St Martin’s Convent Primary School

Grade 5
Holiday Homework

AGRICULTURE
Revision test 1 Topic : Introduction to agriculture and basic farm
tools

1. What is agriculture?
2. Name any three benefits of agriculture to the community [3]
3. The process of exchanging goods for goods is called_________
4. List any two agricultural activities which are carried out throughout
the year[2]
5. A person who is employed to tend livestock is called___________
6. Name two products of cattle [2]
7. List any two raw products we get from agriculture [2]
8. List any three ways in which agriculture is important to
Zimbabwe[3]
9. A record used to keep record of farm tools is called____________
10. List any two digging tools [2]
11. Give one proper way of handling tools
12. Tool most suitable for digging moist soil is___________

Total[20]marks
Revision test 2Topic : Weather and Land use.
1a. What is weather? [1]
b. Name four elements of weather. [4]
2. Explain the importance of weather forecast to a farmer.[1]

3a. Name the four season of Zimbabwe.[4]

b. Name the season in which most farmers grow their crops in Zimbabwe.
[1]

4. Why would seeds planted in winter not germinate? [1]

5. Where do we find weather instruments? [1]
6. Name the instrument used to measure:- a) Rainfall [1] b)
Temperature [1] c) wind direction [1]
7. Which weather instrument is used to measure how much water vapour
is in the atmosphere? [1]
9. Which month of the year is the hottest? [1]
10. Which are the coldest months in Zimbabwe? [1]
11. What time of the year does most of the rain fall in Zimbabwe? [1]
Total [20] marks.

Revision test 3
Topic : Soil
1. Name the three types of soil.[3]
2. The four components of soil are …………, ………………., …………….. and
……………….[4]
3. Which type of soil is the most fertile? [1]
4. ---------- soil type is darker in colour. [1]
5. Which type of soil feels rough when rubbed between your fingers?
[1]
6. Which type of soil holds water for a long period of time? [1]
7. Plant food is known as -------------. [1]
8. Farmers use ------------ to replace lost nutrients in the soil. [1]
9. Name the two types of fertilisers used by farmers. [2]
Total [15] marks.
 Revision test 4
Topic : Soil
1a. What is soil erosion?[1]
b. Name any four agents of soil erosion. [4]
2. List any three types of soil erosion.[3]
3. Identify the four main causes of soil erosion.[4]
4. A mixture of decaying plants, manure, ash, animal matter and moisture is
a ------------------.[1]
5. The three main plant nutrients are -------------, ---------------- and
------------------.[3]
6. Which type of soil has the properties of both sand and clay soil? [1]
7. Name any two activities which cause soil erosion. [2]
8. Name one advantage of a compound fertilizer.
Total [20]marks
 FAMILY , RELIGION AND MORAL EDUCATION

1. What is a family? [1]

2. Why is important for families to spend time together? [2]

3a. A nuclear family is made up of ------------- and their ------------. [2]
b. Children in nuclear family are known as --------------------. [1]
c. Whose family name do nuclear families usually use as their surname? [1]
4. The type of family which includes grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins is
called --------------. [1]
5. What is the difference between polygamous and monogamous family. [2]
6. Polygamy is _______________________________
7. A child headed family is a family where by -------- becomes the head of the
family. [2]
8a. Define the term lineage. [1]
b.What is a totem? [1]
c. Give one examples of totems you know. [1]
9. Besides names, peoples are also known by their -----------------. [1]
10a. Name any two methods of marrying in religions. [2]
b. Identify two roles of the family in the community. [2]
11a. Give two importance of having family roles in the community. [2]
b. Explains two ways in which families can interact in the community. [2]
12. Name any three groups of needy people in the community. [3]
13. State any two ways of carrying for the needy people in the community. [2]

[Total 30 marks]
Topic : Family and Religion
1a. What is a neighbour? [1]
b. Explain why neighbours are important. [2]
c. Name any two things which neighbours can share. [2]
2a. What do we call a group of families living near one another and sharing
goals and problems? [1]
b. Write down two ways in which families can work together to make their
community a better place to live. [2]
3a. Explain what we mean by vulnerable children. [1]
b. Name two examples of vulnerable children. [2]
4a. Write down the word for being in control of your behaviour and
emotions. [1]
b. List any three negative emotions. [3]
5. Name any two importance of socialisation within the communities. [2]
6 a. Explain any two ways of showing respect. [2]
b. Name two advantages of showing respect to others. [2]

7a. Explain two ways in which people can differ. [2]

b. Identify the importance of tolerance in the community. [2]

Total 25 marks

Revision exercise 3
1. Name the four main religious in Zimbabwe. [4]
2. Name the religion which worship or pray at the following places:
a) a synagogue [1] b) a mosque [1] c) a church [1] d) a
shrine [1]
3. The family that prays or worships together stays ---------- [1]
4a. ATR follows the teaching of the ------------ [1]
b. Write two places where ancestral shrines are found. [2]
 c. Give three examples of spiritual leaders in indigenous religion. [3]
d.Why are spirit medium are important? [2]
5a. Name any three things that spirit mediums can do. [3]
Total [20] marks

PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Revision test 1Topic : Human body, Safety and Healthy
1a. Identify body parts that store and transport food [2]
b. Draw and label body parts that transport food. [2]
2a. State any three health foods you know. [3]
b. ---------, ------------ and ---------- are unhealthy food. [3]
c. Name any three activities that promote healthy life style. [3]
3a. Identify any four diseases that can be caused by lack of exercises. [4]
b. List any two diseases which are caused by unhealthy food. [2]
c. --------- is a disease caused by eating too much and less exercise. [1]
Revision test 2Topic : Safety health and Aquatic Skills
1. Name three rules of handling apparatus ---------------. [3]
2a. Name any three throwing events. [3]

b. When doing some exercise ----------- come out of the skin. [1]

c. When doing sports participants should put on correct --------. [1]

d. We throw and catch balls using -------- [1]

3a. Name any two water disasters in Zimbabwe. [2]

b. Swimming in dirty water makes one suffer from a disease called ---------.
[1]

c. Water games are called ---------------. [1]

4a. Before swimming we should make sure that there is a -----------. [1]

b. One who helps those who drown are called -----------. [1]

c. What is aqua aerobics? [1]

Revision test 3
Topic : Aquatic Skills and Kids Athletics

1a. Name any four water rules. [4]

2a. Zimbabwean swimmer who broke a record of 200m back stroke in

Olympics games is called----------------. [1]

b. State any two water hazards in Zimbabwe. [2]

c. During swimming people use --------- to float on water.

d. Back strokes are activities done in -------------------.

3. Name two importance of sports. [2]

4. -------- is a career in sports. [1]

5. What is the purpose of cooling down activities after every sporting

activity? [2]

6. What are importance of warm-up activities? [1]

7. In swimming a swimmer wears a -------------. [1]

8. Name any four importance of rules in games. [4]

Revision test 4
Topic : Aquatic Skills and Kids Athletics

1a. State two importance of spacing when playing different games. [2]

b. Crowding during games causes ------------ . [1]

2a. What can be used to position or mark boundaries on the playing field? [1]

b. What is name given to the space within the playing field? [1]

3a. Name any four track events you know. [4]

b. Before we do any activity, we should first remove -----------objects in the
ground. [1]

4. What do we call people who run in a track? [1]

5. Part of athletics where baton are exchanged is called ------------. [1]

6. Name any one health element you know. [1]

7. When playing Javelin we use equipment called ---------. [1]

VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS

1a. Give any two songs which are sung during nhimbe. [2]

b. Give four examples of social functions. [4]

c. Name any two gospel singers in Zimbabwe. [2]

d. Chimurenga songs were sung during the --------------. [1]

2a. Name any two traditional dances inZimbabwe. [2]

b. Name any two traditional tools which were used in songs long ago. [2]

c. Name any three things that women can do in music. [3]

3a. Name any two music technology innovations you know. [2

b. Name any two musical instruments you know

4a. Name any three children’s rights. [3]

b. Name any three ways in which knowledge is passed on -------------.[3]

5a. Write any four functions of visual arts. [4]

b. Visual art provide ------------ , ------------ inspiration and bring important

issues to the public eye. [2]

6a. Name any four traditional arts in Zimbabwe . [4]

 b. Sedimentary rock called ---------- is used to make artworks. [1]

c. Give two examples of artefacts that can be curved from soapstone. [2]

7. What is Charles Mungoshi well known for ---------------. [1]

Revision test 2

1a. Explain how people can preserve artwork. [2]

b. Name any four traditional media used to make artefacts. [4]

c. ------------ and ----------- are examples of fine art materials. [2

2. Name any four heritage sites you know. [4]
3. Draw and label any two artefacts. [2]
4a. Name any three cultural celebrations. [3]
b. Write any two props which can be used in above cultural celebrations.
[2]
c. Besides furniture and instruments what else is considered as props in a
production. [2]
Revision test 3
1. Give three advantages of using technology on a theatre. [3]
2. Name any three cultural dances you know. [3]

3. Write two cultural dances performed by

a) men [2]

b) women [2]

c) Children [2]
4a. Muchongoyo dance is played for -------------. [1]
b. Amabhiza is played by men mostly for ----------------. [1]
c. Isitshikitsha is a dance for ---------. [1]
d. Name any two cultural dances which can be played by both men,
children and children. [2]
5. Name any three children rights. [3]
6. --------- and -------- are children’s responsibilities in dances. [2]

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY

1a. Name any four basic components of a computer [4]
b. List four computer peripherals. [4]
c. Identify any four inputs devices [4]
d. Name any two output devices [2]
e. Give two storage devices. [2]
2a. ---------- is given to devices that allow you to view and edit information.
[1]
b. -----------optical disks is writable. [1]
c. A --------- is a storage device that can be used in smart phone.
Revision test 2Topic : The World Wide and Online Collaboration
1a. Identify any two faults that can occur to ICT tools. [2
2a ------------- is a software used for drawing and creative videos [1]
b. Microsoft PowerPoint is a ---------- software. [1]
c. A new presentation can be created from ------------. [1]
 3. Your presentation must be -------- at regular intervals. [1
4a. ---------- is sending or transferring a file to a computer through a modem
or network. [1)
b. To --------- something is to transfer data from a website or network,
saving that information on your computer, tablet or mobile phone. [1]

c. Name an two educational files which can be downloaded from the web.
[2

d. ---------------- presentations contains some form of animation or media

and sound. [1]

5. Give any type of software used to compose own music. [1]

6. List three dangers of using the internet. [3]

Revision test 3Topic : Creating Publishing

1a. What is a database? [1

b. We use ------------- to create our data base on a computer. [1]

c. Your work should be ---------- at regular intervals. [1]

2. Why is it important to always save your work? [2]

3. Heading in all database columns are known as ----------- [1

4. Explain why you can simply close your database on Microsoft Access even
without saving it? [2]

5. In which Microsoft program is a database table exported to? [1]

Revision test 4Topic : Creating and publishing

1a. Name any three data types used to make fields. [3]

b. Name two external storage devices. [2]

2a. Which storage device can be carried in a pocket? [1]

b. What type of data can be stored in hard disk drive? [2]

c. Where can you store data like operating system of a computer? [1]
3a. Which storage devices are plugged into a computer through a USB
socket? [1]

b. Storage devices can be -------- or --------- (internal or external) [2]

c. Give one advantage of saving data on external devices. (it is Portable).

[1]

d. What is danger of not saving a word document while working on it? [2]

4. It is important to rename your flash disk before you save your work.
Explain why? [2]

5. Give the steps you take to save a document on a flash disk. [3]

HERITAGE AND SOCIAL STUDIES

Revision test 1 Topic : Identity: Family History and local Heritage

1. Name any four types families [4

2. Name any two causes of conflicts in the family. [2]
3. Name any two languages in Zimbabwe. [2]
4. What are national monuments? [1]
5. Give two examples of national monuments. [2]
6. What is heritage? [1
7. Give any three examples of our heritage. [3
8. What is a totem? [1]
9. Give any two things where totems come from. [3]
10. Give one examples of animals totem. [1]
Revision test 2Topic : Identity: Family History and Local Heritage

1. Two examples of object totems are -------- and -----------. [2])

2. Give two reasons why totems are important [2
3. How does the totem system help in preserving animals? [2
4. Why are men and women of the same totem not allowed to
marry ? [1]
5. Name any three indigenous hunting tools. [3
6. Draw and label any two hunting tools [2]

7a. Give any three traditional ceremonies you know. [3]

b. How did people in the community know that there is funeral long
ago? [1]
Revision test 3Topic : Cultural heritage
1a.What are rites of passage [1]

b. Give four stages of rites of passage. [4]

2. Give two situation in which people bring gifts to a person. [2]

3a. Explain the meaning of courtship. [1]

b. Give two reasons of courtship. [2

c. Name two things which are done during courtship. [2]

4a. where are traditional marriages negotiations done? [1]

b. Name any three traditional ways of marriage. [3]

5. What are roles of men and women in African families? [2]

6. Identify any one marriage ceremony. [1]

7a What is a customary marriage? [1]

b. A marriage whereby people get a marriage certificate is called--------------

[1]

c. Name two advantages of registered marriages. [2]

Revision test 4 Topic : National history, sovereignty and governance

1. Name the four pre-colonial kingdoms [4]

2a. Name the economic activities which were done by the Great Zimbabwe
people. [3]

b. Great Zimbabwe traded goods such as ---------and ---------. [2]

3a. The founder of Mutapa state was called ---------. [1]

b. who converted to Christianity? [1]

4. Who was the first missionary to arrive in Zimbabwe. [1]

5. --------- was the king of the Rozvi State. [1]

6. ---------- was the founder of the Ndebele State. [1]

b. Give two reasons why cattle was an important indicator of wealth in the
pre-colonial Zimbabwe societies. [2]

7a. Give two purposes of missionary in Zimbabwe. [2]

b. Explain any two effects of missionaries to Zimbabwe? [2]

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Revision test 1Topic : Health and Safety
1. List the two digestive system parts.
2. Describe the function of the two digestive parts mentioned above.
3. What happens in the duodenum?
4. What is the end product of proteins?
5. What causes obesity?
6. Why are people encouraged to eat properly?
7. Give the difference between anorexia and bulimia.
 8. What is digestion?
9. Organisms that live and feed on other organisms are called----------------
10.What is an enzyme?
11.What food nutrient is contained in bread?
12.What is a balanced diet?
Complete the table below.

Deficient Nutrient deficiency Effects

a. Scurvy ---------------------- -------------------

b. Kwashiorkor ---------------------- --------------------

c. Marasmus ------------------------ --------------------

d. Beri- beri ---------------------- -----------------------

e. Goitre --------------------- -----------------------

f. Rickets --------------------- -----------------------

g. Night blindness --------------------- -----------------------

h. Anemia -------------------- -----------------------

Revision test 2 Topic : Health and Safety

1. List any two signs of gut worms. [2]
2. How do gut worms enter the body? [2]
3. Name three types of gut worms. [3]
4. List the two ways of controlling gut worms. [2]
5. STI means -------------------. [1]
6. List any two STI. [2]
7. Give any two effects of STIs. [2]
8. Which virus causes AIDS? [1]
9. How is HIV transmitted? [2]
10.How do we prevent HIV/AIDS? [2]
11.What is a burn?[1]
12.Which possible accidents can cause burns? [1]
13.What safety measures can be taken to prevent burns? [1]
14.Why is it important to cook food thoroughly? [1]
15. Name three types of burns [3]
16.Name two ways in which fire outbreaks can be prevented[2]
17.What is used to put out fire? [1]
18.Name one item which should be found in a medical aid kit[1]
Revision test 3 Topic : Materials and Structure
1. What is matter?[1]
2. Name two properties of metal[2]
3. Give two uses of wood[2]
4. What is weathering?[1]
5. The gas that is found in air and is used during the production of
energy is called----------[1]
6. Name three states of matter [3]
7. What is a gas? [1]
8. Ice is a solid. If ice is heated it becomes----------------------[1]
9. The changing of ice to liquid is ----------------------------[1]
10. Freezing is --------------------------------------------------[1]
11. When water is boiled it becomes a liquid called-----------[1]
12. What can be poured and can take shape of the container?[1]
13. What is a tool? [1]
14. Name two advantages of tools [2]
15. Give two disadvantages of tools [2]
16. What is a man- made structure?[1]
17. What is the purpose of a pylon?[1]
18. A very tall building is called -----------[1]
19. A structure built across a river so that vehicles can pass through
is called----[1]

MATHEMATICS
1a. 16 is near -------- 10/20 [1]
2. Round of these numbers to nearest 1000:
a. 7 875 [1]
b. 2 099 [1]
c. 1 970 [1]
d. 6 398 [1]
e. 4 513 [1]
3.Round off these numbers to nearest ten thousand
a. 13 045 [1]
b. 41 377 [1]
c. 85 000 [1]
d. 79 993 [1]
e. 99 545 [1]
4.Expand the following numbers a. 75 [1] b. 127 [1] c. 2 453 [1] d.
11 421 [1] e. 97 741 [1]
5.Write the numbers: a. 3 000 + 200 + 30 + 7 = ------ [1] b. 5 + 200 + 70 +
5 000 + 20 000 = --------- [1] c. 60 000 + 5 000 + 500 + 10 + 2 = --------- [1]
d. 10 000 + 800 + 30 + 700 + 6 = ---------- [1]
[Total 20 marks

FRACTIONS
75 25
1. Reduce these fractions to their lowest terms a) [1] b. [1] c.
100 40
125 16
[1] d. [1]
1000 64
1 3 3
2. Use >,< or = to compare the following fractions a. ◊ [1] b. ◊
3 15 5
5 1 20
[1] c. ◊ [1]
10 2 40
2 ❑ 2 ❑ 4
3. Copy and complete i) = [1] ii) = [1] iii) =
5 10 3 9 10
❑
100
 7 24 120 17
4. Epress these as mixed numbers a. [1] b. [1] c. [1] d.
4 20 100 5
65
[1] e. [1]
25
1 1 3
5. Express as improper fractions a. 1 [1] b. 2 [1] c. 2
3 5 10
[1]

1 1 2 3
6. Use >,< or = a. 1 ◊ 1 [1] b. 2 ◊ 3 [1]
2 4 5 4

TOTAL 20 MARKS

OPERATIONS
1. 1 986 x 4=
2. 2 536 x 5=
3. 3 006 ÷ 6 =
4. 6 124 ÷ 8 =
5. 1 469 + 5 699 =
6. 6 249 + 3 748 =
7. 8 000 – 7 599 =
8. 6 213 – 4 112 =
9. 9 206 ÷ 7 =
10. 6 294 ÷ 4 =
11. 2 094 + 1 526 =
12. 625 -437 =
13. 8 279 + 3 053+ 4 028 =
14. 253 x 61 =
15. 3 482 ÷ 7 =
16. 15 470 ÷ 10 =
17. 132 x 26 =
18. 53 x 700=
19. 9 198 ÷ 9 =
20. 5 465 ÷ 5 =
PROBLEM SOLVING

1. Find the total of 6 789 ; 1 000 and 112 [2]

2. What is the difference between 8791 and 911? [2]
3. What is the product of 413 and 9? [2]
4. 248 uniforms were distributed to 8 schools. How many uniforms did each
school get? [2]
5. A dress is going for $24.00. What is the cost of 6 dresses? [2]
6. Two blazers cost $340. What is the cost of one? [2]
7. Mrs Nyabuta received 7 165 chickens. She gave 4 125 to her mother. How
much had she left? [2]
8. 1 780 buses were parked at Mbare Musika in the morning, 218 in the
afternoon and 120 in the evening. What was the total number of buses
parked?[3]
9. Mother had 2kg 250 g of flour, 3kg 750 g of sugar and 2kg 125g of meat.
How many kilograms and grams is she holding? [2]
10. Chipo started to walk to school at 9.00am. She took 45minutes to reach her
grandmother’s place. At what time did she get there? [2]
11. 435 computers were donated to a school.63 were stolen. How many
computers were left? [2]
2
12. Dennis lives 1 000 m from the clinic. Richard lives 5 of this distance from

the clinic. How far does Richard live from the clinic [3]
13. Mrs Moto had $ 1 205, Mrs Choto had $620 and Mrs Moyo had $575
a) How much did they have? [1]
b) The three shared the money amongst themselves how much did each get?
[2]
14. A farmer donated 3 000 bananas to 6 schools. How many bananas did each
school get?[2]
15. Share 3 505 kg among five men.[2]
2 5
16. Thembi gave 9 of her tray of cupcakes to Lisa and 9 of her tray of cupcakes

to David. How much of the tray of cupcakes did she give away[3]
17. Manasa’s home is 6km from school. One day he cycled 5.5 km and walked
the remaining distance. What distance did he walk to school? [3]
1 1
18. A bricklayer mixed 3 5 kg of sand with 3 4 kg of cement. Which material

was more than the other in the mixture? [2]

19. A tailor needed 200m to sew a choir uniform. He was able to buy 132m.
How many more metres were outstanding? [2]
20. The national sports stadium can accommodate 60 000 people. During a
match 53 700 people entered the stadium. How many more people were
needed to fill the stadium? [2]
21. A flower garden has 36 flowers in a row. How many flowers are there in 7
rows? [2]
22. A bus made two return trips between Harare and Chitungwiza in one day. If
the distance between the two towns is 25km. what distance did it travel
altogether? [3]
1. The sum of 6 978 and 3 699 is ---- [2]
2. What is the product of 758 and 7? [2]
3. The difference between 9 050 and 8 799 is --- [2]
4. 344 divided by 8 is ------- [2]
5. There is 20.8 m of cloth in a shop. They are cut into 4 equal pieces. How big
is one piece? [2]
6. A woman cuts three patterns in 15 minutes. How many patterns can she cut
in 1 hour? [3]
7. Father buys 7 shirts for $350. How much is 1 shirt? [2]
8. Distribute 4 808 sweets equally to 8 children. How much does one get?[2]
9. There were 6 795 chickens at a farm. 5 814 were sold. How many chickens
are remaining? [2]
10.Find the sum of 8 537 and 789 [2]
11. A club has 152 people. 88 are women. How many are men? [2]
12.Find the perimeter of a square with sides 7cm [2]
Shona
Nyora rondedzero dzine udzamu hwakanaka
1.Shamwari yangu
b) Mhuri yedu
c) Nyora tsamba kumubereki wako uchikumbira mari yechikoro

Musoro shizha
Manzwi muuzhinji 49
Nyaudzosingwi 53
Nguva yezviitiko 59
Mapurisa anotsvaga mhondi 61
Dzokororo 2 68-71

English
A.Write a composition about your favourite pet. Your composition
should be between 80-120 words in length. Use the following
points and any other you may think of to write your composition.

- name of the pet

- what it looks like
- its favourite food
- its habits
- how you look after the pet.
B.Write a composition about a competition you participated in.
your composition should be between 80 and 120 words in length.
Include all the following points and any other you may think of to
write your composition.
- type of competition
- number of schools involved
- results of the competition
- prizes awarded

C. A letter to a friend telling him/ her about a memorable trip

- address
- where did you go?
-when did you go?
-who were you with?
- what made it memorable?

Topic page
Nouns 5 exercise B
Collective nouns 19 exercise B
Direct speech 21 exercise B
Direct speech 25 exercise B
A find for Carlos 30