How does the Afrikaans past tense work?

Almost always with het plus ge- , and the ge- verb goes to the end: Ek het gister rugby gespeel. The exceptions to learn are is which becomes was , and hê which becomes het gehad .

Why does Afrikaans need two nie s?

It is a feature of the language's sentence structure. The closing nie always comes last, even in a long sentence, and leaving it out is marked wrong.

What is the difference between want and omdat ?

Both mean 'because', but the word order differs. … want sy wás siek keeps normal order; … omdat sy siek wás pushes the verb to the end.

Are these the same questions as in our PDF papers?

No. These are separate, original questions and passages covering the same CAPS content.

Grade 7 · 20 topics · 503 questions

Grade 7 Afrikaans First Additional Language (FAL) tests and exam questions

Grade 7 Afrikaans First Additional Language (FAL) exam practice tests

Free Grade 7 Afrikaans tests for South African learners, written from real CAPS papers. Every test runs in the browser, needs no sign-up and shows an explanation with each answer, so a child can practise alone and still learn from a wrong choice. There are 20 topics and 503 questions, and the numbers change each time, which makes these useful for revision as well as a first run. Grade 7 Afrikaans exam papers and memoranda in PDF are on the way.

Senior Phase, but still First Additional Language. The passages are longer and the structures harder than in Grade 6.

Two things carry most of the marks. The past tense follows one reliable pattern — het plus ge-, with the verb going to the end. And the double negative needs two nies, the second always closing the sentence.

The third trap is word order. After omdat the verb moves to the end of the clause; after want it does not. Both mean 'because', and the paper tests exactly that difference.

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Grade 7 Afrikaans First Additional Language (FAL) tests and exam questions

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