Grade 5 · Afrikaans
Grade 5 Afrikaans First Additional Language
CAPS topics, what the exam tests, and free practice tests
Afrikaans First Additional Language is the second language for most English-speaking learners. The paper tests reading comprehension, vocabulary and language structures in simpler Afrikaans than the home-language paper. In Grade 5 the work splits into two parts: Reading, comprehension and vocabulary (Section A work) and Language structures (Section B work).
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What Grade 5 Afrikaans covers
Reading, comprehension and vocabulary · Section A work
- Begripstoets · Reading
- Woordeskat · Vocabulary
- Visuele teks · Visual text
- Opsomming · Summary
- Skryf · Letters, diaries, recipes and posters
- Stories and poems · Verhale en gedigte
Language structures · Section B work
- Verlede tyd · Past tense
- Verkleinwoorde · Diminutives
- Vraagwoorde · Question words
- Leestekens · Punctuation
- Meervoude en trappe van vergelyking
- Woordeskat · Compound words, short forms and opposites
- Ontkenning en direkte rede · Negatives and direct speech
- Lettergrepe · Syllables
- Voorsetsels en geslag · Prepositions and gender
- Voorvoegsels en voegwoorde · Prefixes and joining words
- Woordsoorte · Word classes
- Sinne en spelling · Sentences and spelling
How the tests work
The Grade 5 Afrikaans bank holds 450 questions across 18 topics, at least 25 per topic. Each test draws a fresh set, so a second attempt is not the same test.
Choose 10, 25 or 50 questions. Every answer comes with an explanation, not just a tick or a cross. It works on a phone, needs no sign-up, and no marks or names are stored.
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What does Grade 5 Afrikaans cover?
In Grade 5 the work splits into two parts: Reading, comprehension and vocabulary (Section A work) and Language structures (Section B work). Topics include Begripstoets · Reading, Woordeskat · Vocabulary, Verlede tyd · Past tense, Verkleinwoorde · Diminutives and more — 18 in total.
How many practice questions are there for Grade 5 Afrikaans?
450 questions across 18 topics. Each test draws 10, 25 or 50 of them.
Are the Grade 5 Afrikaans tests free?
Yes. The online tests are free, with no sign-up and no adverts.
Do the tests follow CAPS?
Yes. The topics follow the CAPS curriculum for Grade 5, and the questions are written from what real Grade 5 tests and exam papers ask.