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Grade 5 English HL Term 1 Test 1 + Memo

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About this resource

Help your Grade 5 learner prepare for Term 1 English Home Language with this comprehensive ATP-aligned 40-mark practice test, complete with a full memorandum. The test has a duration of 1 hour.

The test includes:

  • Reading Comprehension – 15 marks: a fable about The Lion and the Mouse, assessing comprehension, the moral of a story, vocabulary, synonyms and antonyms, adjectives, punctuation, quoting from a text and explaining lessons learnt.
  • Visual Text – 10 marks: interpreting an advertisement, including slogans, product features, target audience, pricing, persuasive language, different font sizes and visual features.
  • Language Structures & Conventions – 15 marks: verbs, subject-verb agreement, synonyms, adjectives, pronouns, past tense, conjunctions, prepositions, direct and indirect speech, figures of speech and simple present tense.

Learners practise a variety of skills through multiple choice, short-answer, vocabulary, comprehension, visual literacy, language and application questions.

ATP aligned | Total: 40 marks | Duration: 1 hour | Full memorandum included | PDF format.

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