QUESTIONS
HEALTHY PRACTICE
Exercise 1
- Outline five needs of a child healthy development
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- The need that protects us from bad weather and harmful things is called ........................................................................... while that keeps us warm is a ...........................................................................
- Name the games that are shown below
- Name four play items
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- Write three qualities of a suitable play item
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- Name two accidents that can happen when playing
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- Write two benefits of taking care of playing items
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Common illness in the locality
Exercise 2
- Name four common illness that are found in your locality
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- Write three common causes of illness
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- Write two ways how you can prevent diseases
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- Who should you communicate to when you are feeling unwell
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- Identify the below illness
Care at the home
- Write three methods of making home clean
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- Cleaning tools that are made using locally available materials are called ...........................................................................
- Kim had a Jerican, a pair of scissors and a pen. Which cleaning tool is he likely to make ...........................................................................
- Name three materials needed to make an improvised mop
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- When sweeping where does one start ...........................................................................
- Why is it necessary to sprinkle water on earthen before sweeping ...........................................................................
- What do we use when dusting? ...........................................................................
Care and cleaning of shoes
Exercise 3
- Name the materialas used to make the below shoes
- Which type of shoes are polished when cleaning ...........................................................................
- Write four materials we use when cleaning a canvas shoes
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- Why are canvas shoes aired in the shade after rinsing? ...........................................................................
- Which type of shoes is best to wear when it's muddy ...........................................................................
Fuels used at home
- Which type of fuel is used in the equipment below?
- Write three reasons to consider while choosing the type of fuel to use
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- ...........................................................................is the careful use of fuel
- The type of fuel that mostly affects our forest is ...........................................................................
- Write two challenges faced when using different types of fuel
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Consumer awareness
Exercise 4
- Write two importances of a shopping list?
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- Write two factors to consider while making a shopping list
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- You were given 200 shillings to do shopping for supper. Fill the shopping list below
No Items Costs - When preparing a shopping list, which items should be given priority? ...........................................................................
- Name three places where you can buy food items
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Food nutrition
- Write three factors to consider when buying food from a grocery
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- Why is it good to check the expiry date of food in the market? ...........................................................................
- Why is it good to buy 'goods that are well packed? ...........................................................................
- Body building foods are also called ........................................................................... What is their purpose in the body to ...........................................................................
- Write four examples of energy giving foods
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- What is the purpose of protective foods ...........................................................................
- Write three foods that are commonly found in a grocery shop
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- Name five types of foods found in your locality
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- Classify the following food to their group; maize, peas, casssava, orange, sweet potatoes, kales, mango, beans, fish, pork, cabbage, green gram , milk, chapatti, pineapples, eggs
Body building foods Energy giving foods Protective foods - A meal that contains all the three food groups is said to be ...........................................................................
Preservation o milk
Exercise 5
- Name three sources of milk in your locality
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- List three animals that produce milk
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- Write two hygienic practices when handling milk
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- The picture below shows methods of preserving milk. Name them.
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Fragile kitchen utensils
- Name six utensils found in your home
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- Name three utensils that are fragile
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- Below are utensils. Write their purposes e.g. serving, storing, preparing food etc.
- Name three materials that can be used to clean fragile utensils .
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- Fragile utensils are made of;
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Cooking foods
Exercise 6
- Write three reasons why food is cooked
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- Name three foods that are eaten raw
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- Write three food hygiene practices
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- Name the following methods of cooking
- Name four foods that can be cooked by boiling
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- Name two foods that can be roasted
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Activity
With the help of a guardian cook a fried egg and send a photo to the teacher
- Write three safety measures that you need to observe work tools
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- Name the following needle work tools
- When keeping ...........................................................................it should be rolled neatly and then tied with a thread or rubber band.
- Match the following tools to their uses
Needle work tool Uses a Thimble For stitching b Tailors Chalk For taking measurement c Needle For cutting d Thread Sewing e Tape measure Protecting the finger from injuries f Pair of scissors Marking on a piece of cloth
Stiches
- ...........................................................................is a loop made when a thread needle is passed through a fabric
- Name the following types of stiches
MARKING SCHEME
Healthy practices
- Food, clothing, shelter, playing, Guidance, health
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- Hind and seck
- Rope Skipping
- Swinging
- Computer game
- Sliding
- Football
- toys, balls, rope, bicycle, bean bag. marble
- Attractive, durable, washable, easy to operate, right size, not sharp
- Fall, pricked, attack by harmful insect
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- to avoid accident
- for them to last longer
Common Illness
- Headache, stomach ache, diarrhoea, sore throat, cough, cold
- Eating without washing hands, dirty utensils insect bites, cuting rotten food, poor disposal of human waste, breathing contaminated air
- Drinking boiled water washing hand regularly using toilet well, exercising personal hygiene, sleeping under mosquito net.
- Parent, guardian or teacher
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- headache
- Cold
- Stomachache
- Vomiting
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- Mopping
- Sweeping
- Dusting
- Improvised tools
- Dust pan
- Old woolen or cotton cloth, pair of scissors, long smooth stick, knife, sisal string
- From the furthest corner
- To avoid raising dust
- Soft piece of cloth
Exercise 3
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- Canvas
- plastic
- leather
- rubber
- leather shoes
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- Water
- Scrubbing brush
- piece of cloth
- soap
- old newspaper
- to avoid them lose shape and dis-colour
- Plastic shoe
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- charcoal
- gas
- firewood
- paraffin
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- availability
- cost of fuel
- type of food cooking
- available equipment
- cooking method
- Conservation
- Charcoal and firewood
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- Some produce smoke
- sometime the flame produced cannot be controlled
- gas get finished without notice
- charcoal can lead to dr suffocation
Exercise 4
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- save time when doing shopping
- make us to remember what you want to buy
- help us to shop within budget
- make us to buy only things we need
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- amount of money you have
- what you need to buy
- Optional answer
- The basic things
- Grocery, Market, Kiosk, Duka, Supermarket
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- Correct weight
- Expiry date
- Price
- Package
- To avoid buying rotten food
- Because they look attractive
- protein, Help in growth and repair damaged body tissues
- Maize, wheat. cassava, arrowroot potatoes, rice
- Help the body to fight diseases
- Cabbage, banana, kales, oranges, tomatoes, carrot
- Varying answers
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- Body building food; - peas, beans. fish, pork, green gram, milk, eggs
- Energy giving food - Maize, Cassava, sweet potatoes, chapatti
- Protective food - Orange, kale, mango, cabbage, pineapple
- Balance diet
Exercise 5
- Dairy animals Kiosk, Supermarket, milk vendors, Shops
- Cow, Camel goat
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- Wash your hand
- use clean containers
- Wear protective clothing to prevent dirt
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- boiling
- processing
- keeping in a refrigerator
- fermenting
- to make it stay longer
for future use - Sufuria, Spoon, knife, fork, pot, flask, cup. mug, glass, bowl
- Thermal fask, Glass, enamel cup, clay pot, ceramic kettle
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- serving
- storing/ serving
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- Preparing
- Serving
- Serving
- preparing
- storing
- soft towel, soap, wash liquid bottle brush, spongecloth
- Enamel, clay, glass,
Excercise 6
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- Make it easy to eat
- Improve taste
- Preserve it
- Kill germ or bacteria
- Make it appetizing
- Mango, Apple, ripe banana, cassava, sweet potato
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- Wash hand before handling food
- Keeping the kitchen clean
- Keep utensil clean and dry
- Keep food covered after cooking
- Keeping flies away
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- Boiling
- Shallow frying
- Ronating
- Githeri, peas, sweet potato, egg
- Meat, cassava, Banana, potato,arrowroot
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- sew in a well-lit house to avoid hurting yourself
- use magnet to pick pin or needle from the floor
- pins should be put in a pin cushion
- Use thimble to protect the fingers
- Cutting tools should be put in a closed pocket
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- thimble
- thread
- tape measure
- Scissors
- Ruler
- seam ripper
- needle
- pins
- Tape measure
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- Protecting the finger from injuries
- Marking on a piece of cloth
- Sewing
- For stitching
- For taking measuremeat
- For cutting
- Stitch
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- back stitch
- Hemming stitch
- Catch stitch
- Running stitch
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