Third Term Examinations Primary 4 Home Economics
THIRD TERM
SUBJECT: HOME ECONOMICS
CLASS: PRIMARY 4
1) _______ is a flat seam showing no stitches on the right side (a)French seam (b)Lapped seam (c)Open seam
2) Another name for open seam is _______ seam (a)plane (b)plain (c)plan
3) There are _______ types of stitches (a)10 (b)5 (c)2
4) Uneven tacking is also known as _______ (a)tall and short (b)fat and slim (c)long and short
5) _______ stitches is a long hand stitches that can be used in place of straight machine stitch (a)hemming (b)back (c)running
6) _______ stitches are usually removed after the permanent stitches have been applied (a)Temporary (b)Permanent (c)Decorative
7) _______ stitches can be used to sew fabric permanently (a)Tacking (b)Temporary (c)permanent
8) Permanent stitches cannot be _______ from fabrics (a)remoted (b)removed (c)tacked
9) _______ is the art or work of ornamenting fabrics with needle work (a)Decorative stitches (b)Permanent stitches (c)Temporary stitches
10) _______ is an example of decorative stitches (a)Hemming (b)Back stitches (c)Blanket
11) This is a/an _______ tacking (a)even (b)uneven (c)tailor’s
12) This is a/an _______ stitches (a)Running (b)hemming (c)back
13) This is a _______ stitches (a)blanket (b)long and short (c)running
14) This is known as _______ stitches (a)chain (b)blanket (c)feather
15) This is _______ (a)Uneven (b)even (c)Herring- borne
16) Examples of permanent stitches are back stitch and _______ (a)hemming (b)tacking (c)Even
17) _______ stitches are used to enhance the beauty of garments and materials (a)Embroidery (b)Open (c)close
18) _______ is the junction where two or more pieces of fabrics, leather etc are held together using stitches (a)sewing (b)seam (c)stitches
19) _______ seam is neat and very narrow and is used for very light materials like blinds. (a)French (b)plain (c)lapped
20) _______ seams are used for heavy materials. (a)French (b)lapped (c)plain
Fill in the blanks with the correct answer.
1) _______ is an example of material used in lapped seams
2) _______ seam is used for very light materials.
3) _______ seam is used to join edges of fabrics like sides and underarms of garments.
4) Embroidery enhance the _______ of garments
5) Back stitch is a form of _______ stitch
6) _______ stitch is a form of temporary stitch
7) _______ is the movement of needle and thread into and out of cloth in order to secure two pieces of fabrics
8) _______ is used to protect the finger when sewing.
9) _______ are used for passing thread through fabrics
10) _______ is used to mark materials
THEORY (Attempt all)
1a) Define Temporary stitches: _______
- b) Give 3 examples of temporary stitches: i. _______ ii. _______
iii. _______
2a) Write two uses of temporary stitches: i. _______. _______
- b) Write two uses of permanent stitches : _______. _______
3a) What is a stitch? _______
- b) Mention the two types of stitches we have: i. _______. _______
4a) Define decorative stitches : _______
- b) List three types of decorative stitches we have . _______
5a) Define seam? _______
- b) Mention three types of seams . i. _______
- _______ iii. _______