Grade 6 · Afrikaans
Grade 6 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 6 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 6 Afrikaans covers
Reading, comprehension and vocabulary · Section A work
- Begripstoets · Reading
- Woordeskat · Vocabulary
- Visuele teks · Visual text
- Opsomming · Summary
- Skryf · Formal and friendly letters, email and diary
- Stories and poems · Verhaalelemente en beeldspraak
- Geslag, homonieme en rym · Gender, homonyms and rhyme
Language structures · Section B work
- Ontkenning · The double negative
- Trappe van vergelyking · Comparison
- Woordorde · Word order
- Meervoude en naamwoorde
- Sinonieme en teenoorgesteldes
- Tye · Tenses
- Woordeskat · Compound words, short forms, idioms and sound-alikes
- Direkte rede, lydende vorm en voegwoorde · Speech, passive and joining words
- Besitlike voornaamwoorde · Possessive pronouns
- Byvoeglike naamwoorde en bywoorde · Adjective forms and adverbs
- Sinne en leestekens · Sentences and punctuation
- Woordstudie · Word study
How the tests work
The Grade 6 Afrikaans bank holds 490 questions across 19 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 6 Afrikaans cover?
In Grade 6 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, Ontkenning · The double negative, Trappe van vergelyking · Comparison and more — 19 in total.
How many practice questions are there for Grade 6 Afrikaans?
490 questions across 19 topics. Each test draws 10, 25 or 50 of them.
Are the Grade 6 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 6, and the questions are written from what real Grade 6 tests and exam papers ask.