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Revision
Guide
Tariro A. Dzamara
Pfungwa Mugomba
Nyusa Madembo
Matlidah Dondo
Physical Education
and Arts
Grade 6
Revision Guide
(with answers)
EXAMINATIONS
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•• The legs assist in making the body move forward in water by making a kicking action.
•• A turn is a reversal of direction of travel by a swimmer and is done when a swimmer reaches the end
of a swimming pool but still has one or more remaining pool lengths.
•• There are several types of diving which include sitting dive, feet first diving, fall in, frog’s jump,
headers, spring dive, kneeling dive, standing dive and diving from the starting block.
•• There are devices that can be used to assist in rescuing a drowning person and these are:
־־Life jacket that is inflated with air.
־־Tube inflated with air.
־־Rope for a victim to hold onto whilst being pulled out.
־־Pole a victim has to hold onto.
•• There are several types of diving which include sitting dive, feet first diving, fall in, frog’s jump,
headers, spring dive, kneeling dive, standing dive and diving from the starting block.
•• Aqua aerobics are exercises done in a swimming pool.
•• Water polo is an invasion game played in water with a team of seven players at any given time and
uses the front crawl only in playing the game.
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•• The defensive principles are:
־־Delay - ability to slow down an offensive move, disrupt pace or numerical advantage of the
attacking team.
־־Depth - the defenders’ position on the part of the field as they don’t have to leave too much space
in front or behind.
־־Balance - the shape that is taken by the whole defence when defending in areas where the ball is
and even in areas where the ball is not found.
־־Concentration - the ability of the defence to focus, reducing the chances of making mistakes.
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UNIT 9: ADVENTURE GAMES
Objectives
You should be able to:
•• demonstrate the belaying techniques.
•• state the materials used in building a raft.
•• conduct water related activities.
•• perform various water related based activities.
•• demonstrate techniques of climbing and abseiling.
•• use given clues to find places and objects.
•• demonstrate cycling techniques in different environments.
•• demonstrate ability to link movement themes with improved level of skill and variety.
Important insights
•• A landform is any natural feature found on the land.
•• A map is a diagrammatic representation of landforms and landforms can be drawn on paper using a
scale.
•• Familiarise with areas to do adventure as adventure games are in different forms.
•• The activities that one can get involved in are cycling, abseiling, climbing, descending, animal riding,
camping and orienteering.
•• Equipment needed for cycling are jacket, helmet, reflective leg band, goggles and gloves.
•• Mounting is an act of getting on top of the bicycle and dismounting is getting off the bicycle.
•• Orienteering is an outdoor adventure activity that exercises both the mind and the body.
•• People involved use a map and compass to travel along a route they do not know as quickly as possible.
•• Climbing - a sport of climbing mountains and the equipment used include rope, helmet, harness, boots,
belay (rappel device), pulley and climbing pack.
Climbing techniques include:
(a) Edging - step on a hold with the rubber on the edge of your shoe and use the inside edge where your big
toe offers stability on smaller holds.
(b) Smearing - if you do not have foot hold, rely on your shoes’ rubber soles for friction against the rock.
•• Abseiling - is the act of descending or climbing down a rock face by using a double rope fixed at a
higher point and coiled around the body.
•• Belaying - is the process of holding the climbing rope and the climber in the event of a fall.
•• Cycling/biking - use of bicycles for exercise, sport or recreation and this promotes weight loss,
improves mental well-being, building muscles, strengthens immune system, reduces risk of heart
problems and reduces stress levels.
•• There are a number of water-based activities that include:
(a) B oat racing - is the use of power boats to participate in races and can be done as a sport or for
recreational purposes.
(b) Fishing - an activity where people catch fish for eating at home or for sale.
(c) K ite surfing - done on flat water surface using a kite to move forward as the wind blows through
it.
(d) Rafting - a competitive sport or recreational outdoor activity in which inflatable rafts are used to
navigate a river or other water bodies.
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TOPIC 3: MASS DISPLAYS
UNIT 11: MUSIC
Objectives
You should be able to:
•• play music as a percussion band.
•• combine percussion and other musical instruments.
•• sing theme related songs.
•• dance to theme related recorded music.
Important insights
•• Mass Displays is an act that involves a group of people performing in a way which shows a theme.
•• Mass Displays has benefits and they include the sense of beauty, leadership, teamwork, discipline and
social cohesion.
•• Music during Mass Displays is used to enter and exit the performance area.
•• Musical songs are played to entertain, teach the audience and also to guide the performers.
•• Music can be produced using various instruments depending on the type of sound one wants to produce
and dance to.
•• Athletes can use mbira, shakers, clappers, jingles, marimba and shakers for music in Mass Displays.
•• Music normally comes from background sources to which performers dance.
•• Music during Mass Displays serves the following:
־־ edutainment to the audience.
־־ promotes fitness and health to the performers.
־־ teaches about history and development.
־־ promotes unity and peace.
־־ celebrates a particular achievement and event.
־־ inspires the audience.
־־ motivates sport athletes.
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2. VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS
Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) as a learning area enculturates primary school learners in many aspects
of history, creativity, aesthetics, arts technology and the business sector. It exposes learners to the arts
industry which in turn creates a platform for them to develop artistic skills as well as understand how art is
produced, distributed and consumed. In addition, VPA entails the following;
(a) Learners aquire historical knowledge of arts which they positively develop for the benefit of the nation’s arts
industry and thus contribute to its economic development.
(b) VPA exposes learners to their cultural practices, customs and traditions which gives learners a national
identity and ensures that the country’s cultural practices are perpetuated.
(c) Learners are engaged in developing their creativity combined with the use of technology through which
they can utilise in various entrepreneurial sectors for sustainability.
(d) Learners enhance their psycho-motor skills through VPA in it’s wide sprectrum of practical arts activities.
(e) Development of an understanding and appreciation of aesthetics and values of the arts industry with a
positive analytical mentality.
(f) VPA instills appropriate soft skills together with the development and continuation of the spirit of Ubuntu/
Vumunhu/ Unhu within learners which in turn ensures positive socio-economic practices in music, visual
arts, theatre and dance.
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(c) Mood - Emotion developed by the play within the audience.
•• Acting requires the use of gestures, facial expressions as well as voice projection in order to bring out
emotions and make the acting effective.
UNIT 8: DANCE
Objectives
You should be able to:
•• invent multiple possibilities to solve a given movement.
•• develop movement materials into a dance sequence.
•• practice the dance sequence.
•• compare the difference between imitating movement and creating own dance sequence.
•• demonstrate the ability to coordinate movement with different musical rhythms and styles.
•• develop thematic material through dance sequencing.
•• rehearse dance sequence for a paying audience.
Important insights
•• There are two categories of movements in dance which are axial (stationary) and locomotor (movement).
•• Axial movements include bending, pushing, pulling, rising, shaking, stretching, twisting and turning.
•• Locomotor movements involve walking, running, hoping, jumping, skipping, leaping and sliding.
•• Both axial and locomotor movements can be used to solve movement problems in dance by
incorporating them effectively in multiple dance patterns.
•• A dance sequence is a combination of dance patterns arranged together.
•• Dance movements can be copied from each other in imitated dances or dancers can create their own
varied dance patterns.
•• Music provide rhythmic patterns that aid in dance movement and creation of dance styles.
•• Dance sequences can be created in relation to a theme by arranging dance patterns that bring out the
theme.
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•• Writing music using software requires knowledge of the stave/staff as well as time signatures and
scales.
•• The treble stave is used for composition of high-pitched melodic lines such as soprano, alto and tenor
whilst the bass stave is for low sounding melodic line such as bass.
•• Music software utilises musical symbols and markings especially when indicating the tempo or
dynamic levels.
•• Examples of tempo markings include ritardando, lento, largo, moderato.
•• Dynamic markings include crescendo, decrescendo, forte, piano, fortissimo, mezzo forte and mezzo
piano.
•• The internet can be used to upload music when marketing and advertising or to download music from
official web sites.
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ZIMBABWE GRADE SIX EXAMINATIONS
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
2. Do not open this booklet until you are told to do so by the invigilator.
4. When you are told to start, choose one correct answer from the suggested answers and
shade it very dark as shown in the examples at the top of the answer sheet.
5. If you wish to change your answer, erase it completely with a pencil rubber and
then shade the new choice.
6. If more than one lozenge is shaded for any one answer, that answer will be regarded as
wrong.
7. Answer all the questions on the separate answer sheet provided.
8. If you do not understand the instructions, ask the invigilator to explain them to you
before you start.
________________________________________________________________________________
This question paper comprises 8 printed pages.
Specimen Paper .
[Turn over
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31. State one instrument used by a brass band.
A. electric guitar B. electric drum C. woodwind D. trombone
32. How much fluid must one take in after every fifteen minutes of exercise?
A. 150mls B. 200mls C. 250ml D. 300mls
33. Where should throws land in an event?
A. inside marked area B. outside marked area
C. before marked area D. after marked area
34. Which type of formation can be performed easily in mass displays?
A. flower B. star C. line D. circle
35. What is referred to by the ability to position one’s body well?
A. flexibility B. coordination C. strength D. endurance
36. Where are carbohydrates stored in the body?
A. stomach B. skin belly C. muscles D. head
37. What is the maximum number of runs a batsman can get from a single shot?
A. 6 B. 5 C. 4 D. 3
38. What is the term that refers to complete physical, social and mental well-being of a human being?
A. lifestyle B. health C. strength D. agility
39. How many holes are there on a standard golf course?
A.
18 B. 16 C.
14 D. 12
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GRADE 6 EXAMINATION PRACTICE 2
A. transcript
B. microphone
C. radio station
D. staff notation
2. Nowadays the role of musicians is to
A. compose music.
B. fight people.
C. rebel against the society.
D. own music.
3. On the scale below, which pitch is low?
A. m B. f C. d D. r
4. Music which can only be listened to is called
A. visual music. B. western music.
C. recorded music. D. audio music.
5. The following are basic notes except
A. crotchet. B. quaver.
C. minim. D. forte.
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30. Which throwing event is being practiced?
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GRADE 6 EXAMINATION PRACTICE 3
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29. Identify a disease that is not infectious.
A. rickets B. cholera C. typhoid D. dysentery
30. Which one is a safety rule for cleaning the bathroom?
A. wear safety shoes B. wear scrum cap C. keep floors dry D. wear a mask
31. Which rescuing device can be inflated with air?
A. pole B. life jacket C. rope D. tree branch
32. Under which group of games does Water Polo fall under?
A. invasion games B. net games C. target games D. striking games
33. State an event that can be run strictly following assigned in lanes.
A. 100 metres B. 800 metres C. 10 000 metres D. 1 500 metres
34. What is the standard distance in Formulae One?
A. 20metres B. 40metres C. 60metres D. 80metres
35. In the up sweep baton exchange, what shape must be formed between the thumb and index finger?
A. T shape B. W shape C. V shape D. L shape
36. Identify the sporting discipline that is the odd one out.
A. handball B. volleyball C. table tennis D. lawn tennis
37. Who controls and directs the flow of action in cricket?
A. judge B. umpire C. referee D. coach
38. State one instrument used by a brass band.
A. electric guitar B. electric drum C. woodwind D. trombone
39. Give the other name for single balances shown on the picture.
A. small group balance
B. balance with a partner
C. balance on a partner
D. individual balance
40. Name any organ from the digestive system.
A. lungs B. heart C. head D. small intestines
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GRADE 6 EXAMINATION PRACTICE 8
PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND ARTS 713
PAPER 1 TIME: 2 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:
•• When you are told to start, choose one correct answer from the suggested answers.
•• Answer all the questions on the separate answer sheet.
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20. A ___________is a contemporary dance instrument.
A. saxophone B. ngoma C. magavhu D. marimba
21. Which one of the following is an important part of the human respiratory system?
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GRADE 6 EXAMINATION PRACTICE 11
PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND ARTS 713
PAPER 1 TIME: 2 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:
•• When you are told to start, choose one correct answer from the suggested answers.
•• Answer all the questions on the separate answer sheet.
A. scale. B. stave.
C. modulator. D. treble clef.
3. What do we call the ability to interpret and perform musical notes at first glance?
A. singing B. classical
C. sight reading D. adjudication
4. Which among the following is not a musical element?
A. melody B. rhythm
C. timbre D. interval
5. The highness or lowness of a sound is referred as
A. triad. B. tonic.
C. harmony. D. pitch.
6. Which term is used for the words that are written in conjunction with a music melody?
A. song. B. lyrics.
C. tonic sol-fa. D. notation.
7. Name a clef which clef is also known as the F clef.
A. bass B. middle-C
C. treble D. G clef
8. The following are careers in music except
A. teacher. B. adjudicator.
C. composer. D. painter.
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18. Body actions done by actors during a play or act are known as
A. blocking. B. movements. C. reactions. D. gestures.
19. Give an effect that is can be used to produce the effect of a train passing by during a play.
A. visual B. lighting C. musical D. sound
20. Identify an example of a career in theatre.
A. script writer B. sculptor C. chorister D. choreographer
21. Name a disease that can make one pass blood, mucus and or pus in the stool when severe.
A. dysentery B. marasmus C. typhoid D. cholera
22. Which one is not a survival swimming stroke when drowning in water?
A. back stroke B. front crawl C. breast stroke D. side stroke
23. In a 4 x 100metre relay on a standard track, how many athletes have to negotiate bends?
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
24. Who is known as the playmaker in handball?
A. circle runner B. centre C. left winger D. right winger
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GRADE 6 EXAMINATION PRACTICE 12
PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND ARTS 713
PAPER 1 TIME: 2 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:
•• When you are told to start, choose one correct answer from the suggested answers.
•• Answer all the questions on the separate answer sheet.
A. 3 B. 4 D. 2
1 C.
2. Music alphabet starts from which letter?
A. D B. C C. A D. G
3. In using the Internet, the learners should always
A. bully others. B. hack peoples accounts.
C. obey copy right laws. D. watch pornography.
4. Give an example of a tempo marking.
A. Forte B. mf C. Largo D. pp
5. Staccato means
A. short and detached. B. play softly. C. finale. D. increase speed.
6. Long ago art was more of __________ more than material used.
A. tradition B. style C. taboo D. skills
7. What contributed to the development of visual art in post-colonial era?
A. manpower B. resources C. technology D. art galleries
8. Nowadays clay has been replaced by
A. ceramic materials. B. wood.
C. ashes. D. mud.
9. Which patterns are shown at Khami ruins?
A. circles B. beading
C. herringbone pattens D. textile
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GRADE 6 EXAMINATION PRACTICE 13
PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND ARTS 713
PAPER 1 TIME: 2 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:
•• When you are told to start, choose one correct answer from the suggested answers.
•• Answer all the questions on the separate answer sheet.
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18. What gives the storyline of a play?
A. attire. B. costume. C. theme. D. script.
19. Give an example of a career in theatre arts.
A. dancing B. acting C. singing D. drawing
20. Which of the following can be used to create the mood of a play?
A. monologue B. musical effects C. sub-text D. skit
21. Describe how one can reduce drowning in a swimming pool.
A. keep the pool water clean B. do not swallow pool water
C. swimming pools must be fenced D. do not use the pool when ill
22. Which body part must cross the line first for an athlete to be declared winner in athletics?
A.
torso B. hand C.
leg D. stomach
23. How many primary colours can be seen on the traffic robot?
A. none B. one C. two D. three
24. Name the body organ that is the central control system.
A. nose B. chest C. brain D. heart
25. How many soccer players are defenders in a 3-5-2 formation?
A. 3 B. 5 C. 2 D. 1
26. What name is given to the muscle found below the lungs?
A. ribs B. air sac C. windpipe D. diaphragm
27. Identify a disease that is prevented by eating food rich in vitamins.
A. beri beri B. goitre C. nagana D. cholera
28. Which discipline poses the most danger when participating in?
A. netball B. golf C. boxing D. handball
29. What determines the type of music for Mass Displays?
A. personal decision B. theme
C. competition D. physical activity
30. Why is saliva mixed with food in the mouth?
A. so that food moves down the gullet smoothly.
B. so that food moves down the oxygen smoothly.
C. so that food moves down the liver smoothly.
D. so that food moves down the small intestines smoothly.
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GRADE 6 EXAMINATION PRACTICE 14
PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND ARTS 713
PAPER 1 TIME: 2 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:
•• When you are told to start, choose one correct answer from the suggested answers.
•• Answer all the questions on the separate answer sheet.
A.
F. B. C. C. A. D. E.
6. Aesthetic means
A. beauty. B. history. C. culture. D. religion.
7. What is the colour blue associated with?
A. edible things B. fresh water C. death D. royalty
8. What does jewellery show?
A. someone’s status. B. poverty. C. realism. D. credit.
9. Which materials were used in the past to make clothes?
A. plastic B. tie and dye C. animal skins D. wool
10. Which of the following is an advantage of using technology?
A. video editing is smooth. B. expensive.
C. requires knowledge and skills. D. easy to use.
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21. Why do players run into space in invasion games?
A. to receive passes
B. to do zig zag runs
C. to mark opponents
D. to clear ball
22. You can aim using a
A. catapult. B. ball. C. bow and arrow. D. instruments.
23. Movement with uniform or patterned repetition of a beat is called
A. pattern. B. rhythm. C. uniform. D. beat.
24. The other name for out sweep phase in swimming is the
A. down sweep. B. catch phase. C. recovery phase. D. in-sweep.
25. What is used to play the marimba instrument?
A. mallets B. clappers C. shakers D. triangle
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GRADE 6 EXAMINATION PRACTICE PAPER 1 ANSWERS
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