COMPETENCE BASED CURRICULUM

JUNIOR SCHOOL

MID TERM ASSESSMENT

TERM 1 2025

CREATIVE ARTS AND SPORTS

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SCHOOL:______________________________________________.
ASSESSMENT NUMBER: ________________________________.
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INSTRUCTIONS TO LEARNER

1. Write your name, name of your school and assessment number and sign in the
spaces provided.

2. Answer ALL the questions in the spaces provided.

Time: 1HOUR 30 MINUTES

1. Paul visited the art gallery, and discovered there were various categories of art. State three categories of arts.
[3marks]
(a) ......................................................................
(b) .....................................................................
(c) .....................................................................

2. During a Creative Arts and Sports class, a learner was drawing and creating light and dark
effects on diagrams. State two techniques of shading that he may have used. [2marks]
(a)......................................................................
(b) .....................................................................

3. Before performing at the choir rehearsals, Anita was trying to recall the types of rhythm.
State four different types of rhythm. [4marks]
(a)......................................................................
(b) ......................................................................
(c)......................................................................
(d) ......................................................................

4. At the national music contest, the soloist gave the rhythmic pattern below.

(a) State the name given to the quaver. [1mark] ............................................................................

(b)Identify the part marked a [1mark] ..................................................................

5. Hassan and his friends went to the national museum and identified the musical instrument below.

(a)What is its name? [1mark] ............................................................

(b)State three materials used to make it. [3marks]

(i) ......................................................................
(ii) .....................................................................
(iii) .....................................................................

6. Nikita does gymnastics and encourages more learners to join in the class. Explain
three ways sequencing in gymnastics fosters creativity. [3Marks]
(a) ....................................................................................................................................................
(b) ....................................................................................................................................................
(c) ....................................................................................................................................................
7. Grade seven learners were doing pottery and they used the slab technique to create
geometrical forms. State three techniques they could use in creating these forms. [3marks]
(a) .................................................................................
(b) .................................................................................
(c) ..................................................................................

8. Grade seven learners went to the field to play games and played volleyball as shown in
the picture below. State three ways in which this game was played. [3marks]

(a) ..................................................................................................................................
(b) ..................................................................................................................................
(c) ..................................................................................................................................

9. Larry, a grade seven learner, researched on the career pathways related to Creative Arts and
Sports from the internet. State three career areas in Creative Arts and Sports. [3marks]
(a) ......................................................................
(b) .....................................................................
(c) .....................................................................

10. When preparing for the annual musical and drama festivals, grade seven learners were assigned
to prepare the genre of performing arts. Give three genres of performing arts. [3marks]
(a) ......................................................................
(b) .....................................................................
(c) .....................................................................

11. Susan and her friends wanted to play skipping rope and had to improvise their own
skipping rope.State three ways in which they chose the correct size or length. [3mark]
(a) ......................................................................
(b) .....................................................................
(c) .....................................................................

12. Grade seven learners went on a field trip to the cultural museum and learnt indigenous musical instruments
used by artists in the traditional times. State three areas in which the instruments below were used. [3marks]

(a) ......................................................................
(b) .....................................................................
(c) .....................................................................
13. During the athletics competitions in school, learners were running different races as shown below.

(a)State the type of relay shown above. [2marks] ................................................................

(b)State two methods of exchanging the baton in relay races. [2marks]
.............................................................................
.............................................................................
14. During a Creative Arts and Sports class, Achieng was playing different musical instruments and chose the
instrument below. a
b

(a)Name the above diagram. [1 mark] ................................................................

(b) Name the parts of the diagram. [3marks]

a - ............................................................
b - ............................................................
c- .............................................................

15. Mishireti found an article about art and was concerned about visual arts. State three
examples of visual arts he may have read about. [3marks]
(a)...............................................................................
(b) ..............................................................................
(c).............................................................................

16. John and his father were watching games on TV and saw the game below.

(a)Identify the game being played in the above diagram. [1mark]

..............................................................

(b)State the steps followed in playing the game. [2marks]

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