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Grade 7 English FAL Term 4 Test + Memo

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About this resource

Help your Grade 7 learner prepare for their Term 4 English First Additional Language assessment with this comprehensive 60-mark practice test, complete with a full memorandum. The test has a duration of 1½ hours and assesses reading comprehension, visual literacy, summary writing and language structures and conventions.

The test covers:

  • Reading comprehension
  • Literal and higher-order questions
  • Vocabulary and word meanings
  • Subject and object
  • Forming questions
  • Visual literacy
  • Website and image interpretation
  • Purpose and target audience
  • Summary writing
  • Parts of speech
  • Sentence types
  • Tenses
  • Degrees of comparison
  • Figurative language – similes and metaphors
  • Pronouns
  • Direct and indirect speech
  • Prepositions
  • Adjectives and adverbs
  • Finite verbs
  • Rhetorical questions
  • Active and passive voice
  • Attributive adjectives

The 20-mark comprehension is based on “Siya Kolisi – A South African Inspiration”, exploring his childhood, rugby achievements, leadership, resilience and work through the Kolisi Foundation.

The paper also includes a 10-mark visual literacy activity based on the Kolisi Foundation website, a 50–60 word summary on Siya Kolisi's achievements, and a 20-mark language section covering a wide range of important Grade 7 language skills.

Ideal for Term 4 revision, November exam preparation and additional assessment practice.

Total: 60 marks | Duration: 1½ hours | Full memorandum included | PDF format.

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