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Key Facts: ECZ PSLE Expressive Arts (84/1) Exam

84/1

Expressive Arts written paper code

ECZ 2026 PSLE time-table

75 min

Official duration of paper 84/1

ECZ 2026 PSLE time-table

30 Oct 2026

Friday sitting for 84/1 Expressive Arts

ECZ 2026 PSLE time-table

K0

Public and grant-aided PSLE fee

ECZ 2026 candidate-registration guidelines

K100

Private-school PSLE fee per candidate

ECZ 2026 candidate-registration guidelines

1 of 3

Creative Studies options a school selects

ECZ 2026 registration guidelines (Technology Studies, Expressive Arts, or Home Economics)

ECZ PSLE Expressive Arts 84/1 is a 75-minute written creative-studies paper (Friday 30 October 2026). It is one of three selectable Creative Studies subjects. This bank is an English MCQ study aid for Grade 7 knowledge, not a simulation of the official paper or a performance exam.

Sample ECZ PSLE Expressive Arts (84/1) Practice Questions

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1In the upper-primary Expressive Arts language of art, which element is the path of a moving point?
A.Line
B.Texture
C.Balance
D.Rhythm
Explanation: Line is the path created when a point moves through space. Grade 4–7 drawing lessons begin with straight, curved, diagonal and centre lines before learners draw objects and figures. Texture is a surface quality; balance and rhythm are ways of organising a design, not the moving-point path itself.
2A closed line that is flat, such as a circle, triangle or square, is best called which element?
A.Form
B.Shape
C.Value
D.Hue
Explanation: Shape is a two-dimensional, flat enclosed area. Learners first identify and draw shapes (fruits, pots, cups) before they model three-dimensional form with tone. Form has depth; value is lightness or darkness; hue names a colour family.
3Which element describes how a clay pot or reed mat looks or feels on the surface?
A.Space
B.Line
C.Texture
D.Proportion
Explanation: Texture is the actual or visual surface quality of an object — rough clay, smooth glaze, woven reed. Space is the area around and between objects; line is a path; proportion compares sizes.
4Red, yellow and blue are the three colours that cannot be mixed from other colours. What are they called?
A.Secondary colours
B.Tertiary colours
C.Neutral colours
D.Primary colours
Explanation: Primary colours are red, yellow and blue. The upper-primary syllabus asks learners to mix any two primaries to make secondary colours (orange, green, violet). Tertiary colours sit between a primary and a secondary; neutrals include black, white, grey and brown.
5Mixing yellow paint with blue paint usually produces which secondary colour?
A.Orange
B.Green
C.Violet
D.Brown only
Explanation: Yellow and blue are primaries that mix to make green, one of the three secondary colours named in the syllabus (orange, violet and green). Orange is red plus yellow; violet is red plus blue.
6In simple time with a crotchet beat, how many beats does a minim last?
A.One beat
B.Two beats
C.Four beats
D.Half a beat
Explanation: Zambian primary notation uses British note names. A minim lasts two crotchet beats, a crotchet lasts one beat, a semibreve lasts four beats, and a quaver lasts half a beat.
7Which indigenous Zambian instrument is a set of wooden bars struck with beaters, well known among the Lozi of Western Province?
A.Kalumbu
B.Kankobela
C.Silimba
D.Hosho
Explanation: The silimba is a xylophone-type instrument of the Lozi and neighbouring Western Province communities: tuned wooden bars over resonators, struck with beaters. Kalumbu is a musical bow; kankobela is a thumb piano; hosho are Zimbabwean gourd rattles, not a Zambian xylophone.
8Why should scissors be carried pointing down and closed when you walk across the art room?
A.To keep the blades sharp for carving wood
B.To avoid stabbing yourself or a classmate if you trip
C.Because open scissors dry the paint faster
D.So the teacher can see the brand name
Explanation: The safety-and-health strand requires appropriate use and care of tools. Closed, downward scissors reduce the chance of a puncture wound if you stumble. Sharpness for carving, drying paint and showing a brand name are not safety reasons.
9A drawing of a mango looks round and solid because the learner shaded from light to dark around the fruit. Which element is being controlled?
A.Hue
B.Value (tone)
C.Pattern
D.Calligraphy
Explanation: Value (tone) is lightness or darkness. Tonal gradation — moving from light to shade — is a Grade 6–7 drawing competence used to make objects look solid. Hue names the colour family; pattern repeats a motif; calligraphy is decorative lettering.
10Which element of art describes the empty area around a dancer in a painting, or the gap between two clay pots in a still life?
A.Space
B.Form
C.Intensity
D.Unity
Explanation: Space is the area around, between and within objects. Positive space is occupied by the subject; negative space is the empty area that helps the subject read clearly. Form is the solid object itself; intensity is colour strength; unity is overall cohesion.

About the ECZ PSLE Expressive Arts (84/1) Exam

Zambia Primary School Leaving Examination Expressive Arts (84/1) is the Examinations Council of Zambia Grade 7 written creative-studies paper. The Ministry of Education upper-primary Expressive Arts syllabus integrates Art and Design, Music and Physical Education. Grade 7 knowledge includes visual art elements and colour, drawing and painting, pattern and poster work, staff notation and tonic sol-fa, Zambian traditional music and dance, indigenous instruments, crafts, materials and safety, and performance appreciation. Official 2026 assessment is paper 84/1 (75 minutes) on Friday 30 October 2026. Public and grant-aided candidates pay no fee; private-school candidates pay K100 per candidate. These 100 English-language multiple-choice questions are a study adaptation of that knowledge. They do not replace, and cannot certify, the live written paper or classroom practical work.

Assessment

The 2026 PSLE time-table lists 84/1 Expressive Arts (75 minutes) on Friday 30 October 2026. ECZ registration guidance states that Creative Studies has been split into three subjects — Technology Studies, Expressive Arts, or Home Economics and Hospitality — and the data-entry officer selects one. The Ministry of Education upper-primary Expressive Arts syllabus (2024) integrates Art and Design, Music and Physical Education and recommends school-based practical assessment. This MCQ bank covers only the knowledge and judgment that can be practised on paper.

Time Limit

75 minutes for 84/1 Expressive Arts (Friday 30 October 2026, official 2026 PSLE time-table).

Passing Score

ECZ standardises each PSLE subject score onto a common 50–150 scale and reports Grade 7 performance in Divisions 1–4 (Division 1 = 115–150, Division 2 = 105–114, Division 3 = 99–104, Division 4 = 50–98 in a single subject). Certification is calculated from the best four core subjects, which must include Mathematics and English. ECZ does not publish a separate percentage cut score for this paper.

Exam Fee

Free for public and grant-aided school candidates. Private-school PSLE candidates pay K100 per candidate (2026). (Examinations Council of Zambia (ECZ))

ECZ PSLE Expressive Arts (84/1) Exam Content Outline

22%

Visual art elements and colour

The Grade 7 language of art: line, shape, form, space, texture and value/tone, plus primary–tertiary mixing, complementary pairs named in the syllabus, monochromatic schemes, tints, shades and tonal gradation.

18%

Drawing, painting, pattern and poster work

Imaginative compositions (market, village, townscape, portraits), figures in action, hatching and stippling, wax-resist and counter-change patterns, block and roman letters, and posters that carry a clear public message.

18%

Music knowledge and notation

Semibreve, minim, crotchet and quaver values; tonic sol-fa; bass and treble clefs; simple duple, triple and quadruple time; composing short rhythmic patterns; and playing by strumming, blowing, rattling or striking.

22%

Zambian cultural arts, dance and drama

Authentic traditional music, Kalela and other Zambian dances (steps, clap, space, sequence), indigenous instruments such as ngoma, silimba, kalumbu and kankobela, group choreography, and simple drama/audience awareness.

20%

Materials, safety, crafts and appreciation

Appropriate attire, storage of tools and artefacts, care of the art room, music room and performance space; weaving, knotting, modelling, papier-mâché, collage, mosaic, montage, carving and bookcraft; respectful listening, viewing and critique.

How to Pass the ECZ PSLE Expressive Arts (84/1) Exam

What You Need to Know

  • Passing score: ECZ standardises each PSLE subject score onto a common 50–150 scale and reports Grade 7 performance in Divisions 1–4 (Division 1 = 115–150, Division 2 = 105–114, Division 3 = 99–104, Division 4 = 50–98 in a single subject). Certification is calculated from the best four core subjects, which must include Mathematics and English. ECZ does not publish a separate percentage cut score for this paper.
  • Assessment: The 2026 PSLE time-table lists 84/1 Expressive Arts (75 minutes) on Friday 30 October 2026. ECZ registration guidance states that Creative Studies has been split into three subjects — Technology Studies, Expressive Arts, or Home Economics and Hospitality — and the data-entry officer selects one. The Ministry of Education upper-primary Expressive Arts syllabus (2024) integrates Art and Design, Music and Physical Education and recommends school-based practical assessment. This MCQ bank covers only the knowledge and judgment that can be practised on paper.
  • Time limit: 75 minutes for 84/1 Expressive Arts (Friday 30 October 2026, official 2026 PSLE time-table).
  • Exam fee: Free for public and grant-aided school candidates. Private-school PSLE candidates pay K100 per candidate (2026).

Keys to Passing

  • Work through all 100 available questions
  • Review every answer and explanation
  • Track weak areas and revisit them
  • Use our AI tutor for tough concepts

ECZ PSLE Expressive Arts (84/1) Study Tips from Top Performers

1Learn the elements (line, shape, form, space, texture, value/tone, colour) as words you can use to describe a drawing, not a list to recite once.
2Practise mixing: two primaries make a secondary; a primary plus a neighbouring secondary makes a tertiary; complementary pairs in the Grade 7 syllabus are red–green, yellow–violet and blue–orange.
3Know British note names used in Zambian schools: semibreve (4 beats), minim (2), crotchet (1), quaver (½) in simple time with a crotchet beat.
4Revise Zambian performing arts: Kalela line-and-drill dance, Lozi silimba xylophone, kankobela thumb piano, kalumbu musical bow, and ngoma drums.
5Name pattern and picture techniques exactly: wax resist, counter-change, collage, mosaic, montage, appliqué, papier-mâché.
6Use these MCQs to check knowledge only. Still draw, paint, sing, dance and make crafts for the official written paper and classroom practical work.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is ECZ PSLE Expressive Arts (84/1)?

It is the Zambia Primary School Leaving Examination written creative-studies paper in Expressive Arts, administered by the Examinations Council of Zambia. The Ministry of Education upper-primary syllabus integrates Art and Design, Music and Physical Education.

Is the official 84/1 exam a multiple-choice performance test?

No. The 2026 PSLE time-table lists written paper 84/1 Expressive Arts (75 minutes). Classroom practical work supports the subject. The 100 questions on this page are an English-language MCQ study adaptation of Grade 7 knowledge. They do not simulate the official written paper and cannot replace drawing, singing, dancing or craft practice.

How does Expressive Arts relate to Creative Studies?

ECZ 2026 registration guidance states that Creative Studies has been split into three subjects. The data-entry officer selects one of Technology Studies, Expressive Arts, or Home Economics and Hospitality for the school’s candidates.

What are the 2026 fees for PSLE Expressive Arts?

Candidates in public and grant-aided schools pay no examination fee. Private-school PSLE candidates pay K100 per candidate. The fee is per candidate for the PSLE sitting, not a separate charge for paper 84/1 alone.

When is 84/1 sat in 2026?

The official 2026 Primary School Leaving Examination time-table places 84/1 Expressive Arts (75 minutes) on Friday 30 October 2026. The PSLE window runs from Monday 26 October to Friday 30 October 2026.

What Zambian arts knowledge should Grade 7 learners revise?

Learners should be able to describe authentic traditional music and dance (including Kalela of the Ushi/Luapula–Copperbelt tradition), name common indigenous instruments such as ngoma, silimba, kalumbu and kankobela, and talk about crafts, costumes and respectful performance using the syllabus ideas of steps, clap, space and sequence.