Grade 7 · Afrikaans
Grade 7 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 7 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 7 Afrikaans covers
Reading, comprehension and vocabulary · Section A work
- Begripstoets · Reading
- Woordeskat · Vocabulary
- Visuele teks · Visual text
- Opsomming · Summary
- Letterkunde · Poetry and prose
- Skryf · Formal letters, email, notices and the writing process
- Kortverhaal en karaktersketse · Short story and character sketches
Language structures · Section B work
- Verlede tyd · Past tense
- Ontkenning · The double negative
- Woordorde · Word order
- Meervoude en trappe van vergelyking
- Leestekens · Punctuation
- Direkte en indirekte rede · Reported speech
- Woordsoorte · Parts of speech
- Woordeskat · Sound-alikes, compound words, idioms and proverbs
- Lydende vorm, voorsetsels en beskrywende woorde · Passive, prepositions and describing words
- Alfabetiese volgorde, spelling en woordgroepe · Dictionary order, spelling and odd one out
- Woordvorming en teenoorgesteldes · Word formation and opposites
- Woordsoorte · Word classes in depth
- Sinne en woordstudie · Sentences and word study
How the tests work
The Grade 7 Afrikaans bank holds 503 questions across 20 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 7 Afrikaans cover?
In Grade 7 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, Ontkenning · The double negative and more — 20 in total.
How many practice questions are there for Grade 7 Afrikaans?
503 questions across 20 topics. Each test draws 10, 25 or 50 of them.
Are the Grade 7 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 7, and the questions are written from what real Grade 7 tests and exam papers ask.