LITERACY I TOPICAL QUESTIONS FOR P.2 TERM I NO.

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Theme one: Our school and neighbourhood
1. Write the words correctly.
(a) slsac ____________ (d) dgeba ____________
(b) agte ____________ (e) rtcha _____________
(c) meathn ____________
2. Circle people found at school.
thieves, teacher, cobbler, children, librarian
3. Use these words to write sentences.
(a) brought
______________________________________________________
(b) bought
______________________________________________________
4. Read the story and answer questions in full sentences .
School symbols
School symbols are things that make a school different from
others. These include, school badge, school motto, school
uniform, school address, school flag, school anthem and many
others. School symbols have different uses.

A school uniform makes children different and smart; school

signpost directs people to the school and a school prayer
encourages people to trust in God.
Questions

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 (a) What are school symbols?
______________________________________________________
(b) What is the story about?
______________________________________________________
(c) Mention the symbols listed in the story.
________________________ ____________________
________________________ ____________________
________________________ ____________________
(d) Give the use of a school signpost.
________________________________________________
(e) Which school symbol makes children look smart?
_________________________________________________
5. Answer correctly.
(a) I am found at school. All school books are kept inside
me. What am I?
You are a _________________________________

(b) I am black and have the shape of a rectangle.

Teachers write on me. You clean me with a duster.
What am I?
___________________________________________________

(c) I sit in the office with a machine in front of me. I type

letters and exams for the school. Who am I?
__________________________________________________
LITERACY I TOPICAL QUESTIONS FOR P.2 TERM I NO. 2

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Theme: Our home and community.
1. What is a family?
_________________________________________________________
2. Answer correctly.
(a) The mother to my mother is my _____________
(b) My uncle’s children are my ______________
(c) A daughter to my brother is my _______________
(d) Your sister’s son is your ______________
3. Write four words with sound ‘ee’
(a) __________________ (c) ____________________
(b) __________________ (d) ____________________
4. Who heads a family?
______________________________________________________

5. Complete the family tree correctly.

grand parents grand parents

aunt uncle
uncle aunt
father

6. Use the words in the table to complete the story.

ant, hunter, day, away, friends, leaf, arrow

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The pigeon and the ant were great __________. One __________,
it rained heavily that the ant was about to drown. It was
floating on running when the pigeon saw it. The pigeon
plucked a ___________ from the branch of the tree and threw it
to the ant so that it climbs on it.
So the ____________was saved from drowning. In return, one
day, as the pigeon spread its wings under the sun, a
___________ came slowly and aimed at it with his __________.
The ant helped the pigeon by biting the hunter’s toe and he
ran away shouting.

7. What is culture?
___________________________________________________________
8. Choose cultural practices from the list below.
Eating circumcision _______________
Introduction talking _______________
Learning wedding _______________
naming
9. Which word is odd? Tick 
(a) aunt (b) father
cousin brother
grandmother mother
father children
nephew

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LITERACY I TOPICAL QUESTIONS FOR P.2 TERM I NO. 3
Theme: Human body and Health
1. Fill in the missing letters.
(a) k__ee
(b) __outh
(c) to__s
(d) thu__b
(e) c__lf

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 2. Name the body parts.
a. ___________________
b. ____________________
c. ____________________
d. ____________________
e. ____________________
3. Which part of the body do we use to breath and smell?
_____________________________________________________
4. We use the ____________ to taste our food.
5. Why do we bathe?
_______________________________________________________
6. Give one reason why people brush their teeth.
_______________________________________________________
7. Draw these parts of the body we use
(a) to see ______________________

(b) to hear _____________________

(c) to walk ____________________

8. Read the poem and answer the questions in full .

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 Personal hygiene
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, we are always here to
teach you about hygiene.
Always brush your teeth, comb your hair, cut your nails short,
wash your clothes, wash your hands after visiting the toilet,
wash your hands before you eat, flush the toilets after use,
have enough rest, exercise your body to keep fit. Have you
heard them, have you heard them all? We gonna do them all
yeah‼
Questions
(a) What is the poem talking about?
_____________________________________________________
(b) What is the title of the poem?
______________________________________________________
(c) Mention any three things we do for personal hygiene.
(i) _____________________________________________
(ii) ____________________________________________
(iii) _____________________________________________
(d) How do we keep our bodies fit?
_____________________________________________________

9. Circle the odd word.

(a) Teeth (b) towel

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Ears water
Razorblade soap
Toes legs
LITERACY I TOPICAL QUESTIONS FOR P.2 TERM I NO. 4
Theme:
1. Choose a correct word to fill the gap.
Joan lives in a small _____________ near a big farm. He goes to
dig with his ____________ and a ________. There is a
variety of crops on his __________. He also keeps some domestic
animals. He waters his _________ and ____________
every morning with a ________________. When his crops are
ready during the ___________ season, he harvests them and
carries them on a ________________ and takes them home.
2. Re-arrange these sentences to form a meaningful story.
(a) She sent Tom and Jerry to the market.
(b) They bought rice and meat.
(c) Mummy wanted to prepare lunch.
(d) And they had a wonderful lunch.
(e) She prepared the food.
A meaningful story
(a) ________________________________________________________
(b) ________________________________________________________
(c) ________________________________________________________

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 (d) _______________________________________________________
(e) _______________________________________________________
3. Circle the odd one out.
A B C
rice zebra axe
posho lamb clock face
beans chick hoe
potatoes kitten wheelbarro
w

4. Read the passage below and answer the questions in full

sentences.
Food is something good to eat or drink. We can get food from
many sources. We can get it from the shop, market, garden,
farms and supermarkets. Food like fish is got from water. Some
insects and animals are also eaten as food. Cassava, rice,
bread, sweet potatoes and yams give people energy.
Body building foods like fish, beans, meat and milk help people
to grow well. Fruits and vegetables are healthy giving foods.
They protect our bodies from diseases. A meal with all the
classes of food in their right amounts is called a balanced meal
or a balanced diet.
Questions

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 (a) What is food?
________________________________________________________
(b) List down four places where people can get food.
____________________ ___________________
____________________ ___________________
(c) Which food is got from water?
_____________________________________________________
(d) What is a balanced diet?
_______________________________________________________
P.2 TOPICAL REVISION FOR TERM II
LITERACY I NO. 2
1. Fill in the missing letters
a. d__nkey c. hors__
b. si__g d. tr__angle
2.Arrange the words to make a good sentence.
a. used for A horse is transport.
……………………………………………………………….……………….
b. animals kept are zoo in the Wild.
……………………………………………………………….……………….
c. city Kampalacapital is the.
……………………………………………………………….……………….
3. Read the story and answer the questions

DOMESTIC ANIMALS

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Domestic animals are animals kept in our homes. These animals are
useful to man.They include cows, goats, donkeys, cats, sheep, dogs,
rabbits , horses , camels and oxen. Each of the animals
mentioned above has a different use to man. From some of these
animals we get meat, skin , milk and wool. There are those that
help us in transporting goods from one place to another, guarding
homes and killing rats and snakes that enter our homes. Man
doesn’t only keep animals at home but also birds. These are some
of the domestic birds. Hens, cocks , ducks , turkey , pigeon and
parrots.

Questions
a. What are domestic animals?
………………………………………………………………………………………..
b. Name four examples of domestic animals mentioned in the
story ?
I. ………………………………… iii …………………………………
II. ………………………………… iv …….………….………………..

c. How are these domestic animals useful to man?

(i) cow…………………………………………………………………………..…
(ii) sheep…………………………………………………………………………
(iii) dog………………………………………………………………………….…
(iv) horse and donkey………………………………………………………..
…
(v) cat………………………………………………………………………………

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 d. Name three other things which man keeps apart from
domestic animals.
i) ……………………………………………………………………………..…
ii) ……………………………………………………………………………..…
iii) ……………………………………………………………………………..…
iv) ……………………………………………………………………………..…

4. Complete the sentences correctly.

sell , bite , give , taken
a. A snake will _________ you if you walk in the bush.
b. Our neighbours ____________ things to our school.
c. The school bursar has ___________the bank slip.
d. Bees _____________us honey.

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 P.2 TOPICAL REVISION FOR TERM II
LITERACY I
Exercise 3
1. Use the correct word to complete the sentence.
a. I use my eyes to ……..……..words in my book. (sea , see)
b. We must wash ……………….hands before eating food. (hour,
our)
c. Our ……………………has killed a big rat. (cut , cat)
2. Form correct sentences from the substitution table.

The eyes used for hearing

The teeth is used for covering teeth.

The nose for biting and chewing food.

The ears are used for seeing things.

The mouth used for smelling and

breathing.

a. ___________________________________________________________________
b. ____________________________________________________________________
c. ____________________________________________________________________
d. ____________________________________________________________________
e. ____________________________________________________________________

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 P.2 TOPICAL REVISION FOR TERM II
LITERACY I
THINGS WE MAKE
Exercise 4

1. Write words with these sounds.

a. st __________________ __________________ ___________________
b. p __________________ __________________ ___________________
c. tr __________________ __________________ __________________

2. Form correct sentences from the substitution table.

Nalongo plant live in the wilderness

Plants and animals is a young plant.

Environment can be used as medicine.

Wild animals are living things.

A seedling things around us.

a. ____________________________________________________________________
b. ____________________________________________________________________
c. ____________________________________________________________________
d. ____________________________________________________________________
e. ____________________________________________________________________

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 3. Arrange the sentences and form a meaningful story.
a. When the plants are fully grown, they are harvested and sold.
b. When the land is read, farmer sows seeds.
c. As plants grow, the farmer weeds and sprays them.
d. Then make it ready for sowing seeds.
e. After sowing seeds, plants will start to grow.
f. First you have to clear the busy land.

A meaningful story.
a. ____________________________________________________________________
b. ____________________________________________________________________
c. ____________________________________________________________________
d. ____________________________________________________________________
e. ____________________________________________________________________
f. ____________________________________________________________________

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 P.2 TOPICAL REVISION FOR TERM II
LITERACY. I
TRANSPORT IN OUR COMMUNITY
Exercise 5
1. Write these words correctly.
a. xita ……………………. c. oabt……………………
b. planaroae…………………….…… d. riant…………………..
2. Fill in the missing letters
a. ro__d c. a__r
b. __ailway d. wa__er
3. Read the story carefully and answer the questions in full
sentences.

A busy town
Our town is Mukono. It is a very busy town. There are
shops, markets, hospitals and clinics with very many people
moving up and down. Some people sell things, drive small and
big vehicles, carry language from one lorry to another. Here are
people who sell raw and cooked food everywhere.
In Mukono taxi park you hear all sorts of noise. Men shout
calling people in different stages. There are women who carry
baskets of fruits on their heads from one taxi to another.
There are those who sell tea in big kettles and those that
sell brooms that they carry on their heads.
I love going to our town and enjoy the nature of people
who work.

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Questions
a. What is the name of the town?
……………………………………………………………………………..………
b. List all the jobs that people do in this town.
……………………………………………………………………………..………
c. Where do people go for treatment in this town?
……………………………………………………………………………..………
d. How do we call a place where taxis are found?
……………………………………………………………………………..………
e. Why do men shout in the taxi park?
……………………………………………………………………………..………
f. How do women carry fruits?
……………………………………………………………………………..………
g. Is tea sold from small kettles?
……………………………………………………………………………..………
4. Write past tense for
a. hear ____________
b. go____________
c. load ____________
d. shout_____________

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A dialogue about transport.
Lucky: My father will travel to Dakar next week.
Barbra: Dakar! How will he reach there?
Lucky: He will take a plane.
Barbra: Oh! I thought he would use his small car.
Lucky: No, no Barbra. It’s a long way from here, we cannot
drive that small car. He will get so tired.
Barbra: Can he go by train?
Lucky: Don’t you know that we don’t have a railway line
from Kampala to Dakar?
Barbra: I didn’t know. Then he can use a ship.
Lucky: Ha , ha ,ha , He cannot use that also. A ship is very
slow. He needs to be there within one day. That’s why
he is going by air.

Answer questions about the story in full sentences.

a. What is the dialogue about?
……………………………………………………………………………..
………
b. Which two people are conversing?
……………………………………………………………………………..
………
c. Who spoke first?

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 ……………………………………………………………………………..
………
d. Who is going to Dakar?
……………………………………………………………………………..
………
e. How many means of transport are mentioned in the
conversation?
……………………………………………………………………………..
………
f. What is the fastest means of transport?
……………………………………………………………………………..
………
g. Why can’t Lucky’s father use a ship?
……………………………………………………………………………..
………
h. Can Lucky’s father go by train?
……………………………………………………………………………..
………
i. Where do we find planes?
……………………………………………………………………………..
………

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