Pattern Making

14 Grade 3 Movement and Creative Activities questions on Pattern Making, with worked marking schemes. 14 questions are available on this topic in full.

1. Question 1

   2 marks

   You can print a pattern by dipping a leaf from a sukuma wiki plant in paint and pressing it on paper. Draw the pattern you would make.

   (2 marks)

   Marking scheme

   Drawing shows repeated leaf prints arranged in a neat, repeating line or grid.

2. Question 2

   1 mark

   Look at this pattern: circle, line, circle, line, circle, ___ . Write what comes next.

   (1 mark)

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3. Question 3

   2 marks

   Make your own pattern by drawing two shapes that repeat, for example a triangle and a dot, again and again across the line.

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4. Question 4

   2 marks

   Fill in the missing shapes in the pattern: star, square, star, square, ____, ____.

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5. Question 5

   2 marks

   Draw a mat (kiondo) pattern using zigzag lines going across the mat.

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6. Question 6

   1 mark

   Look at this pattern: red, blue, red, blue, red, ___. What colour comes next?

   A. yellow

   B. blue

   C. green

   D. black

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7. Question 7

   1 mark

   Rearrange these shapes to continue the repeating pattern: star, moon, star, moon, then ___ , ___ .

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8. Question 8

   1 mark

   Which of these shows a pattern?

   A. A blank page

   B. One big circle alone

   C. A single dot on the page

   D. Square, square, square, square in a line

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9. Question 9

   2 marks

   Draw a necklace with beads in this pattern: big bead, small bead, big bead, small bead.

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10. Question 10

    1 mark

    A design where the same shapes come again and again in the same order is called a ______ pattern.

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11. Question 11

    1 mark

    We can print patterns by cutting a ______ such as a potato and dipping it in paint.

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12. Question 12

    2 marks

    Make a pattern on your paper using three different colours. Then tell your friend which colour you used first.

    (2 marks)

    Marking scheme

    Learner creates a colour pattern using three colours and names the first colour used.

13. Question 13

    2 marks

    Draw a repeating pattern using circles and triangles like this: circle, triangle, circle, triangle. Continue it two more times.

    (2 marks)

    Marking scheme

    Drawing shows the circle-triangle pattern repeated correctly at least twice more.

14. Question 14

    2 marks

    Clap this sound pattern with your hands: clap, clap, stamp, clap, clap, stamp. Then teach it to a friend.

    (2 marks)

    Marking scheme

    Learner performs the two-clap-one-stamp pattern in the correct order and shares it with a friend.

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