Tests and
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PrimaryScience, Geography and History
Contents Page Assessment Worksheets 0 The seasons ... 2 1 The body ... 4 2 Living things ... 6 3 Plants ... 8 4 Animals ... 10 5 More animals ... 12 6 Nature ... 14 7 Materials ... 16 8 The sea ... 18
9 Town and country ... 20
10 Cities ... 22
11 Jobs ... 24
12 Tools and machines ... 26
Term Assessment • First Term. Units 0-4 ... 28
• Second Term. Units 5-8 ... 30
• Third Term. Units 9-12 ... 32
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The seasons
1. Draw pictures to illustrate the words.
2. Write the month before and the month after.
Before After April June August November February
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Autumn September- Days are long and
December nights are short.
Summer March-June Some trees lose their leaves.
Winter June- Nights are long
September and days are short.
Spring December- There are a lot
March of flowers.
4. Answer the questions.
a.What is your favourite season?
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The body
Name Date
2. Complete the sentences with the names of the joints. a. The joins the hand and the arm.
b. The joins the foot and the leg.
3. Use the words to completethe sentences.
brain heart lungs
a. Our
gives instructions to our body.
b. Webreathe through our .
5. Find and write six words for parts of the body.
S K U L L W O B O N M E W R I R B E L H S I L A C E U I B S V I A T N E G T U N K A G N R O S L T R S H E A R T
6. Match the information about teeth with the correct age.
a. We have no teeth. 1. 13 years old.
b. Our first teeth grow. 2.6 or 7 years old. c. We have all our milk teeth. 3.5 or 6 months old. d. Our milk teeth fall out. 4.6 weeks old.
e. New teeth grow. 5.3 or 4 years old. 7. Circle the healthy habits.
a b c
e
f d
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Living things
Name Date
1. Circle the living things in the picture.
2. Match. Cow Animals Grass Table House Plants Book Tree Non-living things
Cat Car
4. Match the three columns.
Goose Milk and wool
Feathers, eggs,
Ostrich meat and liver
for paté
Llama Feathers, meat
and eggs
5. Copy the paragraph and change the words which are wrong.
I care for my dog, Daisy. Every year I feed her and I walk her. Every day my dog has her hair cut. Every month I take Daisy to the vet.
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Plants
Name Date
1. Use the words to label the picture.
root fruit leaf trunk flower
flower
2. Look at the pictures and choose the best answers for each tree.
1 2 3
a.The trunk is thin / thick.
b. The leaves have a smooth / wavy / jagged edge.
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3. Colour the vegetables which grow under the ground.
a b c
f e
d
4. How does a flower grow? Order the sentences 1, 2, 3 and 4.
a. The stem grows tall and
strong. b. Seeds fall on the ground.
c. A flower
blooms. d. A seed sprouts.
5. Circle the correct answer. a. Which leaves do we eat?
geranium lettuce tulip
b. Which root do we eat?
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Animals
Name Date
1. Classify the animals.
dog sardine worm whale fly snail clam eagle
Vertebrates Invertebrates dog
2. Use the words to label the photos.
fins beak feathers scales wing legs tail
fins
3. Write C for carnivores or H for herbivores. a. They eat other animals.
b. They eat plants.
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4. Circle the animals.
Red Blue
a
G G
They drink their mother’s milk. They are born from eggs.
b c
d
e
f
5. Tick the true sentences. a. Fish can walk and run.
b. Birds have feathers and a beak c. A toucan is a mammal.
d. Fish are born from eggs.
6. Look at the animals and write the numbers.
1. mammal 2. bird 3. insect
4. fish 5. amphibian 6. reptile
a
b c
d e f
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More animals
Name Date
1. Tick the correct information. a. Insects are invertebrates. b. They have four legs.
a b c
e d
f
3. How does a butterfly develop? Order the pictures using 1, 2, 3 and 4.
a b
caterpillar eggs
c d
butterfly chrysalis
4. Draw a tadpole and a frog.
5. Circle the animals which live in the sea.
a b c
d e f
6. Mussels, crabs or fish? Read the sentences and decide. a. They have bones.
b. They have a shell for protection. c. They have scales.
d. They have a hard covering for protection.
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Nature
Name Date
1. Where do we see water? Find six words and write them.
R I V E R C U S O B A L K E P A I S L A F I N N O C E A N O C L A K E W
2. The water cycle. Order the sentences 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
a. The rain falls into rivers.
d.
Clouds form.
b. Water in the sea evaporates. e. It rains. c. The rivers go to the sea.
3. Write the correct letters from activity 2 on the picture.
4. Complete the sentences with the words below.
solid liquid gas
a.Water is a when it is at room temperature.
b.Water becomes a when it is very cold.
c.Water becomes a when it is very hot.
5. Order the pictures 1, 2 and 3. Draw the Sun at each time of the day.
sunset sunrise midday
6. Match the words with the diagram. Draw arrows.
Name
1. Colour the objects following the key.
Blue Gobjects made of glass
Grey Gobjects made of metal
Yellow Brown
G G
Date
objects made of paper objects made of wood
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Materials
glass key window radiator
bedside table book walking stick notebook
2. Tick the incorrect sentence. a. Metal is hard.
b. Glass is transparent. c. Paper is hard.
pencil toy car leaves stone plastic bricks
4. Use the words to complete the sentences.
warm cool
a.Cotton clothes keep me .
b.Wool clothes keep me .
5. Draw three things which change because of heat.
6. Choose the best word.
a.Chocolate becomes solid / liquid when it is heated.
b.Clay becomes soft / hard when it is heated.
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The sea
Name Date
1. Draw two activities people do in the sea or at the beach.
2. Complete the words with one letter.
sw m b at sh p s nbathe
f sh s il winds rf s lt
3. Match the two parts of the sentences. Then write the sentences. a. Egyptian boats transported… 1. … around the world. b. Roman boats used… 2. … the Atlantic Ocean. c. Christopher Columbus sailed… 3. … oars.
d. Juan Sebastián Elcano sailed… 4. … big rocks.
a. b. c. d.
4. Use the words to label the picture.
houses island sea boat beach lighthouse
5. Look at the drawing and add the following things.
a mountain a boat an island a compass
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Town and country
Name Date
1. Draw a picture. Include mountains, trees, a town, a church and a road.
2. Circle the best answer.
a.This is a modern / old church.
b. The walls are made of stone / glass.
c.The walls are thick / thin.
3. Colour the picture of the modern town.
a b
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4. Find and write six things you can find near a river.
B U S H E S G A U S O L I A N T R O C K S N I R D T B O M D T E M E A C H L I E Y L N G R A S S P A K I N T R O
5. Tick the incorrect sentence. a. Oil pollutes water.
b. Rubbish can hurt animals.
c. People enjoy the country if it is polluted.
6. Which two pictures show good behaviour? Circle them.
a b
c d
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Cities
Name Date
1. True or False? Write T o F.
a. There are lots of buildings in a city. b. There are not many cars in a city. c. There are lots of people in a city.
2. Number the things in the picture.
1 a house 3 a pharmacy 5 a bookshop
1
3. Match the sentences.
a. We use letters, 1. …on the radio.
the telephone or Internet…
b. We can listen to music… 2. …to communicate.
4. Match the pictures and the words.
a b Land transport Air transport c d Sea transport
Transport
can be
public
examples examples
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Jobs
Name Date
1. Classify the jobs.
policeman / policewoman dentist secretary
lawyer teacher firefighter doctor
Health Safety Other services
2. Complete the sentences with the words.
books houses letters
a.Architects use computers to design .
c.Writers use computers to write .
3. Draw three vehicles used by emergency services.
4. Look at the photo and complete the crossword.
1. H 1 M F 5 3. H I 2. T R U R 6 E 4. F B 5. I 2 3 G O V S H T 6. J K T 4 E R
5. Order the pictures 1, 2, 3 and 4.
a b
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Tools and machines
Name Date
1. Match the things from the past with things today.
1 2 3 4
a b c d
2. Circle the items which use electricity.
a b c
Yellow Red Green a d G G G
Machines moved by wind Machines moved by a motor Machines moved by human energy
b
c
f e
3. Colour the machines following the key.
4. Tick the correct sentences.
a.Forces can make things change
direction.
b.Forces can blow.
c.Forces can make things go slower.
Name Date
1. Classify the parts of the body.
skull leg chest brain ribs
arm heart hand face
Head Trunk Limbs
2. Give two more examples of each.
Animals: cats Plants: roses
Non-living things: tables
3. True or False? Write T o F.
a. Animals are born. b. Plants grow.
c. Non-living things eat. d. Plants move.
4. Tick the parts of a plant.
a. roots c. bones e. rocks
b. stem d. muscles f. leaves
5. How does a plant grow? Order the pictures using 1, 2 and 3
6. Write I for invertebrate or V for vertebrate.
a b c
d e f
7. Use the words to complete the sentences.
Birds Reptiles Fish Mammals
a. are vertebrates that come from
eggs. They have scales. They need sunshine.
b. are vertebrates that come from
their mother’s womb. They drink their mother’s milk.
c. are vertebrates that come from
eggs. They have scales. They live in the water.
d. are vertebrates that come from
Term Assessment. Units
5-8
Name Date
1. True or False? Write T or F. a. Insects are invertebrates. b. They have four legs.
c. They use antennae to eat with.
a b c
d e
3. Read the sentences and write the name of an animal. a. It is a vertebrate. Cow
b. It has scales.
c. It has a shell for protection. d. It has fins to swim. e. It is born from eggs.
4. Match the two sentences to the picture.
The Earth moves around the Sun. It takes 365 days to do this.
The Sun is a big star which gives us light and heat.
5. Identify the material and write the numbers on the pictures.
a
b c d
e f h
g
6. Find eight words related to the sea and then copy them.
W I N D S U R F P O C R U I S E A L T B N K O D M I O R B A N F E A C U A W I S T S A L T S E H I T F A H X L I M U S S E L S P
Term Assessment. Units
9-12
Name Date
1. Country or city? Classify the words.
mountains lots of trees lots of people
lots of cars rocks lots of pollution
Country City
Transport Private Public For people For goods
The metro
Cars and bicycles
Taxis
Vans and lorries
3. What do they do? Match the sentences.
a. Crop farmers… 1. …catch fish and shellfish.
b. Fishermen… 2. …look after animals to get food. c. Animal farmers… 3. …grow plants for food.
4. Tick the objects which give natural light.
a b c
d e f
5. Complete the sentences with the words below.
wind a motor human energy
a.A bicycle moves with .
b.An aeroplane moves with .
c.A hot air balloon moves with .
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