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Grade 5 English FAL Term 1 Test 1 + Memo

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About this resource

Help your Grade 5 learner prepare for Term 1 English First Additional Language with this comprehensive ATP-aligned 40-mark practice test, complete with a full memorandum. The test has a duration of 1½ hours.

The test includes:

  • Reading Comprehension – 15 marks: a story about The Lost Puppy, assessing comprehension, identifying key information, multiple choice, inference, synonyms, antonyms, adjectives and future tense.
  • Visual Text – 10 marks: interpreting a missing-dog poster, including its purpose, important information, visual features, different text sizes, adjectives and extracting details from an advertisement.
  • Language Structures & Conventions – 15 marks: adjectives and adverbs, sentence types, punctuation, past and future tense, finite verbs, personification, reflexive pronouns, determiners, articles, adverbs of place, complex sentences and pronouns.

Learners practise a variety of skills through comprehension, visual literacy, vocabulary, grammar, sentence construction and application questions.

ATP aligned | Total: 40 marks | Duration: 1½ hours | Full memorandum included | PDF format.

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