physical exercises.
2. An empty vessel makes the most noise. 7. Fruits are nutritious and therefore keep
3. Blood is thicker than water. us healthy. They have low cholesterol and
4. Do not put all your eggs in one basket. boost our immune system.
5. Every dark cloud has a silver lining. 8. Red meat has too much cholesterol.
6. Better half than none. 9. They should engage in sports and games.
iii) Similes
1. As playful as a kitten. E. Grammar
2. As fit as a fiddle. Activity 5
3. As light as a feather.
4. As tall as a giraffe. i)
5. As white as snow. 1. Often
6. As wise as an owl. 2. There
3. In the evening
B. Sounds 4. Fast
Activity 2 5. Occasionally
1. Beer 2. Sore 6. Outside
3. Chain 4. Coward 7. Loudly
5. Fear
DISTINCTION ENCYCLOPAEDIA 15 GRADE 6 ANSWERS
ii) iii)
Time Frequency Place Manner 1. It was very loud.
1 Now Never Backwards Hard 2. She is courageous.
3. He ran very fast.
2. Yesterday Sometimes Nearby Kindly
4. It is very hot.
3. Always Hardly Upstairs Excitedly 5. It was very violent.
4. Today Usually Inside Generously 6. It had a lot of water.
5. Tonight 7. It was too much temper.
6. Then 8. The voice was so much appealing.
9. He is very knowledgeable.
F. Writing 10. Her mind works very fast.
Activity 6
i) B. Sounds
1. We deserve to live in a human-friendly Activity 2
environment. Assess the arrangement of words in an
2. There were some beautiful-looking alphabetical order.
flowers in the garden.
3. A well-known actor visited our school last C.Vocabulary
week. Activity 3
4. His mother-in-law paid him a visit last 1. Pastime- an activity done regularly for
week. enjoyment.
5. Judith has a twenty-two-year-old brother. 2. Picnic- an occasion in which packed meal
6. I saw thirty-five text books on the shelf. is eaten outdoor during an outing.
ii) 3. Bully- a person who is cruel and mistreats
1. The man asked, “Why did you make the others.
environment dirty?” 4. Loiter- to wait or remain in area for long
2. Wambui said, “My elder sister lives in Thika.” time idly.
3. “Help me to carry this sack,” said the old 5. Insult- to speak or treat others with
man. disrespect.
4. The doctor said, “Wash your hands and 6. Stroll- to walk in a slow and a relaxed
wear a mask.” way.
5. “I would like to be a farmer when I grow 7. Exercise- physical activity done to become
up,” said Derrick. stronger and healthier.
6. The woman said, “My friends and I go to 8. Misconduct- unacceptable and improper
the market every Saturday.” behaviour.

10. PROPER USE OF LESUIRE D. Reading


TIME Activity 4
A. Oral work 1. Every year, he takes part in the drama
Activity 1 festival and wins trophies and other prizes
i) for his school.
1. A girl riding a bicycle. 2. A poet is a person who writes poetry.
2. A boy reading a book. 3. He and his friends help clean his
3. A man skating. grandmother’s house and fetch water for
4. Children playing chess. her.
ii) 4. He helps feed the chicken, and washes his
1. Put out - extinguish school uniform.
2. Put off- cancel 5. He helps his team to win matches. He is a
3. Look after- take care of something or very good goalkeeper.
someone 6. Stealing money from their parents and
4. Look up to- await something eagerly using the money to gamble, abused drugs
5. Give up- lose interest for like alcohol and bhang.
6. Give in- accept defeat 7. a) He was not aware of what the children
7. Give out- donate something to someone. were intending to do.
DISTINCTION ENCYCLOPAEDIA 16 GRADE 6 ANSWERS
b) Stories and narratives which were D. Reading
meaningless Activity 4
c) Secretively 1. To help people amuse themselves within
8. The head teacher and the class teacher. the confines of their homes. They were
9. Gambling places ruin children who may invented to help people pass time at home.
engage into stealing money so as to 2. Five
gamble. 3. It promotes critical thinking among its
10. For helping to fight gambling and drug players.
abuse in the area. 4. Scrabble
5. Ten
E. Grammar 6. Netball, volleyball, badminton, and table
Activity 5 tennis.
i)
1. Although 2. Because E. Grammar
3. Yet 4. Since Activity 5
5. Unless 6. Neither…nor i)
7. But 8. For 1. Why 2. When
3. What 4. Where
ii) Assess the correctness of the sentences. 5. Where 6. Which
7. Who
F. Writing
Activity 6 ii) Assess the correctness of the questions.
Assess the composition
F. Writing
11. SPORTS- INDOOR GAMES Activity 6
A. Oral work i)
Activity 1 1. Astonished- surprised, amazed
i) 2. Obligatory- a must, compulsory
1. Basketball 2. Hockey 3. Roam- loiter
3. Rugby 4. Volleyball 4. Eventually- finally, ultimately
5. Football 6. Softball 5. Commenced- started
ii) 6. Confessed- admitted, acknowledged
Proverbs 7. Forbidden- restricted, denied
1. ten on the tree 2. at a straw
3. not gold 4. the cat ii)
5. by its cover 6. a silver lining 1. Questionaire
7. than none 8. at home 2. Priviledge
9. spilt milk 10. lie 3. Jewelery
4. Mischeivous
B. Sounds 5. Embarassed
Activity 2 6. Pronounciation
1. could 2. pull 7. Restrant
3. soot 4. wooed
5. Luke 6. full iii)
1. Ancient- Modern
C.Vocabulary 2. Rapidly-Slowly
Activity 3 3. Pride- Shame
i) 4. Deteriorate- Improve, flourish
1. draw 2. Boxing 5. Cruel- Kind
3. tournament 4. stadium 6. Departure- arrive
5. Olympic 6. bat 7. Dawn- dusk
8. Exit- entrance
ii) Assess the correctness of the sentences 9. Junior- senior
10. Import- export
DISTINCTION ENCYCLOPAEDIA 17 GRADE 6 ANSWERS
12. ENVIRONMENTAL 13. MONEY-TRADE
CONSERVATION A. Oral work
A. Oral work Activity 1
Activity 1 1. A fool and his money are soon parted.
i) Assess 2. Penny wise pound foolish.
ii) 3. A bad workman always quarrels with his
1. Necessity is the mother of invention. tools.
2. Prevention is better than cure. 4. A stitch in time saves nine.
3. You never miss the water until the well 5. Beggars must not be choosers.
runs dry. 6. Cut your coat according to your size.
4. A picture is worth a thousand words.
5. Cross the bridge when you get there. B.Vocabulary
6. Do not bite the hand that feeds you. Activity 2
7. Every dog has its day. 1. boutique 2. tax
3. online 4. negotiate
B. Sounds 5. credit 6. Hawkers
Activity 2 7. export
1. Great 2. Girl
3. Subject 4. Graph C. Reading
5. Grill 6. Grapes Activity 3
1. He lacked work experience.
C.Vocabulary 2. It means that he was not successful.
Activity 3 3. The amount of money intended to start a
Assess the written words. business.
1. Conservation is vital in saving and 4. They did not get jobs after college. He
helping both animals and tress as we are therefore discussed with his college mate
dependent on one another for survival. on what to do.
2. Afforestation is the planting of trees 5. They looked after their chicken well and
where they never existed. fed them regularly apart from ensuring
Reforestation means planting trees where that the chickens were vaccinated.
they have been cut. 6. It is their responsibility to pay taxes to the
3. Forests are important because they help government.
trap huge amounts of carbon dioxide 7. They have achieved a lot through their
hence keeping the environment clean. chicken selling business; they sell poultry
4. Chemical fertilizers ruin the soil and also products locally and internationally and
lead to water pollution. pay huge taxes to the government.
5. Garbage bin is a container, typically plastic
or metal, for household refuse; a dustbin.
D. Grammar
Activity 4
6. We should re-use them.
i)
7. We should use as little water as possible
1. Through 2. Next
and collect rain water whenever we can.
3. In 4. Under
8. Use poems, songs and posters. 5. On 6. Into
ii)
E. Grammar 1. At 2. In 3. On 4. By
Activity 5 5. On 6. At 7. At
1. isn’t it? 2. haven’t we? 8. From 9. Of 10. In
3. does she? 4. doesn’t she?
5. mustn’t we? 6. won’t he? E. Writing
7. aren’t I? 8. will you? Activity 5
9. shall we? 10. needn’t you? 1. Mismanagement 2. Un-ordinary
3. Illegitimate 4. Unfriendly
F. Writing 5. Unsafe 6. Disappeared
Activity 6 7. Irregular 8. Misunderstand
Assess 9. Incomplete 10. Imperfect
DISTINCTION ENCYCLOPAEDIA 18 GRADE 6 ANSWERS
ii) MODEL ASSESSMENT TASK 3
1. Collision 2. Happiness
3. Painter 4. Humorous 1. A 2. C 3. C 4. C 5. C 6. A
5. Action 6. Decision
7. B 8. D 9. A 10. B 11. A 12. A
7. Popularity 8. Membership
9. Stronger 10. Greediness, greedy 13. C 14. D 15. A 16. B 17. A 18. C
11. Measurement 12. Disappearance
19. D 20. B 21. D 22. D 23. A 24. C
25. A 26. A 27. C 28. C 29. A 30. C
MODEL TEST PAPERS
31. A 32. B 33. D 34. B 35. B 36. A

ANSWERS TO MODEL 37. C 38. C 39. B 40. D 41. D 42. B


ASSESSMENTS 43. D 44. D 45. C 46. C 47. B 48. A
MODEL ASSESSMENT TASK 1 49. C 50. B 51. A 52. C 53. B 54. A
1. D 2. C 3. B 4. C 5. B 6. A 55. C 56. D 57. A 58. B 59. A 60. A
7. B 8. C 9. C 10. B 11. C 12. D
MODEL ASSESSMENT TASK 4
13. A 14. A 15. C 16. B 17. B 18. A 1. A 2. B 3. D 4. C 5. B 6. A
19. D 20. A 21. A 22. D 23. B 24. B 7. B 8. A 9. B 10. A 11. C 12. B
25. A 26. B 27. A 28. A 29. C 30. D 13. A 14.B 15. B 16. C 17. B 18. A
31. B 32. C 33. A 34. B 35. D 36. B 19. B 20. C 21. C 22. B 23. A 24. C
37. A 38. C 39. B 40. C 41. C 42. D 25. D 26. B 27. C 28. A 29. B 30. D
43. C 44. B 45. A 46. D 47. C 48. D 31. C 32. B 33. A 34. C 35. D 36. A
49. A 50. D 51. B 52. C 53. B 54. A 37. C 38. B 39. A 40. C 41. A 42. D
55. B 56. C 57. A 58. D 59. B 60. B 43. A 44. B 45. A 46. A 47. B 48. A
49. B 50. C 51. A 52. D 53. B 54. A
MODEL ASSESSMENT TASK 2 55. B 56. A 57. D 58. C 59. A 60. B.
1. B 2. B 3. A 4. B 5. B 6. C MODEL ASSESSMENT TASK 5
7. D 8. A 9. A 10. C 11. A 12. C 1. D 2. B 3. B 4. A 5. C 6. B
13. D 14. C 15. A 16. C 17. B 18. A 7. A 8. C 9. B 10. A 11. D 12. A
19. B 20. A 21. A 22. C 23. B 24. A 13. C 14. A 15. C 16. D 17. A 18. B
25. C 26. D 27. B 28. C 29. A 30. B 19. B 20. A 21. B 22. A 23. B 24. A
31. A 32. B 33. D 34. A 35. D 36. A 25. B 26. A 27. A 28. B 29. A 30. C
37. B 38. C 39. C 40. A 41. C 42. B 31. A 32. B 33. C 34. A 35. D 36. A
43. A 44. D 45. B 46. A 47. C 48. C 37. D 38. B 39. B 40. A 41. A 42. D
49. B 50. A 51. C 52.D 53. D. 54. A 43. C 44. A 45. A 46. A 47. C 48. D
55. B 56. A 57. D 58. C 59.B 60.C 49. C 50. B 51. A 52. B 53. C 54. A
55. C 56. A 57. A 58. B 59. A 60. C

DISTINCTION ENCYCLOPAEDIA 19 GRADE 6 ANSWERS


KISWAHILI GREDI YA 6 ENCYCLOPEDIA ANSWERS
SURA 1:VIUNGO VYA MWILI 5. a) Kufanya mazoezi ya viungo vya mwili
VYA NDANI b) Kula lishe bora
A. Kusikiliza na kuzungumza c) Kunywa maji safi haswa glasi nane kwa
Majibu ya Zoezi 1 Shughuli ya pili siku
3. Kupigia mistari silabi zinazokaribiana d) kuoga na kupiga mswaki
kwenye jozi za maneno e) Kujiepusha na dawa za kulevya
a) nduru duru f) Kulala vya kutosha
b) jaa njaa
c) choka jongoo Majibu ya Zoezi 2
1. Mambo muhimu
Majibu ya Zoezi 1 a) Kuambatana na wazazi kwenye sherehe
1. a) Zingatia matamshi sahihi. b) Kutunza mwili kwa: kujiepusha na dawa
2. a) doa shida ndoa shinda za kulevya, kulala usingizi wa kutosha
b) chombo chusha shombo shusha na kusugua meno angalau mara mbili
c) jaa kuja njaa kunja kwa siku
d) uganga goma ugaga ngoma c) Kufanyiwa uchunguzi wa afya na
3. Kutunga vitanzandimi vitatu daktari
a) Mbwakoko hujaa mijini kwenye majalala d) Viungo vya mwili na umuhimu wake
wakitafuta chakula kwenye majaa ili e) Aina za mifupa na
kumaliza njaa. f) Umuhimu wa kufanya mazoezi
b) Toa ugaga kwenye meno kabla ya 2. a) fuvu, mbavu, mtulinga, muundi, meno
kumwona mganga. 3. a) Mishipa ya damu – kusafirisha damu
c) Shughuli za uvuvi huchusha ukitumia mwilini
chombo kinachofuja. b) Kibole – huzuia bakteria inayosababisha
kuendesha
B. Kusoma c) Wengu au bandama – huifadhi damu na
Shughuli ya kwanza: Majibu kutoaseli za damu mzee na zilizokufa
1. Viungo vya ndani vya mwili d) Na kadhalika
2. 1. Ubongo 2. Mapafu 3. Ini 4. Funzo lolote muhimu litafaa
4. Figo 5. Moyo 6. Tumbo 5. Sentensi zizingatie sarufi
7. Uchengelele 8. Uchango
3. Tumia kamusi kutafuta maana ya majina C. Kuandika
ya viungo vya ndani kwenye nambari ya Shughuli ya kwanza
pili. 1. Insha ya wasifu: inatoa sifa kuhusu Nuru
Zawadi
Shughuli ya pili: majibu ya maswali ya 2. a) urafiki b) sifa za rafiki mzuri
ufahamu c) kwa nini kuwa na rafiki ni mzuri
1. Saa mbili na nusu za asubuhi 3. Muundo na maudhui ya insha ya wasifu
2. Viungo vya ndani vya mwili, umuhimu wake hujengwa na vipengele vya insha ya wasifu.
na jinsi ya kuvitunza (Funzo lolote muhimu litakubaliwa)
3. a) Mafigo b) Moyo
c) ini d) kibofU Majibu ya Zoezi 3
4. a) ubongo – bonge laini la nyamanyama 1. - Jina la daktari
lenye mishipa ya fahamu lililomo kichwani - Maumbile yake
b) ufizi – nyama inayoshikilia meno kwenye - Asili au anakotoka, kuzaliwa na umri wake
kinywa cha mtu au mnyama - Jinsia yake
c) utaya – mfupa ulioko kinywani - Uzuri wake
unaobeba meno - Umuhimu wake
d) meno – vipande vigumu vyeupe - Yale anayopenda
vilivyo kinywani mwa mtu au mnyama - Yale anayochukia
vinavyotumiwa kutafunia chakula au 2. Zingatia muundo, maudhui na mtindo wa
kukata vitu insha ya wasifu
DISTINCTION ENCYCLOPAEDIA 20 GRADE 6 ANSWERS
3. Soma insha hiyo ukizingatia matamshi Majibu ya maswali ya marudio
bora. Sikiliza maoni yao. Tumia maoni hayo 1. a) doa ndoa b) choka shoka
kujiboresha c) kuja kunja d) kiga kinga
2. a) Figo husafisha damu
D. Sarufi b) Moyo husambaza damu mwilini.
1. Vivumishi vya sifa 3. Kibofu
Shughuli ya pili 4. wangu, yetu
1. a) bora, kichafu b) refu, nyeupe 5. zingatia sarufi
c) hodari d) werevu 6. a) kivumishi kiashria b) vivumishi vya sifa
e) shujaa 7. a) Vivumishi vya sifa hueleza sifa za nomino.
2. a) nzuri, wapole, karimu, machafu, hatari, b) Vivumishi viashiria huonyesha nomino
mwembamba, mrefu, wazembe, safi, inayorejelewa kwenye sentensi
salamameupe, wazuri, wafupi, c) Vivumishi vimilikishi hueleza nomino
inamilikiwa.
Majibu ya Zoezi 4 8. Vitabu hivi vizuri ni vyetu.
1. Vivumishi vya sifa hufafanua au hueleza sifa 9. Zingatia upatanisho wa kisarufi na sarfu.
za nomino. 10. Zingatia: muundo wa insha ya wasifu,
2. a) nzuri b) safi c) vipya mtindo na maudhui.
d) machafu e) ndefu
3. Zingatia upatanisho wa kisaru na sarufi SURA 2: MICHEZO
kwa jumla. A. Kusikiliza na kuzungumza
1. Maamkuzi
2. Vivumishi viashiria Shughuli ya kwanza
Shughuli ya kwanza 1. a) Soka / kabumbu / futiboli
2. huyu, huyo,Yule b) Netiboli
3. Vivumishi viashiria (vya kuonyesha) 4. Umuhimu wa maamkuzi
4. Vivumishi viashiria huonyesha nomino Tafuta umuhimu wa maamkuzi katika jamii
inyorejelewa. yako kwa kuuliza wazazi au walezi wako.
Shughuli ya pili Shughuli ya pili
1. huyu, hivyo, ule, huo, hiyo, hilo, hao, ile 1. Hujambo, Sabalheri, Chewa, Shikamoo na
2. a) yule b) pale c) kule, hii Umeshindaje
d) hao e) hivi
Majibu ya Zoezi 1
Majibu ya Zoezi 5 1.
1. Vivumishi viashiria ni maneno
Maamkuzi Majibu
yanyoonyesha nomino.Yanafafanua au
kueleza nomino kwa kuonyesha. a) Chewa. Chewa.
2. Vivumishi vionyeshi b) Shikamoo. Marahaba.
3. a) yule b) huo c) hawa c) Masalkheri. Aheri.
d) hicho e) hayo d) Habari za safari. Nzuri / Njema.
4. Zingatia upatanisho wa kisarufi na sarufi. e) Salaam aleikum. Aleikum salaam.
3. Vivumishi vimilikishi
f) Umeshindaje? Vyema.
Shughuli ya pili a) Chewa. – wakati wowote
Kupigia mistari vivumishi vimilikishi b) Shikamoo. – asubuhi
a) wao b) yangu c) yetu c) Masalkheri. – jioni
d) wako e) wako f) wake d) Habari za safari. – mtu akitoka safari
e) Salaam aleikum - asubuhi
Majibu ya zoezi 6 f) Umeshindaje? – Jioni
1. Vivumishi vimilikishi ni maneno
yanayoonyesha anayemiliki nomino 2. Maagano
inayorejelewa katika sentensi. Shughuli ya pili
2. Zingatia upatanisho wa kisarufi na sarufi. 1. Mchana mwema, Kwaheri, Alamsiki, Safari
njema, Lala unono
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2. a) Mchana mwema. - Nawe pia. 6. Mwereka
b) Kwaheri. - Kwaheri ya kuonana. a) Ngeli ya U-I
c) Alamsiki - Binuru. b) Nomino
d) Safari njema. - Nawe pia. c) Mchezo wa kushikana na kuvamiana
e) Lala unono. - Nawe pia. kwa watu wawili kwa lengo la
kuangushana
Majibu ya Zoezi 2 7. Naga
Maamkuzi Majibu Wakati au a) Ngeli ya I-ZI
hali b) Nomino
1. Buriani. Buriani Kuagana bila c) Gori / mchezo kama kandanda ambao
dawa. kutarajia wachezaji huruhusiwa kukamata mpira
kuonana tena. na kukimbia nao
2. Kwaheri. Kwaheri ya Kuagana 8. Jezi
kuonana. a) Ngeli ya I-ZI
3. Alamsiki. Binuru. Usiku b) Nomino
4. Ndoto njema. Yenye Usiku
c) Fulana inayovaliwa na wanamichezo
mafanikio. 9. Tenisi
a) Ngeli ya I-I
5. Mchana mwema. Nawe pia. Asubuhi
b) Nomino
6. Lala unono. Nawe pia. Usiku c) Mchezo wa watu wawili au wane
wanaocheza kwa wakati mmoja katika
B. Kusoma kiwanja kido kilichofungwa wavu
Shughuli ya kwanza katikati na wachezajihutumia aina ya
1. Mchezo wa kuvuta kamba wa timu kila vibao maalumu vilivyotandwa nyuzi na
upande. huvitumia kwa kupigiana mpira mdogo
2. jugwe / mpira wa kuchezea mchezo wa tenisi
3. I-I
4. Nomino Majibu ya Zoezi 3
Tumia kamusi kueleza maana.
Shughuli ya kwanza
1. Geli C. Kuandika
a) Ngeli ya I-I Shughuli ya kwanza
b) Nomino 1. Insha ya masimulizi
c) Mchezo wa watoto wa kurusha kijiti na 2. a) Mada ni Michezo ya riadha (Au mada
kukipiga na kijiti kingine. nyingine faafu).
2. Soka b) Muundo wa insha hiyo ni: utangulizi,
a) Ngeli ya I-ZI mwili na hitimisho
b) Nomino 3. Funzo liegemee muundo na vipengele vya
c) Mchezo wa mpira wa miguu insha ya masimulizi
3. Njumu
a) Ngeli ya I-ZI Majibu ya Zoezi 4
b) Nomino 1. a) Kichwa
c) Viatu vya michezo vyenye misumari b) Utangulizi
4. Netiboli c) Mwili
a) Ngeli ya I-ZI d) Hitimisho
b) Nomino e) Hati nzuri
c) Mchezo wa mpira wa mikono uchezwao f) Kuzingatia sarufi
na wanawake kwenye kiwanja ambacho g) Kuzingatia mnyambuliko wa vitenzi,
magoli yake ni milingotimirefu yenye matumizi ya vivumishi na vielezi
pete na nyavu h) Kutumia lugha ya ubunifu kama vile
5. Uga sitiari, tashbihi, methali na vitendawili
a) Ngeli ya U-ZI 2. Zingatia muundo, mtindo na vipengele vya
b) Nomino insha ya masimulizi
c) Uwanja / kiwanja / eneo la fani ya
kitaaluma
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D. Sarufi Shughuli ya pili
1. Vivumishi vya idadi 1. a) ambao
Shughuli ya kwanza b) ambayo
1. Mmoja c) ambazo
2. Watano d) ambaye
3. Wawili e) ambayo
4. Wengi 2. a) ambamo
5. Vivumishi vya idadi b) ambao
c) ambalo
Shughuli ya pili d) ambako
1. a) Sita e) ambazo
b) Ishirini
c) Michache Majibu ya Zoezi 6
d) Kimoja 1. a) ambao
e) Nyingi b) ambao
2. Vivumishi vya idadi ni maneno yanayoeleza c) ambavyo
idadi ya nomino. d) ambayo
e) ambazo
Majibu ya Zoezi 5 2. Sentensi zizingatie sarufi
1. Sentensi zizingatie sarufi
2. a) sita Maswali ya marudio
b) mengi 1. a) Vyema.
c) kumi na mmoja b) Sina la kuamba / Naamba uambalo.
d) chache 2. a) Binuru.
e) mingi b) Kwaheri ya kuonana.
3. a) Asubuhi
2. Vivumishi viulizi b) Wakati wowote
Shughuli ya kwanza 4. Buriani.
1. Wangapi, wangapi, wangapi, gani, gani, ipi, 5. Mchezaji, mchezo, mwereka, mpira
gani, gani, 6. a) chesi / mchezo unaofanana na drafti
2. Vivumishi viulizi unaochezwa na wachezaji wawili.
3. Vivumishi viulizi ni maneno yanayouliza
b) Ngeli I-ZI
nomizo inayotajwa kwenye sentensi.
c) Nomino
7. Sentensi zizingatie sarufi.
Shughuli ya kwanza
8. Vivumishi vya idadi ni maneno yanayoeleza
1. Mingapi, yupi, gani, wangapi, yapi, kipi
idadi ya nomino zinazorejelewa kwenye
2. Sentensi zizingatie sarufi
sentensi.
Majibu ya Zoezi 6 9. ambayo
1. a) yupi 10. Insha izingatie muundo na mtindo wa insha
b) ngapi ya masimulizi.
c) upi
d) gani 3. MAHUSIANO
e) kipi A. Kusikiliza na kuzungumza
2. Sentensi zizingatie sarufi Shughuli ya kwanza
Majibu ya vitendawili ni
3. Kivumishi kirejeshi ‘amba-’ a) Chungu cha udongo hakipasuki kikianguka
Shughuli ya kwanza – mjusi.
1. ambayo, ambacho ambao, ambaye, ambalo, b) Cha ndani hakitoki nje na cha nje hakiingii
ambayo, ambapo, ambamo ndani – nyama.
2. Kivumishi kirejeshi ‘amba-’ hutumiwa c) Chakula kikuu cha mtoto – usingizi.
kurejelea nomino iliyotajwa kwenye d) Ndugu wawili wanafanana sana lakini
sentensi. hawatembeleani – macho
3. Kivumishi kirejeshi ‘amba-’ hufafanua e) Njoo hapa nije hapo – kiraka kwa nguo.
nomino inayorejelewa katika sentensi.

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Shughuli ya pili c) Watu wa mahusiano na mshirika mkuu
1. Kutambua sauti zinazokanganya kutamka wa hadithi na umuhimu wa washirika
a) Shughi la Bi Mkubwa lawaka moto. hao
b) Mama nieleke. d) Mafunzo kutoka kwa chifu
c) Ndege wengi baharini. e) Utunzaji wa mazingira
d) Ubwabwa wa mwana ni mtamu.
e) Gunda lake halimei chochote tena. C. Kuandika
f) Huku ng’o na kule ng’o. Shughuli ya kwanza
g) Ingekuwa si kaka ningekuwa tajiri. 1. ndugu, jirani, marafiki
3. Kutegua vitendawili. 2. managu, githeri
a) Shughi la Bi Mkubwa lawaka moto - sima. 3. ushirikiano, mshikamano, mahusiano
b) Mama nieleke- kitanda.
c) Ndege wengi baharini - meno. Shughuli ya kwanza
d) Ubwabwa wa mwana ni mtamu - 1. B
usingizi. 2. I
e) Gunda lake halimei chochote tena - 3. U
upara.
f) Huku ng’o na kule ng’o - giza. Majibu ya Zoezi 3
g) Ingekuwa si kaka ningekuwa tajiri – jua 1. Zingatia sarufi.
na theluji 2. Zingatia sehemu za tarakilishi
zinazotumika katika uchapaji
Majibu ya Zoezi 1 3. Alama zote ziko kwenye dirisha la
1. a) Juan a theluji programu
b) nyama 4. Lazima utume kupitia baruapepe zao.
c) Kiraka
d) Upara D. Sarufi
e) Radi 1. Viwakilishi vya nafsi
2. Tamka maneno hayo kwa usahihi. Shughuli ya kwanza
1. Mimi, ni, sisi, wao, tu, wewe, nyinyi,
2. Viwakilishi vya nafsi ni maneno
B. Kusoma
yanayotumika badala ya majina ya
Shughuli ya kwanza watenda.
Sahibu, mwana, jirani, ndugu, mama, mpenzi 3. Rejelea jibu la swali 2
Shughuli ya pili
1. Sahibu, mwenza, marafiki, ndugu, jirani, Majibu ya Zoezi 4
2. Umuhimu wa michezo na mahusiano 1. a) mimi, wewe
3. Manufaa kama: afya bora, kuimarisha b) yeye
mahusiano na ushirikiano na kuepusha c) wewe
vijana na dawa za kulevya d) wao
Majibu ya Zoezi 2 e) nyinyi
1. Kupanda miti na kuokota taka 2. a) yeye
2. Matumizi ya mihadarati, uhalifu na kushiriki b) wao
mapenzi kiholela c) wewe
3. a) Ndugu yake alimbebea mavazi ya d) mimi
kubadilisha baada ya kuogelea. e) nyinyi
b) Jirani yake alimpongeza huku akimpa f) sisi
matunda,kinywaji na kijitabu chenye 3. Zingatia kanuni za sarufi
mafunzo ya kuogelea 4. Zingatia upatanisho wa kisarufi
c) Rafiki yake alifika kwani humfaa katika
heri na shari. 2. Viwakilishi viashiria
4. Sentensi zizingatie sarufi. Shughuli ya kwanza
5. Muhtasari uhusu: 2. hiki, hao, zile, humu, huko
a) Mashindano yalihusu nini, yalikuwa 3.Viwakilishi viashiria ni maneno
wapi na nani walishiriki yanayotumika kuonyesha badala ya
b) Umuhimu wa michezo nomino yenyewe.

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Shughuli ya pili Majibu ya Zoezi 7
1. a) Yule 1. a) ! Kihisishi
b) ile b) ’ King’ong’o / ritifaa
c) lile c) : koloni / nukta pacha
d) hapa 2. a) ! b) : c) ! d) ’ e) :
e) huyo 3. Zingatia sarufi
2. Zingatieni upatanisho wa kisarufi.
Maswali ya marudio
Majibu ya Zoezi 5 1. Nyama
1. Mifano: huyo, hao, hivyo, vile, hayo, wale, 2. Jirani, mwandani, mwenza,
2. Viwakilishi viashiria ni maneno ya 3. a)Viwakilishi vya nafsi
kuonyesha yanayotumika badala ya b) Viwakilishi vya idadi
nomino yenyewe. c) Viwakilishi vya viashiria
3. a) Hayo 4. Zingatia sarufi
b) Zile 5. Maneno ya kuonyesha yanayotumika
c) Huko badala ya nomino.
Wale / hawa / hao 6. a) Ritifaa (’) b) koloni (:)
4. Zingatia upatanisho wa kisarufi. c) hisi (!)
5. Zingatia upatanisho wa kisarufi. 7. Zingatia sarufi
8. a) B c) I c) U
3. Viwakilishi vya idadi 9. Kipanya
Shughuli ya kwanza 10. Mama: Salala! Ng’ombe hawajapewa maji
1. Wawili, wengi, kadhaa, machache wane, hadi wakati huu.
2. Viwakilishi vya idadi ni maneno ya idadi Juma: Maskini! Nimechelewa kutoka
yanayotumika badala ya nomino. Mifano ni shuleni. Mama, hukumbuki nilikwambia
majibu kwenye nambari ya kwanza. tutakuwa na washauri nasaha.
3. Zingatieni upatanisho wa kisarufi.
Shughuli ya pili 4. MISIMU
1. a) wengi A. Kusikiliza na kuzungumza
b) wawili Heshima, adabu na vyeo: maneno ya
c) wachache, kumi na watano heshima
d) vitatu
e) kumi Shughuli ya kwanza
2. Viwakilishi vya idadi ni maneno ya idadi 1. a) Imamu b) Mtawa
yanayotumiwa badala ya nomino. 2. Imamu
3. Mtawa
Majibu ya Zoezi 6 Shughuli ya pili
1. Mmoja, vitatu. Kadhaa, wengi, wachache, 1. Mwadhini, mheshimiwa, shehe, rais, kasisi,
ishirini, thelathini, saba mtawa, jasusi, baba, mzalendo, mchungaji,
2. Wengi, mengi, kadhaa, mingi, miwili padre, mtume, nyanya
3. Zingatia upatanisho wa kisarufi 2. Zingatia sarufi
3. Sikiliza maoni ya mzazi na uyatumie
4. Uakifishi kujiboresha
Shughuli ya kwanza
1. (!) Kihisishi, (’) king’ong’o / ritifaa , (:) Majibu ya Zoezi 1
koloni / nukta pacha 1. a) Shehe – Mtu mwenye elimu ya dini
2. Rejelea matini andishi na kidijitali kutafiti ya Uislamu aghalabu huwafundisha kwa
matumizi ya alama hizo za kuakifisha wengine
b) Kasisi – Kiongozi wa kidini katika
Shughuli ya pili madhehebu ya Kikatoliki na
1. a) ! b) ’ c) : Kiangilikana
d) ! e) ’ c) Mtawa – Mtu mcha Mungu ambaye
2. Zingatia sarufi amejitenga na mambo ya ulimwenu

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d) Mwadhini – Mtu anayewaita Waislamu Shughuli ya pili
kwa sauti kubwa au kupitia kipazasauti Rejelea matini andishi nay a kidijitali kuelewa
ili wajiandae kwenda kuswali. vipengele vya barua rasmi.
e) Rais – Kiongozi mkuu kabisa wan chi
ambayo ni jamhuri. Majibu ya Zoezi 3
2. Uliza mzazi au mlezi wako majina ya 1. Fafanua vipengele hivi:
heshima katika jamii yako. a) Anwani ya mwandishi
b) Tarehe
B. Kusoma c) Anwani ya mwandikiwa
Shughuli ya kwanza d) Mtajo
1. a) rununu e) Mada
b) kipakatalishi f) Utangulizi
c) Tarakilishi g) Mwili
2. Huunganishwa na intaneti kisha kusakura h) Hitimisho
mtandaoni. i) Sahihi ya mwandishi
3. a) Matumizi ya nywila 2. Zingatia muundo na mtindo were barua
b) Kutambua jina la faili unayosakura. rasmi
c) Kutowasiliana na watu usiowajua 3. Hakikisha umewatumia kupitia anwani za
d) Kutotazama filamu chafu. baruapepe zao
4. a) Kutoka kwenye mtandao baada ya
kusakura. D. Sarufi
b) Kutofungua faili nyingi. 1. Umoja na wingi wa nomino: ngeli ya
c) Kushughulikia faili unaitafuta pekee. YA-YA
d) Kuzima baada ya kutumia Shughuli ya kwanza
5. Ili kupata ushauri kutoka kwa mzazi au 1. a) maji b) maziwa
mlezi kuhusu ujumbe huo. 2. a) maji b) maziwa
3.YA-YA
Shughuli ya pili
2. Kutambua jina la faili yenye matini Shughuli ya pili
mnayohitaji 1. Maskani, maisha, mazingira, maziwa, mate,
5. Kutambua jinsi ya kufunga na kufungua faili 2. Maskani, maisha, mazingira, maziwa, mate
6. Kutambua mtandao salama wenye matini 3. Nomino hizo hazibadiliki.
unayohitaji
8. Kuwajibika unaposakura matini mtandaoni Majibu ya Zoezi 4
9. Kutowasiliana na mtu usiyemjua 1. Maziwa, maji, mazingira, mafuta, marashi,
10. Kutoa habari kwa mzazi, mlezi au mwalimu maisha
unapopata ujumbe kutoka kwa mtu 2. a) Maji haya ni safi.
usiyemjua b) Maziwa yetu yameisha.
c) Mazingira yenu ni nadhifu.
Majibu ya Zoezi 2 d) Marashi hayo ni mapya.
Zingatia maagizo. e) Maisha yanapendeza.

C. Kuandika 2. Umoja na wingi wa sentensi: ngeli ya


Aina za insha: barua rasmi YA-YA
Shughuli ya kwanza Shughuli ya kwanza
1. Barua rasmi 1. Zingatia matamshi bora
Sababu 2. Silabi za upatanisho wa kisarufi au
a) Ina anwani mbili : mwandishi na viambishi vya ngeli ya YA-YA
mwandikiwa 3. a) Mazingira yamenadhifishwa na
b) Ina kichwa wafanyakazi.
c) Ina sahihi ya mwandishi b) Maisha haya yanapendeza.
d) Huitimishwa kwa wako mwaminifu 4. a) ya- b) ya-
e) Huwa haina salamu.
2. Kuomba kazi au msamaha

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Shughuli ya pili 12. Hakikisha umezingatie muundo na mtindo
1. Kupigia mistari viambishi vya ngeli ya YA-YA wa barua rasmi kisha umsambazie kwenye
a) Maskani yako yamepandwa mti. baruapepe yake.
b) Maisha ya Mkenya huyo yanafurahisha.
c) Makao ya ng’ombe yule yameoshwa. 5. MSHIKAMANO WA KITAIFA
d) Mazingira yaliyo na jalala ni safi. A. Kusikiliza na kuzungumza
e) Maziwa ya mtoto yamechemshwa. Shughuli ya pili
2. Kuandika sentensi katika wingi 1. c) Kidole kimoja hakivunji chawa.
a) Maskani yenu yamepandwa miti. d) Umoja ni nguvu utengano ni udhaifu.
b) Maisha ya Wakenya hao yanafurahisha. f) Nia zikiwa pamoja kilicho mbali huja.
c) Makao ya ng’ombe wale yameoshwa. h) Jifya moja haliinjiki chungu.
d) Mazingira yaliyo na majalala ni safi. i) Mkono mmoja haulei mwana.
e) Maziwa ya watoto yamechemshwa. 2. Zingatia maagizo.
Majibu ya Zoezi 5 Majibu ya Zoezi 1
1. Kupigia mistari viambishi vya ngeli ya YA-YA 1. a) Kinga na kinga ndipo moto huwaka.
Mawazo yangu yanapokumbuka mateso b) Umoja ni nguvu utengano ni udhaifu.
yaliyowapata mashujaa wa uhuru, machozi c) Nia zikiwa moja kilichombali huja.
hunidondoka sana. Watu hao waliishi d) Mtu ni watu.
maisha yasiyopendeza hata kidogo. e) Jifya moja haliinjiki chungu.
Walijificha katika misitu, katika mazingira 2. a) Kidole kimoja hakivunji chawa.
yaliyojaa wanyama hatari, wadudu na b) Mkono mmoja hauchinji ng’ombe.
uchafu. Hakuna magari yaliyowasafirisha c) Mkono mmoja haulei mwana.
ila tu kutembea kwa miguu. Pengine d) Mkono mmoja haupambi ngoma.
walikunywa maji yaliyokuwa machafu na
kujipata katika hatari ya kuambukizwa B. Kusoma
magonjwa yanayoambukizwa kutokana Shughuli ya kwanza
na uchafu. Haja yao haikuwa kufurahia 1. Viwili
maziwa yaliyokuwa baridi bali kuona 2. Tusifanye mambo bila kushirikiana.
nchi yetu ikiwa huru kutokana na mateso 3. Ukwapi ni kipande cha kwanza cha
ya wakoloni. Mashujaa hao wanastahili mshororo. Utao ni kipande cha pili cha
heshima na taadhima kuu. Kongole kwao. mshororo.
2. Zingatia upatanisho wa kisarufi 4. Kushirikiana pia (Ukwapi), tuweni kitu
Maswali ya marudio kimoja. (Utao).
1. a) Mtawa – mtu mcha Mungu ambaye 5. Zingatieni maagizo.
amejitenga na mambo ya kilimwengu
b) Mwadhini – mtu anayewaita Waislamu Shughuli ya pili
kwa sauti kubwa au kupitia kipazasauti 1. Tathni – shairi la mishororo miwili katika
ili wajiandae kwenda kusali. kila ubeti.
2. Zingatia sarufi Tathlitha – shairi la mishororo mitatu
3. Sitawasiliana naye. Nitampuuza na kutoa katika kila ubeti.
habari hiyo kwa mwalimu au mzazi/mlezi. Tarbia ni shairi la mishororo mine katika
4. a) madaraka – madaraka b) kila ubeti
maendeleo – maendeleo 2. a) Ubeti wa kwanza ni tathnia
5. YA-YA b) Ubeti wa tatu ni tathlitha.
6. Tarakilishi, rununu, kipakatalishi, tabuleti c) Ubeti wan ne ni tarbia.
7. Mafuriko, homa ya mbu, kipindupindu, homa 3. Tushirikiane katika kila jambo.
ya matumbo
8. Maskani yanayopendeza ni yale yasiyo na Majibu ya Zoezi 2
uchafu. 1. Mwana wetu twaja kwako
9. Maradhi yaliyomtatiza yalisababishwa na 2. Sote twataka umoja
uchafu. 3. Kushirikiana
10. Zingatia upatanisho wa kisarufi. 4. Ukabila
11. Kipupwe 5. Kujiimarisha
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C. Kuandika 2. a) Unga ulioletwa jana ni wa watoto.
Shughuli ya kwanza b) Uji wa wagonjwa umewekwa maziwa.
1. Insha ya maelezo c) Udongo wenye rutuba una mimea
2. Mada ni Nchi yetu. Muundo ni: kichwa, iliyonawiri.
utangulizi, mwili na hitimisho. d) Ushuru uliolipwa umetumika vizuri.
3. Ili insha ya maelezo iwe nzuri lazima e) Uwajibikaji wenu unajulikana mijini kote.
muundo na mtindo wa insha ya maelezo
uzingatiwe. (Mtindo ni vipengele vya insha Shughuli ya pili
ya maelezo). 1. Zingatia upatanisho wa kisarufi.
2. a) Ugali ule mtamu umeisha.
Majibu ya Zoezi 3 b) Wali uliopelekewa akina mama ulikuwa
Andika insha hiyo ukizingatia muundo na na nyama.
mtindo wa insha ya wasifu. c) Uaminifu wenu utawaletea sifa.
d) Ukulima wa mboga uliwaletea faida.
D. Sarufi e) Ukarimu wa majirani kwa vijana wale
1. Umoja na wingi wa nomino: ngeli ya uliwavutia wageni.
U-U
Shughuli ya kwanza Majibu ya Zoezi 5
2. a) unga b) mchanga 1. a) u, b) u, c) u d) u, u
c) uyoga d) ugali e) u
3. a) unga b) mchanga 2. Zingatia upatanisho wa kisarufi
c) uyoga d) ugali 3. Zingatia upatanisho wa kisarufi
4. Hazibadiliki katika wingi
5. Ngeli ya U-U Maswali ya marudio
1. Kidole kimoja hakivunji chawa.
Shughuli ya pili 2. Kinga nyingi ndizo husababisha moto.
1. Ushuru, unga, umoja, ugali, ushirikiano, 3. Uji, uyoga, unga, ugali
uyoga, uji, ujirani, uangalifu 4. u
2. Ushuru, unga, umoja, ugali, ushirikiano, 5. Kipande cha kwanza cha mshororo
uyoga, uji, ujirani, uangalifu 6. Kipande cha pili cha mshororo
7. Uimbaji wa vijana wale uliwavutia
Majibu ya Zoezi 4 watazamaji.
1. Uji, uyoga, unga, ugali 8. a) tathnia – mishororo miwili
2. a) Usafi - usafi b) tathlitha – mishororo mitatu
b) uji - uji c) Tarbia – mishororo minne
c) uyoga – uyoga 9. Zingatia upatanisho wa kisarufi
d) ugali – ugali 10. Zingatia muundo na mtindo wa insha ya
e) unga - unga maelezo.
3. a) Udongo ubatili uli maji.
b) Wali wetu umeiva. 6. USAWA WA KIJINSIA
c) Uyoga ule unavutia. A. Kusikiliza na kuzungumza
d) Ugali wenu unanukia. Shughuli ya kwanza
e) Uji wao umepoa. 2. kaka, dada, katuunda, kike, kiume, watoto,
sawa, usawa, heshima, maadili, maisha,
2. Umoja na wingi wa sentensi: ngeli ya umoja, shule,
U-U
Shughuli ya kwanza Majibu ya Zoezi 1
1. a) Unga ulioletwa jana ni wa mtoto. 1. Kupelekwa shuleni, kukuza vipawa, wapewe
b) Uji wa mgonjwa umewekwa maziwa. mahitaji, wacheze pamoja
c) Udongo wenye rutuba una mmea 2. Watoto wote ni sawa.
ulionawiri. 3. Ubaguzi
d) Ushuru uliolipwa umetumika vizuri. 4. a) jinsia – masuala yanayoambatana na
e) Uwajibikaji wako unajulikana mjini kote. mambo yanayohusu mwanamume na
mwanamke; uana
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b) ubaguzi – hali ya kutoa vitu au huduma c) Hitimisho
kwa upendeleo i. huja mwishoni mwa insha.
c) kiume – kama afanyavyo mwanamume; ii. huwa na maneno ya kumalizia sifa.
kwa tabia za mwanamume iii. hutoa maoni ya mwisho ya kusifia.
5. Zingatia upatanisho wa kisarufi d) Mpangilio mzuri wa mawazo katika aya
6. Watoto wote ni sawa e) Hati safi
f) Kanuni za kisarufi kama vile uafikishaji
B. Kusoma mwafaka na tahajia
Shughuli ya kwanza g) Lugha ya kiubunifu inayojumuisha
Jibu maswali kulingana na makala methali, tashbihi na nahau
umewahi kusoma. h) Hitimisho

Shughuli ya pili 2. Zingatia vipengele vya insha ya wasifu
Jibu maswali kulingana na makala
umewahi kusoma. D. Sarufi
1. Umoja na wingi wa nomino: ngeli ya
Majibu ya Zoezi 2 I-I
Jibu maswali kulingana na makala uliyosoma. Shughuli ya kwanza
1. a) sukari b) chumvi
C. Kuandika c) miwani d) kahawa
Shughuli ya kwanza 2. a) sukari b) chumvi
1. Muundo na mtindo wa insha ya wasifu c) miwani d) kahawa
2. Huzuia ubaguzi na kuzingatia usawa 3. Hayabadiliki katika wingi
3. a) Kichwa 4. I-I
b) Utangulizi
c) Mwili Shughuli ya pili
d) Hitimisho 1. chai, kahawa, mirathi, sharubati, mvua
4. Tangulia kutambua vipengele hivyo kwenye 2. a) sukari b) chumvi c) furaha
insha kisha usome huku ukichunguza d) huzuni e) mvua
umuhimu wake. 3. a) Mvua inanyesha
b) Soda imenunuliwa.
Shughuli ya pili c) Chumvi mpya imeletwa sokoni
Zingatia maagizo d) Sukari nyingi inaharibu meno
e) Miwani mipya itawafaa.
Majibu ya Zoezi 3
1. Vipengele vya kimuundo na kimtindo Majibu ya Zoezi 4
ambavyo ni: 1. miwani, miraa, sukari, chumvi, mvua
a) Kichwa au anwani 2. miwani, miraa, sukari, chumvi, mvua
i. huandikwa kwa herufi kubwa na 3. Zingatia upatanisho wa kisarufi
kupigiwa mstari.
ii. hutumia maneno machache. 2. Umoja na wingi wa nomino: ngeli ya
iii. huwa wazi na kueleweka upesi. I-I
iv. huangazia kile kinachozungumziwa
katika insha. Shughuli ya kwanza
b) Mwili wa insha Zingatia maagizo.
i. hupangwa kwa aya kuanzia utangulizi
hadi mwisho. Shughuli ya kwanza
ii. hutumia sentensi zinazoeleweka kwa 1. a) Chumvi iliyowekwa katika chakula
urahisi. ilikuwa ya kutosha.
iii. huandikwa kwa hati nadhifu na b) Mvua iliyonyesha ilisababisha mafuriko.
kuakifishwa kwa usahihi. c) Furaha ilimfanya acheze vizuri sana.
vi. hutumia lugha bunifu yenye tashbihi, d) Miraa ilitupwa mbali na mtoto.
nahau, methali na sitiari. e) Mikogo yake ilimfanya aanguke.

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2. Kuandika katika wingi. Majibu ya Zoezi 1
a) Chumvi iliyowekwa katika vyakula 1. a) Chapa kazi – fanya kazi kwa bidii, fanya
ilikuwa ya kutosha. kazi kwa uwezo wako wote
b) Mvua iliyonyesha ilisababisha mafuriko. b) Kunja jamvi – maliza shughuli
c) Furaha iliwafanya wacheze vizuri sana. c) Kuwa na mlahaka mwema – patina
d) Miraa ilitupwa mbali na watoto. vyema na watu
e) Mikogo yao iliwafanya waanguke. d) Changa bia – shirikiana katika kufanya
3. Zingatia upatanisho wa kisarufi. jambo fulani
e) Sema kwa sauti moja – kubaliana katika
Majibu ya Zoezi 5 jambo, afikiana
1. i, i, i, i, i, f) Kaza kamba – zidi kutia juhudi, kutokata
2. Zingatia upatanisho wa kisarufi. tamaa
2. Zingatia maana za nahau na upatanisho
Maswali ya marudio wa kisarufi
1. Zingatia usawa wa kijinsia
2. Usawa wa kijinsia B. Kusoma
3. a) vitabu, majarida na magazeti Shughuli ya kwanza
4. Kunawezesha msomaji kujua msamiati 1. a) kitabu b) jarida c) gazeti
mwingi na mafunzo mengi. 2. Tajeni matini mumewahi kusoma.
5. Mada na aina ya makala 3. Jibu yale mmesoma
6. sukari, chai
7. Zingatia upatanisho wa kisarufi Shughuli ya pili
8. Asali ya akina mama imewekwa ndani ya Fanyeni shughuli hiyo kwa makini.
chupa.
9. Samli iliyonunuliwa ni nzuri. Majibu ya Zoezi 2
10. a) Kichwa au anwani Fuata maagizo.
b) Mwili wa insha
c) Hitimisho C. Kuandika
d) Mpangilio mzuri wa mawazo katika aya Shughuli ya kwanza
e) Hati safi 1. Insha ya maelezo
f) Kanuni za kisarufi kama vile uafikishaji 2. jinsi YA KUZUIA MMOMONYOKO WA
mwafaka na tahajia UDONGO
g) Lugha ya kiubunifu inayojumuisha 3. Kuwa vipengele vya insha ya masimulizi ni
methali, tashbihi na nahau vifuatavyo:
11. Zingatia muundo na mtindo wa insha ya a) Kichwa au anwani
wasifu. b) Mwili wa insha
c) Hitimisho
d) Mpangilio mzuri wa mawazo katika aya
7. MAJANGA NA JINSI YA e) Hati safi
KUYAZUIA f) Kanuni za kisarufi kama vile uafikishaji
A. Kusikiliza na kuzungumza mwafaka na tahajia
Shughuli ya kwanza g) Lugha ya kiubunifu inayojumuisha
1. Chapa kazi, change bia, kaza kamba methali, tashbihi na nahau
2. Sema kwa sauti moja, fanya itifaki, toka
jasho, shikana bega kwa bega, toka jasho Shughuli ya pili
3. Tumieni kamusi ya nahau kuandika Zingatieni maagizo.
nyingine na maana zake.
Majibu ya Zoezi 4
Shughuli ya pili Zingatieni yafuatayo:
1. Chapa kazi, kunja jamvi, change bia, sema a) Kichwa au anwani
kwa sauti moja, fanya itifaki b) Mwili wa insha
2. Tumieni kamusi ya nahau c) Hitimisho
3. Zingatieni maana ya nahau na upatanisho d) Mpangilio mzuri wa mawazo katika aya
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f) Kanuni za kisarufi kama vile uafikishaji 2. Wahusika ni: Mwelekezi, Wanafunzi, Waridi,
mwafaka na tahajia Ojwang, Wanjeri, Kaparo, Marko
g) Lugha ya kiubunifu inayojumuisha methali, Mazungumzo ni maneno wanayoyasema
tashbihi na nahau wahusika
Maelekezo ni maagizo kwenye mabano.
D. Sarufi 3. Msamiati wa wanyama: mamba, kiboko,
Majibu ya Zoezi 4 kasa, kobe, mkizi, pweza,
1. Shuleni, nyumbani, shambani, mjini, ofisini, 4. Mchezo wa kuigiza ni tamthilia.
majilisini
2. a) uwanjani b) nyumbani Majibu ya Zoezi 2
c) kituoni d) sokoni 1. Tumia kamusi kuelewa mnyama uliyemtaja.
e) mezani 2. a) tusitupe takataka majini
b) tusitupe kemikali majini
Maswali ya marudio 3. Kupata chakula
1. Kaza kamba, mkono mmoja, change bia 4. Hasira ni hasara.
2. Kufanya kazi sana 5. Chakula na kuvutia watalii
3. Zingatia upatanisho wa kisarufi 6. Tutunze na kulinda wanyama
4. Zingatia maagizo 7. Zingatia kutaja wanyama wa majini, sifa
5. m- zao, jinsi ya kuwatunza, umuhimu wao na
6. kituoni, chumbani, jikoni funzo unalokusudia kujifunza.
7. Sokoni kulikosafishwa kunapendeza
8. Zingatia upatanisho wa kisarufi. C. Kuandika
9. Shambani pa mzee pamepandwa mti. Shughuli ya kwanza
10. Zingatia muundo na vipengele vya insha ya 1. Mtiririko wa hoja ni mfuatano mzuri wa
maelezo. matukio kutoka la kwanza hadi la mwisho.
2. Muundo ni: kichwa, utangulizi, mwili kisha
8. WANYAMA WA MAJINI hitimisho
A. Kusikiliza na kuzungumza 3. Insha nzuri ya masimulizi huzingatia
Shughuli ya kwanza muundo na vipengele vya uandishi wa insha
1. a) njenje, pesa, ngwenje, ndarama, dinari, ya masimulizi.
mbuda, ghawazi
b) nyumbani, chengoni, manzilini, baitini, Shughuli ya pili
makanini Zingatieni muundo na vipengele vya insha ya
2. a) msichana masimulizi.
b) mvulana
c) gude Majibu ya Zoezi 4
d) bundi (na kadhalika) Andika insha hiyo ukizingatia muundo na
3. Rejelea kamusi vipengele vya insha ya masimulizi.

Shughuli ya pili D. Sarufi


1. Rejelea kamusi 1. Kauli ya kutendeana
2. Rejelea kamusi Shughuli ya kwanza
1. Pigiana mpira
Majibu ya Zoezi 1 2. Kutendeana
1. a) kadhongo (n.k.) 3. andikiana, chezeana, angaliana, semezana,
b) fukara (n.k) someana
c) kusudi (n.k.)
d) pesa (n.k.) Shughuli ya pili
2. Tumia kamusi 1. Bebeana, andikiana, pelekeana, chukuliana,
tengenezeana
B. Kusoma 2. a) andikiana b) pelekeana
Shughuli ya kwanza c) chaguana d) someana
1. a) wahusika, maagizo, mazungumzo e) tunzana

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Majibu ya Zoezi 4 Majibu ya Zoezi 6
1. a) walibebeana 1. Imefungua
b) hupigiana, kujuliana 2. Ataanua
c) waliambiana 3. Ametegua
d) waliimbiana 4. Ukifumbua
e) walinunuliana 5. usifukue
2. a) walisomeana
b) walisalimiana Maswali ya marudio
c) wanatembeleana 1. a) hongo –rushwa, chai, chauchau, chirimiri,
d) wanauziana mlungula, kadhongo, chichiri, mvugulio,
e) wakirushiana kiinikizo, kilemba
b) maskini – fukara, mkata, mtule, dhalili,
2. Kauli ya kutendesha dhilifu, kibapara, fakiri
Shughuli ya kwanza 2. Zingatia upatanisho wa kisarufi kwa
1. Anamnavya kutumia aidha ya maneno yafuatayo:
2. Kutendesha a) Dudumizi – gude, tipitipi, shundi
3. Fundisha, bebesha, chezesha, somesha, b) Rafiki – sahibu, mwandani, bui, mwenzi,
limisha msiri, somo, mbasi
3. Zingatia maagizo
Shughuli ya pili 4. a) Ngisi b) pweza
1. Kuwalisha, aliendesha, kuwazungusha, 5. Zingatia upatanisho wa kisarufi wa ngeli
aliwanavya, akimkimbiza, huogofya, ya A-WA
2. Zingatia upatanisho wa kisarufi 6. a) fumua – kutendua
b) someana – kutendeana
Majibu ya Zoezi 5 c) kimbiza – kutendesha
1. a) andikisha b) Julisha 7. a) andika – andikiana
c) imbisha d) tokosa b) oa – oza
e) ogofya f) ingiza c) funga – fungua
2. a) Mwalimu aliwaimbisha wanafunzi wimbo 8. Zingatia maagizo na upatanisho wa
wa Taifa. kisarufi
b) Mama alimlisha mtoto chakula. 9. a) aliwaingiza
c) Familia ya Mzee Kaziiliambatana b) wameutegua
nayekumtembeza kandokando ya c) walibebeana
bahari. 10. Zingatia muundo na vipengele vya insha
d) Dawa alizomeza zilimponyesha. masimulizi
e) Maria aliwanavya wageni mikono.
9. AFYA YA AKILI
3. Kauli ya kutendua A. Kusikiliza na kuzungumza
Shughuli ya kwanza Majibu ya Zoezi 1
1. a) anika b) anua 1. Kuchagua miktadha rasmi
2. a) pakia – pakua c) Mazungumuzo kwenye gwaride
b) choma – chomoa e) Mazungumzo majilisini
c) fumba – fumbua g) Mazungumzo katika mahakama
d) ezeka - ezekua h) Mazungumzo katika bunge
3. a) funga - fungua j) Daktari anapozungumza na mgonjwa
b) pakia – pakua 2. Mazungumzo rasmi hutokea katika
c) anika – anua miktadha rasmi ilhali mazungumzo yasiyo
d) tega – tegua rasmi hutokea katika mazingira yasiyo
e) fukia - fukua rasmi
Shughuli ya pili B. Kusoma
1. pakua, fungua, anua, zibua, fumbua Majibu ya Zoezi 2
2. Zingatia upatanisho wa kisarufi Zingatia maagizo

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C. Kuandika d) kesi ikiendelea mahakamani,
Majibu ya Zoezi 3 e) daktari na mgonjwa hospitalini,
1. Kuwa vipengele vya insha ya masimulizi ni f) mwalimu na mwanafunzi majilisini,
vifuatavyo: g) mjadala ukifanyika bungeni na
a) Kichwa au anwani mingineyo.
b) Mwili wa insha 3. Kulinganisha vitenzi na vinyume vyake
c) Hitimisho meza – tema
d) Mpangilio mzuri wa mawazo katika aya sindikiza – laki
e) Hati safi uza – nunua
f) Kanuni za kisarufi kama vile uafikishaji pakia – pakua
mwafaka na tahajia panda – shuka
g) Lugha ya kiubunifu inayojumuisha 4. Kuandika vinyume vya vitenzi vilivyopigiwa
methali, tashbihi na nahau mistari
2. -Kufanya mazoezi ya viungo a) amemeza
- Kula lishe bora b) ametoka
- Kunywa maji safi glassi nane kwa siku c) alilia
- Kulala usingizi wa kutosha d) aliyeamka, amelala
- Kuzungumza na watu e) uuze
- Kupumzika vya kutosha 5. Vitu vitatu vya kubebwa unapomtembelea
- Kufanya kazi mgonjwa kama vile matunda, kadi ya
- Kuvaa mnguo safi kutakia afueni, vinywaji vya kuongeza
- Kushirki katika michezo nguvu na kadhalika.
3. Zingatia maagizo 6. Hakiki insha ya mwanafunzi ukizingatia
4. Zingatia maagizo vipengele muhimu kama vile urefu na
kanuni zingine za insha za maelezo.
D. Sarufi
Vinyume vya vivumishi 10. KUKABILIANA NA UGAIDI
Shughuli ya kwanza A. Kusikiliza na kuzungumza
1. a) mrefu - b) mfupi Shughuli ya kwanza
2. c) nyeupe - d) nyeusi 1. a) mlafi b) mjanwenye
3.Vinyume vya vivumishi c) maringo d) mkali
4. Zingatieni maagizo hayo. 2. A ni tashbihi. B ni sitiari.
3. Kulinganisha viumbe wawili bila kutumia
maneno ya kufananisha kama vile, kama,
mfano wa, mithili ya na kadhalika.
Shughuli ya pili
Zuri – baya Shughuli ya pili
Safi – chafu 1. a) Mimi ni mchwa.
Kali – tamu b) Maria ni mlingoti.
Karimu – mchoyo c) Baba yake ni samba.
Tajiri - maskini e) Marko ni njiwa.
f) Mzee huyo ni kobe.
Majibu ya Zoezi 4 h) Wao ni chanda na pete.
Zingatia maagizo 2. Rejeleeni sifa za wanyama wanaorejelewa.
Maswali ya marudio 3. Rejelea kamusi ya sitiari na mifano kwenye
1. Kuchagua miktadha rasmi mazingira yenu.
a) watu wakiwa mahakamani, d) viongozi
wakiwa bungeni, e) daktari akiwa na Majibu ya Zoezi 1
mgonjwa hospitalini 1. Rejelea kamusi ya sitiari
2. Mifano mitano ya miktadha rasmi kama 2. Ni ulinganisho wa viumbe wawili wenye
vile: sifa sawa.
a) chifu akizungumza na raia afisini, 3. Zingatia upatanisho wa kisarufi.
b) rais akiwahutubia wananchi,
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B. Kusoma Majibu ya Zoezi 2
Shughuli ya kwanza Zingatia maagizo.
1. Tabuleti, tarakilishi, rununu
2. Kuandika hatua za kiusalama za C. Kuandika
kuzingatiwa Shughuli ya kwanza
a) kutumia mitandao salama pekee 1. Insha ya masimulizi
b) kutowasiliana na watu wasiojulikana 2. SIKU ZA MWIZI NI ARUBAINI
c) kuweka nywila katika vifaa vya kidijitali 3. a) Muundo: Kichwa, utangulizi, mwili na
d) kupiga ripoti unapochkozwa mtandaoni hitimishi
e) kutotumia vifaa vya kidijitali kila wakati b) Mtindo ni vipengele vilivyotumika katika
f) kuomba idhini kutoka kwa mzazi au uandishi huo. Navyo ni:
mlezi kabla ya kutumia vifaa vya kidjitali i. Kichwa au anwani
g) kutotoa habari za kibinafsi kwa watu ii. Mwili wa insha
wengine iii. Hitimisho
3. Kuandika hatua za kufuata ili kutumia iv. Mpangilio mzuri wa mawazo katika
vyombo vya kidijitali kwa urahisi aya
a) kufungua kifaa cha kidijitali v. Hati safi
kinachotumika vi. Kanuni za kisarufi kama vile
b) kufungua tovuti salama uafikishaji mwafaka na tahajia
c) kutambua jina la faili ambayo ina vii. Lugha ya kiubunifu inayojumuisha
matini ya kusomwa methali, tashbihi na nahau
d) kusoma matini iliyo kwenye kifaa cha c) Maudhui ni ujumbe
kidijitali Kila aya ina maudhui yake. Maudhui ni
e) kuzingatia hatua za kiusalama wakati ujumbe katika kila aya.
wa kutumia kifaa cha kidijitali
f) kufunga faili na mtandao Majibu ya Zoezi 4
g) kufunga kifaa cha kidijitali kilichotumiwa Zingatia muundo na vipengele vya insha ya
masimulizi.
Shughuli ya pili
1. Kuandika hatua za kiusalama za D. Sarufi
kuzingatiwa Shughuli ya kwanza
a) kutumia mitandao salama pekee 2. a) angeendesha, angezuia
b) kutowasiliana na watu wasiojulikana b) wangalipanda, ingalinyesha
c) kuweka nywila katika vifaa vya kidijitali 3. a) angeendesha, angezuia
d) kupiga ripoti unapochkozwa mtandaoni b) wangalipanda, ingalinyesha
e) kutotumia vifaa vya kidijitali kila wakati
f) kuomba idhini kutoka kwa mzazi au mlezi Shughuli ya pili
kabla ya kutumia vifaa vya kidjitali a) Angalidumisha usafi
g) kutotoa habari za kibinafsi kwa watu b) Tungemsaidia
wengine c) Tukipanda miti
2. Kuandika hatua za kufuata ili kutumia d) Tukishirikiana
vyombo vya kidijitali kwa urahisi e) mngalilipa ushuru
a) kufungua kifaa cha kidijitali f) ungemwona
kinachotumika
b) kufungua tovuti salama Majibu ya Zoezi 4
c) kutambua jina la faili ambayo ina 1. a) akishtakiwa
matini ya kusomwa b) Ningalisoma.
d) kusoma matini iliyo kwenye kifaa cha c) Mngesoma.
kidijitali d) Akifungwa.
e) kuzingatia hatua za kiusalama wakati e) Wangeshikwa.
wa kutumia kifaa cha kidijitali f) Tungalijuana.
f) kufunga faili na mtandao 2. Zingatia sarufi.
g) kufunga kifaa cha kidijitali kilichotumiwa 3. Zingatia sarufi.
4. Zingatia sarufi.

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Maswali ya marudio 2. a) Uongozi wan chi
1. Ni mlinganisho wa viumbe wawili b) Sherehe za kitaifa
wanaofanana tabia. c) Bajeti ya nchi
2. Mifano ya sitiari za tabia d) Ununuzi wa bidhaa
a) Juma ni sungura
b) Rehema ni fisi Majibu ya Zoezi 1
c) Mwanaisha ni chiriku 1. Fuatilia uhakikishe kuwa masimulizi
d) Mwalimu mkuu ni simba yalifanyika na iwapo maswala ya uwekezaji
e) Yaya ni njiwa yalihusishwa.
3. a) Musa ana maneno mengi kama chiriku 2. Fuatilia uhakikishe kuwa simulizi lilifanyika
b) Yeye anatembea polepole kama kobe. huku ishara za mwili kama vile ishara
4. Kutunga sentensi kwa kutumia sitiari za za uso, mabega na mikono zilitumika
tabia: kuimarisha simulizi.
a) Mimi ni mchwa kazini. 3. Zingatia maagizo
b) Yeye ni samba shuleni. 4. Fuata maagizo. Zingatia upendo unapojibu
5. Kuandika hatua za kiusalama za maswali.
kuzingatiwa
a) kutumia mitandao salama pekee B. Kusoma
b) kutowasiliana na watu wasiojulikana Shughuli ya kwanza
c) kuweka nywila katika vifaa vya kidijitali 1. Ushuru, ushuru wa forodhani, ushuru wa
d) kupiga ripoti unapochkozwa mtandaoni mapato, mapato, Shirika la Ukusanyaji
e) kutotumia vifaa vya kidijitali kila wakati Ushuru, mgao wa fedha, bajeti, mshahara,
f) kuomba idhini kutoka kwa mzazi au afisa wa forodhani, ukwepaji wa ushuru,
mlezi kabla ya kutumia vifaa vya kidjitali pesa zinazolipwa serikali za kaunti,
g) kutotoa habari za kibinafsi kwa watu matumizi ya mgao wa fedha
wengine
6. Hatua tatu za kiusalama zinazofaa Shughuli ya pili
kuzingatiwa kama vile 1. a) Ushuru wa uegezaji b) Kulipa ushuru
a) kutumia mitandao salama pekee 2. Kulipa ushuru wa wananchi
b) kutowasiliana na watu wasiojulikana 3. Zingatia sarufi
c) kuweka nywila katika vifaa vya kidijitali
d) kupiga ripoti unapochkozwa mtandaoni Shughuli ya pili
e) kutotumia vifaa vya kidijitali kila wakati 1. Kusoma kifungu tena
f) kuomba idhini kutoka kwa mzazi au 2. Kutumia kamusi kuandika maana ya
mlezi kabla ya kutumia vifaa vya kidjitali maneno kama vile:
g) kutotoa habari za kibinafsi kwa watu a) ushuru – malipo yatolewayo serikalini
wengine kwa kuingiza au kuuza bidhaa.
7. Kujitahadharisha na hatari mtandaoni b) benki – shirika linalohifadhi na
kukopesha fedha.
8. Kupigia mistari viambishi vya masharti. c) hasara – kupotea kwa mali au pesa
a) Tukikabiliana na ukaidi tutaishi kwa amani. katika biashara.
b) Wangezingatia usawa wa kijinsia d) deni – kitu au pesa ambazo mtu
watoto wote wangeelimika anadaiwa.
c) Mngalikata miti mngaliathiriwa na ukame. e) biashara – ununuzi na uuzaji wa bidhaa
9. Zingatia sarufi kwa lengo la kupata faida.
10. Zingatia maagizo. • Hakiki maelezo ya mwanafunzi ukirejelea
kamuzi.
11. USHURU 3. Hakiki usahihi wa sentensi zilizotungwa
A. Kusikiliza na kuzungumza na mwanafunzi kwa kutumia msamiati
Shughuli ya kwanza aliouchagua.
1. a) Uongozi wan chi
b) Sherehe za kitaifa Majibu ya Zoezi 2
c) Bajeti ya nchi 1. Rejelea kifungu: Kulipa ushuru misaada na
d) Ununuzi wa bidhaa kadhalika.

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2. Kukusanya ushuru na wanabiashara c) Akilipwa mshahara atalipa ushuru.
kukata tikiti za biashara d) Ugaidi ungepungua biashara
3. Serikali kukosa mapato. zingeimarika.
e) Mwizi Yule angetiwa mbaroni
C. Kuandika angerekebisha tabia.
Majibu ya Zoezi 4 2. Ukubwa na udogo wa nomino:
1. Hakiki baruapepe iliyoandikwa ukizingatia nomino zinazoanza kwa ki-
kanuni za kuandika baruapepe. Shughuli ya kwanza
2. Hakiki baruapepe iliyoandikwa ukizingatia 1. a) kikombe b) kiti c) kitabu
kanuni za kuandika baruapepe. d) kitanda e) kioo f) kipepeo
2. ki-
D. Sarufi 3. kijiko, iwavi, kiroboto, kisu
1. Ukanushaji wa maneno: viambishi
vya hali ya masharti Shughuli ya pili
Shughuli ya kwanza 1. kitabu, kiota, kiti, kikombe, kitambulisho
1. a) Wakazi wangelipa ushuru barabara 2. kijitabu - jitabu, kijiota - kijiota, kijiti - jiti,
ingekarabatiwa. kijikombe - jikombe, kijitambulisho -
b) Miti mingi ikipandwa mvua itanyesha tena. jitambulisho
2. a) Barabara haikukarabatiwa kwa sababu
wakazi hawakulipa ushuru. Majibu ya Zoezi 5
b) Mvua hainyeshi kwa sababu hakuna miti. 1. Kujaza jedwali
3. a) Wakazi wangelipa ushuru barabara Wastani Ukubwa Udogo
ingekarabatiwa. Kiti Jiti Kijiti
b) Miti mingi ikipandwa mvua itanyesha
Kitabu jitabu Kijitabu
tena.
Kitanda Jitanda Kijitanda
Shughuli ya pili Kioo Jioo Kijioo
1. a) Mkiishi kwa amani mtapiga hatua kilemba Jilemba kijilemba
kimaendeleo. Zingatia maagizo na sarufi.
b) Wangelima shamba kubwa wangepata 2. Zingatia sarufi
mavuno mengi.
c) Mngalitoa nambari za siri kwenye 3. Ukubwa na udogo wa nomino:
mitandao mngalifichua siri za familia nomino zinazoanza kwa ji-
zenu. Shughuli ya kwanza
d) Nikiendesha gari polepole nitafika 4. a) Jiwe b) jiko c) jani d) jino
salama. 5. ji-
e) Ungefuata maagizo ungeishi bila majuto. 6. jirafu, jiko, jimbo
2. a) Msipoishi kwa amani hamtapiga hatua
kimaendeleo. Shughuli ya pili
b) Wasingelima shamba kubwa 3. jifya, jiwe, jino, jirafu, jiko
wasingepata mavuno mengi. 4. kijijifya - jijifya, kijijiwe – jijiwe, kijijino –
c) Msingalitoa nambari za siri kwenye jijino, kijijirafu- jijirafu, kijijiko - jijiko
mtandao salama msingalifichua siri za
familia zenu. Majibu ya Zoezi 6
d) Nisipoendehsa gari polepole sitafika 1. Kujaza jedwali
salama. Wastani Ukubwa Udogo
e) Usingefuata maagizo usingeishi bila Jiwe Jijiwe Kijijiwe
majuto. Jino Jijino Kijijino
Majibu ya Zoezi 4 Jifya Jijifya Kijijifya
1. a) Mngemtunza ng’ombe huyo mngepata Kijiko Jijiko Kijijiko
maziwa mengi. jirafu jijirafu kijijirafu
b) Ningedumisha usafi ningekuwa na afya Zingatia sarufi
bora. 2. Zingatia sarufi.

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Maswali ya marudio Andika barua rasmi hiyo kwa mwalimu
1. Ishara za mwili kama vili ishara za uso, za ukizingatia vipengele vya barua rasmi.
mabega na za mikono
2. Maana ya msamiati wa ushuru JARIBIO LA PILI
a) Ushuru wa forodhani – ushuru unaolipiwa Maswali mseto
bidhaa kabla ya kuingizwa nchini. 1. B 2. D 3. A 4. C 5. B 6. B
b) Shirika la Ukusanyaji Ushuru – ni shirika 7. C 8. D 9. A 10. C 11. D 12. D
la serikali linalokusanya ushuru kwa 13. C 14. B 15. A 16. C 17. D 18. D
niaba ya serikali. 19. D 20. A
c) Ukwepaji wa ushuru – ni hali ya raia
Kusoma (shairi)
kukwepa kulipa ushuru.
3. Zingatia upatanisho wa kisarufi 1. A 2. B 3. B 4. C 5. A 6. A
4. Viambishi vya hali ya masharti 7. C
a) Wakitembea b) ningejua Kusoma (kifungu)
c) mngalimsaidia 1. B 2. D 3. B 4. C 5. A
5. Kukanusha. Kuandika- Andika insha ya wasifu.
a) Usipomaliza kazi usimfungue punda
huyo apumzike. JARIBIO LA TATU
b) Asingejiepusha na dawa za kulevya Maswali mseto
asingekuwa na afya bora. 1. B 2. D 3. B 4. C 5. B 6. A
c) Wasingaliwaheshimu wazazi 7. C 8. D 9. B 10. A 11. A 12. C
wasingalibarikiwa. 13. D 14. A 15. B
6. Kikombe, kijiko, kioo, kiroboto n.k.
Kusoma (mchezo wa kuigiza)
7. a) kiti – jiti – kijijiti
b) kitabu – jitabu - kijitabu 1. D 2. C 3. B 4. A 5. D 6. D
8. Zingatia sarufi 7. B 8. C 9. B 10. D
9. Jiwe, jino, jirafu, JARIBIO LA NNE
10. a) jicho – jijicho – kijijicho
b) jiriwa – jijiriwa - kijijiriwa Kifungukate
11. Zingatia sarufi 1. B 2. C 3. A 4. A 5. D 6. C
12. Hakikisha umezingatia sehemu tano za 7. B 8. A 9. D 10. C
baruapepe zifuatazo: Maswali mseto
a) anwanipepe ya mwandishi kujaza mraba
b) anwanipepe ya mpokeaji 1. Ufizi 2. Kipini 3. Fukara
c) mada 4. Marahaba 5. Sitiari 6. Usingizi
d) mtajo 7. deki 8. mwema 9. utao
e) mwili 10. tathlitha
f) hitimisho 11. Nomino Wingi Ngeli
g) jina la mwandishi a) ufa nyufa U-ZI
b) dawa dawa I-ZI
c) jua jua LI-LI
MAJIBU YA MASWALI 12. a) pekee b) dhahania c) wingi
JARIBIO LA KWANZA d) kawaida e) jumla f) ambata
g) vitenzi jina
Maswali mseto 13. a) vimilikishi b) idadi c) sifa
1. A 2. D 3. C 4. A 5. D 6. A d) viashiria e) pekee
7. B 8. D 9. D 10. C 11. A 12. B f) ‘-a’ unganifu
g) viulizi h) amba au kirejeshi ‘amba-’
13. D 14. C 15. A 16. A 17. D 18. C
Kusoma (shairi)
1. B 2. D 3. A 4. C 5. C 6. C
7. B 8. D 9. A 10. C 11. D 12. A
Kuandika

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14. juu ya, chini ya, kando ya malimau na pea
15. Viunganishi huru (na, kwa sababu, ila na 14.Kasisi- Pasta, mchungaji au padre
kadhalika) 15.Sakura mitandao salama pekee
Viunganishi tegemezi (ingawa, baadaye, - Usifute faili mnazokumbana nazo kwenye
badala ya, na kadhalika) vifaa vya kidigitali
16. LO! Do! Maskini! Yarabi! Hureeh! Afanalek! - Zingatia mada mnayoitafiti mtandaoni
na kadhalika) - Tafuteni idhini kwa wazazi au walimu kabla
17. a) Kivumishi cha idadi b) kihusishi ya kutumia vifaa vya kidijitali
16. a) mlimofagiliwa mna
18. a) A b) , c) . d) ! e) ’ f) :
b) yaliyo yanapendeza.
19. a) Alipoanguka alikuwa akiongea kwa simu. c) uliowafanikisha d) ikinyesha
b) Utakapofika nitakuwa nikipika 17. a) Yeye ni kinyonga- haaminiki, ni kigeugeu
c) Angali anafua. b) Mimi ni kobe safarini- mimi huenda ama
d) Yeye hupika ugali vizuri. hutembea polepole
e) Yeye amepika chakula. 18. Wakenya wote wasipoelimika nchi yetu
f) Ungetaka ungempigia. haitapendeza. 19. Kisu butu ni cha shangazi.
g) Ningalikuwa na mabawa ningaliruka 20. a) kimbiza b) tegua
hadi mbinguni. Kusoma
h) Ukiacha kula utalia kwikwi. 1. D 2. B 3. C 4. A
5. Wafanyabiashara walilipa ushuru.
20. Wastani Ukubwa Udogo Shairi
a) Mto Jito kijito 1. B 2. C 3. C 4. A 5. B
b) Mtoto toto kitoto Kuandika
c) Ng’ombe gombe kigombe Andika insha ya maelezo isiyopungua
d) Kikombe jikombe kijikombe maneno mia mbili kuhusu JINSI YA
e) Jiwe jijiwe kijijiwe KUIMARISHA AFYA. Zingatia muundo na
21. a) Sijui kusoma b) Hakupanda miti mtindo wa insha ya maelezo.
c) Hutafua nguo zako
Kuandika
Andika baruapepe kwa mwalimu wako.
JARIBIO LA TANO
Maswali mseto
1. Kibofu
2. Mtulinga, kidari, mbavu, uti wa mgongo
3. mrefu, mchafu, mwembamba, ghali
4. huyu, yule, pale 5. wangu, wake, wao
6. a) Msichana huyu amepotea./Huyu amepotea
b) Jibu langu ni sahihi. /Langu ni sahihi
c) Waziri wa wanyama atatutembelea kesho.
7. Buriani
8. Maana, visawe, ngeli, matumizi, aina ya neno
9. a) Ni maneno yanatoa maelezo zaidi
kuhusu kiasi cha nomino au kiwakilishi
cha nomino.
b) Ni maneno yakuuliza kuhusu nomino.
10.wangapi- kivumishi kiulizi
michache- kivumishi cha idadi
11.a) Huwa katika herufi nzito.
b) Herufi huinama
c) maadili-nomino ya wingi
12.a) idadi b) kuashiria c) nafsi
13.a) Ala! Kumbe ni wewe.
b) Ng’ombe wenu hutoa maziwa mengi.
c) Alinunua: maembe, machungwa, ndimu,

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Science encyclopedia 6 answers
b) Tap roots or fibrous roots
Plants c) Assess the drawing showing types of roots
End of sub strand assessment page 184 4. Assess the completed table
1. Shrubs - rose, marigold,china rose 5. roots
Trees – neem, palm, teak, oak,sanadalwood, 6. a) Fibrous roots
coconut b) Maize, banana, mango, grass etc
Herbs –wheat, mustard,radish, sunflower, 7. a) tap root
carrot, ginger and turnip b) Assess the relevant examples guava
Grasses – palm, indian wood-oats, pampas, plant, acacia etc
star, napier
Animals:Vertebrates
2. A- produces pollen grains End of sub-strand assessment
C- Supports the flowers, leaves and fruits 1. Wear safe materials when handling
invertebrates
3. Trees- Eucalyptus, maize,mango, banana 2. Groupings of invertebrates.
4. Napier grass, star grass etc
Group A Group B Group C Group D
5. a) Function of the leaves
b) The leaves changed colour to yellow Lobster Scorpion Earthworm Millipede
c) Plants make food using their leaves crab spider Roundworm centipede
6. Assess a drawing of a plant with at least Octopus (accept any other correct answer)
five parts 3. a) Housefly, Butterfly, bee, wasp (accept
7. a) basin, coloured water, young uprooted any other)
plant, stand to support the plant b) Spider, tick, mite
b) For easy visibility c) snail, slug
c) Assess the appropriate steps d) centipede, millipede
8. the functions of a stem 4. a) Group A
9. a) roots b) roots b) Animals without backbones
c) leaves d) fruit 5. a) Group B
e) leaves for some plants, stem and roots b) Insects (butterfly, coachroach , bee,
f) stem wasps, housefly, mosquitoes etc)
10. 6. a) Invertebrates
s f l o w e r s b) They all lack backbones
e f e f e u o j 7. A source of food (accept any other)
8. Gloves, a pair of tongs, overcoat
d o a r e q o r
s o v u d a t e Human circulatory system
e d e i y e l o End of sub-strand assessment
e w s t e m s p 1. M – pulmonary artery, N – Pulmonary vein
and P – Vena cava
d a t s t o g r
2. Right auricle, right ventricle, left auricle and
w a t e r o o f left ventricle.
Types of roots 3. Aorta
End of sub-strand assessment page 187 4. The blood leaves the heart through aorta
1. a) Maize and bean plants to other parts of the body and flow back
b) A – flower, B –leaf, C – stem, D – roots, to the heart through the vena cava
E – leaf , F – stem and G stem 5. a) Arteries
c) bean plant b) Vein and capillaries
d) maize plant 6. a) Veins have thin and elastic walls. They
2. a) i) ground nut ii) sorghum have valves.
b) fibrous roots b) Arteries have thick elastic and
3. a) To prevent injury or touching poisonous muscular walls and they have no valves.
plant
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c) Capillaries have thin walls. They have no 8. d)
valves. 9. Adolescence is the stage from childhood to
7. a) group N b) Group Y adulthood
8. Vena cava 10. Changes that take place in both boys and
9. Learner C girls are as follows: in both:
10. White blood cells (leukocytes). These help a) Increase in weight and height
fight infections and aid in the immune b) Growth of hair in the pubic area
process. c) production of the sex cells
Red blood cells (erythrocytes) – These e) Pimples may appear on the face
carry oxygen from the lungs to the rest of
the body Water conservation
Platelets (thrombocytes) – these help in End of sub-strands Assessment
blood clotting. 1. Re-using
Plasma – The liquid component of the 2. Repairing leaking water pipes.
blood in which the following blood cells are
suspended: Reusing water
11. A, B, AB and O Using mulch to conserve water in the farms
Use drip irrigation instead of sprinkler
Reproductive system irrigation.
End of sub-strand assessment 3. Water used in laundry can be used to
1. Group B clean toilets and latrines
2. V - Ureter Water used for washing fruits and oranges
W – Bladder can be used by animals for drinking
X – Sperm duct (Vas deferens) Water used for washing utensils can be
Y – Testes used cleaning farm tools and equipment.
Z – Urethra 4. Harvesting of rain water
3. W - the bladder Closing taps when not in use.
X – Sperm duct is to move sperm away assess explanation from learners on how
from its storage place in the testicle. they conserve water through reducing
Y – testes produces the male reproductive 5. The placards were used to demonstrate
cells ways of conserving water. The ways include
4. a) Group 1 ovary reducing, reusing and recycling.
Group 2 cervix 6. The use of water without wasting
Group 3 fallopian tube 7. It minimizes the effects of drought and
b) Vagina, uterus etc water shortages
c) the ovam (egg) It guards against rising costs and conflict.
5. testis produces the male reproductive cells It helps to preserve our environment.
Urethra allows the passage of sperms and It makes water available for recreational
urine outside the male’s body purposes
Cervix dilates to open up the birth canal It builds safe and beautiful communities
during birth It avails water for agricultural use
Glands produce the reproductive fluids 8. Re-using refers to use of waste water for
6. Uterus is also known as the womb. It provides another purpose instead of pouring it away.
room for the development of the baby. Recycling refers to processing and
Oviducts are the tubes that connect the treatment of waste water to come up with
uterus to the ovaries. They provide the site clean water. Recycling is done through
where fertilization takes place. filtering and boiling water from river
Vagina is the muscular organ that opens and bore holes. Such water can be used
to the outside of the female body (birth for domestic use like washing clothes or
canal). It also allows for the passage of the utensils.
baby during birth. Reducing refers to methods that reduce
The penis allows the sperms and urine to the amount of water that is wasted in our
pass throw its narrow tube. environment Reducing includes practices
7. fallopian tube such as water harvesting of rain water

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from the roof tops of houses with gutters d) used in breathing, germination of seeds,
to large storage tanks. Also closing taps rusting.
after use. 5. Nitrogen 78% and Oxygen 21%
Water can be conserved through practices 6. Oxygen is used in breathing and burning
such as closing taps, building of dams to Nitrogen is used by plants
tap rain water for domestic use, treating Carbon dioxide is used by plants during
used water, filtering and boiling river or photosynthesis
bore water before drinking 7. Inert gases and carbon dioxide
8. Nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide, argon,
Spread sheet neon
End of sub-strand Assessment
1. a) Smart-phone Force of friction
b) Spread sheet End of sub strand Assessment
c) Computer, laptop, smartphones, 1. Friction is the force that opposes motion
2. Is composed of rows and columns between two surfaces over each other.
3. Assess the learner’s competence using 2. Skating during games
spread sheets Washing clothes to maintain cleanliness
Writing and erasing during classwork
Properties of matter Walking from one place to another
End of sub strand Assessment Moving and braking when driving
1. During a sunny day the electric cables Grinding grains to get flour
were heated and hence they expanded and Sharpening garden tools and equipment
sagged. 3. Tom. The smooth surface reduces friction
2. Solids, liquids and gases expand on heating while rough surfaces increases friction.
and contract on cooling.
3. Iron, aluminium, 4. They wear out. Such machines should be
4. Alcohol, mercury lubricated. To reduce tear and wear as a
5. The level of coloured water reduces. result of friction.
6. The level increases 5. To reduce friction
7. To allow space for expansion 6. a) Helps in cutting using hand saw.
8. The cables contracted due to cooling b) driving nails in woods using a hammer
9. Busting of tyres during 7. to improve movement or turning in moving
10. Assess the description parts of objects by reducing friction
11. Mercury, alcohol, water 8. Assess learner’s responses
12. a) Expands b) Increase c) solids 9. a) Used in lighting match boxes
b) Smoothening surfaces using sand papers
Composition of Air
End of sub strand Assessment 10. the force of friction
1. Nitrogen, Oxygen, carbon dioxide, inert 11. tyres, cloths, brake pads, etc
gases 12. the force between two surfaces that rub
2. a) air b) Nitrogen c)oxygen against each other
3. Used for refrigeration and cooling. It is 13. Rubbing of your both hands together to
used as an inert gas in chemical processes, keep them warm. When we rub both the
in the storage of carbon powder and in fire hands it produces heat.
extinguishers. Rubbing of sticks or stones together to
4. a) The candle when off after some time. produce fire
The level of water in the glass rose
while the level of water in the basin Light energy
decreased. End of sub strand Assessment
b) the candle went off because the oxygen 1. Reflection of light is the bouncing back of
inside the glass was used up. The water light.
rose to replace the space left by oxygen 2. Smooth and shiny
in the glass. 3. Assess leaner’s demonstration.
c) Air contains oxygen 4. Completed table

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Good reflectors of Poor reflectors Work carefully and slowly
light of light Use handrails at all times to ensure
stability
Aluminium foil, Red Manila paper, ply
Remain cautious when carrying materials-
plastic plate, metallic wood, piece of
making sure you can see over the top of
silver spoon, wood,
anything you are carrying
5. a) A plane mirrors, shinny piece of iron Remove obstructions
sheet, Wear the appropriate footwear
b) A- mirror, shinny aluminium surface Ensure adequate lighting
B- Iron sheet, rough shinny surfaces Report any potential issues as well as
6. Reflection of light helps the driver to see accidents
objects on the sides and behind the car
using a mirror. Mirrors are also used on
the road to help drivers view traffic around ANSWERS TO MODEL
sharp corners. Reflection of light enables
barbers and dentists to use mirrors when
ASSESSMENTS
doing their job. A microscope uses a mirror MODEL ASSESSMENT TASK 1
to reflect light to the specimen under the 1. D 2. C 3. A 4. D 5. B 6. C
microscope.
7. D 8. A 9. C 10. C 11. C 12. C
7. Plane mirror, aluminium foil, a stainless
steel sheet and shinny silver e.t.c 13. C 14. C 15. B 16. B 17. C 18. D
8. In order to see objects behind. Example 19. B 20. D 21. A 22. B 23. A 24. B
driver is seeing approaching vehicles from 25. D 26. C 27. A 28. A 29. D 30. B
behind and act accordingly.
9. Iron, silver, gold MODEL ASSESSMENT TASK 2
10. Reflection 1. C 2. A 3. D 4. B 5. D 6. B
7. C 8. C 9. B 10. C 11. A 12. B
Machines: slopes 13. C 14. B 15. A 16. C 17. D 18. A
End of sub strand Assessment
19. A 20. C 21. A 22. A 23. B 24. C
1. The lever, the wedge, the wheel and axle,
the pulley and the screw. 25. C 26. D 27. B 28. D 29. B 30. D
2. a) easier MODEL ASSESSMENT TASK 3
b) Inclined planes
3. a) a ladder, stairs, winding up a hill, ramps 1. C 2. D 3. D 4. C 5. B 6. C
Assess learner’s response 7. C 8. B 9. D 10. A 11. B 12. B
4. assess the learner’s response 13. D 14. C 15. C 16. A 17. A 18. A
5. Assess the learner’s response 19. C 20. C 21. B 22. B 23. B 24. B
6. In order to climb the hill easier by 25. B 26. A 27. B 28. D 29. C 30. C
increasing the effort distance.
7. Using a ramp, using a ladder, a road MODEL ASSESSMENT TASK 4
winding up a hill 1. D 2. C 3. C 4. C 5. D 6. C
8. How to make a ladder
7. A 8. D 9. C 10. D 11. D 12. B
Assess the learner’s work on how to make
a ladder. 13. B 14. D 15. B 16. A 17. C 18. B
9. Always mount the ladder on a stable 19. B 20. A 21. D 22. C 23. A 24. C
ground when using. Avoid slippery surfaces. 25. C 26. B 27. D 28. B 29. A 30. A
Sharp edges and nails should be removed. MODEL ASSESSMENT TASK 5
10. Learner 3
11. Avoid using ladders on slippery surfaces 1. C 2. A 3. A 4. A 5. A 6. B
unless secured. Slip-resistant feet will also 7. C 8. D 9. B 10. D 11. D 12. B
be an essential feature of your access 13. C 14. B 15. A 16. B 17. C 18. C
equipment 19. A 20. A 21. A 22. D 23. A 24. B
Maintain a clean and clutter-free working 25. B 26. A 27. B 28. D 29. D 30. A
environment
Keep stairs and slopes free of ice and snow
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AGRICULTURE ENCYCLOPEDIA 6 ANSWERS
Formative assessment 1.1 Formative assessment 1.4
1. Soil erosion is the carrying away of the 1. These are crops with weak stems that
top fertile soil from one place to another support themselves on other crops or
2. Water and wind stakes when they are growing.
3. Splash erosion, sheet erosion, rill erosion, 2. Strawberries, tomatoes, pumpkins.
gulley erosion 3. They are used as food, they help to
4. Rill erosion control soil erosion, some are used as
5. Splash erosion forms small holes on the flowers to beautify the environment.
ground while sheet erosion carries away a 4. Types of the material, whether it is free
thin uniform layer of the soil. from pests, the availability of the material.
6. Gabions trap the soil particles and let the 5. From the splits, cuttings or seeds of the
creepers.
water to pass through.
6. Cuttings are obtained from the whole part
7. Splash erosion.
of a plant eg stem cuttings while splits and
8. Rill erosion form small shallow channels
smaller parts obtained from the whole
while gulley erosion forms deep channels. part.
9. By pouring water on a slanting soil
surface using a tin with many holes.
10. Mulching Formative assessment 1.5
1. Cuttings, splits, seeds
2. Cleaning, drying, sorting
Formative assessment 1.2 3. By preparing the land and planting the
1. Water conservation involves protecting materials in moist land.
water sources and using the available 4. To keep off pests
water without wastage. 5. To keep off moisture, to avoid rotting
2. Raised seedbed, sunken seedbed. instead of germination.
3. The raised seed bed is raised above the soil
surface while sunken pits are dug into the Formative assessment 1.6
ground. 1. Net shed, twig shed, protective twig fence.
4. To make it available for the future 2. By using stakes, strings or other stronger
generations, to keep it off from plants around them.
contamination, to make it available for 3. To keep them in a moist environment in
domestic and industrial use. order to grow healthy.
4. The type of manure, amount of manure.
Formative assessment 1.3 5. By uprooting the weeds, applying mulches
1. These are devices constructed to keep to suffocate the weeds and by use of
away wild animals from damaging crops chemicals to kill the weeds.
and attacking domestic animals. Formative assessment 1.7
2. Thorny fence, birds’ deflectors, safe traps. 1. Watering, protecting from strong sunlight,
3. They help to keep off the wild animals training to grow to the desired shape and
from attacking our domestic animals and weeding.
damaging crops. 2. Check the change in colour of leaves and
4. Identify the route of the wild animal, set fruits.
the deterrent at that point to keep of the 3. The point at which the produce should
wild animal. be harvested, they time/ season when the
5. Put them in a photo album, USB or DVD harvesting should take place.
disc. 4. They conserve the environment by
6. Check the pictures and appraise the reducing the rate of evaporation of the
learner appropriately. soil moisture.

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Formative assessment 2.0 9. Growing legumes can be cared for by:
1. rabbits, guinea pigs, cats, dogs, ducks, uprooting weeds, thinning, controlling
chicken, pests and diseases, watering, mulching and
2. feeding, watering, parasite control, gapping.
maintaining appropriate number, Formative assessment 3.2
veterinary care 1. Ornamental gardening; is growing plants
3. always approach animals with caution, for beauty or esthetic value
study the behavior of the animal, be calm 2. Passion fruit, bean plant, roses, tulips, grass,
when handling animals, wash your hands hibiscus
before and after handling the animals 3. Soil medium is the practice of growing
4. any five small domestic animals e.g cats, crop using soil whereas Soilless medium is
dogs, rabbits, guinea pigs growing of crops without soil.
5. a. They are a source of income. 4. Coco peat is used to retain water for long
and is also rich in nutrients
a. They provide us with many products
5. The roles include:
such as eggs meat, wool milk.
• They provide shades around our
b. Small domestic animals such as cats
homes, schools, markets, streets City
and dogs can be used as pet’s Park and many other areas.
companion to human beings. • It adds beauty to our surroundings
Formative assessment 3.1 • Plants around us make the air cleaner
1. Is growing of crops without the use of • Some ornamental plants can be used
agro- chemicals. as herbal medicine.
2. a. Create a folder on your digital device • They conserve soil by preventing soil
e.g a computer or a tablet or a erosion
memory card. • They can be used for decoration
b. Find information on the internet around homes, schools
c. Download and store the acquired • Some ornamental plants have pleasing
information in the folder you created smell.
on your device 6. Materials and resources required are:
3. A jembe, fork jembe, shovel, rake • Transparent containers
4. Mulching, watering, thinning, gapping, • Pebbles, coco peat or peat moss
uprooting weeds, removing pests and • Organically or made nutrients
diseased crops. solution from mixture of water and
5. Legume crops needs to be harvested compost manure.
appropriately to avoid wastage. • Seeds or seedlings of desired plants.
6. Legumes can be harvested in about 45 Formative assessment 3.3
to 55 days after planting. They should be 1. Moisture beds is a crop production
picked when the pods are about 3 inches practice meant to provide optimum soil
long. moisture condition in a small production
7. These are practices in growing of crops area.
that do not involve any use of chemicals. 2. Sunken moisture bed and raised moisture
They include; mulching, using organic bed
manure, uprooting weeds, gapping, 3. Materials required are;
thinning. • A large polythene bag
8. Organically grown crops have better • Binding wire
taste. • Soil mixed with organic moisture
They are friendly to the environment. • 10, 3 foot long poles or fittos
They are free from poisonous chemicals • A wheelbarrow
such as pesticides. • Dry grass or kitchen waste such as
vegetable peels
They offer the body stronger immune
• Pliers
system.
• A pair of scissors
DISTINCTION ENCYCLOPAEDIA 44 GRADE 6 ANSWERS
• Tape measure • Watering can • Shovel
4. The difference between sunken and raised moisture is:
• Sunken moisture bed gardening is suitable for root crops such as arrow roots and
requires more water
• Raised moisture bed garden is suitable for vegetable crops and requires little water.
5. Importance of moisture beds include:
• Help in water retention
• They do not require a large space
• Moisture bed are easy to maintain
6. Rocks and small stones are used to allow easy drainage of excess water
7. They are used to form a barrier between the soil so that it is not eroded down to the rocks
8. To allow the soil to settle and not go down after planting
9. The sack is meant to hold materials for planting

ANSWERS TO MODEL ASSESSMENTS


MODEL ASSESSMENT TASK 1
1. D 2. A 3. D 4. D 5. A 6. C 7. B 8. A 9. B 10. C
11. C 12. D 13. D 14. B 15. A 16. C 17. B 18. A 19. C 20. A
21. A 22. C 23. A 24. B 25. B 26. D 27. A 28. C 29. C 30. B

MODEL ASSESSMENT TASK 2


1. B 2. D 3. C 4. A 5. B 6. B 7. D 8. A 9. B 10. D
11. B 12. D 13. D 14. A 15. C 16. D 17. C 18. B 19. A 20. C
21.D 22. A 23. A 24. C 25. A 26. B 27. D 28. C 29. A 30. A

MODEL ASSESSMENT TASK 3


1. C 2. A 3. A 4. C 5. D 6. A 7. C 8. C 9. C 10. D
11. B 12. C 13. A 14. B 15. B 16. A 17. D 18. B 19. D 20. A
21. B 22. D 23. D 24. A 25. C 26. D 27. A 28. C 29. D 30. C
MODEL ASSESSMENT TASK 4
1. A 2. B 3. D 4. B 5. A 6. A 7. D 8. B 9. D 10. B
11. B 12. D 13. B 14. A 15. C 16. A 17. B 18. A 19. D 20. C
21. D 22. D 23. D 24. B 25. C 26. C 27. B 28. A 29. B 30. C
MODEL ASSESSMENT TASK 5
1. B 2. C 3. A 4. B 5. A 6. B 7. C 8. C 9. D 10. A
11. D 12. B 13. B 14. A 15. C 16. D 17. A 18. A 19. B 20. D
21. D 22. A 23. A 24. A 25. C 26. A. Beans B.Maize C. Groundnut D. Peas
27. A 28. A 29. D 30. D

DISTINCTION ENCYCLOPAEDIA 45 GRADE 6 ANSWERS


ENCYCLOPAEDIA GRADE 6 SOCIAL STUDIES ANSWERS
1. Lake Catherine and Speke on Mt
Formative assessment 1.1 Ruwenzori, Lake Teleki
1. Sudan, South Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, 2. N- Meander, M- Oxbow lake
Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania 3. a)Depression lakes- Lake Victoria and
2. South Sudan Lake Kyoga
3. Sudan b) Lava damned lakes- Ethiopia: Lake Tana,
4. South Sudan Tanzania: Lake Kivu, Uganda: Mutandu,
5. Burundi, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Tanzania Rwanda: Ruhondo
6. 586, 646 km2 4. Crater lakes are formed when water
7. 5, 966 027 km2 settles in the depression formed on top of
the mountain.
Formative assessment 1.2 5. Lake Albert is an example of Rift Valley
1. Longitudes lakes. The part that sinks deep to form a
2. Longitudes are imaginary lines on a map depression during Rift Valley formation is
that run from north to south. Latitudes filled with water to form a lake.
are imaginary lines on a map that run
from west to east. Formative assessment 1.6
3. Equator 1. A plain is a low lying area that is fairly
4. Kenya, Uganda and Somalia flat.
5. The Eastern Africa lies between latitudes 2. Serengeti plains in Tanzania, Maasai plains
23ºN and 12ºS and longitudes 22ºE and in Tanzabia, Mudug plains in Somalia,
52ºE. Northern plainlands in Kenya, Coastal
6. Assess the map that the learner has plains in Kenya
drawn. 3. a)Flood plains are formed when it rains
7. To promote the quality of life of people heavily in the highlands. Rivers carry
through trade and cooperation. eroded materials which are deposited to
8. Assess the East African Community the river banks.
Anthem learner has written. Assess the b)Rivers carry eroded materials into the
learner’s ability to sing the anthem. ocean and deposit them on the shores. The
Formative assessment 1.3 materials pile up over a long period of
1. a) Tanzania: Usambara and Pare time on the shores to form coastal plains.
b) Uganda: Ruwenzori 4. Yatta plateau is found in Kenya. It extends
c) Kenya: Mau Ranges and Aberdare from Tsavo to north of Nairobi.
Ranges
2. Formed when molten rocks are forced out Formative assessment 1.7
through a weak point beneath the earth’s 1. Pastoralism, tourism and irrigation
surface. farming
2. It promotes dairy farming and crops
Formative assessment 1.4 growing. It encourages human settlement.
1. Western Rift Valley, Eastern Rift Valley and 3. Cool and wet climate encourages dairy
Great Rift Valley farming. It is favourable to growth of
2. Faults crops. Forests grow better in high rainfall
3. Kenya, Tanzania areas.
4. Faulting 4. Mountain climate is experienced on high
5. Assess the map the learner has drawn. mountains. Modified equatorial climate is
6. Tensional forces hot and wet. It experiences high rainfall
7. Lake Tanganyika, Natron, Malawi, and high temperatures throughout the
Naivasha. Nakuru, Albert, Eyasi. year.
Formative assessment 1.8
1. Savannah vegetation
Formative assessment 1.5
2. Equatorial vegetation

DISTINCTION ENCYCLOPAEDIA 46 GRADE 6 ANSWERS


3. Miombo woodlands in Tanzania and Africa.
Shimba Hills in Kenya 3. Swahili
4. Mountain vegetation 4. Abaluhyia, Abasuba, Abagusii, Abakuria
5. Swamp vegetation 5. The Akamba
6. Akamba, Agikuyu, Aembu, Ameru, Mbeere
7. The Luo, Acholi, Nuer, Anuak, japadhola
Formative assessment 1.9 8. Assess the map the learner has drawn.
1. Historic built environment are structures
or buildings that have historic value to us. Formative assessment 2.4
2. A monument is a structure, building or a 1. New languages developed due to
statue set up to remember a great person. interactions.
3. An artifact is an item of cultural or Population increased, conflicts among
historic importance that is preserved in a communities emerged, emergence of trade
museum. between communities.
4. They attract tourists and earn our 2. Living peacefully, exchange of positive
country foreign exchange. They are built cultural interactions
to honour important people and events. 3. Increased trade activities, peace and
5. Kenya: Gedi ruins, Uganda-Independence stability in the region
monument, Tanzania: Bagamoyo slave 4. Dorobo
rehabilitation centre 5. Trade activities among the Bantus, Nilotes
and Cushites promote growth of our
Formative assessment 2.1 economy.
1. A language group is group of people that
speak related languages. Formative assessment 2.5
2. Agikuyu 1. Population distribution refers to how
3. Story of Maasai people are spread out in the area.
The Maasai believe that their ancestors 2. Densely populated areas
were dropped from the sky on a ladder by 3. Insecurity, pests and diseases
God. 4. Assess the answers of learners.
The story of Ababukusu 5. Good transport network, presence of
The Ababukusu believe that their God industries, availability of job opportunities
known as Wele Khakaba resided on 6. Congestion and overcrowding, lack of jobs,
Mt Elgon. That is where Wele Khakaba shortage of food, rise in crime rates
created Mwambu and Sela. Their 7. Assess the poem on population
descendants grew to form the current distribution in Eastern Africa.
Bukusu population.
4. Hutu and Tutsi Formative assessment 2.6
1. Age group is a group of people born or
Formative assessment 2.2 initiated almost at the same time.
1. Congo forest 2. An age set
2. Natural calamities such as diseases search 3. Clan owned land on behalf of families,
of fertile areas to grow crops, to look for members of clan assist others in times of
new areas of settlement due to population need, clan teach the youth the customs,
increase. clan settles dispute
3. To search for fertile areas to grow crops. 4. Mode of dressing, food, houses and beliefs
4. Semites 5. They are a sense of our pride and
5. Congo forest belonging.
6. Luo, Nandi, Turkana 6. Indigenous food, dressing, positive cultural
7. Akamba, Agikuyu, Aembu, Ameru, Mbeere practices, respect for elders.
7. Marriage, initiation, music, games and
Formative assessment 2.3 sports
1. Bahr el Ghazal
2. Due to attacks by the Zulu of South

DISTINCTION ENCYCLOPAEDIA 47 GRADE 6 ANSWERS


Formative assessment 2.7 areas where beef is practiced in Eastern
1. Employing members of the community, Africa.
donating land to school, access to school 4. Source of food, source of employment,
facilities by community members source of raw materials, development of
2. Music festivals help in preserving the infrastructure
culture of the community, skills learnt in 5. Attack by pests and diseases, inadequate
school help in improving the quality of life capital, prolonged drought, inadequate
in the community, learners grow into law market of beef products.
abiding citizens 6. Sinking boreholes in dry areas, improved
3. Obeying the laws, paying taxes, being means of transport, improving security,
hardworking storing of fodder to be used in fry season
4. Through participating in drama and music 7. Promotion of trade activities, earns foreign
festivals. exchange, job creation
5. Assess the song the learner has composed. Formative assessment 3.2
6. Guide the learner to carry out the project 1.
and assess. Inland fishing Marine fishing
Formative assessment 3.1 grounds grounds
1. Large scale is carrying out agriculture on a) Kenya a) Kenya Indian
large tracts of land. i) Rivers:Yala, Tana , Ocean:
2. Sisal, maize, tea, coffee Nyando and Nzoia. Mombasa, Lamu,
3. Use of machines to carry out farm work, ii) Lakes:Victoria, Shimoni,Vanga
use of modern methods of farming, Naivasha, Turkana and Malindi.
produce is largely for sale, require large and Baringo.
capital iii) Fish farms in b) Tanzania Indian
4. The produce exported earns foreign Sagana, Bamburi Ocean:
and Homa Bay. Mtwara, Dar es
exchange to the economy of the country, b) Tanzania Salaam, Tanga and
earning income to the farmers, offering i) Rivers: Rufiji, Lindi.
jobs, providing raw materials to the Ruvuma, Mara,
industries. Rungwa and Gombe. c) Somalia
5. ii) Lakes:Victoria, Indian Ocean:
Large scale Small scale Malawi,Tanganyika Mogadishu.
farming farming and Rukwa.
c) Uganda
a) Requires large e) Requires small i) Rivers: Kagera,
capital. capital. Nile and Katonga.
b) Requires large f) Requires a ii) Lakes:Victoria,
tracts of land. small of land. Albert, George,
c) It requires heavy g) It does not Kyoga and Edward.
machines and require heavy 2. Overfishing, pollution of water bodies,
human labour machines and accidents due to capsizing boats,
d) Produce is human labour. destruction of corals
largely for sale. h) Produce is 3. Match
largely for Challenges facing Solutions to the
consumption. fishing problems
Assess the map the learner has drawn.
a) Overfishing Regulate fishing in
7. Assess the messages on importance the sea.
of large scale farming the learner has
created. b) Inadequate capital Provide capital for
the purchase of fish.
Formative assessment 3.3
c) Pollution Discourage
1. Beef farming is rearing cattle for meat pollution.
purposes.
2. Availability of adequate rainfall, veterinary d) Lack of modern Investing in modern
services, availability of capital landing piers piers.
3. Assess the map of the learner on locating 4. Mullet, kingfish, barracuda, sailfish

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5. Increasing funding to local fishermen, Formative assessment 3.6
avoiding polluting water, use of correct 1. Mobile phone, newspapers, radio,
standards of fishing nets television, Internet, brochures, posters
6. Lakes: Lake Victoria, Lake Tanganyika, Lake 2. Means of communication
Albert
Rivers: River Tana, Nile, Ruvuma Electronic media Print media
Swamps: Malagarasi swamp along River Radio Posters
Malagarasi Television Newspapers
7. Tilapia, dagaa, Nile perch, Tuna Internet Brochures
Mobile phone Books
Formative assessment 3.4 3. Lack of modern equipment of
1. Wildlife refers to animals that are not communication networks, poor electricity
domesticated. connection to the rural areas.
2. Tourism refers to the activity of people 4. Power blackout, poor Internet
travelling to different places for pleasure. connection, poor network, bad weather,
3. High hotel charges, stiff competition from lack of knowledge on technology, high
other countries, pollution of parks and maintenance of communication networks
natural habitats, poor means of transport 5. Investing in developing communication
4. Educating people on importance of networks, improving state of roads,
tourism, conserve the environment, connecting rural areas to electricity
reducing accommodation charges, 6. Assess the use of the following points in
improving security and transport the learner’s report.
networks a) People get information in real time
5. Improving security in the region, improving from all corners of the world.
transport and communication networks, b) Increased market and business
promoting local tourism opportunities.
6. Rungwa, Maasai Mara, Bokora, c) Governments earn income from
7. Assess the map the learner has drawn. communication businesses through
Formative assessment 3.5 taxation.
1. Road d) Promotion of local and international
2. Trans African Highway, Great North Road trade.
3. Connecting countries, linking up
towns, transporting goods to different Formative assessment 3.7
destinations 1. Soda ash, gold, limestone
4. Poor management of transport networks, 2. Complete the table.
insecurity, inadequate to fund transport
networks, accidents Mineral Country Place mined
5. Creating awareness on safe use Soda ash Kenya Lake Magadi
of roads, proper maintenance of Copper Uganda Kilembe
transport networks, observing traffic
rules, promoting security in the region, Gold Tanzania Mwanza,
constructing by-pass roads to reduce Tanga, Rukwa
congestion Flouspar Kenya Kimwarer in
6. Wadi Halfa, Atbara, Khartoum, Asmara, Kerio Valley
Addis Ababa, Moyale, Nairobi, Arusha, Limestone Uganda Hima
Dodoma, Tunduma
Diatomite Kenya Kariandusi
7. Kisoro, Lira, Kampala, Eldoret, Nairobi,Voi,
3. a) Gold-open shaft b) soda ash-dredging
Mombasa
c) diatomite-open cast
8. Assess the learner has composed
4. Destruction of natural environment and
on appreciating the Eastern African
pollution, accidents around open pits
governments for developing transport
5. Filling up the open with soil and plant
network for economic development.
trees.
9. Assess the map the learner has drawn on
6. a)Gold-Making medals, ornaments and
transport networks in Eastern Africa.
DISTINCTION ENCYCLOPAEDIA 49 GRADE 6 ANSWERS
jewelries b) Soda ash- making glass, Formative assessment 4.4
soap, paper and chemicals c) Limestone- 1. To promote children rights.
making cement, fertilizers and paints 2. Child labour
7. a) Flouspar-Kerio Valley b) Copper – 3. They should not employ her. They should
Kilembe c) Diatomite- Kariandusi d) advise the relative to take her to school.
Marble-Tororo, Hima 4. Assess the learner’s answers.
5. Right to education, right to food, right to
Formative assessment 4.1 clean water, freedom of worship, right to
1. The Nyamwezi and Buganda were ruled healthcare
by the hereditary leaders.
2. Strong army, rule of law, transparency Formative assessment 4.5
and accountability, equal participation, 1. Litigation
promoting discipline 2. People who receive a small share feel
3. Buganda discriminated.
4. Kikoma 3. Litigation, arbitration, mediation, inquiry
5. Centralised 4. Respecting human rights, promoting love
6. Lukiiko and tolerance for one another, equal share
7. Assess the learner’s answers. of wealth, fair application of the law
8. Wanyikulu was the information officer 5. Arbitration, mediation
who passed news in the chiefdom. 6. Assess the poster the learner has made.

Formative assessment 4.2 Formative assessment 4.6


1. Lack of trust among member states, poor 1. Preamble of the constitution is the
means of transport and communication, statement that gives direction and
lack of common currency to promote guidelines on what is expected of us by
trade the constitution.
2. Improving means of transport, promoting 2. Acknowledging, honouring, proud,
local industries to promote trade, reducing respectful, committed, recognising,
tarrifs, promoting security in the region, exercising, adopt, enact, God Bless Kenya
use of common currency 3. Government earns revenue for
3. Free movement of people and goods in development from taxes.
the region. 4. Pay county workers, maintain minor
4. East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) roads, fund early childhood education,
5. Production of similar goods that promote collect garbage, upgrade hospitals, install
stiff competition street lighting, offering free maternity care
6. Assess the EAC anthem the learner has 5. Taxes, grants from friendly nations, court
written. fines and charges, profits from government
companies, sale of government property,
Formative assessment 4.3 interests from loans given to traders, loans
1. Citizenship refers to rightfully belonging to from international financial institutions.
a country either by birth or registration. 6. A constitution is document that contains a
2. Right to live, right to shelter, right to set of rules that govern the country.
education, right to education, right to
food, right to security
3. Paying taxes, conserving the environment,
respecting the constitution, obeying
laws, observing government measures to
protect citizens
4. Respectful , truthful, responsible, patriotic,
dutiful, just, hardworking
5. Respect court orders, pay taxes, taking
care of the environment, obeying traffic
rules

DISTINCTION ENCYCLOPAEDIA 50 GRADE 6 ANSWERS


ANSWERS TO MODEL ASSESSMENTS 39. C. railway transport
40. B. Rule by elected president
MODEL ASSESSMENT TASK 1 41. C. Malawi and Mozambique
1. A. Uganda 42. B. Corporal punishment
2. D. Ethiopia, Tanzania, Somalia, Uganda Bullying
3. A. Landlocked countries 43. A. Headteacher
4. B. Prime Meridian 44. C. Headteacher, deputy headteacher,
5. D. the East of the Greenwich Meridian teachers, prefects
6. A. deep shaft method 45. C. language group
7. C. Wanyampala 46. C. Bantu
8. B. Baganda 47. A. Trade
9. C. 220N Farming methods
10. A. Rwanda Intermarriages
11. A. 150N, 380E 48. C. It has promoted peace and harmony
12. A. 230N, 180W 49. D. Headteacher – Links the school with the
13. (a) False (b) True (c) True Ministry of Education
(d) True (e) True Deputy headteacher -In charge of
14. C. Climate discipline
Large piece of land 50. D. Climate, fertile soils, political stability
Demand for beef
15. B. Sink many boreholes MODEL ASSESSMENT TASK 2
16. A. Drainage features and relief features 1. C. Somalia, Tanzania, Sudan
17. A. dyke 2. D. Rwanda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, South
Sudan, Sudan
18. A. volcanic 3. B. artefacts
19. A. Mt Meru, Mt Kilimanjaro, Mt Longonot 4. B. monuments
20. B. Accumulation of lava on the earth’s 5. Write down the importance of Historic
surface. built environments the community
6. C. earns foreign exchange
21. A. magma
7. A. bush fallowing
22. A. Rift Valley 8. A. Maasai
23. B. Lake Victoria, Lake Kyoga 9. B. Blacksmith and midwifery
24. C. Crater 10. (a) C Mother is preparing food for her
25. D. Lake Victoria children
(b) B Apprenticeship
26. C. Water settled along fault lines formed (c) A Mother
during formation of the Great Rift Valley. (d) B It prepared children for adult life
27. B. plains
28. B. Cleaning rivers 11. B. Begun at birth, no curriculum, no exams
Planting trees along river valley 12. D. Prepared youths to live responsible
life and were able to perform different
Not dumping garbage functions in life
29. A. Equatorial climate 13. C. A system set-up for the smooth running of
30. C. Tropical climate the school
31. C. Mountain climate 14. B. Search for fertile land for cultivation
15. C. Believe their God dropped their
32. B. Equatorial climatic region
ancestors from the sky on a skin ladder
33. B. 30C with cattle
34. C. Pastoralism, beef keeping, tourism 16. B. Marakwet, Iteso, Shilluk, Karamajong
35. B. Savannah Grassland 17. B. West
36. C. Mediterranean vegetation 18. C. Abaluhya, Abagusii, Abakuria
19. B. Bhar – el Ghazel
37. B. mountain vegetation 20. C. Ngoni
38. A. baobab and acacia 21. B. Semites

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22. A. Dorombo 5. A. Community can provide land for
23. B. There is economic growth in the region expansion
24. A. Trade, games and sports, good Community can provide workers
governance, tolerance 6. C. Sugarcane
25. D. climate 7. B. Foreign exchange
26. B. presence of tsetse flies 8. B. Lake Victoria
27. B. mining centre 9. A. museum
28. A. Pressure of available amenities, high 10. B. Monument
crime and unemployment 11. C. They are a source of employment
29. B. Number of people per square kilometres 12. B. Cleaning the environment regularly
30. C. age group 13. C. (ii)
31. C. (iii), (v) 14. B. Availability of capital, climate
32. A. Settle disputes, advise wrong doers, 15. B. North - Kenya
promote unity South West - Tanzania
33. B. Settle disputes North East - Somalia
34. A. Respect for the elders 16. C. Earns foreign exchange after export
35. D. Mustafa 17. D. Ranching
36. A. Promotes morality 18. B. Nagana
Promotes and preserves culture 19. C. Lack of enough pasture
Promotes national unity 20. C. Prolonged drought
37. D. Uganda, Eritrea, Burundi. Rwanda 21. A. Sinking many boreholes
38. B. (iii) 22. A. Mombasa, Lamu, Dar es Salaam, Kilifi,
39. D. Uganda, Ethiopia, South Sudan Zanzibar
40. B. Faulting and uplifting 23. C. purse seining
41. D. Parent Mts and Usambara Mts 24. B. Lack of enough capital
42. C. Crater, vent, layers of lava 25. B. Government to allocate funds to fishing
43. C. volcanic eruption industry
44. B. Ras Dashan 26. A. Fishing would be a source of income
45. A. Mob justice 27. A. A boat pulling a long lining on which
Denial if freedom of worship several baited hooks are fixed
Tribalism 28. C. Varieties of wildlife
Corporal punishment 29. C. Uganda - Queen Elizabeth and Bindi
46. A. Creating awareness 30. B. Maasai Mara
Sharing resources equally 31. A. Insecurity
47. B. litigation 32. D. Improve security in game reserves and
48. (a) D. Taxes also in hotels
(b)D. Loans from banks e.g World Bank, 33. B. Lowering park fees, use of social media
court fines to advertise
49. (a) B. God 34. B. Road transport
(b) C. Freedom fighters 35. B. Great North Road
(c) B. Culture 36. A. Dinder
(d) A. Environment 37. C. To transport copper from Zambia to
(e) B. Well-being of family Dar-es Salaam
(f) D. Human rights and rule of law 38. B. Inadequate funds
(g) A. Right to vote 39. C. To involve development partners
(h) D. Our constitution for ourselves and 40. D. Helps in distribution of manufactured
future generation goods
50. A. Deserts 41. C. Electronic media - Mobile phones, radio,
Lambwe Valley internet, television
Peak of mountains Print media - Posters, brochures,
Swampy areas newspapers, pamphlets
42. A. Radio
MODEL ASSESSMENT TASK 3 43. A. Bad weather
1. A. Luo, Karamajong, Kalenjin, Maasai, 44. A. Promote rural electrification
Lango, Njemps, Iteso 45. B. Tanzania
2. B. Search of fertile land for farming 46. C. soda ash
3. B. Displacement of the Dorobo 47. C. People born, grew together almost the
4. C. Infested by tsetse flies same time
48. C. settle disputes among members
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49. D. (ii), (v), (vi) MODEL ASSESSMENT TASK 5
50. B. Headteacher 1. B. space
MODEL ASSESSMENT TASK 4 2. D. Presence of scrubs
3. C. Timber
1. C.Mt Ruwenzori 4. D. sparse
2. A.Volcanicity 5. D. Road
3. D.Corrie or tarn 6. B. Cool and wet
4. A.glaciation 7. B. South West
5. B.Lake Teleki and Lake Catherine 8. A. South East
6. C.Mt Ruwenzori, Mt Kilimanjaro, Mt Kenya 9. C. East
7. D.faulting and sinking 10. A. South West
8. A.Turkana, Naivasha, Baringo, Tanganyika, 11. C. county commissioner
Albert, Edward 12. D. They have no access to the sea
9. B. Edward, Albert, George 13. C. Lake Basin
10. A. Lake Victoria 14. C. It is to the East of the Prime Meridian
11. B. highlands 15. B. faulting and uplifting
12. 16. C. horst
13. B. Arabs 17. C. Usambara Mt
14. C. gold 18. B. Day to day atmospheric condition of a
15. C. Mountain vegetation place
16. C. deep shaft, open cast 19. D. (i), (v), (vi)
17. A. Number of people per square unit 20. B. Djibouti
18. B. Mburu - Murang’a and Bungoma 21. B. faulting and uplifting
19. C. Lambwe Valley 22. A. lava dammed lake
20. C. Mandera 23. B. (ii), (iv)
21. B. Way of life in different communities 24. B. Highlands
22. A. cement 25. A. Main economic activities are cash crop
23. B. Tororo growing and dairy farming
24. B. destroying the landscape and beauty of 26. C. production of similar goods
the land 27. B. Bantu - Shungwaya
25. A. Causes air pollution Cushites - Horn of Africa
26. C. Afforestation 28. B. in search of water and pasture
27. B. they were both traditional government 29. C. they displaced the Dorobo
28. A. hereditary chiefs 30. C. Improved infrastructure e.g roads
29. D. Buganda kingdom 31. A. age-set
30. C. Ntemi 32. C. commercial farming
31. A. Mtwale - Army commander 33. A. Baganda
32. B. Position of their leader was hereditary 34. D. dialogue
33. A. They both settled disputes among their 35. C. to promote trade among member
members states
34. C. E.A.C 36. C. Increase of trade goods
35. C. Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda 37. B. Building and expanding hospitals
36. B. To promote trade among member states 38. C. County government
37. C. It has a larger market to export goods 39. D. Enables the government to deliver
38. A. Production of similar goods services to its citizens
39. A. Insecurity, political instability 40. B. Punishes those who fails to pay taxes
40. C. Promote use of Kiswahili in the region 41. C. human rights
41. C. Right to food 42. C. Standard Gauge Railway
42. C. Respect human rights all the times 43. C. They are an important source of
43. C. Be tolerant artefacts for export
44. A. Love of one’s country 44. B. Trawling
45. C. Paying taxes to the government 45. B. Fishing is a source of income
46. A. Right to fair pay, right to join trade 46. D. Road transport
union 47. C. taxes
47. B. hereditary kings 48. B. Lake Kanyaboli
48. B. volcanic processes 49. C. Somalia – Ras Hafuni/Guardafui
49. B. Volcanicity 50. C. Danakil Alps
50. C. Main vegetation is euphorbia and cactus

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Christians Religious Education Encyclopedia Answers
Assessment task 1 9. That we should have strong faith
1. The Bible teaches us that we should use 10. Assess learners
our talents and abilities to do the right 11. The value of God’s kingdom
thing. 12. Providing food, clothing and shelter
2. It is a good way of using our talents and
abilities Assessment task 4
3. Self-control, love, humility 1. A recitation of prayer said by Christians.
4. Leisure should be used to do constructive 2. It teaches us and reminds us of Christian
activities believes.
5. Nuclear 3. God the Father, God the Son and God the
Extended Holy Spirit.
Single parent 4. God
Asses any other relevant answer 5. That a citizen should have good qualities
6. Self-control, honesty, kindness that are geared towards developing their
Assess any other relevant answer country.
7. Love 6. a) Loyal
8. False b) Patriotic
9. Monogamy c) Honest
Polygamy d) Compassionate
Polyandry 7. It refers to the hard things and
10. They a cause of school drop outs, they lead temptations Christians go through in their
to reproductive health diseases. ministry
Assess the learner 8. Humble
Assessment task 2 Wise
1. It was written by authors who were Hardworking (any other relevant answer)
inspired by God. 9. Assess the learner
2. Genesis- Moses 10. Assess the learner
Deuteronomy –Moses
Assess learners Assessment task 5
3. Assess the learner 1. a) Loyalty
4. Gospel books b) Faithfulness
5. To make evangelization easy c) Truthfulness
6. Moses d) Honesty
7. Assess the learner and ensure the 2. Being open with each other as friends
commandments are in order. Being a trustworthy friend
8. Leviticus Being patient with each other as friends
9. Joshua 3. It refers to the way people express
10. God themselves sexually
11. Strength 4. Peer pressure, alcohol and substance use
12. Assess learners (Assess any other)
Assessment task 3 5. That our bodies are the temple of the
1. Fishermen Holy Spirit and should therefore be taken
2. Zebedee care of and not misused.
3. Urges to do things we are not supposed 6. Through prayer, self-control (Any other
to do relevant answer)
4. Capernaum 7. Suicide, war, abortion
5. False 8. Peer pressure, experimentation, lack of
6. Assess the learners education (Any other relevant reason)
7. Faith 9. Suicide, abortion (Any other relevant
8. Parables answer)
10. Assess the learners answers
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ANSWERS TO MODEL ASSESSMENTS
MODEL ASSESSMENT TASK 1
1. B 2. A 3. C 4. B 5. A 6. D 7. B 8. A 9. C 10. B
11. D 12. C 13. A 14. D 15. B 16. D 17. A 18. B 19. C 20. B
21. A 22. C 23. D 24. B 25. B 26. D 27. B 28. C 29. A 30. A

MODEL ASSESSMENT TASK 2


1. B 2. B 3. C 4. A 5. B 6. A 7. D 8. C 9. B 10. A
11. D 12. C 13. B 14. A 15. B 16. C 17. B 18. A 19. D 20. B
21. B 22. A 23. B 24. A 25. D 26. C 27. B 28. A 29. D 30. C

MODEL ASSESSMENT TASK 3


1. A 2. B 3. C 4. D 5. A 6. C 7. B 8. D 9. A 10. C
11. C 12. D 13. A 14. B 15. C 16. B 17. A 18. B 19. C 20. A
21. D 22. B 23. B 24. B 25. A 26. B 27. C 28. D 29. A 30. C

MODEL ASSESSMENT TASK 4


1. A 2. D 3. C 4. D 5. C 6. B 7. C 8. B 9. A 10. B
11. C 12. A 13. A 14. B 15. C 16. D 17. A 18. D 19. C 20. D
21. A 22. C 23. C 24. D 25. A 26. B 27. C 28. D 29. B 30. A

MODEL ASSESSMENT TASK 5


1. A 2. D 3. C 4. D 5. B 6. B 7. C 8. D 9. A 10. D
11. B 12. A 13. A 14. B 15. C 16. D 17. A 18. C 19. C 20. D
21. A 22. B 23. C 24. D 25. D 26. B 27. C 28. B 29. A 30. B

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ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
1.0 QUR’AN 6. Lighter / less heavier
7. Hawiyah
1. AL-HUMAZA
Activity 1
Find out the Arabic text of surah Al- Humaza. 2.0 HADITH
1. Hadith on purity of actions
Activity 2
1. Nine / 9 ACTIVITY 1
2. Hellfire Assess good and bad deeds.
3. Allah
4. Makkah Activity 2
5. Hutwamah 1. False
6. Traducer/The backbiter/The slanderer 2. True
7. Allah 3. True
4. False
2. AL-ASR 5. True
Activity 1
Find out the Arabic text of surah Al-Asr Activity 3
1. Mould
Activity 2 2. Righteous
1. Makkah 3. Allah
2. Three 4. Like for ourselves
3. Patience 5. Good actions
4. Time 2. Hadith on dressing
5. Sunnah Activity 1
6. Patience and truthfulness Assess the names of different female and male
7. Hereafter clothes.
3. AT-TAKATHUR Activity 2
Activity 1 1. Knees
Find out the Arabic text of surah At- Takathur. 2. Hands
3. Gold
Activity 2
1. Eight Activity 3
2. Makkah 1. False
3. wealth 2. True
4. Hellfire 3. True
5. Our blessings 4. True
6. Worship Him 5. True
7. Nay! You shall come to know!

4. AL-QARIAH 3. Hadith on planting


Activity 1 Activity 1
Find out the Arabic text of surah Al- Qariah. a) Children are planting trees.
b) Children are eating fruits on a tree.
Activity 2 c) A beautiful compound with a variety of
1. Eleven trees.
2. Day of Judgement
3. Makkah Activity 2
4. Paradise a) Trees help us in constructing houses.
5. Carded wool / flying around like cotton b) Trees provide shade
wool c) Trees are catchment areas for rain

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Activity 3 Importance of Taqwa in the life of a
1. Allah Muslim
2. Food Activity 5
3. Trees ASSESS
4. Sadaqa / Charity
5. Take care of them Tawakkul (Reliance on Allah)
Activity 1
4. Hadith on responsible use of human 1. He always trusts in Allah (S.W.T)
capabilities and resources 2. He does not put his trust in people.
Activity 1 3. He does not lose hope in Allah (S.W.T)
1. Your youth before you become old 4. He only believes in Allah (S.W.T).
2.Your health before you fall sick Importance of Tawakkul in the life of a
3.Your wealth before you become poor Muslim
4.Your free time before you become busy Activity 2
5.Your life before your death. From the table below, pick out what you think
is the importance of Tawakkul.
Activity 2 1. A Muslim is loved by Allah (S.W.T).
1. A young man and the young man now he 2, A Muslim becomes humble.
is old. 3. A Muslim does not lose hope
2. A healthy man and the healthy man now
is sick. Activity 3
1. Trust / reliance in Allah
Activity 3 2. Mutawakkil
1. poor 2. youth 3. Allah
3. death 4. worship
5. Allah (S.W.T.) Tawbah (Repentance)
Activity 4
3.0 PILLARS OF IMAN 1. Al-Ghaffur 2. return
Activity 1 3. repentance
1.Belief in Allah Importance of Tawbah in the life of a
2.Belief in Angels Muslim
3.Belief in the books Activity 5
4.Belief in the prophets
1. It enables one to get rewards.
2. It is a form of worship.
5.Belief in the day of judgement 3. A person who repents is also assured of
6.Belief in the power of Allah forgiveness from Allah (S.W.T.)
4. Repenting also helps a person to
Activity 2 acknowledge his/her sins and plans to
1. They were sent by Allah (S.W.T.) avoid them.
2. They came to guide us to the straight 5. Repenting also removes pride and
path arrogance from a person as he/she is
3. They performed miracles forced to humble himself/herself before
Allah (S.W.T).
Taqwa (Good consciousness) 6. Repenting also gives a Muslim hope for
Activity 3 the future and that of the hereafter.
1. praying
2. Giving Zakat Activity 6
3. Fasting 1. True 2. True
3. False 4. False
Activity 4
1. He avoids all types of sins Activity 7
2. He avoids vain talks 1. Feeling guilty
3. He is generous 2. Seeking forgiveness from people
3. Accepting your mistake
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4. Talking to Allah about your sin Activity 4
5. Feeling sorry 1. Praying
2. Reading the Qur’an
Stories of Prophets 3. Reciting the Qur’an
Activity 8 4. Entering the mosque
1. Azzar 2. Hanifs
3. Two 4. Hajar Purification of Hadath Asghar
5. Namrud Activity 5
Performing wudhu
The story of Prophet Yusuf (A.S)
Activity 9 Activity 6
1. We should always trust in Allah (S.W.T.). Write down the procedure of performing
2. We should not trust everybody. wudhu.
3. We should always be patient in every
situation. Purification of Hadith Akbar
Activity 7
Activity 10 1. True
1. Eleven 2. False
2. Binyamin 3. True
3. Potiphar 4. False
4. Zulekha 5. True
5. His brothers
Tayammum (dry Ablution)
Activity 11 Activity 9
The points to be on what you have learnt
P H A N D S O M E when to perform Tayammum .
A P A T I E N T Z
T R U S T F U L T Activity 10
1. Steps of performing tayammum
I X E G B S A C Q
There are three main steps of the
E K R W I S E A C performance of Tayammum
O O K W M S E D N i.Pat sand and wipe your face
ii.Pat and wipe your right hand
F O R G I V I N G iii.Pat sand and wipe your left hand.
4.0 DEVOTIONAL ACTS *only two parts of the body are
Twahara (purity) wiped or washed during wudhu i.e.
the face and hands
Activity 1
1. Minor hadath 2. Major hadath 2. Demonstrate to your siblings have to
3. Minor hadath 4. Minor hadath perform Tayammum.
5. Major hadath 6. Major hadath 2. a) Ghusl means bath.
7. Major hadath b) There are two types of ghusl i.e. faradh
Ghusl and Sunnah ghusl. Faradh means
Activity 2 obligatory while Sunnah means voluntary
1. False 2. True or optional
3. True 4. False
5. True Activity 12
1. Tayammum
Activity 3 2. sand
Hadath Asghar Hadath Akbar 3. Two
1. Removed by taking Removed by taking a 4. full bath
wudhu full bath 5. Ghusl
2. Can perform some Cannot perform any
of worship acts of worship

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Zakat Activity 17
Activity 13 Assess the reasons for fidya.
1. The slaves
2. The collectors of zakat Activity 18
3. New converts 1. Two
4. The Debtors 2. No compensation
5. The poor 3. Fasting the missed days
6. The Needy
7. The wayfarer Wisdom behind the exemption of some
8. Those in the way of Allah people from fasting
Activity 19
Activity 14 ASSESS the wisdom behind exemption of
1. a) False people from fasting.
b) False
c) True Hajj (pilgrimage)
d) True Activity 21
e) True Answer the following questions
2. Sadaqa is charity zakat involves the rich 1. Hajj
giving out to the poor. 2. Pilgrimage
3. Hajj
Activity 15 4. Makkah
Read the poster and use it to write the 5. Hajj
difference between zakat and Sadaqa is a
tabular form. Activity 22
1. It is a pillar of Islam (Zakat) 1. Tamatu’u – (Umrah then Hajj)
2. it is given to anyone (Sadaqa) 2. Ifraad – (Hajj then Umrah)
3. Qiraan – (Umrah and Hajj combined)
3. it has a fixed rate (Zakat)
4. it is not a pillar of Islam (Sadaqa) Activity 23
5. it can be given at any time (Sadaqa) 1. Qiraan
6. it is given on specific items (Zakat) 2. Ihram
7. it has no fixed rate (Sadaqa) 3. Tamatu’u
8. it is only given to Muslims (Zakat) 4. Three
9. it is a Muslim (Zakat)
5.0 AKHLAQ (MORAL VALUES)
Saum (fasting) Virtues
Activity 16 Activity 2
1. Expectant mothers (excepted) Assess the virtues of work
2. The poor (Not excepted)
3. The orphans (Not excepted) Activity 3
4. Breastfeeding mothers (excepted) The jobs to be of halal.
5. Children (excepted) Activity 5
6. The insane (excepted) 1. We are created to worship.
7. The very old people (Not excepted) 2. We have to work.
8. The needy (Not excepted) 3. We have to earn a lawful living.
9. Women in Heidh (excepted) 4. We have to improve our economic situation.
10. Women in Nifas (excepted) 5. We work to help the old and the needy.
11. Travellers (excepted) 6. We work to become rich and avoid poverty.
12. The sick (excepted) 7. We work to improve the community.
13. Students (Not excepted) 8. We work to help ourselves.

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Activity 6 5. False
Assess works like: 6. False
1. Teaching 7. True
2. Medicine
3. Trading Activity 16
4. Farming 1. To avoid intoxicants.
5. Hawking etc. 2. To avoid gambling.
3. To avoid alters of idols.
Activity 7 4. To avoid the games of chance.
Assess halal and haram work. 5. If you work hard you will succeed.

Activity 8 Israf (extravagance)


1. Prostitution Activity 17
2. Selling bhang 1. Food
3. Stealing 2. Water
4. Working in a casino 3. Money
5. Slave trade 4. Farm havests
5. Animal products
Activity 9
1. True Ways of avoiding Israf
2. False Activity 19
3. True Assess ways to avoid Israf.
4. True
5. False Effects of Israf
Activity 20
Activity 10 1. Can cause drought and famine
1. Human beings 2. Can promote hatred between the rich and
2. Allah(S.W.T) the poor
3. Allah (S.W.T 3. Can cause Allah’s anger
4. Happinesss 4. Can waste wealth

Activity 11 Dua (supplication when traveling)


1. True Activity 21
2. True 1. Give thanks to Allah (S.W.T.) for providing
3. True means of transport.
4. False 2. To thank Allah (S.W.T.) who has brought the
5. True means of transport under our control.
3. We should not be worried if we are
Vices unable to control the means of transport
Activity 12 for if we die we will surely return to Allah
1. cigarette (S.W.T.).
2. alcohol THEREFORE,
3. miraa 1. it makes a person brave and courageous.
2. a traveller gains hope and confidence.
Activity 13 3. a person is protected by Allah (S.W.T.).
Assess various intoxicants. 4. a traveller relies on Allah (S.W.T).
5. Allah (S.W.T.) will reward a person who
Activity 14 says this dua.
Assess the effects of intoxicants.
Activity 22
Activity 15 1. False 2. True
1. False 3. True 4. false
2. True 5. True
3. True
4. True
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6.0 MUAMALAT Activity 2
1. False 2. True 3. True
Fair treatment of workers
Activity 2 Activity 3
1. True 2. False 1. 2 A.H/624 AD
3. True 4. False 2. Ramadhan
5. True 3. Badr
4. 14/fourteen
Activity 3 5. 1000/one thousand
1. Being kind and fair to them.
2. Respecting them and treating them with Lessons from the battle of Badr
dignity. Activity 4
3. Paying their wages on time. Use a digital device to search on the lessons
from the battle of Badr
Activity 4
Assess Reasons that caused the battle of Uhud
Activity 5
Activity 5 1. The Quraish wanted to prove that they
1. They have a right to pray to their god. are still powerful and mighty
2. They deserve our kindness 2. The Quraish wanted to revenge for their
3. Right to fair treatment. defeat at Badr .
4. We should respect their place of worship. 3. The Quraish wanted to regain their trade
5. We should live. route they had lost to Muslims

Activity 7 Activity 6
Assess 1. False
2. True
Corruption 3. False
Activity 8 What happened in the battle of Uhud?
1. People who do mistakes Activity 7
2. a) when admitting new people Assess the reading.
b) Copying or cheating in exams
Activity 8
Activity 9 1. Uhud
1. Can bring poverty. 2. Shawwal
2. Can lead to Allah’s anger. 3. 1000/one thousand
3. Can make people poor. 4. 85/eighty five
4. Can increase crime. 5. mountain
Activity 10 Lessons from the battle of Uhud
1. True 2. False Activity 9
3. True 4. True Use a digital device to search on the lessons
5. True from the Battle of Uhud

7.0 HISTORY OF ISLAM Treaty of Hudaibiyah


Battle of Badr Activity 10
Activity 1 Assess the reading.
1. The Quraish were not happy that Muslims Terms of the treaty of Hudaibiyah
had settled in Madinah.
2. The Quraish were jealous of the prophet Activity 11
and the Muslims. 1. Assess the terms of the treaty.
3. The Quraish were not happy that people 2. Assess the terms picked as in relation to
of Madina refused to send back Muslims to research.
Makkah.

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Activity 12
1. Ten / 10 years 2. A place Activity 17
3. Abu Sufyan) 4. Uthman bin Affan Assess the reading.
5. 1400
Themes from Hijjatul Widaa
Activity 13 Activity 18
1. ASSESS. 2. ASSESS. 1. Islamic brotherhood
2. Doing decent trade
Conquest of Makkah 3. Respecting human life
Activity 15 4. We should respect and honour women
1. 8 A.H / Eight years after Hijrah 5. All Muslims are equal
2. 10,000/ ten thousand 6. We must follow the teachings of the
3. Three) Quran and the Sunnah of the prophet
4. 360/three hundred and sixty (S.A.W.).
5. Banu Khuza’a Activity 19
1. False 2. True 3. False
Farewell Pilgrimage (Hijjatul Widaa) 4. False 5. True
Activity 16
Assess the speech
ANSWERS TO MODEL ASSESSMENTS
MODEL ASSESSMENT TASK 1
1. B 2. D 3. A 4. D 5. A 6. A 7. B 8. C 9. D 10. C
11. A 12. C 13. D 14. D 15. B 16. A 17. B 18. A 19. B 20. D
21. C 22. D 23. B 24. C 25. A 26. C 27. B 28. A 29. D 30. C

MODEL ASSESSMENT TASK 2


1. B 2. C 3. D 4. B 5. D 6. C 7. C 8. A 9. B 10. D
11. D 12. A 13. B 14. C 15. D 16. A 17. C 18. C 19. D 20. B
21. D 22. A 23. C 24. B 25. A 26. C 27. B 28. D 29. D 30. B

MODEL ASSESSMENT TASK 3


1. C 2. D 3. A 4. B 5. D 6. A 7. C 8. A 9. D 10. A
11. C 12. B 13. A 14. C 15. D 16. A 17. D 18. B 19. C 20. B
21. A 22. C 23. D 24. A 25. A 26. B 27. C 28. D 29. A 30. C

MODEL ASSESSMENT TASK 4


1. B 2. D 3. C 4. A 5. B 6. D 7. C 8. C 9. B 10. D
11. A 12. C 13. B 14. A 15. C 16. B 17. D 18. D 19. A 20. B
21. C 22. C 23. B 24. A 25. C 26. D 27. B 28. D 29. A 30. C

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1. B 2. C 3. D 4. A 5. C 6. C 7. B 8. A 9. D 10. A
11. A 12. D 13. B 14. C 15. C 16. A 17. B 18. C 19. D 20. A
21. A 22. A 23. C 24. B 25. B 26. C 27. D 28. D 29. B 30. A

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Answers Home Science grade 6
Assessment Exercise 1.1 one person to another.
1. A person aged between 9 – 12 years old 14. Any reasonable answer.
2. An adolescent is a young person who is 15. Eat healthy/ stay clean/ exercise.
developing into an adult
3. Growth of hair in armpits, growth in height, Self- Assessment 2
increase in weight 1. Income, dietary habits.
4. Food, clothing, shelter and play 2. It saves on time/ cost/ overspending.
5. Start of menses, growth of breasts, hips 3. Expenditure /what to be bought /necessities.
enlarge, become radiant 4. Number of people/ income/ expenditure.
6. Adam apple grows, growth of beard, wet 5. Any correct answer
dreams 6. Any correct answer
7. Daily exercises, healthy eating habits and 7. Advertisement.
personal hygiene. 8. milk/ nuts/ flour.
9. make the correct judgement of the
Assessment Exercise 1.2 information.
1. Necklaces, bangles, anklets 10. buying the right product or service at the
2. Deodorants right time, place and price.
3. Bleaching the skin, loss of hair, may lead to 11. services billboards/ television/ internet.
skin cancer 12. market/ kiosk/ supermarket.
4. Accept any correct answer 13. look for facts to avoid being misled.
5. Any relevant answer 14. Give one importance – to get a ready
market.
15. Wise buying.
Assessment Exercise 1.3
1. A disease that is not transmissible directly
from one person to another. Self- Assessment 3.1
2. Cancer, asthma, diabetes. (any other 1. Goitre – lack of iodine
reasonable answer) Anaemia – lack of iron
3. Eat healthy, exercise, have enough rest, (any 2. False, False, True
other reasonable answer) 3. Encourage eating well balanced diets that
contain essential minerals.
4. Any reasonable answer.
Self- Assessment 1
1. A child aged between 9 – 13 years.
2. A young person aged between 13 – 19 Self- Assessment 3.2
years. 1. Sun drying, salting.
3. Growth in height and weight/ acne 2. Canning, refrigeration (any reasonable
appearance/ growth of hair under the answer)
armpits. 3. An activity to be done. Ask learners for a
4. Food/ rest/ exercise/ clothing/shelter. report on how they carried out the activity.
5. Growth of breasts/ menses/ broadening of 4. To last longer, avoid bad smell.
hips. 5. (any reasonable answer)
6. Adams apple appears/ growth of beard/
voice breaks. Self- Assessment 3.3
7. Good relationships/ etiquette. 1. Beetroot
8. Bangles/necklaces/ earrings. Tree tomato
9. Deodorant. Spinach
10. Bleaching of the skin/ can cause skin Kales
diseases/ may cause blindness. 2. Peppers
11. Any reasonable answer. Straw
12. Any reasonable answer. Oranges
13. It is a disease which cannot be spread from Broccoli

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Pineapples Straw
3. Canning Oranges
Freezing Broccoli
Drying Pineapples
4. Some vegetables don’t require refrigeration; 9. Canning
do not store unripe fruits in refrigerators. Freezing
(Any other correct answer) Drying
10. Some vegetables don’t require refrigeration,
Self- Assessment 3.4 do not store unripe fruits in refrigerators
1. The act of thinking ahead about what one (any reasonable answer)
will make for meals and snacks and getting 11. any reasonable answer.
prepared. 12. pay attention to the temperature/ clean
2. Breakfast, supper, lunch. the working area.
3. Dietary needs, number of people, money 13. Accept any correct answer
to spent, fuel to be used. (any reasonable 14. this is cooking food by simmering or slow
answer) boiling.
4. Saves time, saves money, avoids wastage of 15. all pieces of firewood should not be
meals(any other reasonable answer) burning/ ensure there are no sharp objects
protruding.
Assessment Exercise 3
1. Assessment Exercise 4.1
1. The process of combining warp and weft
C A B C D E F G H I components to make woven structure.
O J K L M N O P Q R 2. (Any reasonable answer)
O S C A K E T U V W 3. (Plain weave and basket weave)
4. Warp, weft, loom, shuttles, thread. (Any
K X Y Z A B C D E F reasonable answer)
I G H D A E R B I J
E K L M N O P Q R S Assessment Exercise 4
S T P O T A T O E S 1. Accept any correct answer
U V W X Y Z A B C D 2. It is used for correcting measurements in a
fabric.
E F G H I J K L M N 3. It is used to push and beat down the weft
O P Q R S T U V W P so that it fits snuggly against the previous
B I S C U I T S X I line.
4. this is the production of fabric by employing
Y Z A B C D E F G Z
a continuous yarn or set of yarns to form a
H I J K L M N O P Z series of interlocking loops.
S C O N E S Q R S A 5. (Any reasonable answer)
avoid eating raw dough/ remove jewellery. 6. The process of combining warp and weft
3. The act of thinking ahead about what one components to make woven structure.
will make for meals and snacks and getting 7. (Any reasonable answer)
prepared. 8. Plain weave and basket weave)
4. Breakfast, lunch, supper/dinner. 9. Warp, weft, loom, shuttles, thread. (any
5. Number of people/ money to spent/ fuel to reasonable answer)
be used/ variety in the diet. 10. (Accept and observe how learners are
6. People enjoy more variety/ it helps in saving holding knitting needles.
money/ for portion control 11. ( Accept and approve videos that show
7. Beetroot learners repairing damaged pockets
Tree tomato correctly)
Spinach 12. Pin cushion
Kales 13. hemming stitch.
8. Peppers 14. Chain stitch

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15. this is a stitch used to join two pieces of ANSWERS TO MODEL ASSESSMENTS
fabric together permanently.
MODEL ASSESSMENT TASK 1
Assessment Exercise 1.2 1. D 2. B 3. C 4. B 5. D
1. Ink stain. 6. D 7. A 8. D 9. B 10. B
Blood stain.
Greasy stain. 11. C 12. A 13. D 14. C 15. D
2. To kill germs. 16. B 17. D 18. B 19. B 20. B
To avoid running out of colour.
To maintain original shape. 21. A 22. A 23. C 24. D 25. D
To maintain original size.
26. B 27. C 28. D 29. A 30. D
3. Mending or repairing the article to be
cleaned. MODEL ASSESSMENT TASK 2
Measuring the washing ingredients to be
used in washing. 1. D 2. C 3. B 4. C 5. D
Wash in warm soapy water using kneading 6. B 7. B 8. A 9. A 10. D
and squeezing method without lifting from
basin. 11. C 12. D 13. C 14. C 15. D
Rinse in warm soapy water. 16. B 17. B 18. D 19. B 20. D
Final rinse in warm water.
Squeeze out the excess water. 21. C 22. A 23. C 24. C 25. C
Roll the sweater in a clean towel. 26. B 27. B 28. A 29. B 30. B
Take measurements and reshape.
Dry flat in a shade on a clean surface. MODEL ASSESSMENT TASK 3
Press using a warm iron avoiding the
ribbing. 1. D 2. A 3. C 4. D 5. A
Air it. 6. A 7. D 8. D 9. C 10. D
Fold appropriately.
11. D 12. D 13. D 14. C 15. A
4. Basins should be cleaned and dried under a
shade then stored in a clean dry place. 16. A 17. B 18. B 19. C 20. D
5. Detergent, water (warm), buckets, iron box, 21. B 22. D 23. D 24. B 25. D
pegs.
6. Topex, Jik. (Any reasonable answer) 26. C 27. A 28. C 29. C 30. C
7. (Take a video and send it to your class MODEL ASSESSMENT TASK 4
teacher)
8. (Take a video as you wash it and forward it 1. A 2. C 3. D 4. A 5. D
to your class teacher.) 6. B 7. B 8. C 9. B 10. D
9. (take a video and sent it to your teacher)
10. This is the washing of clothing and other 11. C 12. C 13. D 14. D 15. D
textiles. 16. D 17. C 18. D 19. A 20. A
11. Animal fibre.
12. this is an opening between two pieces of 21. B 22. C 23. A 24. B 25. D
fabric which has been sewn together in a 26. B 27. C 28. B 29. D 30. D
fabric.
13. Water temperature not above 600 MODEL ASSESSMENT TASK 5
14. Polyester. 1. A 2. C 3. A 4. B 5. A
15. Avoid mixing white fabrics with the
coloured fabrics. 6. D 7. C 8. D 9. B 10. B
11. B 12. D 13. D 14. B 15. A
16. B 17. A 18. B 19. D 20. C
21. D 22. D 23. C 24. C 25. C
26. D 27. A 28. C 29. A 30. C

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P. H. E GRADE 6 ENCYCLOPAEDIA ANSWERS
STRAND 1:ATHLETICS 1.5 Facility and equipment in the high
jump
Track events
a) High jump crossbars
1.1 The Bunch Start Technique
b) High jump pits
Activity 1 c) High jump standards
1. The hands should be on the starting line. d) Replacement spikes
The head in line s=with the spine. The e) Mattress
knees to be on the ground f) Scale tape
2. The back should be above the head. The
hands still on the starting line. The knees 1.6 The Scissor technique in high jump
to be above the ground Activity 1
3. Spring from the starting blocks with the 1. The athlete is approaching the crossbar by
dominant leg fast. Propel your hands to sideways.
move forward faster. 2. The athlete is clearing the crossbar a leg at
a time
1.2 The Drop Finish technique 3. Landing on the upper back in the pit
Activity 1 4. By standing and walking away
a) Chest / torso b) Both arms
2. No 1.7 The Equipment and the sector in
standing Javelin
Activity 2 Safety measures to be observed when
1. Drop finish in a standing javelin throw
Reasons: 1. Make sure that no one is standing in front
a) It is not hectic. or behind of the thrower.
b) Does not require a lot of stamina. 2. The observer should stand at the sides of
c) It only requires the torso to touch the the athlete.
3. Throw the javelin in a particular pre-
finish line.
defined direction.
2. a) It provides a safe, fair environment for all
4. After the throw, the javelin to be carried
those participating.
back to the throwing area. Do not throw
b) It creates a sense of teamwork. back over there.
c) It teaches people tolerance and respect. 5. Carry the javelin vertically. The pointing
portion facing down.
1.3 The Shoulder Shrug Finish technique 6. Put javelin in the javelin rack.
Activity 1 7. Never go in the javelin sector unless after
2. Shoulder all the throws and told by your coach or
3. Drop Finish technique teacher
4. For sportsmanship
1.9 The Equipment and the sector in
1.4 The non-visual baton exchange standing Javelin
method Activity 2
Activity 1 1. Decathlon is an event for men while
1. To differentiate the teams participating heptathlon is a women’s event.
2. a) Non-visual down sweep baton exchange 2. a) Javelin stop board
b) Non-visual up sweep baton exchange b) Gill javelin certification kit
3. Down sweep baton exchange c) Car racks
4. The right hand d) Javelin carrying tubes and bags
Field events

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The standing shot put 3. Back to back in rope work is partner
1.10 Sector and equipment in standing rope work where partners face opposite
shot put direction. Only one swings the rope.
Activity 1 4. a) Do it the right way.
1. The shot put sector b) Choose the right rope.
2. a) the shot (or shot put ball) c) Choose the right surface.
b) Shot put boots d) Engage your wrist.
c) Shot put toe board e) Avoid jumping with hunched back.
f) Avoid jumping too high.
Progressive assessment 1 STRAND 3:Ball games
1. a) Shot put ball Soccer
b) Shot put boots 3.2 Soccer: trapping – the chest
c) Shot put toe board Activity 3
2. Phases in standing shot put 1. When the ball is high above the waist
a) The stance 2. To develop sportsmanship and cooperation
b) The grip in a team
c) The release 3. Drill to enable chest trapping of ball
d) The recovery 4. a) Be in the ball’s line of flight
3. Recovery is important in shot put as b) Have arms out for balance
reverses the body to original state. c) Keep the chest square to the incoming
4. a) Always warm up before any track ball
event. d) Pop the ball up
b) Warm up in the outer lanes. e) Warm up and cool down before and
c) Always look both directions before after play.
crossing the track or any runways. 3.2 Soccer: trapping – the chest
d) Do not go onto the track unless your Activity 2
event group is working out there. You may use the following drills
e) When participating in field events you 1. Toe Touches
must understand that the equipment 2. Sole Rolls
can be dangerous and are not toys. 3. Outside-Inside Touches
Observe safety guidelines set out by 4. Touch, Touch, Roll
their field coach. 5. Step Over Rolls
Pullbacks
STRAND 2:Rope work 3.1 Volleyball: single hand dig pass
2.2 Swing kick work Activity 2
Activity 1 You may use the following drills
1. Legs and hands 1. Not Digging Balls That Are Hit Right At
2. Rope Your Feet?
3. On the balls of the feet 2. Two Hitters vs One Digger, Continuous
Digging To The Target
Progressive assessment 2 3. Hitters vs. diggers no block.
1. It is partner rope work where they jump 4. Ball-Setter-Ball-Hitter
rope while facing each other 3.2 Volleyball: over arm serve
2. Two partners face the same direction Activity 1
holding one rope at the ends. They swing 1. Stance – start by standing legs shoulder
the rope together in the same direction. width apart. Move the leg opposite your
serving arm one step in front

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2. Ready position – in the stance position, c) Ball may be played off the net during a
hold the bold in front of your eyes at arms- volley and on serve.
length. Raise your hitting arm palm slightly d) A ball touching a boundary line is good.
behind the ear. e) A legal hit is contact with the ball by a
3. Toss – throw the ball slightly above the players’ body above and including the
eyes. waist which does not allow the ball to
4. Over arm – the hitting arm to be behind visibly come to a rest.
f) A player must not block or attack a serve.
with palm slightly above the ear and fingers
3. a) Use the right gear
spread.
b) Always warm up and stretch before
5. Hitting the ball – hit the ball as it is still practice and matches.
above the head with the over arm as it is c) Always warm up and stretch before
still above the forehead. practice and matches.
d) Cool down after practicing or play
Activity 2 e) Play different sports throughout the
1. Serving year to prevent overuse injuries.
2. Rules in volleball 4. An over arm serve in volleyball is a serve
The serve: in which the player tosses the ball with one
a) Server must serve from behind the end hand and strikes it in the air above their
line. head with the other hand.
b) Ball may be served under-arm or over-
arm. Handball
c) Ball must be clearly visible to opponents 3.4 Handball court
Activity 2
before serve.
Use a digital device to study handball court and
d) Served ball may graze the net and drop to
positioning of players.
the other side for a point.
e) First game serve is determined by a volley, 3.4 Handball: passing
each subsequent game shall be served by Activity 1
the previous game loser. Types of passes in Handball
f) Serve must be returned by a bump only. 1 a) overhead pass is picture c) and d)
No setting or attacking a serve. b) baseball pass is picture b) the last image
c) chest pass is picture a)
Scoring: d) bounce pass is picture b) the middle image
a) Rally scoring will be used.
b) There will be a point scored on every Activity 2
score of the ball. Elements of a good pass in handball
c) Offense will score on a defense miss or 1. Accurate
out of bounds hit. 2. Fast
3. Tactical
d) Defense will score on an offensive miss,
out of bounds hit, or serve into the net.
3.7 Handball: catching / receiving
e) Game will be played to 25 points. technique
f) Must win by 2 points. Activity 1
‘W’
Playing the game (volley) Activity 3
a) Maximum of three (3) hits per side. Assess the drawing of hands forming figure ‘W’
b) Player may not hit the ball twice in in handball
succession (a block is not considered a
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3.8 Handball: dribbling e) Netball has seven players per team while
Activity 3 handball has players per team
1. Types of dribbling 7. a) Chest pass
a) Low dribble b) lop pass
b) High dribbling c) shoulder pass
c) Speed Dribble
d) Single hand dribbling STRAND 4:Batting game
e) Change-of-pace dribble Softball
f) Crossover Dribble 4.1 Pitching figure 8
2. Letter ‘W’ is formed when receiving Activity 1
handball ball. 1. a) Running the bases.
b) 7 innings in a game.
1.10 Handball: goal keeping 2. Pitching figure 8 to have the following
Activity 1 positions:
1. In Handball goal keeping gear a) Pitcher
2. a) NO b) Catcher
b) NO c) First baseman
c) NO d) Second baseman
e) Third baseman
Netball f) Left fielder
1.1 Netball: facility g) Centre fielder
Activity 2 h) Right fielder
Use a digital device to watch positioning of
players in a netball court Values
Progressive assessment 3 Activity 2
1. Ball games are: Values developed are:
a) Soccer 1. Sportsmanship
b) Handball 2. Integrity
c) Netball 3. Teamwork
d) Baseball (Among others) 4. Honesty
2. Ways of trapping the ball in soccer 5. Unity
a) Chest trap 6. Cooperation
b) Sole of the foot trap 7. Relaxation
c) Thigh trap 8. Confidence
3. Volleying 9. Attitude
4. 12 players 10. Among other virtues
5. Tackle trying to intercept the ball from the
ball carrier without grabbing his equipment, Progressive assessment 4
clothing or body parts. Blocking is the act 1. Use digital devices to watch clips on
of diverting a defensive player from his pitching figure and draw it
attempt to pass the ball or scoring. 2. a) the batter is the offensive player who
6. a) No dribbling swings at the pitches and attempts to
b) No running with the ball reach base by hitting a ball into fair play or
c) In handball scores are scored in goals accumulating enough balls for a walk
while in netball you have a netball ring. b) the fielder is a player on the defense.
d) In netball each player must have a bib He or she has a glove which he or she
unlike in handball wears on the non-dominant hand. Their

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dominant hand is used for throwing iv. Stop training if or feeling pain.
the ball. They also wear a baseball cap, v. Drink enough water before and after
belt, jersey, and cleats as part of their games.
uniform. vi. Follow all safety rules used during
c) the pitcher is the player who pitches practice.
the baseball from the pitcher’s mound vii. Know the rules of the game and follow
toward the catcher to begin each play. them.
This player aims at retiring a batter,
viii.Be respectful of the referees and not
who attempts to either make contact
argue with their calls.
with the pitched ball or draw a walk.
d) the catcher is the defensive player behind ix.Stay calm if an opposing player collides
home plate who catches the ball thrown with them or does something they
by the pitcher. He or she may also catch disagree with. Don’t take it personally.
balls thrown toward home plate Let the referees handle the situation, and
e) the first baseman is abbreviated 1B, is the never start a fight with another player.
player on a baseball or softball team 4. Values gained when participating in softball
who fields the area nearest first base. a) Sportsmanship. Ok, maybe this one
He or she must touch in succession to was obvious but it’s also apparent
score a run. that some players have a harder time
f) the second baseman is abbreviated 2B, with this than others. ...
is a fielding position in the infield, b) Leadership
between second and first base. The c) It’s ok to fail
player often possesses quick hands and d) How to accept criticism
feet needs the ability to get rid of the
e) Teamwork
ball quickly and must be able to make
f) To be Encouragers/Cheerleaders
the pivot on a double play
g) shortstop is the fielder positioned g) Life is not fair
between second and third base h) To do what you love.
h) third baseman is abbreviated 3B, is the 5. A drill to use when practicing pitching figure
player in baseball or softball whose 8 technique
responsibility is to defend the area a) Wall Throws Drills
nearest to third base. In the scoring b) Circle Speed Drill
system used to record defensive plays, c) Walk-Up Drill
the third baseman is assigned the d) Dummy Batter Drill
number 5 outfielders e) Pitching Distance Drill
3. a) Rules in softball f) 20-4 Drill
i. Running The Bases.
i. 3 outs per team per inning.
STRAND 5:Contact games
ii. 3 strikes and you’re out.
iii. 4 Balls is a walk. Kabaddi game
iv. 7 Innings in a game. Activity 1
v. 9 players per team. It is Kabaddi
vi. Pitchers must throw underhand.
vii. Foul Balls are softballs hit out of play. Progressive assessment 5
b) safety measures to be observed in 1. Rules of Kabaddi (Assess like the following)
softball a) Play in a flat, rectangular arena 13
i. Be in a softball gear. meters (42.7 ft) wide x 10 meters
ii. Warm up before practicing and playing (32.8 ft) long
games. b) Use lines and markings to divide the
iii. Use proper technique, especially when
court appropriately.
throwing or sliding.
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c) Divide into two teams of seven players 6.1 Diving: tuck dive from an elevated
each. position
d) Flip a coin to decide which team will go Activity 1
first. 1. To be ready to dive in the swimming pool
e) If your team goes first, send a “raider” 2. Tuck dive position: the divers body is
across the mid line. If your team bunched up
doesn’t go first, defend! 3. Tuck diving
f) Take turns alternating between raiding 4. Swim
and defending.
g) Send players out when they are tagged, Activity 3
captured, or break a rule. 1. 4
h) Score a “Lona” by getting the entire 2. a) Butterfly
other team out. b) Breast stroke
2. Six players must be present on the court. c) Back stroke
3. d) Free style
Defensive skills Attack skills 3. Performing all strokes at a go.
a) Ankle hold Back kick
b) Block Dubki DISC GAME: Frisbee
6.3 Frisbee: pancake catch
c) Chain tackle hand touch
d) Dash Lion jump Activity 1
e) Thigh hold Side kick Pancake catch
f) Waist hold Toe touch
a) Raider gets one point when he crosses Progressive assessment 6
the bonus line. 1. a) Marking
b) The defending team gets one point b) Pivoting
when they tackle the raider. 2. B - Breath
c) There is no revival for bonus points E - Explain
5. Kabaddi drills C - Consider
a) Kabaddi rugby drill game A - Ask
b) Ladder drill L - Listen
c) Kabaddi shuttle run drill M - Make
d) Kabaddi ball touch drill 3. a) Walk, don’t run.
STRAND 5:Optional games and sports b) Listen to instructions and obey pool
rules.
Swimming c) No diving in the shallow end.
6.1 Stroke: inverted breaststroke d) No roughhousing.
Activity 1 e) Don’t play around drains and covers.
1. Back f) Never swim alone.
2. Hands and legs g) Sun bathe.
3. The hands, head, torso, legs h) Use pool safety equipment properly
4. In the breaststroke all arms movements 4. The tuck position in diving is recognisable
are in front of the body, while in backstroke by the divers’ body being bunched up
arms are extended out to the side and with their hands on their shins. The diver’s
brought back toward the body knees should be pulled tightly into their
chest with their toes pointed throughout
the tuck. Meanwhile, their head should be

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positioned so they are looking over their c) Only practice on padded floors, never on
knees a hard surface. ...
5. Drills are: d) Have a coach or program director who
a) Breaststroke drill reverse breaststroke is qualified and is at every practice
swim e) Follow gym rules such as:
b) Inverted breaststroke kick i. one person on a trampoline at a time
5. Assess games like ii. when jumping into a foam pit, land
a) Noodle Joust on feet, bottom, or back; no diving
b) Chicken Fight headfirst or landing on the knees
c) Water Polo iii. one person at a time on the equipment
d) Octopus Tag (such as uneven bars, rings, or balance
e) Atomic Whirlpool beam)
f) Pool Tag Survivor iv. no training alone
g) Popsicle Tag v. wear gymnastic clothes that won’t get
caught on any of the equipment
STRAND 7:GYMNASTICS vi. no jewelry
vii.no gum chewing
Static Balance g) Stop training if when hurt or feel pain.
7.1 Static balance: elbow stand h) Play different sports throughout the year
Activity 1 to prevent overuse injuries.
1. The right leg i) Know the team plan for emergencies.
2. The girl has performed elbow stand This includes calling 911 for a head, neck,
or back injury and NOT moving the hurt
7.3 Vaulting: fence vaulting gymnast.
Activity 1 Progressive assessment 7
a) The gymnast is approaching the fence 1. a) Exercise.
b) The gymnast is taking of b) Eat healthy.
c) The gymnast is clearing c) Rest well.
d) The gymnast is recovering d) Build up muscles.
e) Remains physically fit.
7.4 Floor work: partner balances f) Avoids health related diseases.
Activity 1 2. Hands, back, legs
1. Two 3. Both hands (two)
2. Arms, legs, back, waist, stomach 4. a) Speed
3. Practise with a frend floor work partner b) Power
balances c) Coordination
Activity 2 5. Check Activity 2, 7.4 Floor work:
1. a) layout saltos partner balances answers.
b) tuck jump saltos
c) Split jumps STRAND 8:HEALTH AND FITNESS
d) egg roll
Progressive assessment 8
e) Hand springs
1. a) Exercise
f) squat stand
b) Eat healthy
2. a) Get a sports physical before starting
c) Rest well
any new sport.
2. a) Speed
b) Warm up and stretch before doing
b) Power
gymnastics.
c) Coordination
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3. a) Build up muscles. 6. Safety measures to be observed before
b) Remains physically fit. having an outdoor activity
c) Avoids health related diseases. a) Pack a First Aid kit.
4. a) promotes strong muscles and bones. b) Carry emergency supplies.
b) It improves respiratory, cardiovascular c) Learn the ABC’s of treating emergencies.
health, and overall health. d) Before you leave, find out the weather
c) Maintain a healthy weight and reduce report.
your risk for type 2 diabetes, heart e) Arrive early.
disease and reduce your risk for some f) Check for potential hazards.
cancers g) Avoid areas of natural hazards.
5. a) Physical coordination: walk on a h) Inspect the site.
variety of different terrains, play 7. Safety measures to be observed during an
hopscotch & jumping games, throw, outdoor activity
kick or roll a ball, climb stairs and a) Use The Buddy System. Emergency
ladders, walk a line, go for a bike ride, situations are much more difficult to
run and get in some wheelbarrow handle alone.
walking. b) Check the weather: before you head
b) Physical power: balance exercises, leg out on check the weather.
press, medicine ball squat throws, squat c) Wear appropriate clothing.
jump and barbell curl d) Set up camp before dark.
c) Speed: lunges, running several sprints, e) Pack a First Aid Kit.
side throws, forward or backward f) Bring Sunscreen.
shuffles, reactive crossovers and shuffles g) Let someone know where you are.
and jump rope. h) Stay hydrated.
6. Power is the ability to transform physical
energy into force at a fast rate with 8. Delegating activities as a leadership
emphasis placed on the speed of the style approach to leadership where
action. a leader empowers an individual
STRAND 9: OUTDOOR AND to exercise autonomy. Employing this
RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES approach entails providing the individual
Outdoor activities with the big picture, then trusting them to
Progressive assessment 9 deliver agreed-upon results.
1. a) Smooth running.
b) There is law and order. STRAND 10: FIRST AID IN SPORTS
c) There is harmony. 10.1: Sports related injuries: fainting
d) Production rate is high. Activity 2
2. a) The twigs which did not burn completely 1. Fainting
can be lit. 2. When the person is unconscious.
b) Grass can be used to light up a fire. 3. Worried and any other feeling.
3. a) Autocratic
a) Democratic Activity 2
b) Laissez faire or free reign leadership First Aid procedure for fainting
4. Any relevant answer with valuable reason 1. Make the person safe
5. a) Biking a) Lay the person flat on their back.
b) Camping b) Elevate the person’s legs to
c) Mountain hiking restore blood flow to the brain.
d) Walking safaris c) Loosen tight clothing.

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2. Try to revive the person 10.4: Sports related injuries: bandages
a) Shake the person vigorously, tap briskly, and dressings
or yell. Activity 3
b) If the person doesn’t respond, call 911 1. Place one end of triangle over shoulder
immediately and start CPR if necessary. on injured side and let bandage hang
c) If an AED is available, bring it by the down over chest with base toward hand
person and use it if you have been and apex toward elbow at the level of the
trained on its use. elbow. Slip bandage between body and
3. Turn the person on their side if they: arm. Carry lower end up over shoulder on
Is vomiting or bleeding from the mouth. uninjured side. Tie the two ends, by square
4. Do home care for simple fainting knot, at the neck
a) If the person is alert, give fruit juice, 2. Assess
especially if the person has not eaten in 3. Ask the person to hold their arm across
more than 6 hours or has diabetes. their chest and support the arm while you
b) Stay with the person until they are fully work. Put the bandage under the arm and
recovered. around the back of the neck. Put the other
5. Call a Health Care Provider half of the bandage over the arm to meet
See a healthcare provider right away if at the shoulder and tie into a knot.
the person: 4. a) Medical tape.
a) Hit their head when fainting b) Non-woven sponges.
b) Faints more than once in a month c) Earloop face masks
c) Is pregnant or has a heart condition or d) Suture removal kits
other serious illness e) Medical gloves
d) Experiences unusual symptoms, such as f) Gauze rolls. ...
chest pain, shortness of breath, 5. Make it using locally available materials
confusion, blurred vision, or difficulty
talking 10.5: Sports related injuries: slings and
Activity 4 splints
1. Precautions Activity 2
a) Don’t slap or shake anyone who’s just Functions of slings and splints is to provide
fainted. support to an upper-body injury like a
b) Don’t try to give the person anything to shoulder or elbow fracture
eat or drink, not even water, until they
are fully conscious. 10.6: Sports related injuries: two and four
2. CPR handed seat carry
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). The Activity 1
medical field recommends starting CPR 1. a) is The Two-handed seat carry
with hard and fast chest compressions. 2. b) is the Four-handed seat carry
3. Benefits of practicing First Aid 3. The answer varies with the injured person.
a) It can save a person’s life.
b) It relieves pain. Activity 2
c) It can prevent infection. To provide support to an upper-body injury
d) It makes workplace safer. like a shoulder or elbow fracture.
e) It saves money. Progressive assessment 10
1. First aid refers to the emergency or
10.2: Sports related injuries: insect bites immediate care provided when a person is
and stings injured or ill until full medical treatment is
Activity 5 available.
1. a) bee b) wasp c) wasp 2. First aid is important because responding
d) safari ant e) wasp f) wasp to accidents quickly ensures that injuries
g) tick h) louse i) mosquito can be efficiently and promptly dealt with
j) spider k) bedbug l) flea before a trained medical professional
2. a) safari ant b) spider c) tick arrives to administer more specialised
d) louse e) flea f) bedbug treatment
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3. Fainting is a temporary loss of consciousness.
4. a) Standing up too quickly
b) Not eating or drinking enough.
c) Being too hot.
d) Being very upset, angry, or in severe pain.
e) Heart problems.
f) Taking drugs or drinking too much alcohol.
5. a) Stay calm.
d) Remove the stinger.
e) Wash the sting with soap and water.
f) Apply a cold pack to reduce swelling.
g) Taking over-the-counter pain medication.
6. a) Puncture marks at the wound.
a) Redness, swelling, bruising, bleeding, or blistering around the bite.
b) Severe pain and tenderness at the site of the bite.
c) Nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea
7. Twigs, wood, branches, boards, layers of cardboard

ANSWERS TO MODEL ASSESSMENTS


MODEL ASSESSMENT TASK 1
1. A 2. D 3. B 4. D 5. C 6. B 7. A 8. A 9. D 10. D
11. D 12. A 13. B 14. C 15. D 16. A 17. C 18. A 19. C 20. A
21. A 22. C 23. B 24. A 25. D 26. B 27. A 28. D 29. D 30. C

MODEL ASSESSMENT TASK 2


1. B 2. C 3. A 4. B 5. B 6. C 7. D 8. A 9. C 10. C
11. A 12. D 13. B 14. C 15. A 16. D 17. C 18. B 19. A 20. B
21. B 22. D 23. A 24. B 25. D 26. B 27. A 28. D 29. D 30. C

MODEL ASSESSMENT TASK 3


1. D 2. B 3. B 4. B 5. B 6. (a) C (b) A 7. (a) C (b) A 8. (a) C
(b) D 9. A 10. D 11. D 12. B 13. D 14. D 15. D 16. A 17. D
18. B 19. D 20. C 21. A 22. A 23. B 24. C 25. D 26. C 27. B
28. C 29. A 30. D

MODEL ASSESSMENT TASK 4


1. C 2. C 3. D 4. B 5. C 6. A 7. D 8. A 9. D 10. A
11. D 12. C 13. D 14. A 15. B 16. A 17. A 18. A 19. A 20. D
21. B 22. D 23. C 24. B 25. A 26. A 27. D 28. C 29. D 30. A
MODEL ASSESSMENT TASK 5
1. D 2. B 3. B 4. D 5. A 6. D 7. A 8. C 9. C 10. C
11. A 12. A 13. B 14. D 15. C 16. D 17. A 18. C 19. D 20. A
21. B 22. A 23. D 24. A 25. C 26. D 28. C 29. D 30. C

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ANSWERS MUSIC GRADE 6
Revision exercise 1 − Orutu
1. Sapprano 1, Saprano 2 and Alto − Adeudeu
2. Saprano, Alto and Bass 6. By wiping it with a clean dry piece of
3. Two-part singing cloth.
4. A song sung in three different voice-parts 7. By plucking, striking or rubbing.
5. True 8. By sanitizing the instrument before sharing
6. False it.
7. False
Revision exercise 5
Revision exercise 2 1. The key of C
1. topical songs, sacred/ religious songs, art 2. C D E F G A B C DI
songs, patriotic songs 3. You will not get the correct pitch of the
2 solo performance with accompaniments notes required.
3. sacred / religious songs 4.
4. accompaniments, expression of emotions i. C D E F G A B C DI
5. harmony ii. DI C B A G F E D C
6. vyakula bora , corona, 5. DI
7, daily issues that affect our lives, 6. C
community and country 7. A duet is a musical composition for two
8. HIV and AIDS, COVID-19 , environment, performers.
gender violence 8. Eight notes
9. songs sung on the importance of 9. By mixing up notes
conserving the environment. 10. This is because a major scale is a group of
10. preserve culture, appreciate other people’s notes beginning and ending with the same
culture, creation of employment letter.

Revision exercise 3 Revision exercise 6


1. a song that belongs to people of the same 1. Folk dance is a dance that originate from
community. a specific community and is performed on
2. solo folk song various occasions.
3. mood 2. Assess the learner
4. marriage, birth, initiation, harvesting, death 3. Assess the learner
5. educate, encourage, warn, preserve 4. Assess the learner
culture, entertain, 5. It preserves local culture and promotes
6. soloist, singers, instrumentalists love.
7. mobile phones, video recorder, tablets 6. Assess the learner based on relevant
8. plays instruments to accompany the answers
singing 7. Participants
9. drums, horns, shakers, fiddles Costumes
10. soloist Accompaniments
8. Movements of body to a beat and rhythm.
It can either be choreographed or not.
Revision exercise 4
1. An instrument played by striking, plucking
or rubbing to produce sound. Revision exercise 7
2. − Rubber bands 1. Assess the learner
− Strings 2. Assess the learner
− Hollow cylindrical tins
3. To make different sounds.
4. − By adjusting the pegs.
− Pulling the rubber bands.
5. − Shiriri
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4. d
3. t t
l l
s s
f f
m m
r r
d d

Revision exercise 8
1. This is the speed at which a piece of music is played.
2. Dynamic
3. Rhythm
4. This is singing a song and playing musical instruments at the same time
5. A one sound melody without accompaniments
6. Largo 7. Presto.

ANSWERS TO MODEL ASSESSMENTS


MODEL ASSESSMENT TASK 1
1. D 2. B 3. C 4. A 5. D 6. D 7. C 8. A 9. B 10. D
11. A 12. B 13. C 14. D 15. B 16. C 17. A 18. C 19. A 20. A
21. D 22. C 23. A 24. B 25. B 26. B 27. A 28. C 29. C 30. A

MODEL ASSESSMENT TASK 2


1. C 2. C 3. B 4. B 5. C 6. C 7. A 8. B 9. D 10. C
11. C 12. A 13. B 14. C 15. C 16. C 17. A 18. B 19. C 20. A
21. D 22. C 23. A 24. B 25. B 26. B 27. D 28. B 29. C 30. C

MODEL ASSESSMENT TASK 3


1. A 2. C 3. C 4. B 5. C 6. D 7. B 8. D 9. A 10. B
11. D 12. C 13. B 14. B 15. A 16. B 17. C 18. D 19. C 20. B
21. A 22. A 23. C 24. B 25. B 26. A 27. C 28. B 29. C 30. A

MODEL ASSESSMENT TASK 4


1. C 2. A 3. C 4. B 5. B 6. C 7. D 8. A 9. C 10. B
11. B 12. D 13. A 14. C 15. B 16. C 17. C 18. D 19. B 20. B
21. C 22. D 23. D 24. 25. A 26. D 27. C 28. B 29. A 30. B.

MODEL ASSESSMENT TASK 5


1. B 2. B 3. A 4. A 5. C 6. B 7. B 8. A 9. A 10. C
11. B 12. D 13. A 14. C 15. D 16. A 17. C 18. A 19. B 20. D
21. C 22. C 23. D 24. A 25. B 26. A 27. D 28. A 29. C 30. A

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Art and Craft Grade 6 Encyclopedia Answers
b) Seek permission of an adult before
Model Assessment Tasks reusing art and craft materials such as
Task 1 clay or wood from your locality.
1. Pencils, charcoal sticks, coloured pencils c) Handle cutting tools with care to
and pastels prevent injury to self and others.
2. Assess learner’s work. d) Do not hold tools or crafts you have
3. Assess learner’s work. made with your mouth.
Examples of value gradation strips of e) Always wash hands after making your
black to white: crafts.
f) Clear and clean the working area after
completing your crafts.
14. Leather strap, plastic band or tough
clothe; thread and beads; cutting and
shaping tools
4. Assess learner’s drawing of a still life 15. Proportion helps to create balance in the
composition. composition by ensuring that the sizes of
5. C the objects are in direct proportion to the
6. It makes the drawing to have realistic objects in real life.
sizes and shapes in relation to objects as 16. a) Hold the cutting tool facing away from
they are in real life. your body.
7. The arrangement of dark and faint dots in b) Seek permission of an adult before
stippling creates a textural effect whereby reusing leather found in your locality.
bold and dark dots that are arranged c) Handle cutting tools with care to
close together represent a rough texture prevent injury to self and others.
while widely spaced or no dots at all d) Do not hold tools or leather products
represent a smooth texture. you have made with your mouth.
8. By using an axis. An axis is an imaginary e) Clear and clean the working area after
line that helps an artist to distribute parts making your leather products.
of the drawn objects such that they have f) Use the cutting tools for the right job.
equal heaviness across the centre of the g) Ask for assistance when unsure of how
composition. The line helps to distribute to use a cutting tool.
parts of the objects being drawn across the 17. Adhesives, thread and needle, thin,
surface creating balance in the composition. malleable wires
9. Painting 18. Birthday cards, Get well soon cards,
10. Coil technique, pinch technique and slab Success cards, Wedding cards, Graduation
technique cards, Marriage cards, Anniversary cards
11. To make a pinch pot, a potter inserts a 19. Staples, glue, cello tape, masking tape,
thumb into a ball of clay and continually stitching with a wire or thread.
pinches the clay between the thumb and 20. Assess learner’s craft of a flip book
the fingers while rotating to thin out and animation of a walking figure.
raise the height of the vessel. 21. Imaginative composition
12. Making flat surfaces or large, curved 22. To make it balanced, attractive and
surfaces in pottery. realistic
13. a) Hold the cutting tool facing away from 23. Canvas, wall, cardboard, hessian cloth,
your body. paper, non-absorbent fabrics.
24. Montage
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25. To avoid self-injury 12. Cross hatching, shading, stippling,
26. Clay smudging (mark any correct response
27. Sculpture from the list)
28. Texturing is the creating of different 13.  By painting light or dark areas on a scale
textures of the wooden shallow bowl. It of white to black (white is the lightest
is done by scratching or engraving into value and black the darkest) to allow us
the shallow bowl with a sharp object. see light and dark in a painting.
14. The technique of producing a new picture
Texturing also refers to using a hammer
from different picture cutouts.
to hit on an object having a rough surface
15. Twine technique, coil and stitch technique
that is placed onto a wooden surface. and plaiting technique
The rough texture on the object is then 16. Baskets, door mats, floor mats, table mats,
transferred onto the other surface, carpets, hats
decorating it. 17. Stiff fibres (to give the item shape and
29. Stencil printing form) and flexible fibres
30. This is a collection of crafts made using 18. Wafts and wefts
paper or cards.
Task 2
1. Drawing
2. By using an axis. An axis is an imaginary
line that helps an artist to distribute parts
of the drawn objects such that they have
equal heaviness across the centre of the
composition. The line helps to distribute
parts of the objects being drawn across
the surface creating balance in the
composition. 19. It produces flat and straight shapes and
3. Painting is applying paint, pigment or forms that can be joined at angles
other medium to a solid surface using a 20. Wrist bands, belts, pencil or pen pouch,
brush. purses, wallets, leather bags, shoes, jackets
4. Balance in a montage composition refers 21. Collect necessary tools for the exercise
(leather, cutting tools, marking tools,
to how the parts of an object relate to
hollow tin, hammer, punching tool)
each other. This includes the placement
i) Soak the leather for 3 days.
of objects on the picture plane and the ii) Dry the leather in the sun. Remove the
relationship of the objects to each other hair.
by making sure that everything is in the iii) Use a pencil or pen to draw circular
right place. portions based on the size of the metal
5. Buying leather whether used or new, using tin you have.
or recycling used leather in the locality iv) Make holes using a hammer and a
6. Clay punching tool on the circular portions
7. Kneading of leather.
8. Painting, incising, texturing v) Cut thin, long strips of leather from
9. The lightness or darkness of an object the remaining portion of the leather.
in the presence of light is called value or vi) Mount the circular portions of leather
tone. on the opposite sides of the hollow tin.
10. Varying vii) Use the leather strips to fasten
the two portions of leather on the
11. Assess learner’s work of a still life drawing of 3
opposite side of the hollow tin around
fruits of their choice.
the tin.
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viii) Tighten them to have uniform tension. books, calendars and packaging papers.
Your drum is ready. The pictures should have similar subject
22. Assess learner’s drawings of motifs. matter.
23. Hold the stencil in place before applying 9. By varying the number of dots from
paint. closely packed to show deeper or darker
24. Paint brush, feathers, a soft piece of cloth, areas and fewer or no dots to show
sponge shallow or shallower areas
25. Three-dimensional (3-D) art is art with all 10. By making line drawings on the leather
the dimensions of height, width and depth. before beading.
26. To showcase or display the works of art. 11. Using needle and thread, adhesives or thin,
27. A handmade book that contains images malleable wires
in sequence on its pages such that when 12. i) Take care when handling sharp
flipped creates an illusion of movement. decorations.
28. Elements of photography: focus quality, ii) Seek help or assistance when handling
centre of interest, appropriate background, large clay items.
viewpoint, framing, image quality and iii) Ensure that the incision into the clay
composition. form is not too deep.
29. In exhibition halls or centres, open air iv) Lay them on a flat, stable surface to
displays, on walls, canvas avoid malformation.
30. Red, Blue and Yellow 13. Cutting thin, long strips of leather from a
leather strap or piece to use as fasteners.
Task 3 14. Montage – the technique of producing
1. Cows, goats, sheep a new picture from fragments of other
2. The art of making pots pictures
3. A pot made by the pinch technique where Picture – A drawing, painting or form
a potter inserts a thumb into a ball of clay made on a surface to show the outline,
and continually pinches the clay between shape or form of an object of interest
the thumb and the fingers while rotating Drawing – a picture, diagram or an
to thin out and raise the height of the outline of a form or object of interest
vessel. made with a pencil, pen or crayon rather
4. It brings out the message portrayed in a than paint.
painting. It is also called the theme. 15. The art and craft of making baskets and
5. By ensuring that the composition brings related items using materials such as
out clearly the most important part of banana fibres, makuti, sisal fibres, sedge
the photograph (that is, the part where grasses, reeds and raffia (among other
the photographer wants you to focus on plant fibres)
when viewing the photograph). 16. Fragments or cut outs of other pictures
6. Old newspapers, magazines, books, 17. Hollow tin, thongs (or tying strips),
calendars and packaging papers rounded pieces of leather and stick and
7. a) Assess learner’s drawings of a rubber (for beating the drum)
cylindrical drawing showing tonal 18. Zig zag pattern, wavy pattern, straight line
variation pattern
b) Paint brush, pencil, crayons, colour 19. Paint brush made from sisal fibres,
pencils feathers, a soft piece of cloth, sponge
8. A montage is an artwork created by 20. Old newspapers, magazines, books,
pasting different pictures on a surface calendars and packaging papers
obtained from old newspapers, magazines, 21. A weaving technique where two or more
flexible weaving elements cross each other
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as they weave through the stiffer radial dimensional representative or abstract
spokes. forms, especially by carving stone or wood
22. Squeegees for screen printing are tools or by casting metal or plaster, or other
used to help push ink or paint through the shaping techniques.
screen and onto the printing surface. 9. Wood, stone, wax, soap, metal
23. Stencil printing is a technique for 10. Kneading
reproducing designs or letters by passing 11. Primary colours, secondary colours and
ink or paint over holes cut in cardboard tertiary colours
or metal onto the surface to be decorated. 12. A puppet worked by strings
24. Paint, water colours, coloured pencils, 13. Wood, cardboards or cartons, strings or
crayons thin flexible wires, attaching pins or rivets
25. Assess learners’ answers 14. Gluing, pinning, sewing or stapling
26. These are colour combinations created by 15. Assess and mark correct responses from
the equal mixture of two primary colours. learners on business ideas in art.
27. Pencils, charcoal sticks, coloured pencils 16. To mount (a drawing, photograph or
and pastels picture) so that it is visible through a
28. Crayon etching window cut in the mount.
29. A motif is an image repeated in a pattern 17. Walls, boards, canvas and hessian cloth,
or design many times. cardboards, cartons.
30. Slab technique 18. Cameras
19. Piecing
Task 4 20. Black Indian Ink, waxy crayons, a white
1. Focus (focusing) surface or paper, paint brush and sharp
2. a shot that is looking directly down on the object such as a toothpick
centre of interest 21. Coil technique, pinch technique and slab
3. Three-dimensional (3-D) art is art that technique
comprises of characters or objects that 22. A kiln is a covered chamber or oven that
appear with all the dimensions of height, produces high temperatures required to
width and depth. fire, harden and dry objects made from
Two-dimensional (2D) art is art that clay into pottery, tiles and brick.
comprises of characters or objects that 23. Sculptures, wooden bowls, spoons, vases,
appear only in height and width, created trays (mark other correct answers from
by traditional drawing method. learners)
4. Assess learner’s drawing with a good 24. Used for decorations
composition. 25. Belts, wrist bands, bags, caps, jackets
Assess learner’s drawing with a poor 26. Basketry
composition. 27. Drawing
5. Embellishing refers to gluing objects like 28. Stippling is a shading technique in which
fabric, cut paper, buttons, bead, coloured dots are used to create value gradation
sand and inedible seeds onto sections of a on drawn objects.
flower to decorate it. Embellishing can be 29. Drawing sizes and shapes of an object as
done by gluing, sewing or using cello tape. they are in real life is called proportion.
6. Making attractive items of art using paper 30. Assess learner’s work. Mark correct
7. To avoid seeping or leakage of paint drawing showing an arrangement of
thorough the paper to unwanted sections overlapped items on a table.
of the stencil.
8. the art of making two- or three-

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Task 5 can be seen and people (audience) can
1. Graphic design involves using images move freely as they enjoy observing the
and letters to pass a message to a given artworks.
audience. 15. Collage is a technique where different
2. Upper case letters – Also called capital materials are pasted on a surface to make
letters, they are the bigger, taller versions an artwork.
of letters 16. Mark answers of the correctly drawn and
Lower case letters - the shorter, smaller labeled book jacket.
versions of letters 17. To ensure that the dimensions of the
3. Dye, pieces of cloth, decorating paper, jacket fit the size of the book when folded
stencils, stick-on decorations, beads, along the extended areas.
buttons (accept other decorations) 18. A drawing made with crayons, where a
4. Puppeteer heavy coat of black Indian Ink is applied
5. A sox or appropriate pieces of cloth, before an etching tool is used to create
sewing thread and needle, buttons, patterns in the ink, removing the ink and
cardboards, multi-coloured threads allowing the crayon colors to appear.
(accept other materials for making glove 19. Pins, tooth picks, sharp, pointed blades,
puppets) nails, nail files, popsicle sticks
6. View point –The position of the 20. Tertiary colour
photographer in relation to that of the 21. Enables one to acquire skills of making
image or subject to be photographed. arts and crafts that can be sold to get an
Focus quality – Framing within the screen income
Placement of forms – The most 22. Wood and soapstone
outstanding part or object in a 23. Carving
photograph 24. Mark answers of the correctly drawn item
Lighting – Level of brightness or darkness. made using the coil technique.
7. Assess learner’s work of a drum they will 25. Basketry
draw and colour. 26. To stick the detachable pieces of art
8. This is how dark or light a colour is. together to form a whole, comprehensive
9. Black is the colour used over the white picture or work of art.
cartridge paper covered by different 27. By shading using many dots
colours or shades of crayons. 28. Squeegee
10. Most plants need to be dried and then 29. Folding, pleating, twisting, cutting and
moistened and wrapped in a towel pasting
overnight. Some plants are better to use 30. Mounting is pasting an artwork onto a
while fresh and green when they are most stiff surface such that there are equal
flexible. margins of the stiff surface, visible all
around the artwork. It is meant to
11. a) Flower vase
enhance an artwork’s durability and
b) Clay attractiveness.
c) Incising
12. Mark answers of the correctly rearranged
letters to form words that refer to words
used in art
13. Height, with and depth
14. Display of items made from art and craft.
In an exhibition, the display is made in
such a way that both 2D and 3D artworks

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making sure that everything is in the right
ANSWERS TO FORMATIVE place.
ASSESSMENTS 3. Old newspapers, magazines, books,
calendars and packaging papers.
STRAND 1 STRAND 2
Formative Assessment 1.1 Formative Assessment 2.1
1. In stippling, for darker areas (those 1. It is used in the making of baskets. Weaving
overlapping and overshadowing those is the manipulation of wefts and wafts
behind), you apply a greater number of to make articles that are not necessarily
dots and keep them close together. baskets.
2. Proportion is important because if not 2. Banana fibres, makuti, sisal fibres, sedge
correct, the image will look less realistic. grasses, reeds and raffia (among other
Proportion is used to show effect. plant fibres)
3. The arrangement of dark and faint dots in Synthetic thread, plastic straps, pieces of
stippling creates a textural effect whereby old clothes
bold and dark dots that are arranged close (Mark other correct responses from
together represent a rough texture while learners)
3. a) Uniformity of coils.
widely spaced or no dots at all represent a
b) Consistent tension
smooth texture. c) Careful and neat craftsmanship.
4. By placing objects in the right place on the d) The materials to be used should be
picture plane in a way that show how they durable, cleanable and non-slippery
relate to each other.
Formative Assessment 2.2
Formative Assessment 1.2 1. It is the making of items from leather
1. a) Paint brush made from sisal fibres, 2. By matching and contrasting coloured
feathers, a soft piece of cloth, sponge leather attachments to create beautiful
b) A flat surface such as a wall, cardboard patterns and shapes
or paper 3. Apply bee wax on it.
c) Paint or locally made pigmentation 4. Zig zag pattern, wavy pattern, straight line
2. It brings out the message portrayed in a pattern
painting. It is also called the theme. 5. To avoid injury from cuts
3. By ensuring that the composition brings
out clearly the most important part of the
photograph (that is, the part where the Formative Assessment 2.3
photographer wants you to focus on when 1. This is because it is the best technique used
viewing the photograph). in making objects with flat bottoms or
4. It makes the drawing to have realistic sizes sides such as tiles, vases, boxes and dishes.
and shapes in relation to objects as they It also produces flat and straight shapes
are in real life. and forms that can be joined at angles.
5.  By painting light or dark areas on a scale 2. By using slip (slurry or liquefied clay) to
of white to black (white is the lightest value join moist clay slabs.
and black the darkest) to allow us see light 3. By using a standardised moulding shaper,
and dark in a painting. plane or pasta machine or by using a clay
slab roller
4. Avoid deep incisions that can cause weak
Formative Assessment 1.3 points in the clay item.
1. It enables the artist to create a balanced,
proportional and neat montage.
2. Balance in a montage composition refers Formative Assessment 2.4
to how the parts of an object relate to 1. Carving refers to cutting away parts of a
each other. This includes the placement solid material such as wood, soap stone,
of objects on the picture plane and the wax or plastic to create an item.
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3. a) Texturing is the creating of different 5. A motif is an image repeated in a pattern
textures of the wooden shallow bowl. It or design many times.
is done by scratching or engraving into 6. Assess learners’ motifs foe use on seasonal
the shallow bowl with a sharp object. cards.
b) Incising refers to cutting out shapes, 7. A squeegee is used to force ink through a
lines or grooves on the wooden bowl. stencil during the printing process in order
4. i) Tools such as knives, pangas, adzes and to come up with a design.
blades used for carving should be sharp. 8. Using adhesives, glue, cello tape, by sewing,
ii) Be careful when handling sharp and sticking decorations by piercing, thin,
pointed tools to avoid injuries. flexible wires
iii) Always hold the tool by the handle. 9. Buttons, pieces of cloths, paper cutouts.
5. Sculptures, flower vases, bowls, dishes, trays,
cups, jars, pots, ash trays Formative Assessment 3.2
6. Mark learners’ correct responses. For instance: 1. Reused multi-coloured or plain papers.
a) Dishes, vases and jars may need to be 2. Folding, pleating, twisting, cutting and pasting.
smooth on the inside, with incisions or 3. Steps of making a paper container:
rough texture on the outside. i) Get a piece of square paper. Fold it
b) Trays, spoons and mixing tools can be diagonally from the corner to the
smooth all the way opposite edge and trim off the excess.
c) Consider the use of the item, ease of ii) Fold the paper in half. Crease the fold
cleaning and storage with your finger then open the piece of
STRAND 3 paper.
Formative Assessment 3.1 iii) Fold the paper in half along the other
1. It is a thin sheet of card, plastic or metal side. Use your finger to crease the fold
with a pattern or letters cut out of it, used then open the paper again.
to produce the cut design on the surface iv) Fold the corners to the centre. Bring
below by the application of ink or paint each corner to the center, so that the
through the holes. points are all touching. Crease the folds
2. Paper that is flexible, durable, easy to clean with your finger.
and long lasting v) Fold the top and bottom edges to the
3. Procedure for stencil printing: center of the square. Crease the edges
i) Collect the required items (such as of both folds to secure them.
stencil paper, motif design, scissors and vi) Unfold the square along one
tape) side. Unfold the halfway folds and the
ii) Map out your design on the stencil triangles beneath those folds. Leave the
paper. side triangles folded in.
iii) Use tape to hold your stencil on the vii) Fold the long edges to the center. Fold
surface you want to print on. over the bottom of the still folded
iv) Print the first colour. Use a squeegee to triangles. Crease the bottom edge.You
force ink through a stencil during the should have what looks like a necktie
printing process in order to come up with two points.
with a design. viii)Reinforce the creases. For the purposes
v) Clean the screen. Let the first colour of the guide, the diamond furthest away
dry before applying the second colour, from you formed by the ‘necktie’ folds
and so on until done with all the will be the ‘head’ and the diamond
colours you intent to use. closest to you will be the ‘foot’. Match
vi) Let your print-outs dry before display. the bottom tip of the foot diamond to
4. Locally available materials for stencil the bottom of the head diamond. Then,
printing include bottle tops, manila papers, match the top tip of the head diamond
used cartons or boxes, cardboards, to the top of the foot diamond. Crease
ordinary paper reinforced with cello tape along the long sides to solidify the folds.
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ix) Create the side walls of the box. Pull up Arrange the papers from top to bottom
the flaps along the long side to create and number them page 1-16.
the side walls of the box. ii) Draw the first figure in contact position
x) Construct the head wall when the on the page 16. Remember flipbooks
side walls are assembled. As you lift work best when flipped from bottom
the head wall flap, the creases from to top. The first drawing should be the
previous folds should form two triangle image that will begin the sequence.
shaped flaps that you will want to iii) Place the page 15 over the first
drawing. Draw the second figure in
fold inwards. Be sure these triangles
recoil position to overlap with the first
are folded inwards before proceeding. drawing on page 16.
The head wall will fold over these iv) Continue layering and drawing the
triangle corners and the top triangle figures on pages until your sequence is
of the head wall will fit neatly into the finished on page 1.
bottom of the box where you will want v) Bind the pages by gluing, stapling or
to crease it snugly against the sides to stitching to hold the flipbook together.
keep the box together. After creasing, vi) Manipulate the flipbook by flipping the
you should see a triangle on the pages at high to create the movement
bottom of the box. of the figure you have drawn.
xi) Repeat the process for the opposite end 5. To be easily visible from the flipping end
or the foot wall. Try to make sure the folds (which is always on the right hand side)
are clean and not crinkly. 6. When the images, arranged in a sequence,
4. Embellishing paper flowers can be done are flipped from one page to the next.
using simple materials like buttons, beads, 7. By drawing and arranging images in a
coloured sand and inedible seeds. sequence on a stack of papers such that
5. Fabric can be used for enhancement when flipped either slowly of fast, they will
on paper craft items when cut out and appear like they are moving.
stuck on the paper craft items in form of 8. By making slight changes to the images
geometric and floral motifs. in the preceding sheet of paper to depict
Formative Assessment 3.3 change of position or movement for the
1. This is a small book of drawings conveying key aspects of the image.
a series of pictures in progressing forms 9. To create an illusion of movement when
of movement so that when the pages are flipped at a constant speed from the last to
flipped in a rapid succession, they animate the first page.
a scene or create an illusion of movement. 10. Drawing a sequence of limb movement in a
2. A stuck of stiff paper such as manila paper, walking figure:
sticky notebook or notepad) a) Draw the first picture showing hand
3. Requirements for making a flip book: position in line with the body. Remember
a) A stuck of stiff paper such as manila flipbooks work best when flipped from
paper, sticky notebook or notepad). bottom to top. The first drawing should
be the image that will begin the sequence.
b) Drawing tools (marker pens, pencils,
b) Place the next page over the first
crayons, coloured pencils or colouring
drawing. Draw the second hand position
tools). in recoil position to overlap with the first
c) Fasteners, glue or appropriate drawing.
adhesives, sewing thread and needle c) Continue layering and drawing the hand
d) Drawing tools (marker pens, pencils, position of a walking figure on pages
crayons, coloured pencils or colouring until your sequence is finished on page 1.
tools). Capture the passing, high-point, contact
4. How to make a flip book. poses and repeat the five poses until you
i) Obtain two plain A4 size papers. Divide get your desired frames for the book.
each paper into 8 equal parts. Cut to 11. Decorate the figure or highlight the major
obtain the 16 pages of your flip book. points of the figure.
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Formative Assessment 3.4 ANSWERS TO MODEL ASSESSMENTS
1. Photography is the activity that involves MODEL ASSESSMENT TASK 1
taking a picture using a camera. 1. B 2. B 3. C 4. A 5. C
2. It shows the area of interest for the
photograph by ensuring that objects within 6. A 7. C 8. B 9. A 10. A
scenery are captured to create a boundary 11. A 12. C 13. B 14. D 15. C
around your scenery. 16. B 17. C 18. A 19. A 20. C
3. By choosing one that contrast well with
the object or centre of focus. 21. A 22. B 23. C 24. C 25. A
4. The second picture. 26. A 27. B 28. C 29. B 30. A
5. It ensures clarity of the photograph being
taken. MODEL ASSESSMENT TASK 2
6. Composition: This refers to the different 1. C 2. B 3. D 4. B 5. B
objects seen together that makes up.
7. Eye level view, bird’s eye view and worm’s 6. D 7. D 8. A 9. C 10. C
eye view 11. A 12. B 13. A 14. C 15. B
8. simple and non-competitive with the
subject matter 16. A 17. D 18. D 19. A 20. D
9. Centre of interest: This is the most 21. B 22. A 23. B 24. D 25. A
outstanding part of the object in a
photograph. It is what is aimed at in a 26. C 27. A 28. B 29. A 30. C
photograph. MODEL ASSESSMENT TASK 3
1. A 2. C 3. B 4. B 5. C
STRAND 4
6. A 7. B 8. A 9. C 10. A
Formative Assessment 4.1
1. Mitre joints 11. Draw a stilllife composition 12. C
2. By use of wood adhesives, by use of small 13. B 14. D 15. C 16. C 17. C
joining nails
18. B 19. B 20. A 21. C
3. 90o
4. Wood, hard cardboard 22. Draw two patterns 23. B 24. C 25. C
5. By bringing two parts of wood, cut at 45o 26. A 27. B 28. C 29. A 30. D
together to make a joint
6. In an exhibition centre, in open air displays MODEL ASSESSMENT TASK 4
1. B 2. B 3. A 4. A 5. A 6. A
Formative Assessment 4.2 7. C 8. C 9. B 10. A 11. D 12. B
1. What one should consider when exhibiting
2D and 3D artworks: 13. B 14. B 15. B 16. C 17. B 18. A
a) lighting (whether it will require natural
or electric lighting). 19. A 20. A 21. D 22. A 23. C 24. B
b) use of space. 25. D 26. B 27. A 28. C 29. B
c) display surfaces (tables, walls, shelves,
pedestals or floors). 30. Draw fruits
d) decor for display surfaces (for example, MODEL ASSESSMENT TASK 5
use of decorated fabric or paper craft 1. B 2. C 3. D 4. C 5. A 6. D
decorations).
2. To generate an income (or to sell) 7. Draw a drum 8. A 9. B 10. C
3. Internet advertisements, open air displays, 11. D 12. B 13. D 14. A 15. D
exhibitions
4. They enable different exhibitors to share 16. Draw and label a book jacket 17. B
the cost of exhibitions 18. A 19. D 20. B 21. C 22. A 23. B 24.B
25. A 26. C 27. C 28. A 29. D 30. A

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